February 2026 – Page 174

Telcos Plan N1.4tn for Network Expansion, NCC Confirms

01.02.2026

Nigeria’s mobile-phone operators plan to step up spending on network infrastructure this year, promising to invest more than the over $1bn (N1.4tn) ploughed into the sector in 2025, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. The commitment comes after a year of heavy capital expenditure last year, when telcos rolled out more than 2,850 new network...

Transcorp Hotels Posts Record Revenue of N97.04bn in 2025

01.02.2026

Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, has reported a historic revenue worth N97.04bn in 2025, which is 38 per cent higher than N70.13bn in the previous year. This was indicated in the audited financial reports of the company filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Friday. The PUNCH reports that the...

Customs Records Another Violent Attack From Smugglers In Ogun

01.02.2026

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun I Area Command, has recorded another violent assault on its officers barely one week after a similar attack by suspected smugglers at Akokoro area of Iwoye, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area. Two of its officers, who sustained life-threatening injuries, are still receiving medical care. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy...

ALGON Lauds Osun Court For Quashing Criminal Charges Against UBA Staff

01.02.2026

…Arrest warrant against bank staff dead on arrival— APC The Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Osun State, Hon. Abiodun Idowu, has commended the State High Court for granting an order to quash a criminal charge filed against United Bank for Africa (UBA) and three staff. It would be recalled that...

Bala Mohammed Bags Gov Of The Year Award In Oil and Gas Sector

01.02.2026

Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has been honoured with the Governor of the Year Award for the Oil and Gas Sector by the Oil and Gas Forum, in recognition of his transformational leadership and commitment to good governance. The award, presented under the Transformational Leadership and Good Governance category, highlights the governor’s policies...

I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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