February 2026 – Page 3

Olumide Akpata Dumps LP For ADC

24.02.2026

The candidate of the Labour Party for the 2024 Edo State Governorship election and former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has formally dumped the Labour Party, pitching his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Akpata was formally received by the party’s national and state leaders, including former APC national chairman...

Fido Apologises For Past Mistakes, Pledges Better Behaviour

24.02.2026

Fast-rising Nigerian singer, Awosika Olayemi Josiah, better known as Fido, has apologised to fans and followers for his previous remarks and actions, admitting that ego and inexperience shaped some of his decisions. The 27-year-old “Joy Is Coming” crooner, in a long post on X, attributed his blunders to the demands of his quick ascent to...

Okowa Eulogises Oborevwori Over Expanded Varsity Education

24.02.2026

The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has eulogised Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for uplifting the standard of higher education in the state. He described the expanded support for state-owned universities as a strategic investment for the future of youths across the state. He said the governor has sustained the continuity of the consolidation...

How Senate Tackled Accountant General

24.02.2026

The budget season is currently ongoing at the National Assembly. This is the time when Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government come to defend their budgets of the previous year, and then present proposals for the current fiscal year before the Standing Committees of the apex legislative Assembly. Consequently, many agencies have appeared before...

Tinubu Excited Over Establishment Of LIFC, Says Sanwo-Olu

24.02.2026

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said President Bola Tinubu is very excited about the establishment of the proposed Lagos International Financial Centre (LIFC). Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure on Sunday evening during the welcome dinner in honour of the delegates at the Nigeria Foreign Direct Investment Training Programme holding at the Moller Institute, University...

Rivers: We’ve Made Significant Strides In Health Sector

24.02.2026

Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has declared that his administration has made significant strides in the health sector in the past two and a half years. Fubara, who made this declaration on Tuesday at Government House , Port Harcourt, listed some of his notable achievements to include the revamping of health facilities, the...

Tinubu Condoles Duguri Community Over Deadly Bandit Attack

24.02.2026

President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his condolences to the people of Duguri in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State following a deadly bandit attack that claimed the lives of four residents in Kafin Duguri community. The President’s message was delivered on Monday by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, during a condolence visit to...

ADC South-South Denies Edo Crisis Claims

24.02.2026

The South-South Zonal Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mabel Oboh, has reacted to what she described as “sensational reports circulating in some media outlets” over the Edo State leadership meeting of the party held in Benin City on Monday. Recall that several leaders of the party, including former Chief Whip of the...

Delta Govt’s SHEFMEPAD Sets For Free Medical, Surgical Support

24.02.2026

SHEFMEPAD, an acronym for Sheriff Free Medicare Project for All Deltans has returned with renewed vigour to deliver free medical and surgical interventions across the 25 Local Government Areas of the state. The initiative was originally introduced during Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s governorship campaign in 2023 as a flagship healthcare programme that aimed at expanding access...

El‑Rufai Takes Legal Action Against DSS, Seeks N2bn Damages

24.02.2026

Erstwhile Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to seek the dismissal of criminal charges filed against him by the Department of State Services (DSS), describing the case as legally defective and an abuse of court process. The application marked No. FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026, which is pending before the Federal...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

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

04.10.2024

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

04.10.2024

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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