February 2026 – Page 53

Nigeria Seeks Aviation Investment for Aerotropolis Model

23.02.2026

Nigeria’s aviation industry is set for a major investment drive as the Federal Government moves to establish aerotropolises across key cities while convening global aircraft lessors, financiers, and airline operators for strategic business engagements in the country. The engagement is themed Aircraft Acquisition and Investment Summit. Speaking through a video on Sunday ahead of the...

Arowojobe Takes Over As NSIB Director Of Public Affairs

23.02.2026

Funke Arowojobe yesterday assumed office as the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance. Her appointment followed the recent redeployment of senior directors across key aviation agencies by the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The statement said: “Mrs. Arowojobe brings to NSIB a wealth of experience spanning over...

Pension Opportunities in Nigeria’s Informal Sector

23.02.2026

The Director-General of the National Pension Commission, Omolola Oloworaran, has identified Nigeria’s informal sector as a major opportunity for pension expansion and domestic capital mobilisation, noting that millions of workers remain excluded from retirement savings despite their economic relevance. In an opinion piece made available to The PUNCH, Ms Oloworaran stated that pension reform over...

Bella Foundation Stands Against Trafficking, Child Marriage In Ojo

23.02.2026

300 students of the Shulamite College in Ojo, Lagos, sat in rapt attention as hard truths about human trafficking, child marriage and sexual and gender-based violence were laid bare before them. The one-day sensitisation programme, organised by the Bella Foundation for Child and Maternal Care in partnership with Evoca Foundation and Nommontu Foundation in January,...

Nigeria’s new industrial plan to boost manufacturing

23.02.2026

The Federal Government has stated that it will channel up to five per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product annually into industrial development financing, as it targets a sharp rise in manufacturing contribution to the economy. The plan is contained in the newly launched Nigeria Industrial Plan, unveiled in Abuja by the Federal Ministry of...

Kaccima Sets Up Experts Technical C’ttee

23.02.2026

Following persistence fire outbreaks at Kano major markets resulting in loss of lives and billions of naira worth of goods, the State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture, KACCIMA, has created an Experts Technical Committee to come up with an adaptable measure that would curtail the menace once and for all. This is even...

Court Bars Ayedatiwa From Installing Parallel Monarch

23.02.2026

Justice B.J Akinwumi of an Ondo State High Court in IkareAkoko has stopped the state government from installing a parallel monarch in Irun-Akoko in the Akoko North West Local Government Area pending the hearing of the suit before the court. Justice Akinwumi ordered the parties in the suit before him to maintain the status quo...

‘El Mencho’, Mexico’s Drug Lord,Killed In Military Operation

23.02.2026

Mexico has been thrown into a state of chaos and palpable tension as soldiers kill Mexico’s most wanted drug kingpin and cartel leader, Nemesio Oseguera, popularly known as El Mencho, on Sunday, February 22. Following the development, there was no immediate confirmation from the government of El Mencho’s death, the leader of the Jalisco New...

Snow Storm:New York Cancel Travels, Shutdown Schools

23.02.2026

Authorities in New York City on Monday ordered the shutdown of schools and Major road as the city braces up for an imminent massive snowstorm forecasted to hit the Northeast of the United States (US). Following the forecast, tens of millions of Americans from the US capital, Washington, to the northern state of Maine have...

Keyamo Slams Opposition, Says Nigerians ‘Not Fools’

23.02.2026

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has described as baseless propaganda, allegations by opposition parties that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) elections held on Saturday, 21 February, 2026 were marred by irregularities. Keyamo in a statement on Sunday said the opposition had resorted to “futile excuses” after losing at the polls noting that...

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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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