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TCN Begins Two-Day Maintenance In Niger

18.02.2026

On Wednesday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced minimal distribution of electricity supply in several parts of Niger State, as it carries out maintenance on a power transformer at the 132/33kV Minna Transmission Substation. According to the transmission company, the maintenance work will be carried out at its Zungeru Transmission Substation in Niger State, with...

Dangote Demands National Forum On Power To Rescue Nigeria’s Industries

18.02.2026

Ch a i r m a n of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has called on the Federal Government to urgently convene a national forum dedicated to resolving Nigeria’s chronic power crisis, warning that no meaningful industrial growth or job creation is possible without a stable electricity supply. Africa’s richest man made the passionate appeal yesterday...

UCL Playoffs: Galatasary Thrashes Juventus 5-2 In First Leg Tie

18.02.2026

UCL Playoffs: Galatasary Thrashes Juventus 5-2 In First Leg Tie

Don Urges Gov. Officials To Embrace Geoinformatics For National Dev.

18.02.2026

A lecturer at the Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, Professor Johnson Olatunji has called on government officials to seriously embrace geoinformatics and space-based technologies to drive national development, saying “Life is a space to explore and a place to protect,” The professor, of Geography and Planning Sciences, stated this on Tuesday while delivering the 100th...

Marketers Battle License Renewal To Import N862.2bn Worth Of Products

18.02.2026

Fuel marketers are currently battling to secure new licences to import about 950 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) valued at N862.6 billion monthly. The new moves is to fill the shortfall in domestic consumption. Nigeria’s domestic consumption is 63.7 million litres daily, translating to 1.911 billions litres monthly. Findings from the Nigerian Midstream...

Wema Bank To Host 2026 International Women’s Day Event March 4

18.02.2026

As International Women’s Day (IWD) approaches, Wema Bank has announced plans to host its 2026 IWD Grand Event on March 4, 2026. The bank, Nigeria’s oldest indigenous financial institution and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, said this year’s celebration is inspired by the global IWD 2026 theme, “Give To Gain.” The event...

Vini Jr. Alleges Racial Abuse As Madrid Beat Benfica 1-0

18.02.2026

Real Madrid secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Benfica in the UEFA Champions League playoff first leg on Tuesday night in Lisbon. However, the match was overshadowed by fresh allegations of racial abuse involving Brazilian forward Vinícius Júnior. The Spanish side claimed a narrow advantage at the Estádio da Luz thanks to Vinícius’ second-half strike,...

APC Sokoto Fixes LG, Ward Congresses For Feb 18 To 21

18.02.2026

The Sokoto State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced dates for its Ward and Local Government congresses, according to a statement by State Party Chairman, Alhaji Isa Sadiq Achida. The congresses will hold across all 244 wards in the state on February 18, followed by Local Government Congresses on February 21. “In...

Tinubu Deserves Reelection In 2027, Group Tells Rivers Voters

18.02.2026

The Grassroots Democratic Voices (GDV), a political pressure group loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, has called on Rivers voters to make their votes count, urging them to reelect President Bola Tinubu for his bold reforms and programmes to lift the country. GDV coordinator, Prof John Ogolo, who addressed...

Ezekwesili Insists On E-Transmission Of Election Results

18.02.2026

Former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has thrown her weight behind the push for the e-transmission of election results in the country, saying that with the e-transmission of election results, nobody will be able to alter results or engage in manipulations. She maintained that making electronic transmission mandatory would significantly reduce the manipulation of...

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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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