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Police Recruitment: PSC Rejects 121,596 Applications

26.02.2026

The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday said no fewer than 121,596 applicants were screened out from the 161,873 applications received in the ongoing recruitment process of Constables into the police. PSC Standing Committee on Police Matters Chairman Taiwo Lakanu said this at a news conference in Abuja yesterday. Lakanu said 434,604 applicants were qualified for...

Kogi L-PRES Project Champions Dignity, Tackles GBV, Sexual Exploitation

26.02.2026

The Kogi Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) Project has emphasised the importance of dignity and respect in its operations, with facilitators stressing the need to protect vulnerable groups from gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual exploitation. Speaking at a sensitisation workshop on GBV and the Prohibition of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) on Wednesday in...

A’Ibom Targets Fishing Cooperatives To Unlock N31bn Fund For Women

26.02.2026

The Akwa Ibom State GovernmentAkwa Ibom State Government has stepped up efforts to integrate women in fishing and fish processing into formal cooperatives, positioning Uruan’s vast aquatic economy as a launchpad for broader agricultural ecosystem development. Speaking at a women’s mobilisation and sensitisation programme in Uruan Local Government Area, Deputy Governor, Akon Eyakenyi said the...

FG Seeks Partnership For Clean Cooking, Green Energy Transition

26.02.2026

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, has called for strategic collaboration and partnership with the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA) to advance women’s economic empowerment, clean cooking initiatives and inclusive energy transition. The Minister made this call when she received the Managing Director of OGFZA, Bamanga Usman Jada,...

Protect Our Projects, NDDC Tells Ondo Residents

26.02.2026

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has appealed to residents of Ondo State to take ownership of projects executed in their communities and guard them against vandalism and theft. This is as the Commission expressed concern over repeated incidents in which completed projects were either looted or damaged by individuals within host communities. Speaking at...

Real Madrid Beat Benfica To Secure RO 16 Spot

26.02.2026

Real Madrid book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 3-1 aggregate victory over Benfica, one week on from allegedly suffering racial abuse in the reverse fixture. New Telegraph reports that Vinicius Jr scored the decisive goal as Real looks forward to either playing Sporting Lisbon or Man City in...

Community Commends Aiyedatiwa On Road Construction

26.02.2026

Residents of the Alagbaka Extension area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, have commended Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for giving the roads in the community a facelift. Aiyedatiwa inaugurated the Alagbaka Road Project during the celebration of his first anniversary. He said the roads form part of the deliberate and systematic implementation of the state’s infrastructure...

Atalanta Secures RO 16 With Last-Gasp Penalty Against Dortmund

26.02.2026

Atalanta scored a dramatic penalty with the last kick of the game as the Italians staged an incredible fightback to beat Borussia Dortmund and progress to the last 16 of the Champions League. The hosts had faced an almighty task after losing the first leg 2-0 in Germany, but scored twice in the first half...

Gov Otti Completes Reclamation Of 600-Metre Gully, Commences Enyimba Hotel Project

26.02.2026

Governor Alex Otti has again made history with the completion and commissioning of the reclaimed and reconstructed 42-metre-deep gully that stretched over 600 metres along Ovom Road, Aba. The gully was said to be deep and wide enough to swallow an eight-storey building, but the governor completed the project in less than two years using...

S’South Govs Back Tinubu’s Executive Order

26.02.2026

The South-South Governors’ Forum (SSGF) has described President Bola Tinubu’s Executive Order as a welcomed development, saying the decision was a critical shift towards restoration of constitutional integrity in Nigeria’s petroleum sector. President TInubu had issued an Executive Order mandating a direct remittance of all oil and gas revenues to the Federation Account. Describing it...

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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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