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Our Govt Creating Enabling Spaces For Digital Growth

20.02.2026

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has declared that his administration is creating enabling environments for digital growth, positioning the state as an emerging hub for technology-driven governance and innovation. Speaking at the Osun Tech Festival, in Osogbo, the Governor said his government met an almost entirely analogue system when it assumed office in November 2022....

Customs Seizes N40.7m Smuggled PMS In 1,630 Jerrycans

20.02.2026

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 1,630 jerrycans of 25 litres of smuggled Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol or fuel worth N40.7 million at various locations between Lagos and Ogun states. The contraband was intercepted at various flash points around Badagry, Seme, Ilaro, Imeko, Owode Apa, Ajilete and other areas in...

Ondo Govt Woos Investors With Investment Summit

20.02.2026

The Ondo State government is set to hold investment summits as part of activities to mark the first anniversary of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and to shore up Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) into the state’s economy. The Special Adviser to Governor Aiyedatiwa on Entrepreneurship Development and Chairman of the Investment Committee, Summy Smart-Francis said the administration...

Mama Awero Reveals That She Will Die Acting

20.02.2026

Veteran Nigerian actress, Olanrewaju Hassan Adeshina, popularly known as Mama Awero, has revealed why she will not stop acting until she dies. The 75-year-old actress, who started her acting career in 1964, made this disclosure in a recent interview. She said, “I will die acting. I have been doing this since 1964, and I don’t...

AGN President Lauds Okpebholo For Mercy Johnson’s Appointment

20.02.2026

The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Alhaji Abubakar Yakubu, has hailed the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, for the appointment of renowned Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie, as Special Adviser on Public Engagement and Advocacy. Yakubu, in a statement issued on Friday, said Mercy Johnson’s appointment was a recognition of Nollywood’s increasing...

CP Jimoh Launches Anti-Crime Patrol On Lagos–Calabar Road ‎

20.02.2026

‎The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has launched a dedicated anti-crime patrol along the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Road to curb criminal activities and strengthen security on the corridor. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh. According to the Police chief, four patrol teams have been deployed to...

Police Arrest 2 Suspects, Declare Sponsor, Others Wanted

20.02.2026

The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said it has arrested two suspects in connection with the killings of Sheriff Salami Ishola and Prince Ademola Akinloye in Eti-Osa Area of Lagos. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Lagos. Jimoh said that the command has also declared the...

Mercy Johnson Hails Edo Gov, Okpebholo For Appointment

20.02.2026

Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie has expressed her appreciation to the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpeholo, following her appointment as the Special Adviser on Public Engagement and Advocacy. Taking to her official Instagram page, Mercy Johnson described the appointment as a call to serve, connect, listen, and advocate with purpose. Expressing her gratitude, the...

CDS Hails Operation Safe Corridor For Curbing Renewed Violence

20.02.2026

On Friday, the Chief of Defence Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, said the structured rehabilitation and reintegration of repentant terrorists are essential to sustaining battlefield successes and ending the cycle of violence. Oluyede made this remark at a high-level stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja convened to finalise arrangements for transferring rehabilitated beneficiaries to federal and state authorities for...

Lagos Govt Seals NITEL Building Over Raw Sewage Discharge

20.02.2026

The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO), in a joint enforcement operation with the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), on Friday, February 20, 2026 sealed off the NITEL building on Marcathy Street, Obalende, Lagos Island, over the discharge of untreated sewage into public drains. This development was contained in a social media post made by the...

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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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