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NASS Approves N1.504trn Nigerian Army Budget

17.02.2026

A joint Committee of the National Assembly yesterday expressed satisfaction with the N1.504,251,069,722 trillion 2026 budget proposal for the Nigerian Army. The committee assured the Army that it will ensure that funds appropriated are released for the execution of the budget. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua announced this after a...

FG Warns Against Enlisting Abroad After Reports Of Nigerians’ Deaths

17.02.2026

Nigeria’s foreign ministry has issued an urgent warning over what it describes as the increasing illegal recruitment of its citizens to fight in foreign conflicts. It comes after Ukrainian officials said they found the bodies of two Nigerians whom they said were killed in combat last year. Nigeria has not confirmed those deaths but in...

Singer Market Inferno: FG, APC Govs Donate N8bn To Kano Traders

17.02.2026

Singer Market Inferno: FG, APC Govs Donate N8bn To Kano Traders

Timini’s ‘Love and New Notes Hits 106 Million In Opening Weekend

17.02.2026

Nollywood actor Timini Egbuson’s new film, titled “Love and New Notes”, has broken the box office records as it earned N106 million in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing Nollywood film of 2026. According to the statement issued by FilmOne on Tuesday, the movie also doubled the biggest opening weekend in 2026. Directed by...

NASS, Ministry Push For First-Line Charge Status To Boost Solid Minerals Sector

17.02.2026

The National Assembly and the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development yesterday urged the Federal Government to designate the ministry’s budget as a first-line charge to ensure timely and guaranteed releases. According to them, inconsistent disbursements, particularly the absence of capital funding, are stalling efforts to reposition the mining sector as a central pillar of economic...

Education Key For National Devt, Says Gbajabiamila

17.02.2026

Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, yesterday emphasised the importance of education for national development. Speaking at the 2026 International Day for Education, he thanked the House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas for convening the conference, describing it as a firm commitment to national development through education. “Education is the bridge...

Senator Proposes 16- Year Single Presidential Term For Policy Continuity

17.02.2026

The Senator representing Ebonyi Central zone and the Chairman Senate Committee on Information/Orientation, Kenneth Eze, has called for a nationwide debate on replacing the current two-term four-year presidential cycle with a single 16-year tenure. Eze made the assertion yesterday at his Ohigbo-Amagu country home in Ezza-South local government area of the state. He argued that...

NITDA Trains Reps Spouses, As Abbas’ Wife Insists On Mental Health, Emotional Balance

17.02.2026

The National Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in conjunction with HORSA yesterday began a two-day workshop in Abuja for spouses of members of the House of Representatives on “Empowering women for the digital future: Leadership, wellbeing and opportunity.” In her remarks at the opening session, wife of the speaker, Hajia Tajudeen Abbas said as partners to...

Lagos Assembly Approves Ratification Of 2 Concession Agreements

17.02.2026

In a bid to improve the Waste Management and Transportation system in the State, members of Lagos State House of Assembly, during plenary yesterday, unanimously approved the ratification of two concession agreements. The two concession agreements approved are between Lagos State Government and Zoomlion Nigeria Limited and the Issuance of an Irrevocable Standing Payment Order...

INEC Slams NURTW, NARTO Over ‘Rickety’ Vehicles

17.02.2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday criticised the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) for the vehicles they provided to transport sensitive materials during the November 7, 2025, Anambra State governorship election. Speaking at a meeting with transport unions ahead of Saturday’s Federal Capital Territory...

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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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