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NPF Clarifies N100m Paid Into Egbetokun’s Son Account

25.02.2026

Following the resignation of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has clarified that a transfer of N100 million into the personal account of Victor Egbetokun, the son of the outgoing IGP, was made in error. The NPF’s clarification followed an online report alleging that Victor received N100 million from the Anambra...

Enugu Takes The Spotlight As Mbah Declares 2nd Tech Festival Open

25.02.2026

Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, says technology and innovation remain at the heart of Enugu’s transformation under his administration, urging youths to explore the abundant opportunities in both. Mbah, who spoke at the opening of the second edition of Enugu Tech Festival at the International Conference Centre, Enugu, yesterday, said that technology had since...

DG Tasks Students As Rotary Club Of Akowonjo Renovates Lab

25.02.2026

The District Governor, Rotary International District 9111, Prince Henry Akinyele, has charged students of Millennium Senior Secondary School, Egbeda, to take full advantage of their newly renovated Physics Laboratory and use it as a platform to build future careers in science and technology. Akinyele gave the charge on February 20, at the official commissioning of...

2025 ASUU Agreement Designed To Strengthen Varsity Autonomy, Harmony –FG

25.02.2026

The Federal Government has said the 2025 agreement signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is designed to strengthen autonomy safeguards and ensure long-term stability in the tertiary education sector. The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) Director-General Dasuki Arabi said this during a working visit to the University of Abuja, according to...

…As NECO, NOUN Seal Deal On E-Verification, Nationwide CBT Expansion

25.02.2026

The National Examinations Council (NECO) and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) have sealed plans for full integration of NECO’s e-Verify platform and expanded Computer-Based Testing (CBT) nationwide, in a move aimed at tightening admission screening and safeguarding the integrity of examination certificates. Registrar of NECO, Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, disclosed the development during a...

Alleged Ransom Payment: FG Encouraging Criminality –PDP

25.02.2026

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government is encouraging criminality by allegedly paying ransom to terrorists for release of kidnapped victims . PDP in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary Ini Emembong, described as deeply troubling, the recent reports in international and local media platforms that the...

Akpe Replaces Ewhrudjakpo As Bayelsa Deputy Gov

25.02.2026

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri yesterday appointed Peter Akpe as the new Deputy Governor. The position became vacant following the death of Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo in December 2025. Until his new appointment, the provincial pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Province One, Akpe was Diri’s Chief of Staff. The House of Assembly...

Advertising Industry Reforms Yielding Positive Results –ARCON

25.02.2026

Far from the picture of regulatory overreach and investor flight painted in ADVAN’s open letter to President Bola Tinubu recently, Nigeria’s advertising industry has been growing, and the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has the independent research to prove it. In a statement issued recently, ARCON’s Director-General, Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo, pushed back against the...

MMIA Fire Destroyed NiMET Equipment, Says Keyamo

25.02.2026

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo yesterday confirmed that Monday’s fire at the Murtala Muhammed International Lagos Terminal 1 destroyed the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET)’s weather reading equipment. Speaking during an inspection of the burnt terminal, he said the agency’s operational offices and meteorological instruments located on the upper floors of the...

Nigeria’s Insecurity A Public Safety Crisis, Not Terrorism

25.02.2026

Former Commandant of the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command, Retired Major General Ishola Williams, has described Nigeria’s worsening insecurity as a public safety crisis driven by governance failures, systemic corruption, and intelligence breakdown. He said contrary to speculations, the worsening insecurity was not about terrorism or external aggression, but fundamentally that of governance failure....