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The Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Okeho (FUNATO) in Kajola Local Government, Oyo State, has scheduled its pioneer resumption for Friday, March 6, 2026. This announcement follows the university’s inaugural statutory Senate meeting, which was held on Wednesday, February 4, 2025, at which the academic roadmap for the institution’s first-ever cohort of students was ratified. In a statement released on Friday by the Registrar and Secretary to the University Senate, Amuni Mohammed Olayinka, the university confirmed that the Senate’s decision was informed by comprehensive reports on the institution’s readiness for its historic takeoff. In the statement, Olayinka said, “The…

Russian forces have been carrying out strikes on critical infrastructure amid freezing winter temperatures as their full-scale invasion approaches the four-year mark next month. IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said the electrical grid was again the target of military activity this past weekend, leading to significant impacts to several regions and nuclear power plant operations.  Power lines down The fighting caused power lines linking Ukraine with neighbouring countries to be disconnected, which in turn knocked out supplies inside Ukraine.  As a result, a unit at one nuclear power plant disconnected from the grid due to fluctuations and automatically shut down, while other units at other plants were forced to reduce power. The Chornobyl site – where the world’s worst nuclear disaster occurred…

One of Nigeria’s musical icons, Innocent Idibia, better known as 2Babs, has announced that his marriage with wife, Annie Macaulay, has ended. He made the disclosure Sunday on his verified handle. official2baba. According to him, the union has been on the cold side for sometime adding that both of them have been living separately. He noted that they have also filed for divorce, promising to issue a press release on the matter very soon. He wrote: … TO MY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF THE NATION. WELL THIS THING I HAVE TO SAY IS SHORT BUT ALSO LONG… I AND ANNIE MACAULAY…

News » Premier League news » Liverpool newsFebruary 7, 2026 21:02 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Jacquet suffers shoulder injury Liverpool centre-back Jeremy Jacquet picked up a shoulder injury during Rennes’ 3-1 defeat to Lens in the French top-flight on Saturday. The Merseyside giants confirmed the purchase of Jacquet from Rennes on Monday and he will formally join them at the end of the season.Jacquet has now suffered an untimely setback with Rennes. He was substituted with a painful shoulder injury and will need to be assessed.Rennes have had a sudden dip in form and they have suffered three straight losses in Ligue 1.…

The Kebbi State Police Command, in collaboration with the military and other security agencies, has foiled a cattle-rustling attack by suspected Lakurawa bandits in Bunza Local Government Area of the state, neutralising one suspect in the process. The bandits reportedly invaded Tungan Babu Lada village, where they shot and killed a 35-year-old man, Usman Ferungu, before fleeing with rustled cattle. Their escape was, however, cut short following the swift response of a joint security team. A statement signed by the command’s spokesman, SP Bashir Usman, and made available to newsmen on Saturday, said, ” the team led by the Divisional…

By Ozioruva Aliu A joint security operation in Edo forests consisting of troops by the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Edo State Security Corps have resulted in the arrest of eight suspects and arms recovered. A statement yesterday by the Assistant Director Army Public Relations, 4 Brigade, Captain Kennedy Anyanwu, said the operation codenamed Operation IGBO DANU 1 to neutralise, flush out terrorists, kidnappers and rescue victims at Osara Community in Etsako West Local Government Area as well as Auchi and Okpella Communities all in Edo North Senatorial…

Transcorp Power Plc has reported a strong financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025, recording a 30 percent year-on-year increase in revenue to ₦398.27 billion, up from ₦305.94 billion in the prior year. The audited results, released on Thursday, underline the company’s improving operational efficiency, balance-sheet strength, and expanding generation capacity amid Nigeria’s ongoing power sector reforms. Gross profit for the year rose to ₦162.44 billion, representing a 14 percent increase from ₦142.21 billion in 2024, while profit after tax climbed to ₦91.42 billion from ₦80.01 billion in the previous year. Earnings per share increased to ₦12.19 from…

Forty-one-year-old Abdulqadri Akinlabi stood inside a quiet hospital theatre in the last week of December 2025, surrounded by bright lights and medical equipment. It was there that he witnessed the birth of his third child, an experience that would leave a lasting impression on him. For over 30 minutes in the theatre, Akinlabi watched as doctors performed a caesarean section on his wife, Amina. The moment, he later explained, filled him with fear, regret and deep reflection. The sight of the surgery weighed heavily on him as he thought about the pain his wife was enduring. As the operation continued,…

Yoruba elders rarely waste words. When they speak, they compress generations of experience into lines sharp enough to cut through confusion. One of such sayings goes: “Iku ti yoo pani b’o ba si ni, ni fila k’ama d’upe.” The death that ought to kill us, if it only knocks off our cap, deserves gratitude. Survival, even bruised, is still survival. And Nigeria has just lived through such a moment. The latest foiled coup attempt did not march tanks onto the streets or interrupting radio transmissions with martial music. It did something quieter, and perhaps more disturbing. It showed us how…

By the time you finish reading this article, the price of Bitcoin may have changed twice. That is the nature of cryptocurrency: fast, volatile, and borderless. Yet beyond price charts and trading apps lies a less discussed but critical pillar of Nigeria’s digital finance revolution: corporate communications. In the age of crypto, communication is no longer a support function. It is infrastructure. Nigeria is one of the world’s fastest-growing crypto markets. Chainalysis ranked the country second globally in cryptocurrency adoption in 2023, driven largely by everyday retail users rather than institutions. Between July 2023 and June 2024 alone, Nigerians received…