Day: February 11, 2026

Fidelity Bank Donates Essential Items to Ikoyi Correctional Centre

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Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has demonstrated its unwavering commitment to enhancing the lives and wellbeing of indigent persons with the donation of relief items to inmates at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in Lagos. The project, executed under the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative known as Fidelity Helping Hands Programme (FHHP), saw the bank’s Human Resources (HR) department hand over various household tools and gift items to the leadership of the correctional facility as part of its efforts to support the rehabilitation and development of indigent persons in…

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Russia Denies Recruiting Nigerians for Ukraine War as Four Allegedly Killed on Frontlines

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Russia has denied allegations that it recruited Nigerian citizens to fight in its ongoing war against Ukraine, following reports that four Nigerians were killed on the battlefield. The war began in February 2022 when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II. Last week, DAILY NIGERIAN reported that four Nigerians — Adam Anas, Akinlawon Tunde Quyuum, Abugu Stanley Onyeka and Balogun Ridwan Adisa — were killed while fighting on the frontlines between December 2025 and January 2026. According to the…

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Halima Abubakar Begs for Financial Help for Brain Tumour, Spleen Surgery After Eviction

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Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar has once again appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance, saying she urgently needs funds to undergo brain and spleen surgeries. In a now-trending video shared on Tuesday, the actress was seen sitting on the floor as she emotionally begged the public for support. “I’m tired of begging, I need money, help me with money so that I can do my spleen surgery. I beg you in God’s name. I am not ashamed. If I am ashamed, I’ll just die one day, you people will not know,”…

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Fire Guts OPay Office in Ibadan, Property Worth Millions Destroyed

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A fire outbreak on Tuesday razed parts of an OPay office along the busy Akala Expressway in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, destroying property estimated at millions of naira and causing panic among residents, motorists and nearby business operators. The blaze reportedly broke out in the afternoon, sending thick smoke and flames billowing from sections of the fintech company’s premises and drawing a large crowd of onlookers. Eyewitnesses said the fire started suddenly and spread rapidly before emergency responders arrived at the scene. Some residents initially mistook the smoke for…

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