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The Tonto Dikeh Foundation has launched a scholarship initiative, providing free JAMB registration to 1,000 eligible students in Port Harcourt, Lagos, and Abuja. The effort is part of the foundation’s broader mission to support 5,000 Nigerian students annually through full or partial sponsorship, emphasising the importance of education in empowering young individuals. Tonto Dikeh, the founder of the initiative, stated that education is central to the foundation’s goals, aiming to equip students with the skills necessary for national development. The distribution of the scholarships includes 500 students in Port Harcourt, 250 in Lagos, and 250 in Abuja. Dikeh, on Instagram,…

Payments for outstanding 2024 capital projects, alongside the settlement of debts inherited from previous administrations, have commenced. This was announced in a statement by Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications. According to Dare, the Federal Government has started disbursing funds to contractors and stakeholders involved in unfinished 2024 capital projects. The presidency also disclosed that full implementation of capital components in both the 2024 and 2025 budgets is targeted for completion on or before March 31, 2026. The statement read, “Payments for outstanding 2024 capital projects have now commenced, in addition to…

The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, is scheduled to be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on February 25 over a three-count criminal charge filed by the Department of State Services (DSS). El-Rufai will appear before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, to whom the case has been assigned, according to a hearing notice issued by the court. The DSS, in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026, accused him of committing cybercrimes and breaching provisions of the Communications Act by allegedly participating in the unlawful surveillance of the telephone of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. In one of the…

The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested two suspects connected to the alleged murder of a 62-year-old woman at Ori-Apata, Oderemi area of Ido Local Government Area, Ibadan. The command’s spokesman, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement issued in Ibadan on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the deceased’s body was found in the bush on Wednesday. She was reported to have gone to gather vegetables when she was accosted, assaulted and killed. Olayinka said a good Samaritan discovered the woman’s lifeless body in a bush path within…

In a landmark judgment, the US Supreme Court yesterday struck down the sweeping global tariff imposed by President Donald Trump last year, declaring the duties imposed on Nigeria and 184 other countries as illegal. Trump had on April 2, 2025, in what he tagged Liberation Day, imposed a 10 percent baseline tariff on imports from all countries, with additional country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs ranging from 11 percent to 50 percent on countries with significant trade deficits with the US, relying on a 1970s-era emergency law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which allows a president to regulate importation during emergencies.…

The Osun State Government has said that the allegation of N13 billion payroll scam by Sally Tibbot Limited is fake news sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Friday, the Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, said there was no N13 billion payroll fraud, as verification of the controversial audit report confirmed that more than two-thirds of those declared as ghost workers are bona fide staff with full identification and documentation. Alimi said Governor Ademola Adeleke is open to the investigation of the staff audit report by anti-corruption agencies, as he was the actual…

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has faulted the exclusion of the PDP, African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Labour Party (LP) from the Rivers State Assembly bye-electiona, saying it is an ‘arrant nonsense and tyranny of a despotic cabal’ desperate to rig the 2027 general elections.’ The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had confirmed that the three parties will not participate in the February 21 Rivers State House of Assembly bye-elections. INEC was announced in Port Harcourt by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who said only seven political parties met the…

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it received with utter dismay the news of the withdrawal or stepping down of some chairmanship candidates of the party from the forthcoming Abuja Local Council elections. “This action is anti-democratic in every sense and is hereby totally condemned by the party,” PDP said, in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, on Friday. The party pointed out that democracy thrives on healthy electoral contests, not forced or induced melodramatic consensus, as currently witnessed in the build-up to the FCT local council elections. It said the sad…

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a man identified simply as Mr Abuchi over the alleged killing of his wife in Amaji village, Umuoyoro Community, Omuma Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident and the arrest of the suspect during a phone call with our correspondent, adding that investigation was ongoing. “Yes, I can confirm the incident. The suspect has been arrested and the Commissioner of Police has ordered a detailed investigation to ensure timely justice,” she said. The suspect was subsequently handed over to the Eberi Police…

The Enugu State Government says the state is prepared to host no fewer than 50,000 participants at the 2026 Enugu Tech Festival holding between Feb. 24 and 27. Chief Lawrence Ezeh, the Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, told newsmen in Enugu on Friday that technical installations for the event were nearing completion. “The exhibition stands are being finalised, the broadband capacity around the venue has been strengthened, this is to support physical and virtual participations,” he said. The commissioner said that cybersecurity systems had also been upgraded, and that seamless digital registration platforms had been integrated to guarantee a…