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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday admitted in evidence a video clip showing Nigeria’s newly appointed ambassador awaiting deployment, Reno Omokri, calling President Bola Tinubu a “drug lord”. Judge Mohammed Umar admitted the video clip alongside another one presented by the defence team in Mr Sowore’s trial on cybercrime charges that stemmed from his social media post last year calling Mr Tinubu a criminal. Mr Sowore faces two cybercrime charges over his posts on Facebook and X in August 2025 calling Mr Tinubu a criminal. The charges alleged that Mr Sowore’s posts were designed to cause a breakdown…

Mr Aliko Dangote Mr Dangote’s education endowment aims to reduce barriers to tertiary education for Nigeria’s poor and vulnerable youth and to support girls’ education. Over the period 2026-2036, the scholarship programme aimed to reach 1,325,000 vulnerable students in public universities and polytechnics across Nigeria’s 774 local government areas in the 36 states and the Federal Capital. The International Day of Education has been celebrated globally on 24th January each year since 2019. The Day focuses on the importance of inclusive, quality and lifelong learning for all, to address the barriers of poverty, gender inequality, and conflict. Nigerians know well the…

President Bola Tinubu has transmitted 24 health sector bills for consideration of the Senate in line with Section 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The bills were conveyed alongside a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Tuesday. Mr Tinubu said the proposed legislations followed a comprehensive review of existing health sector laws by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. He said the review, approved by the Federal Executive Council, was in collaboration with the Minister of Health and Social Welfare. According to the…

The Nigerian government has announced that restoration of the national grid has commenced hours after its collapse on Tuesday, the second such incident since Friday last week. The Nigeria Independent System Operator (NISO), in an update on Tuesday, said nationwide electricity restoration began around 11:00 a.m. following the collapse at about 10:48 a.m. the same day. NISO clarified that the grid disturbance originated from the Gombe Transmission Substation. However, restoration began at about 11:11 a.m. and has since been completed. “The national grid experienced a voltage disturbance which originated from the Gombe Transmission Substation. “The disturbance rapidly propagated across the…

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, says anyone who is not in the APC is a minority. Yilwatda made this statement on Tuesday during the defection of Governor Caleb Mutfwang in Jos, Plateau State capital. DAILY POST reports that Governor Mutfwang officially defected to the APC on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, Yilwatda said, “Every other person who is not in APC is a minority. From all the wards in Plateau, everybody is in APC. “Let me invite the remaining minorities who are left in other political parties. I want to appeal to…

Three Fulani leaders, including the president of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Kwara State chapter, have been arrested over alleged involvement in kidnapping and the sponsorship of armed bandits. According to security reports, the Miyetti Allah leader reportedly admitted to aiding multiple kidnapping operations linked to armed Fulani bandits. The suspects are said to be over 60 years old, individuals who should serve as voices of peace, now accused of fuelling terror and violence. The case, however, highlights alleged moral failure by specific individuals, not an entire community, and underscores the need for full accountability under…

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has said he will be forever grateful to Galatasaray players Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gündoğan. Guardiola was speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League clash with Galatasaray on Wednesday night at the Etihad Stadium. The Spaniard coached Sane and Gündoğan during their time together at Man City in the past. “Leroy Sane was fantastic here,” Guardiola said. “Ilkay was our captain, and he achieved great things here. “They both made huge contributions, and I am forever grateful to them. I’m happy to see them again.” Sane left Manchester City…

The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has registered no fewer than 277,000 new members in the ongoing electronic registration exercise. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq disclosed this on Monday while receiving the National Vice Chairman of the party for the North Central zone, Alhaji Muazu Bawa, who was in Ilorin, the state capital on a monitoring visit to assess the progress of the exercise. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, Kwara currently leads other states in the North Central zone in the ongoing registration exercise. AbdulRazaq described the turnout as…

The Kwara State Police Command has dismissed as fake and misleading a viral video alleging that women were assaulted during a protest at the Government House in Ilorin, describing the footage as digitally manipulated. The police made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, following public outrage over a video that surfaced on social media claiming that security operatives brutalised women protesters at the Government House on December 27, 2025. According to the command, a forensic analysis of the video revealed that it was a composite clip created by…

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Tuesday, led the South-West Zonal public hearing on constitutional amendments of the All Progressives Congress in Akure. There, he underscored the need for reforms aimed at strengthening the party’s internal structures. Addressing party leaders and stakeholders at the event, the governor stressed the importance of inclusiveness, internal democracy and merit-based leadership within the APC. This is according to a statement released by the Ondo State Government on its official X page on Tuesday night. It read, “Ondo State Governor, Dr Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has called for inclusive reforms, stronger internal democracy and merit-based leadership…