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Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerian schools to embrace endowments as a strategic measure to address the chronic underfunding of the nation’s educational institutions. Osinbajo made the call at the 94th Founders’ Day celebration of Igbobi College, Lagos, describing an endowment as a pool of funds or assets donated by individuals or corporations and set aside to support schools over the long term. “Many great institutions are backed by large endowments that sustain their operations for decades,” he said. “Endowments are not just about financial provision; they are about sustaining standards, cultures, values and norms. It is not…

Operatives of the police cybercrime unit in Gurgaon, India, have arrested two Nigerians for allegedly impersonating directors of Indian companies on WhatsApp to defraud unsuspecting employees. The police disclosed that the suspects deceived victims into transferring money into bank accounts controlled by the ring. In a report published by The Times of India on Wednesday, the cybercrime unit identified the suspects as Ojo Uyiosa and another Nigerian identified simply as James. The duo was arrested last Saturday after investigators analysed a suspicious phone number linked to the fraud. According to police findings, Uyiosa first arrived in India in 2014 on…

Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a 19th-century Russian writer and journalist who best described self-deception. In his drapery of wisdom and sapience in his last scripted work, “Brothers Karamazov”, Mikhaylovich wrote: “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect, he ceases to love.” To a fool, truth is what only he believes is true. To the wise, truth is that which is proved…

In this interview with EDWARD NNACHI, Dr. Emmanuel Onwe, who represented the Ebonyi Central Zone in the 6th National Assembly, shares his thoughts on the 2026 budget; and why his support for Governor Francis Nwifuru holds sway. He also talks about the dangers of a one-party state and more. Since the 2023 elections little or nothing has been heard about you. What have you been doing lately? Well, after the 2023 elections which of course, you knew I vied for the Senatorial position for Ebonyi Central one has to be a piece of wood not to have known what transpired…

The Federal Government commenced a comprehensive review of the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro Pocket Project after recording 2,536,184 metric tonnes of produce valued at N2,312,746,400,000.00 over four farming seasons. Speaking at the workshop on the implementation framework of the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket Programme held on Thursday, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, said the meeting was convened to assess progress and strengthen implementation. He said, “I express my profound gratitude and appreciation for being here amongst this important gathering brought together from different segments purposely to brainstorm on what…

Atalanta head coach Raffaele Palladino has accepted Ademola Lookman’s departure to Atletico Madrid as an inevitable part of modern football, thanking him for the service to the club, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nigeria international’s €40m switch to the Spanish capital came just days after Atalanta president Luca Percassi had insisted the forward was not available for transfer amid Napoli’s interest. Palladino acknowledged the player’s ambitions while expressing gratitude for his contribution to the Italian club. “It’s a dynamic that’s part of today’s football,” the 41-year-old told Tutto Atalanta. “Lookman had this important request, expressed the will to seize it…

Editor-in-Chief of the digital women’s magazine Elowell Max, Elohor Ogaga-Edafe, has said she is intentionally working to rekindle Nigeria’s declining reading culture by prioritising depth, meaning, and thoughtful storytelling. She noted that reading habits, especially among younger audiences, have weakened as social media scrolling, short videos, and viral captions increasingly replace engagement with long-form stories. In a digital space saturated with constant online noise, Ogaga-Edafe said meaningful journalism now faces stiff competition, but insisted that media must resist the pressure to sacrifice substance for speed. Launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic as a wellness platform, Elowell Max has since…

University of Nigeria Nsukka’s proposed 100 per cent fee hike has ignited fury among students and parents, fearing mass dropouts in Nigeria’s economic crunch. After protests and talks, it’s down to 60%—but many say even that’s too much for a public varsity meant for the masses, reports EDWARD NNACHI It’s no longer news that the management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka is proposing to increase the school’s tuition fee by a 100% which is already generating controversies from different quarters, within and beyond the university. The proposal if becomes a reality will see students pay double of what they…

Tether has made a $100 million strategic equity investment in Anchorage Digital, formalizing an existing relationship between the stablecoin issuer and the federally regulated US crypto bank.According to a post by Tether on Thursday, the investment builds on the companies’ prior collaboration, which includes Anchorage Digital’s role as the issuer of USAt, which launched on Jan. 27.USAt is dollar–pegged stablecoin designed to operate in the United States under the federal payment stablecoin framework established by the GENIUS Act in July 2025.Anchorage Digital Bank, founded in 2017 in San Francisco, is the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the United…

Kelly Ripa has earned a reputation for sharing sweet family photos on Christmas each year — but her kids are certified Grinches when it comes to keeping the tradition. “I’ve got to tell you, I tried to post a family carousel on Instagram on Christmas,” Ripa, 55, told Bronwyn Newport on Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy Tuesday, February 3. “I stopped talking to my kids for about four hours on Christmas because of the fighting and the arguing over, ‘You can’t use that picture of me. Well, you can’t use that picture of me.’” Ripa…