Author: TheScrutinyNG

By Kassim Afegbua I was going through a piece of one of ex-Governor Obaseki’s rottweilers, barking aloud about what he perceived as the legacies of his paymaster in his eight years of abysmal leadership, and I came to the irrevocable conclusion that the culture of shame has since departed from him. Crusoe Osagie’s diatribes were a combination of superb artefacts of shame, such kind of bold-faced admission of guilt, with a justification of Obaseki’s rotten legacies. It is no longer fashionable for me to engage Obaseki and his vuvuzelas, especially a Crusoe Osagie, planted in the rustic settings of Idumota,…

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has denied rumours suggesting that she has resigned. Meranda’s Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, debunked the rumour on Wednesday. “I’m in the office. The speaker is in the office. I don’t know where that is coming from,” Ajiboye said in a chat with PUNCH Online. An online report suggested on Wednesday that the Speaker had resigned. A circular dated February 17, 2025, allegedly released by Meranda had also been trending for two days, with the content claiming she had resigned. However, checks on the letter circulating on social media…

The Academic Staff Union of University, Kaduna State University  Branch, has declared an indefinite strike beginning from Feb. 18 over unresolved welfare concerns. The union announced the decision in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr Peter Adamu, and Secretary, Dr Peter Waziri. It was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Tuesday. The statement said that the action followed the approval of the union’s National Executive Council. “The Academic Staff Union of Universities, KASU branch wishes to notify the public that its National Executive Council has approved the request of the congress of the branch…

By Crusoe Osagie After an election many believed to be a heist organised by the very institutions responsible for the defense of the people’s choice, Monday Okpebholo came into office on the 12th of November, 2024 with a hefty baggage of credibility crisis. Quite frankly, his first 100 days in office have upended the chaos that accompanied the charade of an election that brought the taciturn and diminutive Senator into office. From his very first decision to sack nearly 5000 civil servants whose only crime was entering the public service in the previous administration, to the perpetual bullying of elected…

The coronation rites of the 46th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade is ongoing as the absence of the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Osun State is not mandatory to rob the process of its legitimacy. Chief of Staff to Oba Owoade, Rotimi Osuntola stated this in a statement sent to newsmen on Tuesday, where the Palace urged the public to dismiss a media report that the coronation rites of the new monarch would be incomplete without the Apetumodu. Osuntola, who was reacting a recent article published by a national newspaper with the title: “Alaafin’s Coronation in Jeopardy Over Unknown…

Nigeria’s headline inflation has dropped to 24.48 per cent year on year in January 2025.  This is a sharp decline from the 34.80 per cent headline inflation recorded in December 2024. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Statistician-General of the Federation Adeyemi Adeniran announced this on Tuesday. He said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) –  which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and commodities –  has declined to 24.48 per cent year on year in January. Adeniran who was speaking during a briefing in Abuja, explained that urban inflation stood at 26.09…

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun has approved the deployment of Jimoh Moshood as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the deployment was part of the I-G’s strategy to bolster internal security and enhance operational effectiveness in policing the country. Mr Moshood previously served in key positions, including CP Communications Ops, Force Headquarters, Force Public Relations Officer, and CP Eastern Port, Rivers. Mr Adejobi stated that Moshood’s extensive experience in communications, administration, and public relations, combined with…

The 78th edition of the British Academy Film Awards, popularly referred to as the BAFTA Awards, took place on Sunday, February 16, 2025. Outstanding national and international films from 2024 were recognised. The winners at the Bafta Film Awards, celebrating the best in big screen action over the past 12 months, have been revealed. Conclave and The Brutalist won big, with four each; while Wicked, Emilia Pérez, Anora, Dune: Part Two, A Real Pain and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl won two each According to a post shared on Monday on the X handle, #BAFTA, the organisers congratulated all…

Popular billionaire politician, Senator Prince Ned Nwoko has dismissed reports alleging that he is planning to marry Nollywood actress Chika Ike as his seventh wife and that she is pregnant for him. In a statement issued by his office and released on his social media handles on Monday, Nwoko described the rumours as entirely baseless and a product of malicious speculation. He also refuted claims that he made statements regarding singer Tuface Idibia and polygamy, labeling such reports as completely untrue. The statement reads, “Our attention has been drawn to the recent false rumours alleging that Senator Prince Ned Munir…

Activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi has said he is still facing four separate suits filed by members of the Aare Afe Babalola law firm in four different states.  Farotimi made this known on Sunday, February 16, 2025, on the Toyin Falola Interviews. It would be recalled that the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), recently withdrew his defamation case against the activist. Trouble started for Farotimi after Babalola wrote a petition to the police commissioner in Ekiti State, claiming the activist defamed him in his book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System.’ As a…