Author: Amina Mohammed

Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo on Sunday hailed former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori as an inspirational leader who has provided fatherly guidance for him. Okpebholo disclosed this in a social media post after paying Ibori a courtesy visit at his residence in Oghara, Delta State. According to him, Ibori shared valuable insights with him on fulfilling eiectoral promises, offering true service to the people and providing essential amenities which will uplift peoples lives. He wrote: “Today,I led my team on a courtesy visit to H.E. Chief James Ibori , former Governor of Delta State, at his residence…

US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should apologise after his meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office devolved into what Rubio described as a “fiasco.” Rubio questioned whether the Ukrainian leader really wants peace in the country’s war with Russia. He stated this in an exclusive interview with CNN’s ‘The Source’, calling on Zelensky to “apologise for turning this thing into the fiasco for him that it became,” after his White House meeting with Trump and Vice President JD Vance turned into a shouting match. He said, “There was no need for…

Veteran actress,  Ayo Adesanya has revealed why she stayed in an abusive relationship for 10 years despite pressures from her family and friends to call it quit. In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Adesanya revealed that her ex-lover’s physical and emotional abuse led her to become an alcoholic. Adesanya recounted how her ex-lover would beat her anywhere he saw her, and how she was unable to leave the marriage due to the fear of being shamed by society. She also shared how her colleagues, including Bimbo Akintola, were frustrated with her for staying in the abusive relationship. The actress further…

Fire has gutted sections of a storey building housing Ago Medical Centre, off Ago Palace Way, Okota. The inferno was caused by a power surge which led to a spark when public electricity power supply was restored. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the agency had successfully contained the raging fire. According to him, the agency activated the state’s emergency response plan and its response team from Oshodi, following distress calls received on its 767/112 Emergency Toll-Free Lines at 18.29hrs on Friday. “Upon arrival…

There was outrage yesterday as the governments of three northern states, Katsina, Kebbi and Bauchi, directed all schools, public and private, to proceed on holiday for the whole month of Ramadan. he governments said the holiday is to allow students, teachers and other stakeholders to observe the holy month, which begins today. According to Kebbi State’s revised 2024/2025 academic calendar, the second term would conclude on February 28, 2025, with the Ramadan break commencing on March 1, 2025. Ahmed Idris, the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, said the state government approved the break to provide an opportunity for…

Lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory in the Senate, Senator Ireti Kingibe, on Friday berated her colleague, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over her outburst against the sitting rearrangement in the upper chamber. Kingibe, who appeared on Arise TV yesterday, carpeted the Kogi senator for repeatedly failing to abide by the Senate rules. She said the other female senators had been quiet on the row provoked by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s reaction to the sitting rearrangement only because they don’t want to say something negative about one of them. She said: “Silence is golden, especially when one of us is not following the rules.As women,…

A high-ranking member of the Nigerian Army during the military years, General Ishola Williams (rtd), says contrary to the disclosure in a recently released book by former Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, the ex-military general prepared the late General Sani Abacha to take over before his controversial annulment of June 12, 1993. Gen Williams, a former Chief of Defence Training and Planning, was a guest on the Friday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television. Gen Williams was one of those mentioned in Babangida’s 420-page memoir titled, ‘A Journey in Service: An Autobiography…

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy has broken his silence after socialite Sophia Egbueje allegedly called him out over an unfulfilled promise involving a Lamborghini. The controversy, which recently gained traction on social media, began when Egbueje allegedly accused Burna Boy of failing to deliver on a promise to buy her a luxury car following an encounter. In a leaked audio recording, she claimed Burna Boy made several commitments, including purchasing a Lamborghini for her, which influenced her decision to engage with him. However, she alleged that after their encounter, the singer became unresponsive and did not fulfill his promises. As…

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels returned to Instagram on Friday, making a bold move by removing her husband, Ned Nwoko’s name from her bio and deleting all pictures featuring him from her page. This change comes just days after the actress deactivated her account last Monday amid rumours that Nwoko was responsible for actress Chika Ike’s pregnancy and planned to take her as his seventh wife. Both Nwoko and Ike swiftly denied the rumours, calling them false. Upon returning to Instagram, Regina updated her bio to reflect her full name, “Regina Daniels Nneamaka Favour,” and shared a video of herself with…

President Bola Tinubu has signed the ₦54.99 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill into law.  The 2025 budget is 99.96% higher than the 2024 appropriation bill of ₦27.5 trillion. Tinubu signed it in his office at the State House in Abuja on Friday. The bill was increased from the initial figure of ₦49.7 trillion the Nigerian leader submitted. The National Assembly had on February 13th approved the bill after a series of revisions. A breakdown of the budget shows that it includes a total expenditure of ₦54.99 trillion and statutory transfers of ₦3.65 trillion. The recurrent (non-debt) expenditure is ₦13.64 trillion. The capital…