Author: Festus Adeloye

A renowned Nigerian novelist and writer, Mabel Segun, has passed away at the age of 95. The demise of the tennis champion, broadcaster, and diplomat was announced by her family in a statement late Thursday. According to the statement, Segun, a retired administrator, died in the early hours of Thursday. The statement added that her funeral arrangements will be announced later by the family. “It is with gratitude to God for a life well spent in the pursuit of excellence in Literature, Broadcasting and Sports that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Mabel Dorothy…

The Special Adviser and a Consultant to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Communications and Strategy, Ken Okolugbo, has blamed the tension between his principal and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in the Senate on pent-up anger. Okolugbo claimed that the seat arrangement controversy which pitted the Senator representing Kogi Central against the Senate President was made worse by Natasha’s bottled-up anger for her removal as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content. “The fact of the matter was that her seat was removed and there was already bottled-up anger because she was removed from the local content committee,” Okolugbo…

Human rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, widely known as “Revolutionary Alfa,” has passed away in a motor vehicle accident along the Abeokuta-Sagamu road in Ogun State.  He was 53 years old at the time of his death. Sulaiman was reportedly travelling to Ibadan on Tuesday, when the vehicle he was in, was involved in a fatal crash. At the time of his passing, he served as the Executive Chairman of the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) and as the Chairman of the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS). A devoted follower of…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of a new Principal Staff Officer (PSO). He is Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP) Ahmed Lateef. IGP said DCP Lateef brings to the position a wealth of experience and a proven track record of leadership in various capacities within the Nigeria Police Force. According to a statement on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi: “Prior to his current posting, DCP Ahmed served as the Police Operations and FPU Coordinator for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). “He was the Personal Assistant to the…

Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of $1.4million linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to the federal government. The judge initially granted a final forfeiture order on June 24, 2024, but set it aside on June 27, 2024, after it was challenged by the respondents. The court subsequently directed the respondents to file a suit to show why the money should not be forfeited to the federal government and for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to re-argue the application. The respondents…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed to landlords not to increase rent following the inauguration of a newly rehabilitated road network. The roads include Agidi Road and Church Street in Agboyi/Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), and Demurin Road in Kosofe Local Government Area. He said: “Please don’t increase your house rents because Sanwo-Olu has just done connectivity. We are not doing it so you can put a burden on your tenants. The value of your houses might have gone up with the dual carriageway, but please, take it that this is our responsibility to you,” Sanwo-Olu emphasised that…

Brigadier General Kunle Nafiu, the new Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday arrived at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja to assume duty as the 23rd DG of the NYSC. He took over from Brigadier General YD Ahmed who handed over to him in a colourful ceremony. The new DG was, until his appointment, Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, having also served in the same capacity with the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Raised Abiodun Lagbaja. A member of the 47 Regular Course, Nafiu…

The crisis rocking local government administration in Osun State took a new dimension on Wednesday with the newly elected local government chairmen and councillors under the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dragging those elected in 2022 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to court. Joined in the suit filed at the Osun State High Court of Justice, Ikirun Division, is the Inspector-General of Police, the commissioner of Police, Osun State Command, the director-General, DSS and the Commandant General, NSCDC. Also, in another suit in the Osun State High Court of Justice, Ilesa Division, the…

Senator representing Osun Central in the current 10th National Assembly, Senator Olubiyi Fadeyi Ajangunla has commended Governor Ademola Adeleke, on his recent visit to Chief Bisi Akande’s residence in Ibadan. He said the visit was not only mature, it was timely and filled with several political messages for those who think reaching out across the political aisle to an iconic figure like Chief Bisi Akande was a sign of remorse from the Governor and therefore PDP in Osun State. Ajangunla, in a statement in Osogbo on Wednesday, said Governor Adeleke’s visit was a deft political gesture, unprecedented in Osun State’s…

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade has arrived Nigeria from Canada to commence traditional rites ahead of his coronation scheduled for April 5, 2025 . An Oyo indigene, Mr. Titus Oloruntunmise, Wednesday night, shared the video of the arrival of Oba Owoade at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Dressed in a white blazers and matching white shoes with black pant and inner T-shirt, adorned with a black fez cap, the Alaafin arrived to the waiting hands of well-wishers and a group of women singers. “Kabiyesi Iku Baba Yeye. Alase Ikeji Oosa. Oba Owoade Abimbola Akeem, Alaafin of…