Author: Festus Adeloye

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday hosted ex-president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, former Sierra-Leonean President Ernest Bae Koroma, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and one-time Senate President Bukola Saraki with his spouse Toyin. Also at the gathering was the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. According to a tweet on his X handle, Atiku said the meeting held at The Delborough Hotel, on Victoria Island, Lagos. “I joined others at the dinner hosted by my former boss, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, at The Delborough Hotel, Victoria Island, in Lagos”, Atiku, who was vice president to Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007, posted…

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, has described the power sector’s banding system as another form of fraud. Ajaero stated this against the proposed plan to increase electricity tariffs announced by the Federal Ministry of Power. Ajaero, who was in Yola, Adamawa state capital for the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of NLC, stated this while speaking to journalists shortly before the meeting. According to him, ” this banding ABCD the electricity providers are using is another form of fraud, it’s is 419, because the services is poor whether you in band A or D, they are just…

Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has directed the Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) to immediately take over the administration of the 23 local government areas pending the conduct of fresh elections by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). He also directed the outgoing local government council chairmen to formally hand over the levers of power to the Heads of Local Government Administration on Monday, March 3, 2025. Fubara, who spoke on Sunday evening in a statewide broadcast at Government House, Port Harcourt, in response to the Supreme Court judgment, explained that the measure became imperative as a…

Angie Stone, the legendary singer and pivotal member of the pioneering hip hop trio The Sequence, has tragically passed away at the age of 63. Her representative, Deborah R. Champagne, confirmed that Angie was involved in a fatal car accident early Saturday morning, shortly after performing in Montgomery, Alabama. When the incident occurred, she was on her way to another gig at the CIAA basketball tournament in Baltimore. Specific details surrounding the crash remain unclear, and authorities have been contacted for further information. Deborah expressed her heartbreak over the loss, noting that she had spoken with Angie just the night…

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called for an open and transparent probe on the allegations of sexual advances leveled against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, by the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In a statement personally signed by him and titled “Akpabio-Natasha: Let’s Protect the Institution, Not Individuals,” Saraki called for “an open, transparent, and honest investigation by the Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions” to determine the veracity of the allegations raised by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. araki, who presided over the Eighth Senate, emphasized that only an open and honest investigation would prevent the…

Ukraine’s European allies, set to gather in London on Sunday, rallied behind President Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump threw him out of the White House and accused him of not being “ready” for peace with Russia. Stunned by Friday’s altercation in the Oval Office, which saw Zelensky depart the White House without signing an expected mineral deal, most European leaders rushed to his defence. “You are not alone,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, fresh off his own visit to the White House, said he had spoken to both Trump and Zelensky following the clash…

Unoma Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has filed separate lawsuits against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, over alleged defamation and violation of fundamental human rights. The legal action follows recent claims by Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, that her troubles in the Senate started following her refusal to have a sexual relationship with the Senate President. In the first suit on fundamental rights violation (Suit No: CV/814/25), Mrs Akpabio accused the senator of making false and scandalous statements that caused emotional trauma for her and her children, leaving them in fear…

The Supreme Court ruling on the crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly has ended impunity in the oil-rich state, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, said on Friday. The apex court in its ruling on Friday, barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Accountant General of the Federation and other agencies from releasing funds to the government of Rivers State until it purges itself of what the court describes as flagrant disobedience to court orders. The five-man panel of the court unanimously dismissed the cross-appeal filed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara challenging the validity of the House of Assembly presided…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of veteran broadcaster, Anike Agbaje-Williams, describing her as a trailblazer in the Nigerian and African broadcast industry. Agbaje-Williams, renowned as the first African to appear on television, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, in Ibadan at the age of 88, according to her family. In a condolence message signed by the  Special Adviser to the President in Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, Tinubu extended his sympathies to her immediate family, professional colleagues, and the entire broadcast media industry. He acknowledged her pioneering contributions, which helped shape Nigeria’s media…

Veteran broadcaster and philanthropist, Anike Agbaje-Williams, has passed away at the age of 88. She reportedly died peacefully on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State, where she spent most of her life. Agbaje-Williams made history as the first face on African television when she appeared on the Western Nigerian Television (WNTV) station—now part of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)—during its test transmission and official launch on October 31, 1959. She was also the first voice heard on the Western Nigerian Broadcasting Service (WNBS), Africa’s first commercial radio station, earning her the nickname “Double-First.” In a statement on behalf of the family,…