Author: Temidayo Akinsuyi

Veteran journalist and former presidential candidate, Dele Momodu says Nigeria is yet to recover from the chaos from Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida plunged the country into by annuling the June 12 1993 presidential election. Babangida, on Thursday, expressed regret over the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, acknowledging that the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, MKO Abiola, won the poll. In the concluding section of the 12th chapter of his autobiography launched Thursday in Abuja, titled, ‘A Journey In Service,’ IBB, who blamed the late Sani Abacha, described the annulment of the election as an “accident…

Speech delivered at the Public Presentation of my Memoirs: A Journey in Service, at the Abuja Transcorp Hilton on Thursday, February 20, 2025. Mr President and Commander-in-Chief, Your Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, very distinguished General Yakubu Gowon, the Chairman of today’s event, General Olusegun Obasanjo, other past Nigerian Presidents present, my brothers, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and the representative of General Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Boss Mustapha, my brother and Statesman, Nana Akufo-Addo (immediate past President of Ghana), former Nigerian Vice Presidents here present, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Alhaji Namadi Sambo, and Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate…

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has declared that those behind the incarceration of his former Chief of Staff, Bashir Saidu will pay for it before the 2027 elections. Saidu was released on Wednesday after spending 50 days in detention over alleged money laundering charges. El-Rufai said Bashir,  was persecuted because he dominated the progressive politics of Kaduna North and Central senatorial districts. Posting on his Facebook page, the All Progressives Congress (APC), chieftain promised to reveal the role of some policemen in Bashir’s abduction. He wrote: “KADUNA UPDATE: After 50 days of abduction and unjustified incarceration, Bashir Saidu is…

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the growing hunger across Nigeria has persisted because of the activities of herdsmen and terrorists who continue to attack farmers and make it difficult for them to engage in productive farm work. To curb this menace, Governor Fubara challenged the church, as a critical partner of government, to support all efforts at peace-building by preaching peace to congregants, so that development efforts can genuinely yield dividends in Rivers State and Nigeria, as a whole. Governor Fubara gave the charge while declaring open the 2025 Standing Committee Meeting of Church of Nigeria…

Chairman of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos State, Prince Tajudeen Olusi on Tuesday said contrary to impression being created, President Bola Tinubu did not snub the members when they visited him in Abuja few days ago. Speaking with TheScrutiny, Olusi said the president couldn’t meet with GAC members in Abuja because he had to travel out of the country by 1pm. Following the removal of the former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, President Tinubu had directed the GAC, the highest decision making organ of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos to persuade the Lagos lawmakers to reinstate Obasa and…

Civil rights activist and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement, Aisha Yesufu, has again, called out former president Goodluck Jonathan over his inactions and incompetence during the abduction of Chibok girls in 2014. She also denied allegations that the movement was being funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as claimed by a Nigerian journalist, David Hundeyin, who accused the group of receiving money from USAID to “bring down former Goodluck Jonathan’s administration”. Speaking during an interview on Arise TV, Yesufu who berated Jonathan for his silence 19 days after the abduction, also criticised…

Chairman of the Lagos State Local Government Service Commission, Kamal Bayewu says inspite of financial autonomy granted to them, local governments will still need collaboration with state governments if they want to succeed with people-oriented projects in their councils. Bayewu, a former two-term chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun LGA in Lagos state made the remarks during an interview on Lagos Television (LTV). According to him, the current revenue sharing formula is skewed against local governments as they earn a paltry 20 percent while the federal and state governments get 52 percent and 26 percent respectively. “Financial autonomy is right but how much…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fouad Oki on Monday says Mudashiru Obasa, former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has some powerful forces backing him to breach the peace in the state. Oki, who spoke on Channels Television programme ‘Politics Today’ also warned that the speakership tussle rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly is assuming a dangerously monstrous dimension that will be a mother of all state legislative crisis in Nigeria if not quickly tamed. Earlier on Monday, armed security officers drawn from the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services stormed…

Shareholders of First Bank, Nigeria’s oldest financial institution have continued to kick over ongoing plans by the chairman, Femi Otedola, to launch a N350 billion private placement following the conclusion of the rights offer. The Scrutiny gathered that some shareholders of the bank believe that while the private placement targets specific investors through an offer of security or shares, it is a ploy by Otedola and his cronies to consolidate their grips on the bank. The development is coming after the parent company of the bank, First HoldCo PLC, just concluded raising N150 billion through a rights issue as part of…

Men of  the Department of State Security (DSS) and Nigeria Police, in the early hours on Monday, stormed the premises the Lagos State House of Assembly, sealing up the offices of the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, her deputy and clerk of the house. The speaker, Mojisola Meranda who arrived the premises at 11:15 am was allegedly denied entry to her office. One of the lawmakers informed our correspondent that the security operatives were acting on the orders of President Bola Tinubu. Recall that the embattled, former Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, has sued the state lawmakers challenging his removal as…