Author: Temidayo Akinsuyi

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has addressed speculations over the whereabouts of his wife, Oluwaseun Aiyedatiwa throughout the election campaign. Throughout her husband’s rise from Deputy Governor to Acting Governor, substantive Governor and even during the campaign , the First Lady was not visible but was present on Monday when the governor was sworn -in. Some critics of Aiyedatiwa believed that his wife left due to violence, others claimed political manoeuvring forced her away. During the election, the opposition also used it against him, saying a man who could not manage the affairs of his home should not be entrusted…

Former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai on Monday said many people in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) supported President Bola Tinubu and in the 2023 general elections and had high expectations from him based on his track record as Lagos state governor. Speaking on Arise TV, El- Rufai said two years down the line, the high expectations are not materialising. El-Rufai also that while he remains a member, the APC has abandoned its principles and ideologies for which it was founded. “I am a founding member of the APC and I am still a member of the APC,…

Late elderstatesman and Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, will be buried in his hometown, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, on May 3, 2025. Adebanjo died on Friday February 14 at the age of 96. This was contained in a statement signed by Ms Ayotunde Ayo-Adebanjo, Mrs Adeola Azeez, and Mr Obafemi Ayo-Adebanjo on behalf of his family. According to the statement made available to TheScrutinyNG , proceedings will commence with a Day of Tributes/ Service of Song at Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos. The burial ceremony is scheduled for Friday, starting with the Wake at Adebanjo’s Country Home, Isanya Ogbo, ljebu…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described  the immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai as an emergency activist and overrated ethnic national champion who thinks being in government is his birthright. The APC National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, also accused El-Rufai of stoking ethnic agenda over his failure to get a cabinet appointment. Speaking on El-Rufai’s meeting with opposition party leaders, Basiru, said they no longer pay attention to his activities after the party discovered he was “an overrated ethnic champion” who is always ready to pitch northern politicians against their southern counterparts. The party scribe slammed El-Rufai over his…

 A former Commissioner for Information in Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua on Sunday said one of the greatest mistake made by the late MKO Abiola was accepting to be part of the palace coup by the late Sani Abacha which ousted the Interim National Government, headed by the late Ernest Shonekan. In an article titled ‘IBB: These Nefarious Inside Sources’, Afegbua also said it also bemusing that Abiola suggested some names to serve in the Abacha-led government. He wrote “The truth must be told; right from Professor Humphrey Nwosu’s account of the June 12 debacle as captured in his book,…

Edo State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Paddy Iyamu has faulted the EdoBEST initiative launched by immediate past governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki saying the scheme failed to achieve the promise for which it was created. In 2018,Obaseki launched EdoBEST as a response to the poor state of basic education in Edo state while EdoBEST 2.0 was launched in 2021. Speaking in an interview with TheNation, Iyamu said the Monday Okpebholo administration met an appaling situation in the education sector. According to him, Obaseki spent billions buying tablets for teachers while most classes in the state have no doors, windows…

Dmitry Bivol defeats Arthur Beterbiev via majority decision after 12 rounds at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.

Salihu Lukman, a former National Vice Chairman (North West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says the party leadership has finished spending the over N30 billion naira it realised from sale of forms for the 2023 general elections. The party sold the presidential nomination form for N100 million; the governorship form was sold for N50 million; Senate, N20 million; House of Representatives, N10 million; and House of Assembly, N2 million. Speaking in an interview with Tribune, Lukman, a former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum said the party leadership under Abdullahi Ganduje is currently running from pillar to post,…

Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Professor Mike Ozekhome, on Friday says former military president, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s (IBB) will make heaven if he dies following his public remorse over the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. In a statement released on Friday, titled ‘Babangida’s Confession And Atonement: Quo Vadis?’ and made available to TheScrutiny, Ozekhome commended Babangida for finally accepting responsibility for the annulment of the election and apologising for the controversial decision that altered Nigeria’s democratic trajectory. Ozekhome, a pro-democracy activist who actively participated in the June 12 protests urged Nigerians to forgive…

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…