Author: Temidayo Akinsuyi

Rev. Yemi Davids, Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Lagos State chapter on Wednesday said it is not right for the federal government to tell Nigerians how to protest when they are faced with hardship and hunger.  Davids who was a guest on Arise Television’s programme ‘ The Morning Show’ also said he took active part in the #EndSARS protest in 2020 before it was hijacked. According to the founding pastor of Global Impact Churches, people have different ways of responding to hardship and voicing out their protest. While some will remain silent, others may shout and take to the…

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), former Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commitee Against Corruption (PACAC) says the lingering fuel scarcity coupled with hike in petrol price at a time the Dangote Refinery begins the sale of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol looks suspicious. President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday presented the first sample of petrol on Tuesday during a broadcast at his refinery located in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. Speaking with TheScrutiny, Sagay says he will wait to see how much Dangote sells his petrol to Nigerians before determining whether the whole scarcity is arranged…

The production of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery Premium Motor Spirit, will eliminate all fuel queues in Nigeria, Aliko Dangote has said. He also said the quality petrol produced at the refinery will improve people’s health as well as bring much needed relief to those currently experiencing excruciating petrol scarcity in towns and cities across the country. Speaking while addressing newsmen at the site of the refinery in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos on Tuesday, Dangote said “This represents a very historic, monumental achievement”. “I must congratulate the people of Nigeria and the…

Dr. Yunusa Tanko, Interim National Coordinator, Obidient Movement Worldwide has called on all Nigerians who are desirous of a better future for the country to join the movement. Speaking in a chat with TheScrutiny, Tanko who was appointed by Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections says going forward, Nigeria will witness a well-coordinated Obidient Movement. “What we are trying to build is a physical structure with human and capital development, politically and socially enriched leadership across the states. Once a such structure is being built, you will have a well-coordinated and more stable Obidient…

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will recover all the monies stolen by Governor Godwin Obaseki in the last eight years. Speaking in an interview with TheScrutiny, Prince Kassim Afegbua, Director of Media, Edo APC Campaign Organisation said the people of Edo who are fed up with Obaseki’s abysmal performance will overwhelmingly vote the APC and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo in the September 21 governorship election. According to Afegbua, Obaseki has killed the political economy of Edo and has run the state aground since taking over from Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in 2016. “As we speak,…

Arise Television anchor,  Reuben Abati on Thursday says the TV station is ready to conduct interview with Senator Monday Okpebholo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state in local Benin Language if he finds it difficult to speak English. Abati made the remarks when Emperor Jarett Tenebe, the APC state chairman appeared on The Morning Show to speak on the party’s chances ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo state. Addressing Tenebe, Abati said “Please do us a favour. We hope that after this interaction with you, we hope that your candidate, Senator…

Prince Kassim Afegbua is the Director of Media, Edo APC Campaign Organisation. In this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, he speaks on allegations that the party’s governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo has shunned several invitations to grant interview on Arise Television. He also shares his thoughts on developments in Edo state ahead of the September 21 governorship election. Excerpts: There are talks on social media that your candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo has refused several invitation by Arise Television for an interview while the governorship candidate of the PDP, Asue Ighodalo appeared on the TV station on Monday. What is your reaction to…

The Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday said 80 percent of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s family members have endorsed its candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo ahead of the September 21 governorship candidate in the state. Speaking in an interview with TheScrutiny, Prince Kassim Afegbua, Director of Media, Edo APC Campaign Organisation said Obaseki’s family members publicly distanced themselves from the governor and declared their support for Okpebholo at the APC rally in Oredo local government. “Let them continue to blackmail Okpebholo. Here is a man who has had engagements with several stakeholders in Edo, including lecturers of…

The State Security Service has detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, TheScrutiny learnt on Sunday. Mr Soyinka, a former pioneer editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was detained by SSS operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 5.40 a.m. on Sunday upon his arrival from the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic flight. As of the time of this report, no reason has been given for his detention by the security agency. When contacted over the matter, the spokesperson for the SSS, Peter Afunanya, said, “I…

Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unidentified sources. Durov was travelling aboard his private jet, TF1 said on its website, adding he had been targeted by an arrest warrant in France as part of a preliminary police investigation. TF1 and BFM both said the investigation was focused on a lack of moderators on Telegram, and that police considered that this situation allowed criminal activity to go on undeterred on the messaging app.