Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has cried out over the increase in his residence’s electricity bill from N2.7 million in March to N29 million in April. Hazmat made the disclosure during a discussion held yesterday at Victoria Island. As quoted in a post shared on X on Tuesday, the Lagos Deputy Governor decried the surge in estimated billing as he narrated his ordeal while speaking at the event organized by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), “People that are trying to survive, and the common denominator for them is power. They don’t have power. There are billing challenges.…

Agency Report An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, on Monday, revoked the bail granted to two co-defendants in the alleged attempted murder trial of Oba Solomon Akinola, the Oloko of Oko. Akinola, the two co-defendants, whose bails were revoke, Chief Sunday Aderinto and Adejare Adeleru, are facing a 27-count charge including land grabbing and attempted murder. Other defendants in the matter are; Chief Jimoh Asimiyu, Timothy Aderinto, Matthew Akintaro, Rafiu Ganiyu, Samson Ogunmola, Zachiaus Adeleru and Kamorudeen Ajibade. Also arraigned are Raji Rasaq, Mutiu Arowosaye, Oyeyemi Oyelekan Olusegun Oyelekan and Sheriff Adio. Justice Kareem Adedokun revoked the bail of…

Safiu Kehinde 2023 Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to the stoppage of his planned visit to Benue by the state governor, Alia Hyacinth. NPO Reported that Hyacinth had halted Obi’s planned visit to the Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camp in the state on Monday as the governor held that his safety cannot be guaranteed. As contained in a statement issued by Tersoo Kula, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Obi was advised to reconsider his planned visit, stressing that the former Anambra state governor must first seek permission from Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA) before…

Safiu Kehinde Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (Rtd) has on Monday demanded N300 million refund from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following the association’s relocation of its Annual General Conference from the state’s capital, Port Harcourt, to Enugu. The NBA had initially selected Rivers as the host state ahead of the one-week conference slated to hold in August. However, the declaration of state of emergency and suspension of Rivers governor, and Siminalayi Fubara, tend to have motivated the change in location as NBA strongly condemned the emergency rule. The NBA had cited the undemocratic activities of Ibas as…

Safiu Kehinde Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has on Monday ruled out any high profile visit to the state as he cited safety concerns. In what was considered as a reaction to the planned visit to the state by 2023 Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, Hyacinth was claimed to be engaged in high-profile meeting and not expecting any ‘August Visitor’. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Tersoo Kula. The governor, according to the statement urged Obi and others planning to visit the state to reconsider such plans, as…

Safiu Kehinde Professor Abayomi Fasina, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, has been suspended over sexual harassment allegations. The University don was accused of the harassment by a senior female university official, Engr. Folasade Adebayo. According to report, the institution’s Governing Council Committee had initially exonerated the Vice Chancellor of the allegation while urging Adebayo to apologize to the don. This was, however, disapproved by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, who reportedly expressed strong dissatisfaction with the council’s recommendation. “The minister was very angry with the decision of the council, “He was unhappy…

Safiu Kehinde President Bola Tinubu has charged all security forces to bring an end to the incessant killings in Plateau state. Tinubu gave the charge while expressing sadness over the fresh attack on some Plateau communities yesterday which claimed over 40 lives. The President, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga decried the tragedy. According to the statement, Tinubu strongly condemned the violence while extending his sympathies to the state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, the state government, and the people of Plateau. He urged Mutfwang to summon the necessary political will to resolve the…

Safiu Kehinde Rivers State Chief Magistrate, Ejike George, has resigned from his role over discomfort with the administration of the state’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas. NPO Reported that President Bola Tinubu had last month declared a state of emergency in Rivers. Coupled with the declaration was the six months suspension of the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all members of the Rivers House of Assembly. The President would appoint Ibas to oversee that affairs of the South-South state through the course of the six months. Ejike, in his resignation letter dated April 11, 2025,…

Agency Report The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it has rescued two persons from a building under construction that collapsed in Agarawu Street, Aroloya Central Mosque in Idumota, Lagos Island The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who made this known in a statement, said that the incident happened on Monday about 2:00p.m. Oke-Osanyintolu said that the agency received a distress call through its 767 and 112 Emergency Toll-Free lines at 2:16 p.m, and its Response Team from the Lekki Base rushed to the scene. “On arrival at the scene, it was discovered that a storey building, under…

Safiu Kehinde Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has claimed God revealed to him that President Bola Tinubu will complete eight years in office. Umahi made the claim during the flag off ceremony of the Kaduna-Abuja Highway second phase construction on Monday. Citing the biblical narratives on David, Umahi claimed to be a prophet and had seen Tinubu as well as Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani, emerging for second term in office. “I want to assure you my dear Governor that I’m also a Prophet. It was only David in the Bible that was a Prophet, and a Priest and God…