Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Osun state government has sealed up  Segilola Resources Operating Limited over alleged tax evasion. This was confirmed in a statement issuded on Monday by the state’s commissioner of Information, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi. According to the commissioner, the state government sealed the mining company over tax violations and failure to disclose the total number of employees working in the company. Alimi revealed that the state government had met with the company on several occasion which proved abortive. The state government accused the company of failing to give the state its lawful dues despite making billions of Naira. The statement…

Safiu Kehinde President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn-in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) following her confirmation by the Senate. This was made known in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday. According to the statement, Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reaffirming his administration’s commitment to upholding the judiciary’s independence and sanctity. Her appointment makes her the second female CJN in Nigeria’s…

Safiu Kehinde Popular Activist and social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse (VeryDarkMan), has arrived at the National Assembly for probe of cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, (Bobrisky’) leaked audio on EFCC and Correctional Services alleged fraud. This follows invitation by lower chamber of the National Assembly for VeryDarkMan to give details of his allegations and leaked audio which has revealed so much in bribery in official quarters. The lawmakers had raised a matter of urgent national importance after Bobrisky audio revealed that he did not serve his jail term in prison but in a private lodge. He had also revealed in the…

Safiu Kehinde The three National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members who were allegedly extorted by Police officers in Lagos, have been invited over the ongoing probe of the officers now under trial. Lagos Police Command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a post on X, confirmed the presence of the Corp Members at the Command’s Headquarters. According to Hundeyin, they were invited to give testimonies over the ongoing trial. “The corps members were at the Command Headquarters today to give their testimonies and present more evidence. Trial is progressing well. Further updates will follow in due course.” Hundeyin said. Recall that a…

Safiu Kehinde  The House of Representative has denied journalists access to cover the ongoing interrogation of social media influencer and activist, Martins Vincent Otse (VeryDarkMan) over the bribery and money laundering scandal involving popular Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky). On account of the involvement of notable government agencies and public figures in the saga which has been making wave on social media, the lawmakers summoned VeryDarkMan who leaked the voice note where Bobrisky allegedly narrated how he bribed his way through to avoid spending his jail term in prison. The lawmakers also extended the invite to Bobrisky and and EFCC…

Rates Fuel Subsidy Removal Most Devastating on Nigerians Safiu Kehinde Former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Lai Olurode, has harped on the need for a constitutional review as he labelled the 1999 Constitution as an albatross and obstacle to the realization of Nigeria’s full potential. Olurode made this submission in a recent article in celebration of Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary. As contained in the article made available to NPO Reports, Olurode highlighted the defects of the 1999 constitution, stressing on the sole concentration of power in the hands of the President. He called for the revisit…

Safiu Kehinde  A former chief accountant of the Mutum Biyu Emirate palace in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nafi’u Yahaya, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the abduction and murder of Emir, Justice Sani Sulaiman’s wives and five of his children in Feb. 2023. Yahaya was apprehended following the detention of a suspected kidnapper by police in Abuja who implicated Yahaya as a supplier of AK-47 rifles to kidnappers. Yahaya is currently being held at the Area Command in Jalingo, the state capital. According to report, a video circulating on WhatsApp shows Yahaya making a voluntary…

Safiu Kehinde  A lady identified as Bankole Oniru, has accused Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, of being a traitor during the #EndSARS Movement. Reacting in a post on her X handle on Monday over the ongoing bribery scandal involving the Falana, Bobrisky, and social media influencer, VeryDarkMan, Oniru claimed Falana is not a saint as she narrated how the lawyer frustrated the effort of the #EndSARS movement at tribunal. The self-acclaimed freedom fighter disclosed how Falana convinced the #EndSARS organizers to accept the funding offer issued by Lagos state government during the tribunal. “Following the EndSARS unrest, and during the…

Safiu Kehinde The Lagos State Government (LASG) has appealed to property owners to voluntarily comply with payment of the Land Use Charge for development of the state. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Abayomi Oluyomi, made this appeal on Sunday while speaking at the Parkview Residents’ Association’s General Meeting in Ikoyi. Oluyomi sensitized with the property owners in the estate on the need to pay the Land Use Charge (LUC). He said the payment would enable government address all infrastructure challenges raised at the meeting with ease. “So, I am just here to appeal to you, compliance rate is too low…

Drops more Evidences on Bobrisky’s Jail Term in Prison  Safiu Kehinde Popular Social Media influencer and activist, Martins Vincent Otse ( VeryDarkMan), has vowed to ensure that everyone involved in crossdresser Idris Okuneye’s (Bobrisky) bribery saga face the wrath of the law. Reacting to his invitation by the House of Representatives, VDM made this vow in a post on his Instagram page on Sunday. Following my invitation to the house of reps for tomorrow being Monday 30th, September 2024, make I drop small evidence before tomorrow. “Those people involved in this while thing must face the wrath of the law,…