Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde All Progessive Congress’ (APC) Oyo state Governorship candidate, Teslim Folarin, has disclosed that the state’s party chairman, Isaac Omodewu, died while receiving treatment in the United States. Following the demise of the APC Chairman, Teslim took to his X handle earlier today to commiserate the deceased whom he said died while receiving treatment from an undisclosed ailment. Teslim lauded the leadership quality of the late APC Chairman, describing him as a diligent, dutiful, and committed leader. “I received, with rude shock, the sad news of the death of the State Chairman of our great party, APC Oyo State,…

Agency Report The Supreme Court on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed against the tribunal and Appeal Court judgements by Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Kogi governorship election. Earlier, the apex court declined a request by Ajaka’s counsel for the constitution of a full panel to hear and determine his appeal. At the hearing on Monday, Pius Akubo, SAN, told the court that he had applied to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to allow a full panel of the Supreme Court to hear the appeal in view of Paragraphs 4.28 and 4.29…

Halimah Olamide Popular street artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has revealed he was robbed by some area boys in Lagos. He took to his instagram handle to share the videos of him groaning in pain. According to him, he went to celebrate the grand opening of his friend’s automobile shop in Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State when the incident occurred. He revealed that some of his record label boys were attacked, while some are still missing after his escape. Portable therefore pleaded with the CEO of the automobile shop, to liaise with the area boys to return…

Safiu Kehinde Former Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has fired back at Pat Utomi following alleged claim of contract violation resulting to the seizure of Presidential jets. While Utomi had tagged Amosun as the cause of the fiasco, the Professor of Political Economy went ahead to disclose how Amosun made him and his South African partner lost N200 million worth of investment which they commenced during Amosun’s predecessor’s tenure. Reacting to the accusation, Amosun disclosed how he tried to compensate Utomi over a construction project he built on a land belonging to the Ogun State government. Amosun claimed to have…

Safiu Kehinde In the wake of the Presidential Jets Seizure over a contract breach involving Ogun State government and a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Company Limited, Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, has cried out over falling victim of Ibikunle Amosun of Contract violations. Reacting to the Presidential jets saga, Utomi has taken to his X handle yesterday to narrate his ordeal with the immediate past governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, whom he labelled as the cause of the seizure. Utomi disclosed how he and his South African business partner had invested N200 million in a similar…

Safiu Kehinde Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Remo Stars, have begun their Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League campaign with a comfortable 2-1 victory over Moroccan side, Asfar, yesterday. The Sky Blues gave Asfar a good fight at their first preliminary stage match played at Ikenne, Ogun State. Remo Stars burst into an early lead as Nduka Junior headed home a free kick from Super Eagles defender, Sodiq Ismail, in the 19th minute. The visitors would, however, pull one back in the second half to bring the game level. But the Ikenne boys would not settle for less…

Safiu Kehinde Manchester City has started off yet another title defense campaign with a comfortable 2-0 away win against Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge yesterday. The English Premier League champions picked off from where they left as faced Chelsea in a tough league opener. Pep Guardiola’s men would, however, start the 2024/2025 campaign on a brighter note as Norwegian striker, Erling Haaland put them in an early lead in the 18th minute. Chelsea tried to pull a leveller before the end of first half, but Nicholas Jackson’s effort was ruled offside. The game would advance to the second half with…

Agency Report The Nigerian Army announced on Sunday that its troops had neutralised a notorious Boko Haram commander, Abu Rijab, and other terrorist fighters in an offensive operation on Saturday. This was made known in a post on the Nigerian army’s official X Handle, saying the operation took place in Bula Daloye, Bama Local Government Area of Borno. It said the successful operation was in addition to the surrender of numerous terrorists and their families to the troops as a result of sustained pressure against their enclaves. Army said the troops also apprehended several criminal suspects and recovered arms and…

Agency Report The Executive Secretary (ES) of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Pius Akutah, said it has saved Nigeria from spending billions of Naira by performing its statutory roles and functions. Akutah said this on Sunday at a maiden visit to Kaduna to interact with the council’s staff and the State Shippers Association (KSSA) He said that the council’s dispute resolution mechanism was effective and it has bolstered its operations. According to Akutah, complaints such as loss of cargoes and charges accompanied by it from owners, among other issues, were handled professionally and resolved by the council. He also said…

Safiu Kehinde #EndBadGovernance Protesters are set to storm the Abuja Federal High Court in demand for the release of Micheal (Lenin) Adaramoye, and other agitators arrested in the course of the 10-day protest. This was disclosed in a post shared on X which has ever since been in circulation as the protest organizers seek to mobilize people for the movement. As contained in the post tagged ‘We are leaving no one behind, the protesters are to converge at the Abuja court by 7am on Monday to strike home their demand for the immediate release of all arrested protesters. “All road…