Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde A 39-year-old man, Adesina Osopale, has bagged two years imprisonment in Agodi correctional facility for peddling 217g of Marijuana. In a judgement delivered at the Federal High Court in Ibadan on Wendesday, the presiding judge, Justice Nkeonye Maha, convicted and sentenced Osopale following his guilty plea and the evidence tendered against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command. Maha said that the court considered the fact that the convict was a first-time offender, his plea for mercy and demonstration of remorse. “I hope that you would come back into the society as a…

Safiu Kehinde A clash had ensued between Senate President Godswil Akpabio and the lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Sen. Adams Oshiomole. Akpabio and Oshiomole had at the red chamber’s plenary session on Wednesday engaged in heated argument with the Senate President threatening to take the former Edo state governor out of the chamber. The cause of the argument was reportedly linked to a proceeding over the forthcoming 2027 Senate Presidency. The heated argument captured in a video shared on X showed a visibly enraged Oshiomole accusing Akpabio of violating the Senate rules. “You as presiding officer you have to…

“We’re not just a story. We’re not just headlines, we’re people with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home,” said a tearful Jake Rosmarin. For the American travel vlogger on board the luxury cruise liner MV Hondius in the Atlantic Ocean, a dream voyage has taken a deadly turn. He is among around 150 people from 23 countries on the vessel stranded near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Three confirmed and five suspected cases of hantavirus – a rare but severe disease usually spread by rodents – have since been identified. Three passengers on…

Odibo Victory The Senate Minority Whip, Tony Nwoye has dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to join the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC). Nwoye announced his withdrawal from the ADC in a resignation letter tendered before the Senate during plenary session on Wednesday in Abuja. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who read Nwoye’s resignation letter, directed the clerk to update senate records accordingly. According to the letter, Nwoye representing Anambra South, it was stated that he had formally resigned from the ADC and joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). Nwoye explained that internal divisions and multiple litigations at the federal high court,…

Agency Report The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Strategic Command, says it has uncovered a network of caves and underground tunnels used as drug hideouts in Rimin Kebe area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, on Wednesday in Kano. The PRO said the operation was carried out under “Operation Sharar Mafaka,” a renewed crackdown on illicit drug activities across the state. Muhammad-Maigatari quoted the Commander of the NDLEA in Kano, Dahiru Yahaya-Lawal, as saying that the discovery followed credible intelligence and sustained surveillance. According…

Odibo Victory A fuel tanker owner has installed CCTV cameras on one of their vehicles, sparking mixed reactions from the public. The cameras were reportedly setup on the fuel tanker to monitor the driver’s activities. As seen in a viral video shared on X on Wednesday, one of the cameras was mounted above the rear wheels of the vehicle with another spotted at the top tanker. The man behind the camera rained insults on the tanker owner and suggested that they would have used a tracker instead of the camera. The video had since caused a lot of mixed reactions…

Safiu Kehinde The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has thrown shades at former Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, over his latest defection to the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC). NPO Reported that Obi had on Sunday dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC) barely six months after joining the party. The 2023 Labour Party Presidential candidate would alongside former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, joined the NDC following their defection. With the development marking his fifth in his political career, critics have been taunting Obi over the move with some warning of consequence in his performance at the poll in…

Safiu Kehinde The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has warned all banking institutions against opening account for the sales of nomination forms by the Tanimu Turaki-Led faction of the party. Wike threatened to de-robe Turaki as Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) if he attempted to open an account for the sales of nomination form despite the Supreme Court’s nullification of the Ibadan 2025 convention where he emerged as the leader of the party. The FCT Minister gave the threat while addressing newsmen during his monthly media parley on Wednesday. He challenged Turaki to attempt creating an account for…

Safiu Kehinde Mustapha Sule Lamido, son of former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, has declared interest in the 2027 governorship race. Lamido made the declaration while presenting his nomination form to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday in Dutse. He was also the PDP gubernatorial flagbearer in the 2023 election. Lamido said that he was vying for the governorship after wide consultations with stakeholders of the party in the state. He said that he believed in the party’s philosophy, strength, and resilience to tackle its internal challenges as well as address problems bedevilling Nigeria. “We have confidence in our party,…

Arsenal reached the Champions League final for only the second time in their history with a gritty 1-0 home win over Atletico Madrid sealing a 2-1 ​aggregate victory in the semi-final on Tuesday. Captain Bukayo Saka’s tap-in just before the interval proved decisive for Arsenal to edge a ‌cagey second-leg contest in which the hosts kept a ninth clean sheet in this season’s competition. Mikel Arteta’s side will face either holders Paris St Germain, who knocked them out in last season’s semi-finals, or Bayern Munich in the Puskas Arena in Budapest on May 30 — a week after they hope…