Author: Femi Adeniyi

A former Minister of Aviation, Fani Kayode, has found himself in a fresh scandal as his ex-wife, Precious Chikwendu, accused him of beating her up while pregnant. In an affidavit submitted before the FCT High Court, Abuja, the former beauty queen, accused Fani Kayode of maintaining a lifestyle of utter disregard to her feelings from the early days of their relationship. She accused the former Minister of kicking her several times on her stomach over a petty argument. Chikwendu told the court that Fani Kayode repeated the same act when she was pregnant with triplets, adding that the former Minister…

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, have taken their first jabs of COVID-19 vaccines a day after the frontline medical personnel were vaccinated. Buhari described his vaccination as a demonstration of leadership and faith in the safety and efficacy of the COVID-vaccines. According to President Buhari, the vaccine offers hope for a safe country, free of Coronavirus. However, he urged all eligible Nigerians to present themselves for the COVID-19 vaccination following the order of priority already mapped out at the various authorized designated centres. The President also urged all state governments, traditional and religious leaders, to lead…

The dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, has bagged a new appointment as the Vice-Chairman of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency, KADIPA. Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai inaugurated the Board of KADIPA while Sanusi attended the inauguration and joined other members in a virtual meeting of the Board. El-Rufai charged the citizens ensure Kaduna State becomes the top investment destination in Nigeria by improving its Ease of Doing Business ranking. The governor disclosed that KADIPA had been a significant and successful vehicle in the state’s investment drive, helping since 2015 to attract over$ 2.1bn in actual and pledged…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has confirmed that Nigeria loses $10 billion to Illicit Financial Flows, IFFs. Chairman of the Commission, Bolaji Owasanoye, said Nigeria accounts for about 20 per cent of the estimated $50 billion that Africa was losing to IFFs. In his welcome remark at the meeting to review the report on IFFs, Owasonoye further stated that Africa is losing nearly $50 billion. According to him, the loss was contained in the African Union Illicit Financial Flow Report. He also explained that taxes play a very strategic role in the nation’s political economy.…

Fani Kayode Knock Gumi Egbon: This man talk sense, kai, him talk well, even though i no too dey like some of him talk, but this wan wey him talk enter well Mazi: I hope say no be me you dey follow talk? Egbon: You suppose know say i no fit dey take corner mouth talk to you, if na you i dey follow talk, i go mention your name one time Mazi: So, na who be the man wey you dey talk? Egbon: No be wetin you suppose ask be that, anyways, na Fani Kayode i dey talk him matter Mazi: Wetin him do wey…

A terrorist group known as Al-Shabaab has staged an overnight prison break in Northern Somalia, where many prisoners escaped, with at least eight people reported dead. According to a police officer, Hussein Ali, about 400 prisoners, including suspected terrorists, escaped during the attack, which began with a large explosion. Ali revealed that heavily armed militants stormed the prison in the port city of Bosaso around midnight. Terrorist Group Meanwhile, Al-Shabaab had claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that it helped 400 prisoners to escape. The terrorist group, which has links to al-Qaeda, has been fighting for supremacy had staged different…

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has mandated the Oodua anthem in both private and public schools in Ondo State. Akeredolu, in a circular issued through the state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, said the order affects all the private and public institutions from primary to tertiary level. According to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Akin Asaniyan, the Governor announced this at the International Culture and Event Center, during the inter-schools debate and award ceremony. Akeredolu Mandates Oodua Anthem Governor reportedly announced that Ondo state had adopted the Anthem, and it is to be recited by the state’s residents.

Senegalese President Macky Sall has allegedly unleashed terror on peaceful protesters in the country. In a Twitter trend, many users on the app cried out for help noting that President Sall hired people who are not cops to terrorize protesters. Below are some of the comments curled from a Twitter trend tagged #Freesenegal @Kalsoum_M “People are being killed. The country is bleeding. Please spread the world to #FreeSenegal @YourAnonCentral “If you have a case against your opposition leader, that is one thing. But you have no excuse to cut the internet or harm protestors. #FreeSenegal @aliouSadioo “Senegalese President Macky SALL has unjustly…

Nollywood actress, Mary Njoku has offered to pay anyone with proof that she underpays the graduates working for her company.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Buhari Sallau, the Personal Assistant to President Buhari on Broadcast Media, in a tweet on Thursday revealed that the president held the meeting with Governor Bello and the Chief of Staff, Prof Ibrahim Gambari. The Presidential aide disclosed that the meeting centred around the suspension of the strike embarked upon by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers in Nigeria. You will recall that the Union had earlier called off the nationwide strike after the Federal Government agreed to pay N4.75 billion…

Fashion Get Levels Mazi: Egbon, if you see wetin my eyes see today as I dey come eh, hmmm… Egbon: Joor, Mazi na wetin your eyes see today? Mazi: My brother, no be wetin them dey talk finish o Egbon: Oh oh Mazi, no put me for suspense, just tell me wetin your eyes see Mazi: Na one man wey wear plain suit come carry canvas nack am o. Egbon: Ehen, why him go do like that when he suppose to wear plain shoes with the suit? Mazi: Me self wonder o! These days, fashion no let us know who…

Honourable Dare Kadiri, the Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, has been impeached for alleged gross misconduct. The impeached Lawmaker, who represents Ijebu North Constituency 2 at the Assembly was accused of insubordination to the Speaker’s Office through un-authorised self-approval of expenditure. He allegedly involved an external body in the House’s affairs without exploring an internal mechanism for the amicable resolution of issues. Other allegations levelled against him include office abuse, a threat to lives and properties and attempted murder committed in his constituency. Ogun Assembly The Speaker, Ogun Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo had constituted a committee to…

The Presidency has revealed the three sources of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. The Presidency revealed the sources during the second State House Briefing, which focused on Nigeria’s Response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the National Vaccination Response. The three sources of COVID-19 Vaccines for Nigeria are from COVAX/Gavi, Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), while India and Russia’s governments have offered Nigeria doses of their vaccines. Government officials present at the briefing include the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu. Others are the Executive-Director of the…

Nigerians have continued to react to the Oba of Lagos’ statement, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, who claimed that EndSARS protesters stole $2m, N17m from his palace. In a Twitter trend, many Nigerians called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest the Monarch to explain how he got the money. According to Oba Akiolu, the hoodlums who stole the money would not have done that if they knew the implication. He urged the Nigerian Government to help the Lagos state recover from the destruction due to the enormous loss caused by hoodlums who hijacked the EndSARS protests. Oba Of…

Given the rise in kidnapping, killings and banditry cases in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a shoot at sight order to security operatives. According to Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, the President directed security operatives to go into the forests and shoot anyone bearing sophisticated weapons like AK-47. Garba, who disclosed this when he appeared on BBC Hausa, said the federal government had resorted to using lethal force to rid Zamfara and other northern states of bandits. He further revealed that the no-fly zone placed on Zamfara state was because of…

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has expressed disappointment in President Muhammadu Buhari’s silence over a statement credited to an Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi. According to CAN, Buhari’s prolonged silence is tantamount to an endorsement of Gumi’s dangerous statement. The Association recalled that Gumi accused some soldiers of engaging in criminalities. He said soldiers that are involved in most of the criminalities are not Muslims. CAN Knocks Buhari According to Gumi, the non-Muslims are the ones making attempts to ignite crisis. Reacting, the General Secretary of the Association, Joseph Bade Daramola, said the Gumi statement could lead to division…

Nnamdi Kanu Na Prophet Egbon: I like this News o, Chai, e look like say EFCC don wake up again Mazi: Wake up kwa, no be who sleep dey wake up, EFCC bin dey sleep before? Egbon: Ah, so you no see say EFCC dey sleep since, na now e look like say dem wan dey do wetin dem suppose do Mazi: But wait o, why you talk say EFCC don dey wake up? Egbon: Better question, make i give you better answer, i hear say the agency wan continue to dey torchlight Tinubu matter Mazi: Ehn ehn, e look like say this gist go sweet…

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has elected Bishop Francis Wale-Oke as the new National President of the Association for four years. According to Kayode Oladeji, media aide to Bishop Oke, the cleric, who is also the Presiding Bishop, Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan was elected by PFN National Advisory Council in Enugu. Bishop Oke would take over from Rev. Felix Omobude, the General Superintendent of New Covenant Gospel Church, who had completed his tenure. Pentecostal Fellowship Of Nigeria Everyevery.ng gathered that Bishop Oke was elected as the seventh helmsman of the fellowship. Before his appointment, Bishop Oke was the…

The aggrieved Northern traders have revealed the reason for the food blockade to the south-west. The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria said it wouldn’t tolerate continued attacks on its members in the South. An official of the union in Kano, Awwalu Aliyu, said the food blockade was to protest against attacks on their people and not starve southerners. Aliyu said members of the union would rather lose their food items locked up inside trucks in Jebba, Niger state, than to lose lives, adding that only living can go to the farm. He emphasised that Yorubas and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, for copies of Bola Tinubu’s asset declaration form. The order issued by the EFCC is part of the probe of the former Lagos state governor. Everyevery.ng gathered that the investigation into began after removing erstwhile EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu. The letter of the investigation instituted against Tinubu was signed by the new Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, during his tenure as the then Lagos zonal head of the anti-graft agency. Order Against Tinubu A senior EFCC official said the anti-graft commission asked the CCB…

The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian Army to improve soldiers’ welfare, especially those on the battlefields or combat operations. The House noted that improving the soldiers’ welfare would make them more committed to their work and reduce soldiers’ growing mass resignation. Everyevery.ng gathered that the House gave the order after the House Committee on Army investigated the purported Voluntary Resignation of over Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Soldiers’ from service. The committee, which Abdulrazak Namdas chair, was mandated by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, in July 2020 to conduct the investigation. Nigerian Army Namdas, who represents Ganye/Jada/Mayo-Belwa/Toungo Federal Constituency in…