Month: January 2025

‘Human Kidneys, Liver For Sale,’ How Akwa Ibom Hospital Indulged In Organ Harvesting

ADEOLA YUSUF

. NAPTIP gives dirty details of how 750,000 children were trafficked, organs harvested     National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has accused some medical centres and personnel of indulging in organ harvesting in what has become a booming trade in Akwa Ibom state. The State Zonal Coordinator of NAPTIP, Mr Emmanuel Awhen, made the startling allegation Saturday in Uyo as stakeholders marked the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2025 themed, “Strengthening Communities by Connecting the Dots” READ ALSO: Major Shake-Up In Army As New GOCs, PSOs,…

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‘Life For Phone,’ Suspects In Oyo Varsity Student’s Murder Granted Bail

ADEOLA YUSUF

The high court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, has granted bail to 12 suspects in the murder of Akpo Alex, a student of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU). The court granted the suspects bail to the sum of N5 million and two sureties each in like sum on Friday. In a viral video in May 2024, some students of ACU were seen beating Alex, a 200-level student of mechanical engineering, over an alleged phone theft. Following his death, the institution expelled the suspects and handed them over to the police…

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Major Shake-Up In Army As New GOCs, PSOs, MNJTF Commander Appointed

ADEOLA YUSUF

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede has appointed new General Officers Commanding (GOCs), new Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), new Corps Commanders and a new Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in a strategic move to enhance operational effectiveness and administrative efficiency. The newly appointed GOCs are Major General OT Olatoye from Nigerian Army School of Infantry to Headquarters 82 Division/Joint Task Force (JTF) South East Operation Udoka (OPUK) as GOC 82 Division/Commander JTF OPUK and Maj Gen EF Oyinlola from Department of Military Secretary to Headquarters 3 Division…

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They Now Call My Wife, Mobimpe, A Barren, Here’s How I Felt – Lateef Adedimeji

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Nobody was there for me when I shot Lisabi, even man who trained me gave me one year to fail,’ Nollywood star opens up on life + why, how he proposed to Mobimpe out of other girlfriends     Nollywood superstar, Lateef Adedimeji, has spoken out on his two-year marriage with Mobimpe, declaring that some people now call his wife a barren on social media. In a chat with a popular podcaster, Chude Jideonwo, monitored by Platforms Africa, the thespian maintained that he received such mockery with no ill feelings.…

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We Must Ensure The Continuity Of Pan-Africanism After Lome, By Prof. Robert Dussey

ADEOLA YUSUF

Lomé, the capital city of Togo, will be hosting the 9th Pan-African Congress in the coming months. This highly significant event for the African world and Afro-descendants, which is part of the implementation of the 2021-2031 Agenda of the African Union’s Decade of African Roots and the African Diaspora, is the fourth of its kind on the continent after the Dar-es-Salam (1974), Kampala (1994) and Johannesburg (2014) Congresses. This continental appropriation of the Pan-African Congress as an institution that periodically brings together the African community, after the first five editions…

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PUNCH Pulls Report On National Grid Collapse From Website

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘The newspaper, which earlier reported the collapse to be the 13th grid failure in 13 months gives no reason for deleting the story’   Nigeria’s top newspaper, The PUNCH, has pulled the report it earlier published on its website about a purported national power grid collapse. Platforms Africa reports that the most widely read newspaper earlier reported that the grid recorded its first major collapse for the first time in 2025 barely ten days into the new year. The collapse, according to the newspaper, has resulted in a nationwide blackout…

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EFCC Summons Okoya’s Sons Over ‘Abuse Of Naira’

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has once again demonstrated its unwavering commitment to upholding the law and ensuring that no individual, regardless of their social status or affluence, is deemed untouchable. In a bold move, the EFCC has invited Subomi and Wahab, the sons of billionaire industrialist Razaq Okoya, for interrogation in connection with alleged abuse of the naira. The invitation follows a viral video that surfaced, showcasing the Okoya brothers spraying naira notes while a police officer held stacks of the currency, in clear contravention of Section…

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‘Not Ifa’s Choice,’ Oyo Kingmakers Dare Makinde, Reject Owoade As Alaafin

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Null And Void, we never recommended Owoade to the state government at any time,’ full statement by the kingmakers     Kingmakers in Oyo Town on Friday rejected Governor Seyi Makinde’s appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The kingmakers, in a letter signed by their legal representative, Adekunle Sobalolu, and addressed to the state governor, declared the appointment of Owoade as null and void; illegal and unlawful. Oyo State government had earlier on Friday announced Owoade as the Alaafin-elect. ‘Ha, Nnkan Nbe,’ The Story Of…

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‘Baawosan,’ Veteran Medical Doctor, Tuyi Mebawondu, Bags Ancient Ejirin Kingdom’s Chieftaincy Title

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Prophet Honoured At Home,’ how Mebawondu’s healthcare to more than 100 communities in the riverine part of Epe earned him recognition in the historical town that houses the first post office in Nigeria, sang about in Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey’s masterpiece; ‘Boko kan o re Ejirin, egbegberun e a lo’ (If a boat refuses to go to Ejirin, thousands will go). . How the death of my pregnant niece and uncle on the lagoon while crossing to access healthcare in Epe General Hospital led to my health intervention for the…

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How Funke Akindele, Oluboyo Emerged 2024 Highest Grossing Nollywood Writers

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nollywood Star, Funke Akindele, has emerged the second highest grossing Nollywood writer for the year 2024, along with Collins Okoh and Akinlabi Ishola. This is for the film “Everybody Loves Jennifer” which has generated N1,125 billion at the box office. The announcement was made by filmone on its instagram page @filmoneng on Friday. Stephen Oluboyo became the first highest grossing Nollywood writer with the films: “Everybody Loves Jennifer”, “Alakada Bad and Boujee” and “Aburo” which all raked in N1.38 billion. For the third highest grossing Nollywood writers, Anthony Joseph clinched…

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