Month: February 2025

RCCG Campus Fellowship Ex-Pastor Weds Male Partner

ADEOLA YUSUF

Jimmy Adekoya, a former president of the Redeemed Christian Fellowship (RCF) at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), has sparked controversy on social media after marrying his male partner Seamus O’Donovan. The Microbiology student tied the knot with his partner in the United Kingdom. Photos of the wedding ceremony recently surfaced online, with Jimmy flaunting his ring beside his partner, prompting social media reactions. One user, identified as Popo, claimed to have known the former students’ campus fellowship president during their university days and expressed shock at his transformation. Popo shared throwback…

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Tinubu Backs Fintech Firms As Flutterwave Seeks Listing On NGX

ADEOLA YUSUF

President Bola Tinubu said his administration will support businesses in the financial technology sector that provide payment infrastructure services for Nigerians and Africans. He said this when he received the leadership of Flutterwave and Alami Capital in Abuja on Saturday afternoon, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said. Flutterwave boss Olugbenga Agboola and other stakeholders in the company Adeleke Adekoya, Oluwabankole Falade and Mitesh Popat represented the fintech firm at the meeting while Oluseun Olufemi-White represented Alami Capital as its chief executive. READ ALSO: 13-Yr-Old Boy Dies After Attempting Viral Social Media…

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NAFDAC’s Raids Find USAID-Donated Drugs In Nigeria Markets, 11,000 Shops Shut

ADEOLA YUSUF

Following the ongoing crackdown on illicit drug trade in major drug markets nationwide, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, said it had shut down over 11,000 shops in Aba, Onitsha, and Idumota drug markets even as it has arrested 40 people linked to the sale of unregistered and dangerous drugs. Conducting journalists around its warehouse in Apapa, Lagos, the Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, disclosed that the agency has also evacuated over 77 truckloads of illicit and counterfeit drugs. According to her, out of…

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‘Now 11 Points Clear,’ Liverpool Defeat Man City 2-0 At Etihad

ADEOLA YUSUF

Liverpool have extended their lead atop the Premier League table to 11 points with a comfortable 2-0 win over Manchester City at the Etihad. Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 14th minute with a close-range shot that took a heavy deflection off of Nathan Ake. Salah turned from scorer to assister as Dominik Szoboszlai wrong-footed Ederson to double Liverpool’s lead in the 37th minute. How West Ham Defeated 10-Man Arsenal 1-0 Is Your Son Married To A ‘Citizen’?, By Funke Egbemode The four-time defending champions are now 20 points…

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How West Ham Defeated 10-Man Arsenal 1-0

ADEOLA YUSUF

Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge suffered a huge blow as West Ham inflicted Mikel Arteta’s side their first home defeat of the season with a shock 1-0 victory at the Emirates. Jarrod Bowen’s dividing header on the stroke of half-time secured West Ham a second consecutive away victory over the Gunners, with Arsenal struggling to create any meaningful chances in the absence of injured forwards Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli. Makeshift striker Mikel Merino was unable to repeat the impact of his decisive double at Leicester last weekend, with Bowen…

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Is Your Son Married To A ‘Citizen’?, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

So, aunty, your grandchildren being born as Canadian or American citizens is not all you should consider. Think of all the angles and scenarios. Tell your son to have investments back home in Nigeria in case, God forbid, he has to return and restart his life to save his sanity.   After 15 years in the US, Bolaji returned to Nigeria, alone with only what can fit into his suitcases. He returned without a wife, his two children. He was not deported. His marriage failed. His wife got custody of…

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IBB Brazenly Seeking To Rewrite History In His Feeble Days, By ADESOLA AYO-ADERELE

ADEOLA YUSUF

They don’t call Nigeria a football nation for nothing. If anything, our running round in circles makes the appellation apt, even if that wasn’t the real reason for the nomenclature. After all, IBB was called Maradona at some point. I watched with ho.rror as Nigerian politicians jostled over themselves to launch ‘A journey In Service,’ written by one of Nigeria’s most controversial rulers, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida [IBB], who held the nation spellbound from 1985 to 1993. I came into journalism in 1988 at the peak of IBB’s dictatorship and my…

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‘Weakling’ — Abacha’s Daughter Posts Cryptic Message As IBB Blames Him For June 12 Annulment

ADEOLA YUSUF

Gumsu, daughter of the late military head of state Sani Abacha, has shared a cryptic post on X, seemingly responding to former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s claims about her father’s role in the annulment of the June 12 presidential election. In a one-word post on her X handle on Friday, Gumsu wrote: “Weakling.” She made the post amid the ongoing conversations on the book, ‘A Journey in Service,’ the autobiography of Babangida, launched in Abuja on Thursday. In the 420-page memoir, Babangida addressed issues about the annulment of the June…

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IBB Opens Up On Dele Giwa’s Murder, Defends Executing Childhood Friend

ADEOLA YUSUF

. As Mamman Vasta’s family demands restitution   Babangida revealed details of the foiled coup allegedly led by his childhood friend, General Mamman Vatsa, which he says compelled him to choose between preserving a longstanding personal bond and safeguarding the nation’s future. In excerpts from his autobiography, ‘A Journey of Service,’ launched on February 20, 2025, Babangida recounts how early warnings about Vatsa’s alleged plans reached him “as a series of rumours.” In Chapter 10 titled, ‘The Challenges of Leadership,’ the former military leader said though he initially dismissed the…

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