Day: April 15, 2025

Renowned Cartoonist, Obe Ess, Dies At 68

Abibat Babalola

Olaseinde Obe, the celebrated Nigerian cartoonist popularly known as Obe Ess, has passed away aged 68. His brother, Taiwo Obe — founder of the Journalism Clinic — broke the news on Tuesday via a post on social media platform X. Born in 1957, Obe Ess was a pioneering figure in Nigerian journalism. For decades, he served as a prominent cartoonist at The Guardian, where his signature illustrations combined wit, satire and social commentary to powerful effect. He was widely regarded as a master of the medium, using his pen as…

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27 Victims Hospitalised As Nigerians’ Loss To CBEX Hits N1.3 Trn

Abibat Babalola

Nigerians took to their various social media platforms to lament their losses after a digital asset trading platform, known as CBEX, allegedly swept over N1.3 trillion from investors’ accounts on Monday. This comes as CBEX, operating without legal approval from the Nigeria Securities Commission, crashed on Monday after the money in their investors’ wallets vanished. The digital platform also locked its Telegram channels and postponed withdrawals while offering investors the option of $2,000 for $200 verification and $1,000 for $100 verification. The development has sparked condemnations from Nigerians on X…

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Headmistress Slumps, Dies During Retirement Ceremony

Ganiyu Amodu

“She was smiling, dancing. Everyone was happy. Nobody saw it coming,” eyewitness gives details of how day of joy turned sad for the Bellos   The supposed joyous moment turned sad day to the family of a retired headmistress, Bello Dupe Omowumi, when she tragically collapsed and died during her retirement ceremony. The incident happened at the school premises on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at the School for the Physically Challenged, Enu Odi, Ilesa Osun state. According to reports, Bello, who was described by colleagues and students as diligent and…

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Come Out If You’re Owed, NFF Tells Ex-coaches

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigeria Football Federation has challenged former coaches on their payroll to come out with claims of indebtedness as long as they can prove that the country’s football governing body owes them. This is coming in the wake of the accusations that the NFF owed the late 1980 AFCON-winning captain Christian Chukwu the sum of $128,000. Chukwu died on Saturday in Enugu at the age of 74, and an interview he gave in 2024, in which he accused the NFF of owing him, resurfaced. In the wake of the allegations,…

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FUOYE VC Quits As Sex Scandal Allegation Degenerates

Abibat Babalola

‘How It All Started,’ Details of the Audio recordings with a married female staff that landed the Professor of Soil Science in trouble   The embattled Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria, Abayomi Fasina, has quit through embarking on a sudden leave as sex scandal allegation against him degenerated. Platforms Africa reports that a successor in acting capacity has been appointed as confirmed by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Foluso Ogunmodede. Also, in a two-paragraph statement issued by the university and signed by the Registrar,…

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Rivers Women Stage Solidarity March Backing State Of Emergency

Abibat Babalola

Women in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Monday staged a peaceful protest in support of emergency rule in the state. The women all dressed in white earlier gathered at the Garrison Bus Stop in the city centre from 8 am to begin the rally. They were seen singing solidarity songs in support of the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rted), along Aba Road and marching towards the government house, Port Harcourt. Last week, hundreds of women under the aegis of ‘Rivers Women for Sim’ staged a protest against the…

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‘Govt Owing Us N4Trn,’ GenCos Warn of Imminent Shutdown

Abibat Babalola

Power generation companies (GenCos) on Monday warned that power plants across the country were facing imminent shutdowns due to a massive N4 trillion debt owed by the Federal Government. Nigeria has 40 power-generating plants connected to the national grid, which are managed by generation companies (GenCos), independent power providers, and the Niger Delta Holding Company. In a statement issued by the GenCos through the Board of Trustee chairman, Colonel Sani Bello (retd), under the auspices of the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), it was revealed that N2 trillion is…

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Count Us Out Of Merger, Coalition — PDP Govs

Abibat Babalola

Amidst ongoing controversy trailing talks of mergers and coalitions ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum says the party is not prepared to join any coalition or merger. The resolution was made in a communique issued at the end of the Forum’s meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Monday. After the meeting which lasted about six hours behind closed doors, the Chairman of the Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who read the communique clarified that rather, the PDP remains…

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