Day: April 28, 2025

Madrid Open: Power Outage Rocks Spain, Plunges Tournament Into Darkness

Ganiyu Amodu

A national power outage has forced play to be suspended for the day at the Madrid Open. Organisers say there will be no more action on Monday “in order to guarantee general safety”. Swathes of Spain and Portugal have been without power since about midday local time, affecting public transport, card payments and mobile networks, though power is starting to return in some regions. Portuguese energy company REN says the outage was caused by a “rare” atmospheric phenomenon, related to variations in temperatures. Britain’s Jacob Fearnley among those forced off…

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Legendary Musician, King Sunny Ade Is Missing – Daughter

Damilola Olonade

  ‘My stepbrother and KS manager, Dayo, along with other family members responsible,’ Damilola Esther Adeniyi-Adegeye alleges, stirs widespread controversy    Legendary Juju musician, King Sunny Ade, has been declared missing by his daughter, Damilola Esther Adeniyi-Adegeye, sparking widespread concern on social media. Platforms Africa reports that in a series of viral posts, Damilola alleged that King Sunny Ade had been kidnapped by his stepbrother and manager, Dayo, along with other family members. She also detailed the singer’s declining health and accused his alleged abductors of exploiting him financially and…

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‘6 Months After ‘Retiring’ from Winners Chapel,’ David Abioye Starts Own Church

Precious Ibekwe

  David Olatunji Abioye, former vice-president of Living Faith Church, better known as Winners Chapel, will commence Sunday morning services on May 4. Abioye, alongside Thomas Aremu, retired from Living Faith in October 2024 after a review of the church’s administrative policy set the mandatory retirement age for leaders at 55. At the time, Aremu was 67 and Abioye was 63. Oyedepo’s Second In Command, Abioye, Leaves Winners Chapel Pope Francis Killed by Vaccine He took for COVID 19 – Pastor Oyakhilome How God Drove My Car From Kano To…

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‘This Is What Happened,’ Access Bank Opens Up on Ex-Worker’s Filming of Female Staff

Gbenga Adeoti

  Access Bank has responded to the report that a former contact centre agent of the bank, Stephen Ifeanyichukwu Ejezie, secretly filmed colleagues’ nakedness without their consent. Platforms Africa has earlier reported that Ejezie, a quality assurance specialist at the Bank’s contact centre in Oniru, Lagos State, secretly recorded over four hundred video clips of his female colleagues while in the office with his smartphone. He was reportedly caught in the female restroom around 1:30 am. on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. In a statement released on Monday, the Access Bank,…

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‘Who Should Criticise Whom?’, Sanwo-Olu Fires Back At Peter Obi

Ganiyu Amodu

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has faulted former Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over comments he made about Nigeria during a recent appearance at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on Sunday, accused Obi of making “disparaging comments” about the country, saying prominent Nigerians travelling abroad should promote the nation’s image rather than “de-market” it. The governor said, “He made the unflattering remarks not just about the incumbent Nigerian government, but also about Nigeria. “I also find Mr Obi’s…

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Gospel Singer Osinachi’s Husband Sentenced To Death By Hanging

Ganiyu Amodu

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Wuse Zone 2 area of Abuja on Monday, April 28, 2025, sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death by hanging. Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of his wife on April 8, 2022. The presiding judge, Justice Nwosu-Iheme, held that the prosecution had proven the burden of proof placed on it by the law and subsequently found the singer’s husband guilty. Nwachukwu was arraigned on June 3, 2022 by the…

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Over 100 Zamfara Villages Deserted

Abibat Babalola

More than 100 villages in Zamfara State have been deserted due to relentless banditry, displacing over 300,000 people, yet the state government has not established official Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Previously operational camps in Gusau, Anka, Maradun, and Mada were closed, leaving IDPs to fend for themselves. Many squat with relatives or sleep in unfinished buildings, motor parks, or open spaces. Some resort to begging or menial jobs to survive, while Gusau and other towns face overpopulation from rural-urban migration driven by insecurity. READ ALSO: NLC Cancels May Day…

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NLC Cancels May Day Celebrations In Rivers, Edo States

Abibat Babalola

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has cancelled centralised May Day celebrations in Rivers and Edo states, citing the imposition of emergency rule in Rivers and alleged political interference in the affairs of its Edo State council. The national leadership of the NLC has directed all affiliated industrial unions in Rivers State to organize and limit Workers’ Day celebrations to the state NLC secretariat. Similarly, unions in Edo State are to commemorate the day independently at their respective Union Secretariat. READ ALSO: I’ve Concluded That Nothing Good Will Come Out Of…

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I’ve Concluded That Nothing Good Will Come Out Of Tinubu’s Govt – Ex-APC Vice Chair

Abibat Babalola

A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, says he has lost hope in the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, adding that he doesn’t believe the President can achieve anything significant before May 2027. Lukman was a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akanda, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television. He said he has come to realise that Tinubu is not the kind of progressive leader he once believed him to be, noting that he is governing Nigeria differently from…

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Police Rescue 10 Kidnapped Victims, Arrest ‘Notorious Criminal’

Abibat Babalola

The Nigeria Police Force on Sunday said 10 people have been rescued from a foiled attempted abduction by suspected bandits along the Funtua-Gusau highway. The agency said the victims were rescued by policemen from the Faskari Division of the Katsina State Police Command who engaged the kidnappers in a gun duel, causing the criminals to flee with bullet wounds. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a statement, said, “On April 19, 2025, at about 9:35 pm, acting upon information, operatives of the Faskari Division…

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