Month: August 2025

‘Nigeria Slipping Into Dictatorship,’ NLC Thunders Over Sowore’s Arrest

Abibat Babalola

Joe Ajaero, The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, Human Rights activist and journalist stating that Nigeria is gradually slipping to dark days of dictatorship. Ajaero demand the release of Omoyele Sowore and ask the state to explore legal means instead of arbitrarily detaining Sowore. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Joe Ajaero on Thursday which stated, “We strongly condemn the frequent arrest and long spells in detention of Sowore, a renowned civil rights activist. It is all the more unacceptable…

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Abdullahi Garba Ramat: Meet Man Who’ll Lead Your Next Electricity Tariff Review

Abibat Babalola

‘A year shy of 40, Local govt Chairman, PhD in strategic management, others,’ Here are 8 things to know about the new Chairman for Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)   President Bola Tinubu has nominated Abdullahi Garba Ramat as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. In a statement issued by the presidential spokesperson on Thursday, Ramat, aged 39, is described as an electrical engineer and administrator, holding a PhD in strategic management, among other qualifications. President Tinubu also nominated two individuals to…

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‘From Joy To Grief;’ LAUTECH Student Shot Dead On Sign-Out Day

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

‘How the last day in school becomes the last on earth for Babalola Marvelous,’ Police, University speak on tragic incident   Tragedy struck the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, as a student identified as Babalola Marvelous Ishola was confirmed dead after being shot during a sign-out celebration. Platforms Africa reports quoting the local sources that Babalola’s lifeless body was discovered by the roadside around 5:38 p.m., prompting a swift response from security operatives. A preliminary search of his belongings at the scene led…

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I Was Removed As Governor For Refusing To Make Chris Uba My Deputy – Ngige

Abibat Babalola

Former Governor of Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige, has alleged that his removal from office in 2006 was largely due to his refusal to appoint prominent political figure Chris Uba as his deputy governor. Ngige, who also served as Minister of Labour and Employment under the administration of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, maintained that he remains a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), although he is currently on sabbatical from active party politics. In an interview in Abuja, Ngige said he had no regrets about his ousting from…

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K1: Patrick Doyle’s Palsied Apologia, By Bamidele Johnson

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

Patrick Doyle, a broadcaster and some grade of celebrity, hit the back of the net in his defence of K1’s tarmac tantrum. Unfortunately, it was an own goal.   In a Facebook post sighted via Yabaleft Online, the broadcaster claimed that the airline staff baited K1 into misbehaving. He reached into his own experience, describing how had been similarly treated by service personnel but heroically resisted the urge to detonate. That, ironically, is where his argument crashes into itself. What Doyle offered in that post was no defence of K1,…

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‘Embargoed,’ Court Bans Man From Having Girlfriend

ADEOLA YUSUF

  “Here Is What He Did,” Details of what transpired before the sanction was slammed on the “sex pest”   A man considered a “sex pest” has been banned from having a girlfriend without telling social workers. Andrew Thomas, 49, was caught recording his 65-year-old neighbour changing in her bedroom with an iPhone stuck to a vase of artificial flowers at her home near Pitlochry, Scotland. He is said to have befriended the victim and set up a camera phone in artificial flowers in her bedroom, filming her changing over…

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K1 Blacklisted From Flying In Nigeria For 6 Months, NCAA Gives Reasons

Abibat Babalola

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, also known as KWAM 1, will be blacklisted for six months over his behavior at the domestic terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. READ ALSO: FAAN, NCAA, ValueJet MDs Have Apologised To Me, K1 Speaks On Airport Fraca 64-Year-Old ‘Prophet’ Arraigned Over ₦247 Million Property Damage in Ondo ‘False, Malicious Attempt At Self-Help,’ Ikeja Electric, Egbin Power, FFIPL Deny Takeover Meet 17-Year-Old Yobe Student Named World Best In English Aproko Doctor And The Genetically…

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FAAN, NCAA, ValueJet MDs Have Apologised To Me, K1 Speaks On Airport Fraca

Abibat Babalola

‘This is what really happened,’ Acclaimed King of Fuji gives his own side of the story + Full statement by his media aide   Fuji star, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal popularly known as K1, has declared that the Head of Airport Security, officials from relevant agencies such as FAAN and NCAA, as well as the Chairman and Managing Director of the ValueJet Airlines have reached out personally to appeal, and tender apologies to him over the incident at the Abuja airport. Platforms Africa reports that the Eyin mama e sempe crooner…

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64-Year-Old ‘Prophet’ Arraigned Over ₦247 Million Property Damage in Ondo

Abibat Babalola

In a dramatic courtroom twist that has rocked the Ondo religious community, a 64-year-old self-styled prophet, Apostle Adefiju Boluwaji, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court over jaw-dropping allegations of malicious damage, criminal trespass, and breach of peace. The embattled cleric, long on the wanted list of the Zone 17 Police Command, was nabbed over the weekend and brought to the AIG’s office in Akure after being initially held at Bolorunduro Divisional Headquarters in Ondo East Local Government Area. Boluwaji’s arrest comes as his alleged accomplice, 80-year-old…

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‘False, Malicious Attempt At Self-Help,’ Ikeja Electric, Egbin Power, FFIPL Deny Takeover

ADEOLA YUSUF

    What the companies want general public, customers, financial partners, regulators, and all stakeholders to know, believe about court judgement on Receivership   Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), Egbin Power Plc, and First Independent Power Limited (FIPL), have refuted the media reports sourced from what they described as misleading advertorials published in This Day Newspapers on August 6, 2025, alleging the appointment of “Kunle Ogunba Esq. SAN” as Receiver/Manager over the entities. The Management of the power companies said in a statement to Platforms Africa that the publications, contrary to…

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