Category: i-witness

Race For Vacant Awujale’s Stool Hots Up, Gov Meets, Speaks On Rumour About Kingmakers

DAMILOLA OLONADE

    “Nature abhors a vacuum,” everything governor Abiodun told Awujale Chiefs in Council about ‘rumours that have been ongoing about the men who will select the new Orisa Ijebu’ + PHOTOS     The race for the vacant Awujale’s tool has begun with the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, meeting with the kingmakers where he announced that the selection of the new first class monarch must be completed as soon as possible. Tasking the Awujale Chiefs in Council to ensure a level playing ground in the process of…

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The Billionaire’s Contradiction: Femi Otedola’s Guide To Life He Didn’t Lead, By Feyi Fawehinmi

DAMILOLA OLONADE

      About a third of the way into the book, Otedola delivers a staggering claim with characteristic breeziness: “I soon controlled 93% market share [of diesel].” This apex of dominance was likely reached five years after Zenon’s founding and the very year he states he became a billionaire. The reality, however, as pieced together from contemporaneous reports and policy analysis, reveals a far more complex machinery at work   How does one truly ‘make it big’ in Nigeria? Here, ‘big’ is not merely comfortable or affluent; it is…

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’28 Other Projects On-going,’ Lagos-West Senator Inaugurates Skill Centre

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

‘What to know about Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill 2025,’ Sponsor, Senator Adebule gives details     The senator representing Lagos West District, Dr Idiat Adebule, has inaugurated a newly constructed Skill Acquisition Centre at Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos. A statement sent to Platforms Africa noted that the facility, built as part of Adebule’s constituency projects, was designed to empower residents through vocational training and promote self-reliance. Senator Adebule was quoted to have said that the centre would complement the efforts of the Lagos…

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One In Four Nigerian Men Not Biological Fathers of Their Children — DNA report

DAMILOLA OLONADE

    “Women don’t like DNA, just 11 per cent of them requested for DNA tests in one years,” you want to read details of the 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, released by Smart DNA Nigeria   A new DNA testing report has revealed that one in every four Nigerian men who undergo paternity testing is not the biological father of the child in question. The 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, released by Smart DNA Nigeria, which analysed data collected from July 2024 to June 2025, found that the national…

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Japa, Marriage, Sex and Money, By Funke Egbemode

DAMILOLA OLONADE

“Do I need to spell the journey out? You can guess it wasn’t going to end well. It didn’t.”   Letty was a good girl who became a good wife but the seasons changed and this once-upon-a-time choir leader, like Lot’s wife, looked back and right before the eyes of her Pastor and in the presence of her bewildered husband, is turning into a pillar of salt. The kind of salt no one wants to touch or taste. It was all the fault of this Japa syndrome. Letty and her…

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‘Insensitive;’ CAC Fires Back At Pastor Fatoyinbo Over Comment On Ayo Babalola

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

  Word-for-word of what the Christ Apostolic Church wrote on Biodun Fatoyinbo, GO at COZA Church who earlier said Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola was highly anointed but “had no money” and then went on to ask sarcastically, “Where are his children?”     Dear Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, Greetings to you in the Name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Ordinarily, we do not respond to social media commentaries or controversies. However, we consider it necessary to address your recent statements, which have been widely circulated on your social media…

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Nigeria Ex-Minister Audu Ogbe Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

  A former Minister of Agriculture and National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Audi Ogbeh is dead. The death of the former Minister and National Chairman of the PDP, aged 78, was confirmed in a statement by his family on Saturday. The statement said: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather; Chief Audu Ogbeh. “He passed away on the 9th of August 2025 at the fulfilled age of 78. “He departed peacefully, leaving behind a legacy of integrity, service,…

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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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‘N150m Each, 3-Bedroom Flat, OON Honours,’ Tinubu Rains Gifts On Super Falcons

ADEOLA YUSUF

President Bola Tinubu has conferred the National Honours of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on all 24 players and 11 technical crew members of the victorious Super Falcons. In addition to the honours, the President also announced a cash reward of $100,000 (N150 million) each for the players, while the technical crew members received $50,000 (N75 million). The president also gifted each of the players and crew members one-unit of three-bedroom apartment in the Renewed Hope Estate in Abuja. Mission X: How Super Falcons Become WAFCON…

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Mission X: How Super Falcons Become WAFCON Champion, Won 10th Cup

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Dirty details of controversial Morocco-Beat-Nigeria gaffe by Voice of Nigeria (VoN) that made tongues wagging + What speakers on Platforms Africa forum said on the report that has set the Internet on fire .  ‘We are sorry,’ VoN gives what-led-to-what details on the gaffe   Nigeria staged an extraordinary second-half comeback to defeat hosts Morocco 3-2 to lift their 10th TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) crown, which they had tagged: “Mission X,” before the commencement of the competition. In front of home fans, the Atlas Lionesses…

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