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President Tinubu That night, as the celebration went on, I noticed the same thing happening: people kept bringing up Venezuela, looking for signs of trouble ahead. It reminded me that national crises do not start in Abuja. They often begin far away — in places we do not control, through decisions we did not make, and in markets that do not care about our feelings… But the difference between countries that survive crises and those that collapse is not luck. It is preparation. Last week, I attended a birthday celebration hosted by a friend in the oil and gas sector,…
Fuji music legend Akorede Babatunde “Saheed Osupa” Okunola has responded to a death prophecy attributed to self-styled Islamic cleric Olopa Meta. In a viral video obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Olopa Meta claimed that God had revealed to him that Osupa Saheed would die on 10 January. The cleric added that he had pleaded with God on behalf of the singer, who was then instructed to purchase a large ram for sacrifice in prayer. According to Olopa Meta, the 55-year-old should tell the ram he did not wish to die and request other Islamic clerics to sacrifice it while invoking his…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, to intervene over the conduct of the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan. This is as Governor Adeleke alleged the Osun police boss of recent arrests and detentions in the state. The governor specifically demanded the immediate and unconditional release of one of his aides, Abiodun Adegoke Apesin, whom he said had been unlawfully detained following a defamation petition linked to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Oyebamiji. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on…
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Olusegun Oni, has formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as he registered with the party at his Ifaki Ekiti country home on Sunday. This development came barely 24 hours after the Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, revalidated his membership of the party and called on party faithful across the state to embark on aggressive mobilisation drives to fortify the APC at the local level. Oni became Ekiti governor in 2007 and ruled until 2010 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party but was the 2022 governorship candidate of the…
Journalists were on Monday barred by security personnel from gaining access to the court for the coverage of the arraignment of 52 suspected anti-kidnapping protesters arrested at the weekend in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The suspects, who are mainly students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, were brought to Criminal Court II, Benin City, in a Black Maria for arraignment. The security personnel said there was a standing order that only lawyers should be allowed to enter the courtroom. DAILY POST reports that the presiding judge, Justice William Aziegbemi, however, remanded the suspects at the…
Real Madrid forward, Kylian Mbappe, has reacted to the club’s decision to part ways with manager Xabi Alonso on Monday. Mbappe has said it was “a pleasure” to play under Alonso and expressed his gratitude for the “confidence” he has in him. “It’s been short but it was a pleasure to play for you and learn from you. Thank you for giving me the confidence since Day 1,” he said. “I will remember you as a manager who had clear ideas and knows many things about football. Best of luck for your next chapter.” Alonso only arrived from Bayer Leverkusen…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on Monday inaugurated a three-man panel on the Onido of Ido traditional stool in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State. The panel, inaugurated by the Olubadan at the palace in Oke-Aremo, Ibadan North Local Government Area of the state, has the Osi Olubadan, Oba Biodun Kola-Daisi; the Ekerin Balogun, Oba Mobolaji Adewoyin; and the Aare-Ago Balogun, Chief Lateef Akintola, as members. PUNCH Online reports that residents and stakeholders in Ido town had recently raised fresh concerns over the lingering Onido of Ido dispute, revealing that the community is currently faced with three…
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has called for the immediate and unconditional release of students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, who were remanded in prison over their alleged involvement in Friday’s protest in the town. The party also condemned what it described as the state government’s poor handling of the security situation in the area. In a statement issued on Monday by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Dan Osa-Ogbegie, the PDP alleged that Ekpoma had been abandoned to kidnappers and violent criminals, with residents living in fear as attacks escalated unchecked. In a criticism of the All…
A self-proclaimed marabout, or traditional folk healer, who collected 33,500 euros by promising victory for Mali in the Africa Cup of Nations was arrested for fraud after the team lost. Mali’s national team was eliminated on Friday in the quarter finals by Senegal 1-0. The man, identified only as Mr Sinayogo, collected more than 22 million CFA francs in donations, according to an associate. Following Mali’s defeat, an angry mob showed up at his home before police intervened and removed him. Sinayogo was arrested in the Malian capital Bamako on Saturday for “fraud” and was being held at the cybercrime…
The UK is bringing a law into force that makes creating non-consensual intimate deepfake images, like the ones that have proliferated on X because of the Grok AI chatbot, a criminal offense, as reported by the BBC.“The Data Act, passed last year, made it a criminal offence to create – or request the creation of – non-consensual intimate images,” according to a statement from Liz Kendall, the UK’s Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology. “And today, I can announce to the House that this offence will be brought into force this week and that I will make it…
