Author: Samson Adeyanju Uwala

A British national, Andrew Wynne, and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government in the country. Wynne, also known as Andrew Povich, has been accused by the police of building a network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the nation into chaos. While addressing journalists in Abuja, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said Wynne rented a space at Labour House and established a school to serve as a decoy. He said, “The Nigeria Police Force has launched a comprehensive investigation…

Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, has urged the Federal Government to commence an investigation into the alleged “importation scam” surrounding petrol in Nigeria. Falana, made this known during an appearance on Channels Television’s program, Sunday Politics, he emphasized the need to probe the ongoing issues related to fuel importation. He criticized the ongoing inquiries in the National Assembly, labeling them as insufficient. He said, “It is high time the importation scam was investigated. I am not talking of the joke that is going on in the National Assembly. The media must help, civil society organisations must help to…

An unknown source of fire has reportedly gutted a section of the Kastina State Government House in Kastina, in the early hours of Monday morning. However, the cause of the fire outbreak was yet to be ascetained. According to a source, whose house is close to the Government House, said that the fire started around 6am. He said, “I saw a fire service truck rushing in. I was in my house as early as 6 am after prayers, a fire service truck rushed into the Government House, and I later learnt there was an inferno inside the red chamber where…

The Canadian-Nigerian woman, Amaka Sonnberger, accused of allegedly making hate-motivated threats against the indigenous peoples of Yoruba and Benin in Nigeria, has been arrested by the Toronto Police and scheduled to appear in court on Monday, September 2, 2024. Sonnberger, 46, was apprehended on Sunday following an investigation into online content she reportedly posted on August 25, threatening violence against specific members of the Nigerian community. Having charged with uttering threats, Sonnberger will face a judge at the Onatrio Court of Justice, and the case is being treated as a suspected hate-motivated offence, with the Toronto Police Hate Crime Unit…

Founder of Global Impact Church, Pastor Akinyemi Davids has been inaugurated as the Chairman of the Lagos chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN. His inauguration took place on Saturday, in Lagos. Delivering a short message at the event, Rev Sam Aboyeji, noted that the present team of the Lagos PFN may not be the best but they are the next while also assuring that they will make a success of their tenure. He also underscored the importance of purpose, noting that when purpose is known every other thing will fall in place. The President of PFN, Bishop Wole…

The failed agreement between the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and German Coach, Bruno Labbadia, has been as a result of the heavy tax placed on the football body by the German authorities. Recall that Labbadia had earlier reached an agreement with the NFF to takeover as the Country’s football team new Coach, the Super Eagles While speaking on the aborted agreement, the President of NFF, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, on Friday evening, said, the stringent regulations of German tax authorities have conspired to abort the agreement between the Nigeria Football Federation and Coach Bruno Labbadia for the latter to mount the…

Six people were confirmed to have died, while three others injured in an auto accident involving a Sienna bus and unmarked truck, at the Ogere corridor of Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident which occured on Friday morning, had the Sienna bus with registration number EPE692EL rammed into the unmarked truck, and six people were said to have died on the spot. In a release by the Chief Route Commander, Federal Roads Safety Corps, FRSC, and Public Education Officer, Florence Okpe, on behalf of the State Sector Commander, Akinyemi Fasakin, said the injured victims were taken to Patmag Hospital Ogere while the…

A Yoruba apex group, the Yoruba Council Worldwide, has called the attention of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, over the urgent need to arrest and prosecute Amaka Sonnberger, calling for the mass killing of the people of Yoruba and Edo in Nigeria. Recall that in a viral video circulating online earlier this week, Sonnberger had called for the mass killing of the indigenous people of Yoruba and Edo in Nigeria. In a letter signed by the President of the group, Aare Oladotun Hassan, Esq, titled, “Red Alert: Circulation of Video Inciting Ethnic Cleansing and Violence, call for…

The Chairman, BUA Cement, AbdulSamad Rabiu, has said that his company’s intention to sell cement at N3,500 per bag last year was frustrated by the actions of cement dealers. Rabiu disclosed this while speaking at the 8th Annual General Meeting, AGM, of the Company, held in Abuja, on Thursday. According to him, his company had sold over a million tons of cement to dealers at a price of N3,500 per bag, intending for these savings to be transferred to the end-users. However, he noted that the dealers were selling each bag of cement to consumers for prices ranging from N7,000…

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has declared war on all Electricity Distribution Companies, over the power disconnection at University of Lagos, UNILAG, which has continued to generate reactions. The Eko Distribution Company, EKEDC, on Thursday, as disconnected the source of power at UNILAG over what it called outrageous electricity bill. NANS, has therefore declared war on all Discos, seeks tariffs reversal and also mobilised its members to begin the occupation of EKEDC offices and others nationwide. According to NANS, the upgrade of the institution to Band A, which is not peculiar UNILAG alone, was done without consultation with…