Author: Prince Ade ADe

The federal government through the Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has appointed Deputy Comptroller General of Immigration, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola as the acting Comptroller General of Immigration. A letter dated May 26, 2023, signed by the Secretary of the board, Ja’afaru Ahmed, a copy obtained by Daily Trust on Monday in Abuja, said the appointment takes effect from Tuesday 30th May 2023. The statement reads: “I write to convey the approval of the Chairman of the Board for you to cover duties of the Office of the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) as the most senior…

Seun Kuti, popular musician and the youngest son of the Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti has slammed comedian Ayo Makun, a.k.a AY, over his reason for not rejecting his national honour. This medium recalls that former president Muhammadu Buhari, through the Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs on Sunday, listed comedian AY, singer Davido, actor Kunle Afolayan, Super Eagles and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and other celebrities among 337 Nigerians to be conferred with national honours on June 1st 2023. Reacting to the announcement on Monday, AY, in a tweet, addressed critics who queried him for not rejecting the…

Tragedy struck in lrese community, lfedore council area of Ondo state, as a commercial Motorcyclist, allegedly strangled a 90-year-old, Ajayi Ajisegiri, to death in a desperate bid to steal the community”s oracle. Consequently, two suspects, Dada Ologundundun, aged 71yrs and John Samson 27yrs have been arrested by police detectives and being detained. Reports had it that the deceased was a Chief, oracle custodian and also the head of hunters in the community. His gruesome death at Oke Mission, in the town, had thrown the entire community into grief and confusion. Vanguard gathered that the suspect after commiting the deadly act,…

The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Media Centre has explained the announcement of the removal of the fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu on Monday. The Centre, in a statement, urged the public to relax panic-buying that has ensued as a result of his speech. The statement explained the development is neither a new development nor an action of his new administration. The Tweet reads: “The public is advised to note that President Bola Tinubu’s declaration that “subsidy is gone” is neither a new development nor an action of his new administration. “He was merely communicating the status quo, considering that the…

The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, says 5,000 teachers will be employed to commence afternoon primary and secondary education system to address problems of congestion and increase enrollment of out-of-school children. Zulum announced this on Monday in Maiduguri during his inaugural speech after taking an oath of office for second term. “Although we have built dozens of new mega-size schools and expanded existing schools with about 1,000 new classrooms, we are still faced with issues of congestion in classrooms, and with the worse problem of having thousands of out-of-school children despite being of school-ages. “I am happy to announce…

Afrobeats star, Davido, has revealed that he performed at the inauguration party of the Abia State governor, Alex Otti, for free. He made this known on Monday night, while responding to an enquiry from a tweep about his performance. Reacting to videos of his performance, the tweep had asked, “Na free performance?” In response, Davido tweeted, “Not a dime. I’ve known Excellency all my life … and I’m sure he will do well for the people of Abia state ❤️🇳🇬.” After his performance at the Abia State Government House, Davido also attended the inauguration reception of the Delta State governor,…

Osun State High Court has found the popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a former Masters student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, whose death occurred between November 5 and 7, 2021 at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife. The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her judgement on the case, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the court, pointed to the killing of Adegoke while being a guest at the hotel owned by Adedoyin. According to her, Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box did not help him, as the…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that he will remove his son from the position of his executive secretary amid mounting public outrage over a private party held at his official residence last year. Kishida told reporters on Monday that his son, Shotaro, would step down as his executive secretary for political affairs due to “inappropriate behaviour”. The move came after the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine published photos showing Kishida’s son and his relatives at the prime minister’s official residence attending a year-end party on December 30. The photos showed the guests posing on red-carpeted stairs in an imitation…

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, on Monday did what many thought he could not do. Hours after being inaugurated for a fresh term of four terms, he sacked Mukaila Lamidi, known as Auxilliary, who headed the disciplinary committee of the Park Management System, PMS, in the state. Before going for his inauguration, Makinde did not have in mind he was going to do away with Auxilliary. Barely had the governor returned to his Ikolaba private residence, trouble started with Auxilliary and his PMS boys allegedly beating members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, who had also…

Reports have emerged of the Department of the State Security Service, DSS, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos. A source whose identity was not disclosed told Premium Times that DSS blocked the whole building and placed an armoured tank at the front of the building. “They even placed an armoured tank just to scare us away”, the source was reported to have said. Both agencies according to reports have been in loggerhead with each other over the ownership of the building. As of the time…