The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has pleaded for leniency before a United States court after admitting his role in a $4.2 million COVID-19 relief fraud. In a sentencing memorandum filed on Tuesday, 19 August, 2025, before Judge Christopher Boyko of the Northern District of Ohio, the monarch’s legal team argued that the unprecedented disruption of the coronavirus pandemic influenced his decision to commit the offence. “COVID-19 affected all of us differently. Conduct that we would never expect from ourselves or others sometimes manifested itself as we encountered a completely different society,” his counsels said. They…
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The stage is set for the 6th edition of the Bodex Social Media Hangout, one of Nigeria’s most dynamic gatherings bridging digital innovation, entertainment, and human connection. Scheduled for Friday, November 21st to Sunday, November 23rd, 2025, this year’s edition promises to be its most impactful yet. With the theme “Social Media & A.I Influence: Transforming Yourself, Services & the Society,” Bodex Social Media Hangout 6.0 will explore how technology and creativity are driving transformation across personal lives, businesses, and communities. Convened by Bodex Hungbo, the Hangout has consistently created a platform where influencers, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, professionals, and enthusiasts…
The Federal Government has closed more than 13.5 million social media accounts and removed nearly 59 million offensive posts across TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and X for violating the Code of Practice. The 2024 Compliance Report submitted by Google, Microsoft, TikTok and others to regulators including NCC, NITDA and NBC revealed the action. NITDA spokesperson, Hajiya Hadiza Umar said the move is aimed at ensuring online safety and enforcing Nigerian laws. She noted that the government will continue to work with stakeholders to promote transparency, strengthen digital literacy and create a safer digital environment.
Controversial Nigerian aphrodisiac seller, Hauwa Mohammed, aka Jaruma, has named singer Davido’s billionaire father, Adedeji Adeleke, as her target. The popular Kayanmata seller made this known in a now controversial video on her TikTok page. Declaring her love for the singer’s father, Jaruma said the billionaire needs a younger woman like her to care for him. While urging him to consider welcoming her into his life, she promised to step into the void left by his late wife, the very absence that had kept him single for years. Captioning the video, Jaruma wrote, “The only man I want is ADEDEJI…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, August 18, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of three internet fraudsters before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The convicts, Oyatokun Damilola Qudus, Adenekan Adewole Ayinde and Adisa Okikiade, are among the 93 suspected fraudsters arrested during a sting operation on Sunday, 10 August, 2025, at a hotel within the precincts of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, Abeokuta, Ogun State. They were arraigned on separate one-count charge bordering on impersonation, identify and internet fraud. The charge against Qudus reads:”…
By Ismail Omipidan created by photogrid “If they don’t invite us to the tying of the nuptial knot, and those who want to untie it decide to invite us, we won’t sit idle; we will honour them for finding us worthy of the invite.” The above roughly translated quote from the late strongman of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Aribiyi Adedibu, aptly captures what played out last weekend in Oyo State, where the All Progressives Congress (APC) suffered a scandalous defeat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election. By the constitution of the APC, the…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, 19 August, 2025, presented a brand-new Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) to popular gospel singer, broadcaster, and Chairman of Fresh FM 105.9, Dr. Yinka Ayefele, following last Friday’s fire outbreak that razed parts of the Music House complex in Ibadan. The inferno, which gutted sections of the media house, destroyed property worth millions of naira, leaving Ayefele and his team counting heavy losses. Speaking during the presentation at the Music House, Challenge, Ibadan, Governor Makinde—represented by the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Otunba Ademola Ojo—commended Ayefele for his resilience and enduring…
created by photogrid Once hailed as the firebrand of Northern Nigerian politics, Nasir El-Rufai now finds himself in a curious twilight—boasting of a coalition that would sweep APC into the dustbin of history, only to be swept aside by the very electorate he presumed would rally behind him. His recent mobilization in Sokoto, where he declared APC “clannish and incompetent,” was meant to ignite a revolution. Instead, it fizzled like a damp matchstick. A WhatsApp Tsunami Without Kinetic Energy The opposition coalition—ADC, Atiku, El-Rufai, Peter Obi, Amaechi, Aregbesola—was hyped as a political tsunami. But the only waves it generated were…
The Minister of Power and prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has described the party’s defeat in the just-concluded Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election as painful but instructive. He said the outcome should serve as another wake-up call for deep introspection, genuine reconciliation, and collective action within the APC. In a statement issued on Monday, 18 August, 2025 through his Media Aide, Bolaji Tunji, Adelabu congratulated the winner of the election, Honourable Folajimi Oyekunle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while stressing that the result was received with mixed emotions. “I received…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has expressed strong concerns over the alleged conferment of the chieftaincy title of Okanlomo of Yorubaland on business tycoon Dotun Sanusi by the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi. In a statement issued by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, the Alaafin described the action as a direct affront to his authority, stressing that only the Alaafin holds the exclusive right to confer titles that cover the entire Yorubaland. The statement further noted that the Ooni’s traditional jurisdiction is confined to Oranmiyan Local Government—now divided into…