The family of the late former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has plunged deeper into crisis as his first daughter, Mrs Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, has approached an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, seeking an order for a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test on seven individuals claiming to be biological children of the deceased, as well as an application for the exhumation of the late Governor’s body to carry out the DNA test. In a suit filed before Justice Taiwo of Court 12 at the state high court, ring road, Ibadan, with Motion Number I/443/2024, Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, through…
Author: Adetutu Audu
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has confirmed that televangelist Pastor Paul Adefarasin faces criminal charges after pointing a stun gun at another person, an act he said is punishable under Nigerian law even if the device is non-lethal. Jimoh spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, 19 June, 2025, while providing an update on the ongoing probe. “Nothing is an offence under the law, except what the law states to be an offence,” Jimoh explained. “Even under the Fire Arms Act, if you fashion out anything that is not metal, like wood, and you make it…
The Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has congratulated an alumnus of the University, Ayọka Roqeebat Kazeem, for becoming the first car winner at the popular and widely-acclaimed Yoruba language programme, ‘Ma so Oyinbo’, reports thegazellenews.com Kazeem won the prestigious prize when she appeared recently on the programme, thegazellenews.com reports further. Professor Olatunji-Bello described her feat as a confirmation of the values the institution has built in her. “She is indeed a shining ambassador of our great university,” the LASU VC said. “Ayọka’s remarkable achievement is a testament to her intellectual acumen and deep mastery…
Professor Badru Kateregga, Founder of Kampala University, is heartbroken after discovering that he is not the biological father of one of his three children with his wife, Shubaiha Jolly Kateregga, 36. The 76-year-old Ugandan educationist and entrepreneur currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of the private university he co-founded. Kateregga and his estranged wife, Shubaiha, have been married for 15 years. Their marital issues began in September 2024 when he left their home, stating he wanted to spend time with his older children from a previous relationship. Kateregga also alleged that Shubaiha had assaulted him, which prompted his departure. In…
Amidst cynical comment made by the leading opposition party in Ogun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and perceived naysayers, criticizing Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration for its low performance, the State government has kicked off Akute-Lambe-Agbado road reconstruction project. For the avoidance of doubt, the contractor handling the project, Craneburg, has already moved to the site to begin the rehabilitation of the ever-busy road. Preparatory to the commencement of full work, the construction firm has begun mobilization of heavy-duty to the site. The execution of earthworks has also started across multiple sections of the road. All things being equal, a…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 17 June, 2025 arrested a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other members for alleged money laundering. The 14 members are: Gwottson Fom, Sani Abubakar, Jwe Philip Gwom, Thomas Dantong, Happiness Mathew Akawu, Cornelius Dotyok and Agbalak Ibrahim. Other members are: Danjuma Azi, Fwangje Bala Ndat, Salome Tanimu Wanglet, Namba Rimuyat, Nimchak Rims, Ishaku Maren and Paul Datugun. The former legislators were arrested following claims by some concerned citizens of the state against them for…
The late elder statesman and former Ohanaeze Ndigbo President -General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has left behind a final Will that bans his wife, Lolo Frances from remarrying. The document, released on Monday, 16 June, 2025, and managed by Will Administrator, Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru (SAN), outlines how the respected businessman and politician’s wealth is divided among his immediate family and select beneficiaries. Among the key highlights is the inheritance of the iconic “Legacy House” on Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, willed to Frances with a strict instruction that the house must never be sold. In addition to the residence, Frances received ownership…
A delegation of PRNigeria Fellows, led by communication strategist Salim Yunusa, has paid a solidarity visit to the Abuja office of renowned public relations expert and PRNigeria founder, Yushau A. Shuaib, to express sympathy over his controversial withdrawal from the Senior Executive Course (SEC 47) at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru. The visit also offered an opportunity to congratulate Shuaib for the multiple awards recently earned by Image Merchants Promotion Limited, publishers of PRNigeria, from both the African Public Relations Association (APRA) and the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) for their fellowship programme and strategic…
The former Permanent Secretary in Lagos State and Chairman, DSE Foundation, Chief Tunde Fanimokun has identified seven major challenges inhibiting the advancement of Nigeria as a nation and as the greatest secret of the world solution. He disclosed this at a lecture delivered at the Folawiyo Entrepreneurship Centre’s, maiden Annual Lecture Model Series and Business Idea Competition, titled: Entrepreneurship: The Central Pillar of Accelerated Sustainable Development in Nigeria, held at the Yusuf Grillo Auditorium of Yaba College of Technology. Chief Fanimokun opined that mismanagement of abundance, negligence of agriculture, import orientation, uncoordinated ecosystem, oil doom instead of oil boom since…
The Federal Government has lauded Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for his visionary strides in livestock development, noting that his initiatives are in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Livestock Transformation Agenda under the Renewed Hope Initiative. This was as Governor Inuwa Yahaya has expresses gratitude to President Tinubu for N120 billion approval to support Gombe’s Agro-livestock poject, related initiatives. The commendation was delivered by the Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, during the official groundbreaking ceremony for the 184-hectare Agro-Livestock Development Zone held over the weekend in Gombe. The project, a cornerstone of Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s vision for agro-industrial…