Author: Lekan Adeyeye

THE police in Ogun State have arraigned the impeached chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area, Wale Adedayo, before a magistrate court sitting in the Isabbo area of Abeokuta on Tuesday. Adedayo was arraigned before Justice A.K. Araba on two counts bordering on publication of unlawful publication and false allegation of fund diversion by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The prosecutor, Adeyemi Olukoya, told the court that Adedayo committed offences which are contrary to and punishable under sections 59(1) and 375 of the criminal code laws of Ogun State, 2006. The charge read, “That you Hon. Wale Adedayo m’ on the 27h…

THE Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has filed a lawsuit in the Ondo State High Court seeking to stop the State House of Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment proceedings against him. In the suit filed on Monday, September 25, 2023, the Deputy Governor is seeking a declaration that the House of Assembly is not competent to proceed with his impeachment in breach of his constitutional and fundamental rights to fair hearing and that the sacking of his media aides and subjecting him to the Ministry of Information headed by a Commissioner amounts to a breach of…

A POPULAR member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Wale Adedibu, is dead. News Point Nigeria learnt that Adedibu died on Sunday after a brief illness, a few days after the demise of the APC women leader in Oyo North Senatorial district, Princess Adebowale Atoyebi. Senator representing Oyo South senatorial district, Sharafadeen Alli, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abbas, described Adedibu’s death as a rude shock. Alli said the deceased was a committed and dedicated party member who worked tirelessly for the growth of the party in the State. He noted…

THE Ekiti State Police Command have launched an investigation after an undergraduate of Ekiti State University Helen Okorie went missing. In a press statement issued Sunday by the spokesperson of the command Sunday Abutu, the police noted that the 500-level student left home about ten days back to an unknown destination and has not returned since then. “She is 23 years old, chocolate in complexion, speaks English and Igbo languages fluently and has no tribal mark. She is a 500-level student of Ekiti State University,” he said. But he said the Command said it has commenced an investigation to unravel…

THE Nigerian government is working towards generating 20,000 megawatts by 2026 and 60,000 megawatts of electricity by 2060. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this in Osogbo, Osun State capital during his visit to the National Control Centre (NCC) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday. In his speech, Adelabu revealed the short and long term plans of the ministry towards increasing power generation, transmission and distribution in Nigeria. “Like I told you, it’s an aspiration for Nigeria to have minimum of 60,000 megawatts of power by 2060; that is 60 gigawatts. And 2030 is the medium term…

THE Ondo State House of Assembly has begun the process of removing the deputy governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The House accused the embattled deputy governor of being involved in some acts of gross misconduct while in office as the acting governor. To this end, at the plenary session on Wednesday, the directed the Clerk of the House, Mr Benjamin Jaiyeola, to communicate to Aiyedatiwa the allegations levelled against him. The petition which has been signed by Nine out of 26 Members of the House was read during the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Olamide Oladiji. More details shortly…

FOUR persons have died with seven others arrested following a cult clash in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command Omolola Odutola said the suspects were arrested after a raid led by an assistant commissioner of police. “Upon receiving the information, the Area Commander swiftly mobilised more personnel to the scene in order to prevent the clash from escalating and to apprehend the cultists involved as a result, seven suspected cultists were arrested, and further investigations led to the recovery of a firearm, three live cartridges,” she said about the Sunday…

GOVERNOR Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says he suspects sabotage in the near air mishap involving a private jet he was to fly to Abuja from Lagos. LEADERSHIP had reported how the trip the governor was to make on the aircraft of Dr Deji Adeleke, his elder brother, was aborted after the pilot discovered fault in the engine a minute just as it began taxing. According to the newspaper, the incident occurred at the domestic wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos State. Reacting in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor confirmed that the…

A FORMER president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, reaffirmed the constitutional superiority of elected officials when he mandated some traditional rulers to stand up and greet him. Obasanjo gave this order at the commissioning of a 34.85 km Oyo-Iseyin Road and the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Iseyin Campus, which houses the College of Agricultural Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources. The ex-president, who spoke in Yoruba, stated that despite the traditional rulers’ status, it was crucial for them to respect elders and those in positions of power. According to him, doing this will enable the preservation of the Omoluabi culture of…

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has sacked all the media aides attached to the office of his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Akeredolu, who handed over to his deputy when he embarked on three months medical leave to Germany, returned to the country this week. In his absence, there was a cold war between Aiyedatiwa and some loyalists of the governor. The deputy, who has his eyes on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial ticket for next year’s election, also had issues with some party chieftains. Apparently reacting to rumours associated to his perceived rift with the governor, Aiyedatiwa had…

THE Ogun State Government and the wife of a former governor of the state, Olufunke Daniel have traded words over the demolition of DATKEM Plaza in the Ijebu Ode area of the state. Although the state government said the five-storey building, was illegally situated and that it contravened the state’s physical planning laws, the former governor’s wife disagreed, and described the partial demolition by the government as “executive recklessness and irresponsibility”. It was reported that the five-storey building was partially demolished in the early hours of Sunday. Clips and pictures showing destruction on the structure were circulated across social media…

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has returned to Nigeria after his medical trip abroad. A reliable source in the Akeredolu family confirmed the return of the Ondo governor, on Thursday. The source, who pleaded anonymity, said Governor Akeredolu landed in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, and would be staying at his private residence to take some rest. He added that some members of the cabinet are already on their way to welcome him back to the country. “The governor (Akeredolu) is back in the country. We would be in Ibadan at his private residence to take some rest. I’m aware…

A NEW data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Nigeria generated N1.49 trillion as the aggregate revenue from Value-Added Tax (VAT) in the first half of 2023 (six months). The NBS on Monday stated that on the aggregate, VAT for the second quarter of 2023 was reported at N781.35 billion, showing a growth rate of 10.11% on a quarter-on-quarter basis from N709.59 billion in the first quarter of 2023. The data showed that local payments recorded were N512.03 billion, foreign VAT payments were N142.63 billion, while import VAT contributed N126.69 billion in the second quarter of…

THE Nigeria Football Federation and Jose Santos Peseiro have reached an agreement for the latter to continue in his role as Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team of Nigeria, the Super Eagles. A source in the NFF told News Point Nigeria that, Paseiro agreed a pay-cut considering the high dollar/naira rate in the country. The source added that as stipulated in the original contract, drawn in May 2022, the Portuguese has been handed the mandate to lead the Super Eagles to, in the minimum, the semi finals of the 34th Africa Cup of Nations finals taking place in…

NOLLYWOOD Actor, Bolanle Ninalowo and his wife, Bunmi, are ending their marriage after 18 years, the Nollywood actor and filmmaker announced on Friday. The 43-year-old father of two made the announcement in an emotional Instagram post, saying he was “heartbroken” and “shattered” that the couple had decided to “go our separate ways and [are] headed for an irreconcilable marriage dissolution”. The couple celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary in November 2022. Without revealing details about the reason for their split, the Far From Home star said, “May God help me and reward me with all i truly deserve or punish me…

THE General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman, on Wednesday asked soldiers to be loyal to President Bola Tinubu and the constituted authority, at all times. Usman said this while addressing soldiers at the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The GOC told them to be professional and exhibit total loyalty beginning with the President down to the top echelon of the Armed Forces. His comment comes amid the military coup spreading across African nations with Gabon being the latest, on Wednesday. Usman, flanked by the Brigadier General, Mohammed Tajudeen Aminu, the…

ACADEMIC activities were paralysed at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo state, on Friday, following a protest by students of the institution over the death of their colleague, Ayomide Akeredolu. Akeredolu, a 500 Level student of the school, was said to have slumped inside the hall of residence. The deceased, who was planning to write his final exam, was immediately rushed to the institution’s health centre but gave up the ghost on arrival. His death angered the students who mobilised to block the front of their school on the Akure/Ilesha express road for several hours. They alleged that…

THE Ogun Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 1,245 live ammunition allegedly concealed in 203 bags of foreign rice abandoned in a bush path at Tombolo Junction, near the Yewa North Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun State. This revelation was made in Abeokuta, the state capital, by the Customs Area 1 Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, who said this was with a N17,637 duty paid value. The area comptroller added that an investigation was ongoing to unravel the cartel responsible for the attempted smuggling with a call to residents to furnish the command with useful information.

EKITI State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has suspended the Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Home Affairs, Mr. Olaiya Atibioke, for two weeks. The Commissioner, who is one of those inaugurated less than a week ago, bagged the suspension for unauthorised departure from the venue of a three-day retreat organized for them. According to a statement signed by Mr Yinka Oyebode, the Special Adviser (Media) to Governor Oyebanji, the Commissioner was nowhere to be found during the signing of the performance charter. Governor Oyebanji, who fully participated in all the sessions of the 72-hour retreat, had earlier stated that there would be zero…

THE Department of State Services, has invited and interrogated the Secretary to Ogun State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, over recent allegations of fraud levelled against him. A source from the DSS who craved anonymity hinted our correspondent that the invitation and subsequent interrogation were a result of the allegations levelled against him. The source told our correspondent that the grill took place at the Ogun State Command Headquarters of the DSS, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Friday, at 6:55 pm. Talabi was reportedly grilled for five hours on Friday but was released afterwards on self-recognition. Talabi’s alleged involvement with Superflux Printing Limited, located…