Author: Alade Adisa

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has attributed frequent grid collapses to vandalism and lack of maintenance in the past. Adelabu stressed that most 2024 incidents resulted from vandalism and theft of power equipment while receiving the report of the committee set up to address grid collapses in Abuja on Wednesday. He said a lack of good maintenance and external factors also contributed to the collapses. “The federal government is taking the issue seriously, requiring urgent attention,” he said.Adelabu assured that the ministry would review the report, make amendments, and submit it to President Bola Tinubu. The six-member committee, chaired…

Alex Ogunshakin, a 41-year-old Nigerian, has been sentenced to 45 months in prison by a federal court in the United States. Ogunshakin was sentenced on October 31, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to US Attorney Susan Lehr. Ogunshakin was sentenced to a total of 45 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Ogunshakin’s release from prison, he will begin a three-year term of supervised release and is subject to removal from the United States. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Nebraska, from sometime no…

The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese has submitted a proposal to ban children younger than 16 years from using social media. He submitted it on Thursday. According to Xinhua/NAN, the prime minister and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland pledged to legislate a minimum age limit of 16 years for social media access. Albanese had previously announced an intention to introduce legislation to parliament for the age limit before the end of 2024 but had not committed to a specific cut-off age. He said the legislation would take responsibility for enforcing the minimum age limit on social media platforms. Albanese told…

After winning over 292 electoral college votes in the 2024 election, Donald Trump has emerged as the 47th President of the United States. The Republican candidate won the election having crossed the 270 score required to clinch the White House. According to the Associated Press, Vice President Kamala Harris had polled 224 votes in the electoral college system. After the declaration of results, President Joe Biden has called the President-elect (Trump) to congratulate him on his election victory and to invite him to the White House to discuss the transition. The White House said staff would coordinate a date “in…

A 38-year-old suspect, Peter Samuel, has confessed to the killing of a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called Okada, Rafiu Akao, at Oke-Oyi town in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident occurred at Asunlere area of the town on November 4, 2024. In an interview with journalists after the suspect was paraded alongside four others involved in the incident by the state police commissioner, Victor Olaiya, the suspect said, “I used cutlass to cut the head of the Okada rider” in the attempt to snatch the new motorcycle bought by the deceased. According to Daily Post, the suspect…

Three major oil marketers, A. A. Rano Limited, AYM Shafa Limited and Matrix Petroleum Services Limited have called on the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals.In a joint counter affidavit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, dated November 5, 2024, the marketers argue that supporting Dangote’s bid to restrict the issuance of petroleum import licences could destabilize Nigeria’s oil sector.Dangote Refinery, in an originating summons filed on September 6, 2024, accused the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC), alongside several oil marketers of violating…

Gunmen have abducted 100 persons in Wanke, near Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State. According to a source, a Chief Imam was among the abducted victims. The source said, “This is the second time the Imam was abducted.” According to Daily Post, the police and the state government are yet to react to the incident. A survivor told the BBC Hausa Service in an interview that the affected communities were under siege and people were migrating for fear of further attacks. He further explained that near Sabon Layi, over 50 persons were taken away, and near Dagon Hayi about 50…

In a shocking revelation, a mysterious man whose name is yet to be identified had confessed to killing over 70 women for ritual purposes in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The number, according to the man who claimed he is now a pastor, is not part of the people he had been hired to kill and had eaten in his life. He revealed this on a popular socialist, Yinka Ayefele’s radio station, Fresh FM’s programme titled, “Opeyemi” in Ibadan on Saturday. According to him, the blood of the women was needed to renew his mystical power, and their bodies were eaten…

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen has discharged and acquitted a from his conviction of false assets declaration charges by the Code of Conduct Tribuna by The Court of Appeal in Abuja. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2019 removed Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria during the pendency of a charge against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The conviction of Onnoghen on April 18, 2019, and forfeiture of his bank accounts by the Umar Yakubu Danladi-led tribunal was struck down by the Appellate Court following the resolution of the issues that…

To counter the allegation that President Bola Tinubu’s administration favours the South-West regarding appointments in the security sector, the Presidency has publicly released hard facts on the situation. The president last week, named Major General Olufemi Oluyede as Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), to hold forth for the substantive COAS, General Tahoreed Lagbaja, who has been away from the country treating an undisclosed ailment. Oluyede hails from the southwest (Ekiti State) same as Lagbaja and Tinubu, who are from Osun and Lagos states, respectively. This tribal affinity has led to insinuations in some quarters that the President has perfected…