Author: Alade Adisa

A most murderous kidnapper, who instilled fear into millions of Nigerians during his three-year reign of terror, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, made a passionate appeal for leniency to the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, stressing that he has repented from his criminal activities. The merciless and most vicious scoundrel, who was known to collect foreign currencies as ransom from his captives, told the court on Thursday, that he has applied to the Lagos State Government for mercy. Evans, who addressed the court through his lawyer, Emefo Etudo, stated this after taking his plea on the amended five…

George gave up alcohol to support his wife of 14 years during her final months. He explains why now, as a single dad, he’s staying sober As I held my wife Imogen’s frail hand – too frail and weak for her 44 years – on her last night of life, I had never been more clear-minded. The weeks leading up to her eventual death from stage four bowel cancer had been the most lucid of my life. As a theatre-director-turned-leadership-coach, I was used to being alert and aware – but this was different. Three months earlier, l had made a choice. When…

Morocco has halted imports of feed grains from Germany following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the head of Morocco’s grain trade federation (FNCL) said on Thursday. The import suspension affected “all untreated plant-based feed intended for animal consumption from Germany due to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak there,” Omar Yacoubi told Reuters. A source at Morocco’s food safety agency ONSSA confirmed that plant-based imports from Germany for animal feed had been “suspended” until Germany is declared free of foot and mouth again or certifies local regions that are free of the disease. Germany announced its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has upheld the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as a terrorist organisation. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Hamma Barka on Thursday, January 30, 2025, the appellate court affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which outlawed IPOB. The court held that it found no reason to set aside the order the Federal Government got against the group. According to the court, the government acted lawfully by proscribing the organization whose activities threatend the nation’s security and continued existence. Specifically, Justice Kafafati…

Senator Shehu Sani has attacked ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai, saying he’s a midget professor and frustrated jobless ex-governor seeking attention. Sani’s outburst came on the heels of El-Rufai’s recent criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC), claiming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government is pushing to destroy opposition parties. El-Rufai also accused APC of deviating from its founding principles. The ex-senator representing Kaduna Central in a post on his official X handle on Thursday, Sani accused El-rufai of hypocrisy, practising “tyranny” and unleashing evil while the governor of Kaduna. If he is in a Keke Napep, he will call it a Lamborghini;…

The Scottish government is considering free IVF for single women – as a solo mother myself, I think the plans couldn’t come soon enough As I approached 40 without meeting a suitable partner, I realised having a baby on my own using donor sperm might be my only route to motherhood. I also realised very early on that I’d get no help from the NHS. A cursory Google search informed me that over half of NHS England integrated care boards don’t include single women in their IVF policies, and those which do require us to prove infertility first by paying privately for…

Less than twenty four hours after his expulsion from the All Progressives Congress (APC), former governor, Rauf Aregbesola and his supporters have been invited by the Osun State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to join the party as the race for the 2026 governorship election in the state gets underway. NNPP extended the invitation to the former minister in a statement by its state chairman, Dr. Tosin Odeyemi, on Wednesday. Aregbesola’s supporters in the Omoluabi Progressives had on Sunday announced their departure from the All Progressives Congress, citing maltreatment within the party. The former Interior Minister commended…

Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has declared that the #EndSARS protest of 2020 was “manufactured” by the ‘Obidient’ movement to stop the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu. ‘Obidients’ are supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election. A former governor of Osun State, Akande spoke in an interview with Edmund Obilo, which was posted on YouTube.Chief Akande also claimed that the #EndSARS protest was conceived in and funded from the United States. The former governor said, “EndSARS was aimed and designed to be the end of…

Cases of dementia are rising rapidly among Britain’s ageing population. Protecting against it begins with looking after your heart There are 900,000 currently living with dementia in the UK and that’s predicted to rise to 1.6 million by 2050. Frightening as the figures undoubtedly are, we all have the power to dramatically reduce our risk – and it begins with looking after our hearts. A landmark new statement released by the American Heart Association warns that three common cardiovascular diseases – heart failure, atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease – raise the risk of developing dementia, an umbrella term describing a set of…

The Organised Labour has warned state governments and private employers to implement the new national minimum wage of ₦70,000, along with the consequential salary adjustments, by the end of the first quarter of 2025 or face serious consequences. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said it is unacceptable for some states and organisations, who know the current realities of the Nigerian economy to insist on paying peanuts to workers, knowing fully well that the wage cannot take workers home. The President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, who is also the National Internal Auditor of…