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Month: May 2019

Iyabo Ojo fumes as Kemi Olunloyo threatens her with jail over alleged perjury

It seems like the fight between daughter of former governor Omololu Olunloyo, Kemi Olunloyo, and actress, Iyabo Ojo, is far from over as things are getting messier. Although Ojo had once vowed never to reply any comments about her from Olunloyo, she broke that promise during the week when she took to her Instagram page…

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Yinka Ayefele’s band captain dies after short illness

Waheed Adekola, popularly addressed as Ege by his admirers, the band captain of Ibadan-based music idol, Dr Yinka Ayefele, is dead. Waheed Adekola, as gathered died on Friday morning after he complained of body pains when the band returned from an outing last weekend. Since then, he had remained indoors, apparently, undergoing treatment. According to…

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BREAKING: Allegri sets to Leave Juventus

Juventus have announced that head coach Massimiliano Allegri will leave the club at the end of the 2018-19 season. The Italian boss’ future has been in question since being dumped out of the Champions League at the hands of Ajax, with the Italian champions having been firmly among the favourites to lift the crown. Indeed,…

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FG increases NYSC’s monthly allowance to N30,000

The Federal Government has increased the monthly allowance of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to 30,000. Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a press conference where she added that the total sum of N649.434 billion was verified by the ministry as the outstanding balance to…

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Oyo Governor-Elect, Makinde again kicks over Ajimobi’s alleged reckless, dubious award of contracts

As it is less than two weeks for the current administration in Oyo State to relinquish power, the governor-elect, Engr Seyi Makinde, has again complained over alleged reckless and issuance of dubious contracts and other less important activities by the out going government. The statement cited as one of the examples the case of the…

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Kwara State lawmaker-elect, Hon. Abdulgafar Ayinla arrested by EFCC for N26m property fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested a member-elect of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulgafar Ayinla over his alleged involvement in property scam, forgery and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of about N26,000,000 (Twenty Six Million Naira). Ayinla who is expected to be sworn-in…

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Sugar’s PA, Otunba Azeez died less than 2 weeks his boss buried

Otunba Wale Azeez, an aide to slain lawmaker representing Akinyele/Lagelu federal constituency, Hon. Olatoye Temitope Sugar, is dead. His death came barely two weeks after his boss, who was gunned down on March 9, 2019, at Lalupon area of Ibadan, was buried. According to Oyo Insight, He died on Monday, after he was reportedly hit…

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Electricity generation falls to 2,447MW from 4,129MW

The nation’s power generation dropped by 1,682 megawatts on Monday from 4,129.2MW on Sunday. Data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, showed that generation stood at 2,441MW as of 6.00 am on Monday. Total power generation rose from zero megawatt as of 6.00 am on Friday to…

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