Author: Tunde Akingbondere
Prominent clergy and televangelist, Prophet Joseph Ebenezer Akinsunlola, is set to host the impactful Idanre Freedom Crusade on July 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2025. According to a statement from the crusade’s Director, Evangelist Elisha Olorunda, preparations are in full swing for the Idanre Freedom Crusade, which aims to attract at least 15,000 participants to Idanre, a notable hilly area in Ondo State, Nigeria. The event will be overseen by a dedicated committee led by Pastor Alomaja, who will serve as the Crusade Chairman. In a recent statement, Olorunda emphasized: “Save the dates—July 10th, 11th, and 12th—as we gather for the…
The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Kayode Ajulo SAN, has cried out following what he termed the attempt by a particular Minister in Tinubu’s cabinet and Governorship hopeful in the State to take his life in the gruesome manner Bola Ige was murdered owing to his perceived opposition to his gubernatorial ambition. Ajulo, in a personal cryptic message to a colleague, Kunle Edun SAN, alleged that he had faced personal attacks from some rabid youth who he claimed had been acting on the instruction and sponsorship of the unnamed Minister. Their attacks according to him sparks memories…
A mentee of late human rights activist, Gani Fawehinmi; Richard Akinnola, has fired Senator Adams Oshiomhole over what he termed his “revisionist narratives” on the 12th June struggle and the role of Late Humphrey Nwosu, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission constituted to organise the election. Akinnola, in a statement titled, “REVISIONIST NARRATIVES ON THE ABORTED IMMORTALISATION OF PROF. HUMPHREY NWOSU, said: “I watched with embarrassment, the huffing and puffing of Senator Adams Oshiomhole, both on the floor of the Senate and on Channels two days ago, trying to justify the non-immortalisation of Prof. Humphrey Nwosu over June 12.” “According…
Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, a National and West African light-heavyweight champion, has given up the ghost after collapsing during a boxing match in Ghana on Saturday. A video obtained by journalists, reveals how Olanrewaju, a Nigerian national lost consciousness while in a wrestling face-off with Ghanaian boxer Jon Mbanugu at Fight Night 15 of the Ghana Professional Boxing League, held at the Bukom Boxing Arena. Despite efforts to revive him, the 40-year-old succumbed to his injuries, bringing his professional boxing career to a tragic end. SaharaReporters gathered that he was reportedly leading on points before the fatal incident occurred. A video…
Prince Isaac Owolabi Fayose, the younger brother to the erstwhile Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, has slammed a defamation lawsuit on Mr. Lere Olayinka, a former media aide to ex-Governor Fayose and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Olayinka, who currently serves as the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, is embroiled in the allegation of putting out false and malicious statements about Fayose on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and X. The lawsuit, marked FCT/HC/GAR//2025, was filed in a…
Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has dragged her colleague, Edo South Senator Neda Imasuen before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) for investigation over his alleged disbarment from practising law in the United States. Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan also slammed Mr Imasuen with the allegation of running foul of a court order restraining the Senate, Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions Committee, which he chairs, from looking into her alleged misconduct during the 20th February plenary. His alleged disbarment in the US In an earlier report by online newspaper PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Imasuen, a trained lawyer and member of the Labour Party (LP),…
The world stood still on Monday, May 29, 2023, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made the now-famous “Subsidy is gone” declaration at Eagle Square, Abuja, in his first address to the nation upon his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria, the biggest black nation on earth. This declaration not only caught everyone by surprise, but observers, analysts, and commentators were also stunned and wondered how much courage the President had mustered before uttering those three words. “Did the President know what he had just said?” many asked. But today, we can all testify to the stability and growth within…
Former Rivers State Head of Service, George Nwaeke, has described as untrue reports that he was kidnapped and made to address the press yesterday under duress. Nwaeke clarifies that he was in Abuja to report himself to security agencies in the light of the events in Rivers State. Yesterday, the former HoS in Rivers State had emerged with damning revelations against Governor Sim Fubara. Shortly afterwards, Nwaeke’s wife had declared him missing, stressing that his whereabouts were unknown. She suggested in a phone conversation with Fubara that Nweke might have been kidnapped and forced to make the claims against the…
As discussions about Nigeria’s first free and fair election continue in the national assembly, the country grapples with a state of emergency declared in Rivers State, leading to the dissolution of democratically constituted structures. In this tense atmosphere, a courageous 300 Level student at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier university, has stepped into the spotlight of a similar democratic struggle. Nice Linus is pressing legal action over what she describes as the unilateral annulment of her election, despite receiving overwhelming support from her peers in a process deemed free and fair. In this exclusive interview with Tunde Akingbondere…
The political situation in Rivers State took dramatic turns on Friday, thereby climaxing with a cry for help from Florence Nwaeke, the wife of former Head of Service of the state, George Nwaeke. This was shortly after his alleged resignation from the Rivers State government as the Head of Service. Late on Friday, Mr George Nwaeke’s confused wife expressed fear in her chats with journalists, she was agitated over the safety of her husband’s life and had no idea where he was. Having to grapple with emotions and concern, she appealed to Nigerians, others for help. “When he got to…