By: Abudu Olalekan Governor Seyi Makinde has announced a major cabinet shake-up in Oyo State. New SSG appointed, ministries moved, and new faces brought in. Monday morning in Ibadan. The sun was barely up. Most people were thinking about the week ahead. Traffic at Challenge. Crowds at Dugbe. Then, boom. Governor Seyi Makinde decided it…
By: Abudu Olalekan A federal court has ordered NNPC to disclose details of the $3bn Afreximbank crude-for-cash loan following a suit by HEDA. Read the full story here. It isn’t every day you see a giant like the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited get told what to do. But that is exactly what happened in…
By: Abudu Olalekan Things are getting really messy in Owerri right now. If you haven’t heard about the “Tiger Base” unit of the Imo State Police Command, well, it has quite the reputation. But this time, the drama isn’t coming from outside. It is coming from within. Some police staff attached to this controversial Anti-Kidnapping…
By: Abudu Olalekan Benjamin Netanyahu’s Christmas vow to fight terrorism against Nigerian Christians triggered fierce backlash. MUSWEN told Reportersroom the PM should stay away. Christmas Day. Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t delivering tidings of comfort to everyone. Addressing Christian Zionist supporters, the Israeli Prime Minister declared Israel would open a “new front.” Nigeria sat on that list…
By: Abudu Olalekan Mountain of Liberation pastor Chris Okafor knelt apologising to Doris Ogala amid sex allegations, then stepped down. PFN confirms “spiritual pressure” was applied. The kneeling happened last Sunday. Right there, on the carpeted stage where declarations of miracles usually thunder out. Pastor Chris Okafor, founder of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries,…
By: Abudu Olalekan Godswill Akpabio just did something nobody saw coming. Like, really out of nowhere. You think you’ve seen it all in Nigerian politics? You havent seen this yet. The Senate President has decided to forgive his enemies. Or atleast, he’s decided to stop suing them. Which is basically the same thing, right? It…
