One of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protests in Abuja, Micheal Lenin, has been arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. Lenin was picked up around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. Disclosing this to newsmen, Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, said Lenin’s house was raided by the DSS. “Lenin has been arrested by the DSS. He was picked up during a raid on his house around 2am. “He was arrested in the presence of his family. We are demanding his immediate and…
Author: Adeboye
In his reaction to the #endhunger and the #endbadgovernance protests, President Bola Tinubu ignored the demands of the protesters and the suffering of the people of Nigeria and merely repeated the talking points of his government in the last 14 months. He did not provide any immediate solution to the hunger devastating Nigerians due to his economic policies. He did not speak as a man who heads a government that has reached the peak of bad governance in Nigeria’s history. He sounded like a man living in a world different from where the people he claimed to govern lived. The…
A prince in the descendants of Olofinwadenu axis of Aroloye family of Idanre Kingdom, Prince Aderemi Adewodun, has described late Owa of Idanre, Oba Frederick Aroloye, as an iconic leader with exemplary visions. Adewodun, in a tribute to the late traditional ruler on Sunday in Akure, said that the visions of Oba Aroloye were towards the greatness and untiring pursuance of unity and peace in Idanre Land. Adewodun, who is Director of Works and Maintenance Services in the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, (RUGIPO), said that late Oba Aroloye led his people with fear of God. He prayed for the repose…
Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, stood still on Saturday, 3rd August, as the late Mrs Stella Olajumoke, the mother-in-law of the Ondo State correspondent of TVC News, Ayodeji Moradeyo, was buried amidst glowing tributes. The deceased, who died at the age of 72, was the mother of Aderonke, the wife of the esteemed journalist. It was indeed a celebration of a life well spent, as dignitaries from all walks of life converged at the Bread of Life Church, Adekile, for the burial service. Members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Ondo State chapter, graced the event. Solemn songs were…
Heavily armed security personnel, on Sunday, provided security for hundreds of Osun protesters, who converged under the Olaiya Bridge in Osogbo to conduct open church service. Journalists monitoring the protest in the state reported that the service commenced at 12:01 p.m. with praise and worship songs. The chairman, Democratic Socialist Movement in the state, Alfred Alagbe, read the Bible scriptures from Gen. 41:13 and Matthew 21:9-11. Mr Alagbe, a lawyer, led the praise and worship session of the service. In a sermon, the chairman, Democracy Vanguards, Emmanuel Olowu, talked about the essence of “good leadership and followers”. According to him,…
… As Olubaka announces the return of First Bank to Oka The residents of Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State were delighted on Saturday, 03 August, as a non-governmental organization in the agrarian community, named Okarufe Cultural Foundation (OCF) donated essential commodities to them and an ultra modern wheelchair to a physically-challenged mother of three musician. The nascent NGO splashed cash gifts as honorarium to three singers of Oka extraction being recognized as Okarufe Cultural Ambassadors for their distinguished performance at promoting Oka language and ancestral heritage. The Foundation distributed bags of rice and branded…
The Ekiti State Police Command says its operatives have arrested an ex-convict, Omowaye Ayodele, and two other suspects – Ojo Temidayo and Busarí Lookman, who confessed to killings and kidnappings of Point of Sales operators in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. This was according to the state Commissioner of Police, Adeniran Akinwale in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, and made available to journalists on Sunday. The CP said the three suspects, upon investigation, narrated their roles in the death of a woman, Aina Adeyemi, who was robbed and shot dead at the…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has condemned the attacks on #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters and journalists by security agencies. In a statement on Sunday, Soyinka expressed concern over the Federal Government’s continuing mismanagement of protests. The poet criticised the use of live bullets and tear gas by the Nigeria Police Force to manage civic protests, saying that such actions would lead to violence. He said, “I set my alarm clock for this morning to ensure that I did not miss President Bola Tinubu’s impatiently awaited address to the nation on the current unrest across the nation. “His outline of the government’s remedial…
The wife of Apostle Lawrence Achudume, the General Overseer of Victory Life Bible Church, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Rev Fola Achudume, is dead. She reportedly died early in the morning of Saturday after a brief illness. She was 55 years old. The Assistant General Overseer of the church, Pastor Adeoye Adeyanju, reportedly broke the sad news during Sunday service in Abeokuta, the state capital. Adeyanju noted that Rev. Fola Achudume died in the early hours of Saturday. At this juncture, I want to announce to VLBC members, everyone, and friends that early hours of yesterday, our mother, Rev. Fola Achudume, has…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has recovered 77 packages of Canadian ‘Loud’, a synthetic strain of cannabis (Indian hemp), at Tincan Port in Lagos. NDLEA’s spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday that the drugs were hidden in the body compartments of four vehicles. Mr Babafemi said the drugs which were recovered on Friday were located in a Toyota Highlander, Ford Explorer, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Sienna, respectively. He said the drugs were imported from Canada and were intercepted during a joint examination of some containers with men of the Nigeria Customs Service and other stakeholders. “The…