Victor Daniels

I Disappointed Myself’: Fani-Kayode Apologises For Harassing Journalist In Calabar Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has rendered an unreserved apology to a journalist for the verbal harassment he meted he meted out during a recent press conference in Calabar, the Cross-River State capital. Fani Kayode also apologised to the Nigeria Union Journalists, family members, friends, and colleagues of the Daily Trust reporter. Speaking Today Friday  28th August 2020, during a press conference at the Government House in Uyo, the ex-minister said he disappointed himself and everyone, noting that his reaction was undefendable. “I’m deeply sorry for the manner I reacted to the said reporter. I was too hard on him. The question was mischievous, but I fell for it,” he said. “I should have been smarter than that. I am using this opportunity to reach out to him, and I hope he will be kind enough to forgive me.” “I disappointed myself, my family and friends, my colleagues an...

Franklyn Amudo, who is the former manager of Oyebanjo Dapo also known as D'banj, has come out to corroborate the claims of Seyitan Babatayo, he lady who accused the music star of rape. Babatayo had alleged that D'banj raped her in a Lagos hotel in December 2018, a case that has since drawn attention and scrutiny. To corroborate Babatayo's claims, D'banj's former manager Amudo has come out to say that he was aware of the alleged incident how D'banj slept with the lady against her wish but later settled her with $100 and pleaded with her to conceal the act.

The immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has died at age 70 after battling coronavirus-related symptoms for a month,   Ajimobi, who was governor from 2011 to 2019, was named the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the ruling All Progressives Congress last month but never resumed. " id="primary"> The former governor was hospitalised at First Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Consultants Hospital, Lagos on June 2, 2020. He was said to have tested negative for COVID-19 but the illness had caused his health to deteriorate.

The Plateau State Government says it views with grave concern the rise in the rate of infection of the Corona virus in the State following the ease of lockdown exercise. This it says is essentially is due to the flagrant disregard to the laid down protocols as it affects this dreaded monster, by a sizeable population of the State. The Government therefore warns that it will not hesitate to restore the lockdown earlier lifted by Governor Simon Bako Lalong as it views with dismay the non-compliance with regards to the wearing of face masks, social distancing, hand washing and the use of sanitizers. Commissioner for Information and Communication Dan Manjang in a statement in Jos said Government has it on sound authority that some worship centres, markets, motor parks, commercial vehicles, tricycles (KEKE NAPEP) are at the forefront of this flagrant violation. He said “in view of the foregoing therefore, Government hereby states categorically that such unbecoming attitude stimu...

The former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi has died at the age of 70. Ajimobi who was recently appointed as the Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress by the National Working Committee of the party died due to Coronavirus complications. The former lawmaker fell ill after testing positive to Coronavirus and was reported to be in a critical condition before the time of his death. He ruled Oyo State for eight years before he was appointed by Adams Oshiomhole as the Deputy National Chairman (South-West) of APC. Ajimobi was a former Managing director at the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum Company.

The Federal Government has suspended a charter and aircraft maintenance firm, Executive Jet Services, for flying Musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, to Abuja to attend a concert. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this during the Presidential Task Force briefing in Abuja on Monday. Sirika said the aircraft which conveyed the musician was supposed to fly an Appeal Court Judge, Justice Adefope Okogie, from Lagos to Abuja. He said, “The operation is a clear violation of our approval which we take very seriously. It seems this is becoming a norm. This is the second time. So, Executive Jet Services is hereby suspended indefinitely and they will face the law. “The captain will also be sanctioned for giving wrong information to the control tower. It seems also that people are not tired of trying our resolve and we are not tired of living up to our responsibilities. Governance is a serious matter.” The minister said the government would henceforth be stricter in gran...

Lagos Senator Bayo Osinowo is dead. He died in Lagos today of complications from COVID-19. He was 64 years old. The four-time Lagos House of Assembly member was elected a senator in 2019. He was representing Lagos East constituency in the Senate. Osinowo, famously called Pepperito was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State on 28 November 1955. He had his early education in Ijebu-Ode at St. Augustine Primary School and Isonyin Grammar School. After his graduation in Isonyin, Osinowo worked with the Federal Ministry of Works till 1979. He then set up his own businesses where he was managing director. Osinowo also spent some years in Italy studying building technology, according to his bio published by Wikipedia. Osinowo was part of the June 12 campaign and was arrested by the DSS, spending months in detention, until Sani Abacha’s death in 1998. Osinowo also joined the Alliance for Democracy in 1999 and was elected a member of the Lagos House of Assembly in 2003. He spent four terms in the house b...