Author: Online Editor

More damning revelations have greeted the release of a former employee of the Access Bank, Stephen Ifeanyichukwu Ejezie, by the Police after being found culpable of a grievous crime. Platform Times reports that Ejezie, a quality assurance specialist at the Bank’s contact centre in Oniru, Lagos State, secretly recorded over four hundred video clips of his female colleagues while in the office with his smartphone. He was reportedly caught in the female restroom around 1:30 am on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, an earlier report by FIJ showed. The bank is yet to officially comment on the issue. A request for…

Adamawa State Governor, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, has suspended indefinitely the Emir of Daware Alhaji Hassan Ja’afaru. Ja’afaru, the former district head of Daware in Fufore Local Government was investigated and found guilty of corruption, mal-administration, breach of security and other offences. In a letter dated April 25, 2025 and signed by the Permanent Secretary Chieftiancy Affairs, Adama Mamman on Sunday, he directed the district head to handover all government property in his possession to the secretary of the district. Part of the letter read, “Following a series of complaints made against you for maladministration, corruption, breach of security, confiscation of…

The South-South Zonal chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday gave popular social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, otherwise known as VeryDarkMan, one week to tender an apology to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over the manner he disparaged him in his latest video. While urging him to draw a line between activism and slander, the APC also admonished him against going after the former Akwa Ibom governor again in future. The warning was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Zonal Organizing Secretary of the South-South APC, Blessing Agbomhere. Agbomhere was reacting to…

The Presidency on Sunday said the recent defections of politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress were of their free will and not coercion from President Bola Tinubu or his allies. It denied accusations of a one-party state, insisting that democracy is not under threat or undermined “simply because politicians exercise their rights of association.” “Nigerians migrating to the APC and expressing support for Tinubu are doing so out of their free will, based on the belief that the reforms being executed are in the interest of Nigerians and the unborn generation,” Tinubu’s Special Adviser on…

As Christians In Nigeria join the rest of the world to celebrate Easter, symbolizing the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, real estate entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, Ambassador (Dr) Babatunde Adeyemo, has called on all Nigerians, especially Pelican-Valley’s clients at home and abroad, to practice the Christian virtues of sacrifice, hope, patience, love, diligence and abiding faith for a better tomorrow as symbolized in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Adeyemo in his Easter message on Sunday, said that as Easter represents hope for better things ahead, reinvigoration and renewal, he called…

… Task Govt On Building Guidelines, Provision of Services Worried by the seemingly proliferation of slums, informal settlements, congestion and other nuisances in the nation’s built industry, professional town planners and estate developers converged in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital for a two – Day workshop, to deliberate and chart a path to equitable and sustainable town, urban and regional development. Gathering on the theme: ‘The impact of emerging technologies on urban and regional planning: challenges and opportunities,’ at the event, organised by the Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), the discussants, largely from the Town Planning profession…

… As Diaspora Health Specialists Seek End To Medical Tourism By Nigerians Pelican Valley has begun talks with Nigerian medical specialist doctors in diaspora, especially the United States, to attract over a $100million healthcare investment to Kobape corridor of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. The envisaged project which is expected to sit on 100 hectares of land when finally berthed, will also redefine healthcare service delivery in the State and country as well as end the phenomenon of medical tourism abroad among Nigeria’s privileged class. The concept is to ‘bring smiles, empathy and compassion to the healthcare sector in Nigeria with…

… Hails Estate’s Strategic Location A Canada – based Nigerian scholar, Oluwole Akinremi, has used his keen business eye to survey the Pelican Ecostay Apartments Kobape and environs, concluding that its strategic location that allows seamless link to Lagos, Ibadan and any other city in Southwest geopolitical zone is an advantage to investors, especially the diasporas. Ecostay Apartments Kobape, where nature meets luxury, is the flagship of Pelican Valley’s technology – driven smart homes beside Pelican Brief Estate and Pelican Greenish Farm Estate – also in Kobape, Ogun State. Akinremi was particularly buoyed with joy that barely three years after…

A frontline player in the nation’s real estate industry, Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, has expressed its readiness to collaborate with Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) to empower more women and Nigerian families. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pelican Valley, Ambassador (Dr) Babatunde Adeyemo, who disclosed this on Tuesday evening, called for collective efforts to make a difference in communities and create a brighter future for women, children and families. Adeyemo spoke when he received in the Podium within the sprawling Pelican Valley Estate Laderin, Abeokuta, a 13 – person delegation of Ogun State chapter of the POWA led by…

 As the one month of Ramadan fast and prayer draws to a close, Okó Opó Foundation in partnership with Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has again rekindled the hope of widows in seven communities in Ogun State with rice and cash palliatives to break the fast and celebrate this year’s Sallah. The palliatives were shared to 150 beneficiaries who are widows and indigenes/residents of Isa – Laderin, Masa, Ekiti, Abule – Egbeda, Sokenu, Okotuntun and Agbese communities spread across two local governments in the state. Representatives of the NCS who came to The Podium within Pelican Valley Estate Laderin, one of…