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Aare Ona Kakanfo, Gani Adams, Sues Sunday Igboho for ₦5 Billion Over Alleged Privacy Violation
Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, has filed a ₦5 billion lawsuit against Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, at the Oyo State High Court. Adams claims that Igboho illegally recorded a private phone conversation and shared it publicly without his consent, causing significant harm to his reputation.
In the suit, numbered M/1006/2024, Adams is seeking the enforcement of his fundamental rights under Section 37 of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution, which protects the right to privacy. He describes Igboho’s actions as “unlawful, illegal, and unconstitutional,” asserting that they have had a damaging impact on his role as the Aare Ona Kakanfo.
Adams stated that the conversation, recorded without his permission, was posted on social media in April 2024, resulting in “serious embarrassment.” Citing a breach of his privacy rights, Adams is demanding ₦5 billion in exemplary damages as compensation for the impact on his reputation.
TV anchor Rufai Oseni makes headlines as he speaks on fuel subsidy in Nigeria. He shared that Nigeria can have fuel subsidy without the long queues at filling stations.
“When we were still paying subsidies, there were no long queues. We were subsidising. So you can still have a subsidy regime going on, and there will be no long queues because production was close by. Dangote had it. That’s just it. That argument also falls flat.
“The biggest beneficiaries of subsidy are not Nigerians. They are crony capitalists that have big infrastructure, and they do contracts. They have been the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy,” he said.
Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, speaks to those in the electricity sector about the usual blackouts in the state.
He speaks on ways things can change in the state and how electricity can be provided.
“We need to drop corporate egos, abandon long-standing excuses, and confront the harsh realities obstructing progress in the power sector.”
“We, state governments, used to give excuses that everything is centralised, so the Federal Government has unbundled it now. What have we done in a year and a half?” Sanwo-Olu asked.
“We take two steps forward, we go five steps backward,” he said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Thursday, August 20, a work-free day for public servants in the state to mark the Isese Festival.
Speaking on the celebration, he said “Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is not a relic. It is a living expression of our traditions and a celebration of Yoruba spirituality as an important part of Nigeria’s cultural and religious landscape,” he said.
He added “When the drums sound in Lagos on Thursday, they answer drums in Havana, in Salvador, in Port of Spain. Fifty-five million people and counting. Lagos is not observing a local holiday. Lagos is standing at the centre of a global heritage,” Aregbe said.
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