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Extortion allegation: “₦150m can’t buy my shoe’ – Primate Ayodele slams Adelabu

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 Aminu Imam

Founder and head of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has been reacting to the petition to the Department of State Services (DSS) against him by the Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu. Ayodele was responding to the report on how Adelabu petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS), accusing the cleric of blackmail and attempting to extort ₦150 million from him for “spiritual intercession” to make him governor of Oyo state. Primate Ayodele who spoke during a service at his church in Oke Afa, Lagos, yesterday, the cleric maintained…

Adelabu petitions DSS, Police, accuses Primate Ayodele of ₦150m extortion plot

December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 Aminu Imam

Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, has accused Primate Elijah Ayodele, has accused the Founder and Head of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, of attempted extortion, blackmail, and using false prophecies to tarnish his public image. Adelabu, who has already declared interest in contesting the 2027 Oyo State governorship election, levelled the allegations in a petition dated October 13, 2025, and addressed to the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS). The petition was signed by his Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji.…

FG to launch electricity subsidy for poor Nigerians

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has stated that a targeted electricity subsidy is being developed to protect vulnerable households while ensuring the long-term commercial viability of the industry. Minister of Works, Adebayo Adelabu, who made the disclosure at the Nigeria Energy Forum in Lagos, stated that the Government will also introduce a minimum capital adequacy requirement for distribution companies (DisCos) during their license renewal process, to strengthen liquidity and improve service delivery. The Minister also disclosed that Nigeria has commenced export of locally produced solar panels to Ghana, signalling the country’s readiness…

Tinubu unveils ₦4tr bond, $2bn, China loan to reboot Nigeria’s power sector

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 Aminu Imam

…“Reforms, super grid, industrial power projects to end chronic outages” – Adelabu The Federal Government has announced sweeping financial and infrastructural interventions to overhaul Nigeria’s electricity sector, including a ₦4 trillion bond to clear outstanding debts to power generation companies (GenCos) and gas suppliers, as well as plans for a $2 billion loan from China’s Exim Bank to build a nationwide ‘super grid’. Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the Expert Forum on: ‘Uninterrupted Power: The Industrial Imperative’, organised by the Nigerian Economic…

Tinubu’s Minister declares 2027 ambition

July 6, 2025July 6, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Moves to take over PDP-controlled Oyo Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Oyo State, promising to reclaim the state from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Adelabu, who was the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the 2019 elections, made the declaration on Friday, during consultations with party leaders and stakeholders across Ogbomoso and Oyo zones. Speaking at the residence of a party leader, Ayoade Adeseun, in Ogbomoso, Adelabu said the meetings were part of his grassroots engagement and a…

Tinubu to meet GenCos leadership over ₦4tr debt – Minister

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said that a meeting has been scheduled between President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the Power Generation Companies (GenCos) over a ₦4-trillion debt. Adelabu said that the meeting was scheduled with a view to finding a common ground to settle the debt owed the GenCos. Special Adviser, Strategic Communications and Media Relations to the minister of power, Bolaji Tunji, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja yesterday, assured that the Federal Government would immediately pay a significant portion of the debt, while…

Power Minister outlines fresh plans to raise electricity tariffs

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has disclosed that it wants to attract up to $15 billion in private investments into the power sector. The Government also unveiled plans to increase the electricity tariff for Nigerians, to reflect the full cost Nigerian government still spends trillions of naira on energy subsidy despite removing subsidy for Band-A subscribers last year. Although the Government removed subsidies for about 15% of urban households last year, tripling tariffs, authorities still spent N2.2 trillion on subsidies. However, the Government’s new plan aims to implement full-cost tariffs by 2027…

‘Nigeria’s power sector needs $10bn investment for 24hr electricity� – Power Minister�

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says it needs $10 billion Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) investment in the power sector, in the next five to 10 years, to achieve 24 hours power supply. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this when the Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr. Jobson Ewalefoh, paid him a courtesy visit. A statement on the visit was made available to newdmen yesterday in Abuja, by the ICRC Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Ifeanyi Nwoko. In the statement, Adelabu said that the government alone, could not afford the $10 billion when…

“We�II restore North’s electricity within 5 days” Power Minister, Adelabu assures

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 Aminu Imam

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured that in the next five days, electricity would be restored to the 17 northern States suffering blackout due vandalisation of the Shiroro-Kaduna transmission line. The Minister gave the assurance yesterday, while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. According to him, the vandalized transmission line would be repaired �within three to five days�. He said that the President had already instructed the National Security Adviser, (NSA) and security chiefs to provide the required security for the people that will…

‘Nigerians� annual spending on fuelling, servicing of generators hits N16.5tr’ – Minister

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 Aminu Imam

The annual spending by Nigerians on self-generated electricity, particularly fuelling and servicing of generators has hit N16.5 trillion. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who declared this to delegates in a speech at the the on-going Nigeria Oil & Gas (NOG) ‘Energy Week conference’ in Abuja, declared that this figure was a result of a research carried out for the year 2023. Although Adelabu did not give further details on the research, he maintained that the money covered spending on fuelling and service of generators. He advocated up-scaled investments in grid…