Nigerian disc jockey and philanthropist DJ Cuppy (Florence Otedola) took to Instagram on June 20, 2025, to publicly hail her parents, Femi and Nana Otedola, for blessing her and her sister Temi with beauty.
In a lighthearted Instagram Story featuring several selfies with Temi, Cuppy applauded their “work scatter”—Nigerian slang for being exceptionally talented or “top-tier”—writing:
“You guys finish work scatter,” she exclaimed
In other news…. The Nigerian Correctional Service has launched a probe into how a robbery convict, Haruna Ayo, was taken to a Lagos passport office to process travel documents.
On May 19, 2025, warders from Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre allegedly moved Ayo to the Nigeria Immigration Service passport office in FESTAC under suspicious circumstances.
Ayo, convicted of armed robbery and serving a reduced sentence, was set for release on October 11, 2025. That day, he was among five convicts assigned to work at the officer in charge’s residence.
An orderly, claiming to act on a superior’s instruction, took Ayo to the passport office. Suspicion arose when the escorting warder insisted on returning Ayo to his cell. Immigration officers detained both men and reported the case.
The NCS has suspended two officers over the incident as investigations continue.
“I think the real culprits are not being punished. It’s a system and many people are involved,” the source said.
Another source explained that the convict had been using medical pretences to process the passport and visa.
She said, “What happened was that this particular inmate, a convict, claimed he had a health problem, which necessitated his visit to a hospital in that neighbourhood. However, during the process, he started processing his passport and visa documents by proxy.
“The whole thing started last year and he seemed to be progressing with the passport and visa applications until the correctional service started probing the Bobrisky case (Idris Okuneye). The convict’s case was not known that time. Apparently, he was among those enjoying special treatments in the maximum prison.
“After the suspension of top officers, things changed as new officers took over. Security was tightened and people who enjoyed certain privileges had those things withdrawn.
“This particular convict then started protesting and threatening blackmail. His conduct led to investigations. A search was conducted and it was discovered he had been processing the travel documents. It is suspected that the hospital where he claimed to be receiving treatment was also involved in the compromise. The prison authorities discovered that three medical evaluations had already cleared him that he was medically fit. Whereas he was using that to do all manner of things.”
Another source said the matter was causing a serious storm at the custodial centre.
“The question remains, how will a convict be processing passport and visa? Was he planning to escape? It’s a big mess,” the source said.
This latest revelation adds to the long list of corrupt practices in the country’s
