It was a colourful moment and double celebration for the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, as he concluded the 7th year anniversary on the throne of his forebears on Saturday in Benin. The royal event coincided with his birthday as every available space at the palace was filled to capacity by friends and well-wishers […]
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Osun Osogbo Festival is one of the biggest annual traditional festivals among the Yoruba people in the south western part of Nigeria. Osogbo, the host community is the capital city of Osun State and the festival started about 700 years ago. The festival is usually celebrated annually in the month of August. August 11 this […]
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By Banji Ayoola The picture of the recuperating Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu taken with his wife, Betty, went viral on Friday. Also, a video in which the governor appears for the first time in a while has similarly been circulated widely on the internet. These happened as the government and the people of the […]
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By Banji Ayoola The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ondo State celebrates Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on his 67th birthday and wishes him a speedy recovery. Born on July 1, 1956, in Owo, Owo Local Government of the state, the governor clocks 67 today. In its congratulatory message by its Director, Media & Publicity, Mr. Steve […]
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Obi, Sanwo-Olu celebrate icon President of Centre for Change Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin has described Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka as a genius of poesy who “captivates us in its gripping hold, not once, not twice but lifelong.” Okei-Odumakin, who is also the President of Women Arise for Change Initiative, stated this in a birthday titled […]
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By Adedamola Adedayo It’s the 13th of July, 2023, as Soyinka takes another powerful leap. Name any major literary genre, you can be sure Soyinka has his imprints there. But his legacy is most amplified in the theatrical hemisphere, where he made a name for himself as Africa’s most acclaimed playwright and became the apple […]
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President Bola Tinubu has poured encomiums on the Nobel Laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, a professor, on his 89th birthday, describing him as a veritable source of support, inspiration, and encouragement. The president, who called the literary giant a brother and comrade in the struggle for the restoration and entrenchment of democracy and […]
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Former governor of Ogun State and founding member of The Guardian newspapers, Aremo Segun Osoba, spoke to Seye Olumide on what motivated the late Dr. Alex Ibru to establish the newspaper and how the former Minister of Interior, intimated him about transferring the power of publisher to his wife, Maiden. As one of the brains […]
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The Eid-el-Kabir is a great festival because of the merger which the occasion usually evolves between the profane and the sacred. This is a festival that predates Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W); it is a festival instituted by the Almighty through the agency of Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail (upon them be peace and blessings of Allah). The […]
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June 12, 2023 Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. 3. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of […]
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