APC Ondo celebrates Akeredolu at 67, wishes him quick recovery

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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Odumakin to Soyinka at 89: Your genius is lifelong

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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Wole Soyinka at 89: A tribute to the fortress of African literature

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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Tinubu celebrates Wole Soyinka at 89

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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Alex Ibru wanted me to become first MD of The Guardian, says Osoba

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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Eid-el-Kabir: Big feast, big lessons in perseverance

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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We’ll strengthen democracy Abiola died for – Tinubu

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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Fayemi says unity is task for all Nigerians

Banji Ayoola The immediate former governor of Ekiti State, and Visiting Professor, King’s College, University of London, UK., Dr. Kayode Fayemi, CON., has charged Nigerian leaders to work relentlessly towards managing the nation’s diversity and differences to forge a common purpose and vision around which to rally the citizenry. To him, the leaders and citizens […]

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Don’t abandon Ramadan virtues, lessons, Adeleke urges Muslims

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged the Muslim faithful in the state not to jettison the virtues of love and sacrifice, which the month of Ramadan teaches. The Governor while felicitating Muslims on the celebration of the 2023 Eid-ul-Fitri, charged them to continue to live with love, sacrifice, and piety as they did throughout […]

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