Nigerian music icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti performs on September 13, 1986 at the “Party of Humankind” of the French Communist Party at La Courneuve in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours) The son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti spoke of his father’s bravery in using “music as a weapon” ahead of an immersive exhibition opening at […]
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A Bowen University Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Olatunde Samuel Dahunsi has emerged as the first Nigerian scientist to win the Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship in the 2022/2023 cohort of 50 fellows. Dahunsi, a Research Professor at Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, is one of the three Africans selected as Fellows in the 2022/2023 cohort and the […]
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Akeredolu mourns, says: We’ve lost a great mind Celebrated former permanent secretary in Ondo State, Dr. Jacob Laoye Adegoke, MFR, has passed on. This was announced in a statement by the press secretary to the state governor, Mr Olabode Olatunde, which said that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, received the passage with a deep sense of loss […]
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Abiodun, right; and Tobi Amusan A multi-million naira house and N5 million cash gifts have been splashed on the World, Commonwealth and African 100 m hurdles champion, Oluwatobi Amusan, by her home Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun. The governor, who hosted the star athlete at his Oke Mosan office on Tuesday, while announcing these jumbo gifts, […]
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Daniel Itse Amah; Photo Platforms Africa President Muhammadu Buhari has granted the prestigious 2022 public service Integrity award to Chief Superintendent of Police Daniel Itse Amah for rejecting a $200,000 bribe from robbers. Amah who is to be conferred the award at the presidential villa tomorrow by President Buhari is the Divisional Police Officer in […]
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By Banji Ayoola The President of the World Council of Owo Association, Inc, USA, (WOCOA), Mr Ogunmolawa Samuel Adebayo, on Sunday, 25 September 2022, congratulated two prominent sons of Owo land, Chief Akin Aruwajoye and Chief Rotimi Ibidapo for being considered deserving of the National Award, Officer of the Order of Niger (OON). Aruwajoye has […]
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Twenty-four-year-old Olamide Olabiyi, who graduated with first class in Pure and Applied Physics from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, tells Opeyemi Adefemi about his academic journey: How many times did you take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination before securing admission? I took UTME twice, first in 2014 with the intention to study Medicine […]
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World Athletics, yesterday, ratified the women’s 100 m hurdles world record set at Oregon 2022 World Championships by Nigeria’s Tobiloba Amusan. The governing body of World Athletics confirmed Amusan’s feat alongside the world records of two other athletes, Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughin. ”The world records set by Tobi Amusan, Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, celebrated internationally renowned artist and King of Juju Music, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye aka King Sunny Ade, who turns 76. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari lauded the veteran artist for advancing Nigerian music on the world stage, being the first Nigerian […]
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Reigning Commonwealth and world champion in the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, has expressed excitement and delight over her latest ranking released on Friday night by World Athletics. From being ranked 43rd in September 2021, Amusan is now in the top five, moving up 38 places to being ranked fifth in the world, while her […]
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