By Banji Ayoola Palpable grief tore through Akure, the Ondo State capital on Monday, as news of the sudden death of the member representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Isaac Adedayo Omolafe, filtered through. The grief cut across political party, religious and other social affiliations as members of the […]
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By Banji Ayoola The House of Representatives, Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, his predecessor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko and the Peoples Democratic Party have expressed shock at the passage of the member representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Isaac Adedayo Omolafe. The philanthropic and charismatic lawmaker, popularly called ‘Expensive’, […]
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Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Monday described the death of the member of the House Representatives, representing Akure South/North Federal Constituency, Hon Adedayo Omolafe, as shocking and devastating. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde, to the governor the governor described the death as too difficult to accept; […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has described the passage of the member representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Isaac Adedayo Omolafe, as a colossal loss to the party in the state. In a statement by the party’s state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, […]
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A student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Daniel Adeniyi, has emerged winner of the 2021 edition of the Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology of Nigerian Universities’ (CODET) National Engineering Project Competition. He outclassed other contestants from Universities across the country at the grand finale of the Individual Category of the […]
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Confined to a wheelchair for 18 years following a tragic accident, Mohammed Fawehinmi passed on last Wednesday aged 52. Adebisi Onanuga and Robert Egbe chronicle the life and times of the heir to the Gani Fawehinmi legal dynasty. Nobody messed with famed human rights activist and legal luminary Chief Gani Fawehinmi; not even his first […]
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Jay Jay Okocha, an old football legend, has taken to social media to welcome the new Paris Saint Germain player, Lionel Messi. The former Nigerian player welcomed the former Barcelona captain to PSG, where he will continue his soccer career. In a post Okocha made on his official Instagram account, he wrote, “welcome to Paris.” […]
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By Peter A. Okebukola The tenure of Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed as Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) and that of Professor Is-haq Oloyede as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have been marked by unprecedented success. While Professor Rasheed was recently ranked by a global assessment agency as the best Executive […]
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Bill Gates, billionaire businessman and co-founder of Microsoft, says he made a huge mistake associating with Jeffrey Epstein, a disgraced American financier, and convicted sex offender. Gates relationship with Epstein is reported by the New York Times and WSJ as one of the reasons that may have cost him his marriage. In May 2021, Bill […]
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Former Governor Olusegun Osoba of Ogun State, who turns 82 today, speaks with Eniola Akinkuotu on his life and times and other trending topics in the polity How do you feel celebrating your 82nd birthday in a country where the United Nations has pegged life expectancy for men at 54? My feeling is that of thanksgiving […]
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