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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The Chairman, Funkymass Oil & Gas, Chief Zacchaeus Abiodun Ogunyemi, Right, at his installation as the Baba Ijo of St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Akure, Ondo State capital, by the Anglican Archbishop of Ondo Province and Akure Diocesan Bishop, Most Revd Simeon Borokini … on Saturday, October 16, 2022 By Banji Ayoola The Anglican Archbishop of […]
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All Progressives Congress, (APC) House of Representatives candidate for Irele/Okitipupa Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the forthcoming 2023 National Assembly Elections, Prince Okunjimi Odimayo has congratulated Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, on his conferment with the National Award of Commander of the Order of the Niger, (CON) by President Muhammadu Buhari, at a ceremony […]
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It’s a great honour, says the athlete Okowa urges Nigerians to vote for world champion World Record breaker, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has been shortlisted, alongside 10 others, for the 2022 World Athlete of The Year Award. A statement by the Senior Media Relations Manager at World Athletics, Maggie Durand, seen yesterday, listed Amusan and others […]
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The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has congratulated the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on her conferment of the national honour by President Muhammadu Buhari. This was contained in a statement signed by the Committee’s Chairman, Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, who also congratulated the former lawmaker on her 60th birthday. Akande-Sadipe […]
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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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As part of activities marking the 2022 World Teachers Day, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has rewarded teachers, school administrators and schools that have excelled in academics with houses and cash gifts. He also offered employment to the wife of departed Mr Sunday Ogunjimi, a teacher in Odeda Local Government Area who slumped and […]
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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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