Hon Tolulope Akande-Sadipe and the departed royal father The member of House of Representatives, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has mourned the death of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, describing him as a brave and courageous leader. In a condolence message issued in Ibadan on Sunday by her S.A Media & Publicity, Mr Olamilekan Olusada, the […]
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There are strong indications that the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Senator Lekan Balogun, who hails from Ali-Iwo Compound in the ancient Yoruba city may be crowned the next King of one of the foremost and largest cities in Africa. These are strengthened by the historical fact that the traditional structure of ascension to the throne […]
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‘88,078 AK-47 rifles, 3,907 others can’t be found’ N1.136b contract awarded to a single proprietor – Report A report by the Auditor General of the Federation for 2019 says that about 178,459 different types of arms and ammunition got missing from the Police armory without being reported in 2019. It also says the police high […]
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Deceased monarch to be buried today Rashidi Ladoja, third in rank to Olubadan, arrives palace Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has described the passage of the passage of the Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, as another tragedy for the entire Yoruba race. He condoled with the Government and […]
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Ondo State Government has constituted an account allocation committee for the legislature and judiciary. The state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Sir Charles Titiloye, ksm, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement: “In line with section 121 (3) (a & b) of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 […]
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In this file photo taken on April 23, 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu gestures during a press conference about the first 20 years of freedom in South Africa at St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town . – South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, described as the country’s moral compass, died on December 26, […]
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The ongoing focus at the national level on family planning and population control in Nigeria could not have come at a more audacious time. In one or two decades from now, Nigeria will become the third most populous country, coming after China and India. And already, there is a big strain on the family regarding […]
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South Africa bids farewell to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, in a funeral stripped of pomp. Photo/AFP South Africa’s spiritual father Archbishop Desmond Tutu, hero of the anti-apartheid struggle, was laid to rest at dawn on Sunday in the Cape Town cathedral where he once preached against the […]
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Why We Insist On Strike – Labour The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday, insisted that its opposition to the pending removal of fuel subsidy is rooted in ideological dispositions with emphasis on what it termed “deceit and duplicity associated with the politics of petrol price increase by successive Nigerian governments.” The labour union, in its […]
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By Idowu Akinlotan Their arguments about who owns the oil in the Niger Delta region may not qualify as the controversy of the year, but they typify the continuing frustrations faced by Niger Deltans and the unending nonchalance of Nigerian rulers. More than sixty years after oil was discovered in the troubled region, the country […]
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