By Tunde Odesola If wishes were horses, 1975 would have been the end of King Sunny Ade’s music career. It was the year a Lagos High Court slammed KSA with a nine-month ban, forbidding him from recording music. The ban followed a dispute between KSA and the owner of two leading record labels, Take Your […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *Yesterday we discussed the judgement of Prophet Samuel, based on face value factors, in choosing Eliab as the next king of Israel – a possibility God distanced Himself from.* *Today, we shall be looking at critical factors that Prophet Samuel couldn’t see from face value impressions, but which were crucial in God’s […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Mr. Tony Elumelu, until a week ago chairman of UBA, taking exception to being addressed by his first name by a young trainee at the bank, has predictably triggered unceasing debate across the land. The occasion was the graduation of this year’s set of the bank’s Graduate Management Accelerated Programme, which as […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Police Command has arrested four suspected political thugs in connection with the attack on police officers and civilians in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of the state, during which a police AK-47 rifle was snatched and used to shoot five people. The Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Umar Zungura, […]
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as APC reviews governorship election By John Dike, Osogbo All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, has felicitated with the people of the state on the 35th anniversary of its creation. He said there is every reason for the people of Osun to celebrate the […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *Several times we make our judgement based on _Prima-Facie_ impressions.* *There are good times that this works out as we judge situations.* *But most of the time, prima facie decisions don’t normally work out well.* *Prima facie simply means “at first glance” or “on the face of it.”* *Without any doubt, because […]
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Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Olufemi Oluyede The Defence Headquarters has disowned a viral video purportedly showing the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, making statements suggesting partisan political support. It described the video as fabricated and said it did not originate from the CDS. According to a statement issued on its X handle […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, has congratulated the government and people of the state on the 35th anniversary of its creation, urging all stakeholders to use the milestone to renew their commitment to sustainable and inclusive development. In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Comrade Adeyemi […]
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By Erelu Modupe Martins I read with concern the position credited to Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele describing the APC State Reconciliation Committee as “nonsense.” As a concerned member of the APC in Ondo State and, importantly, as a member of the Reconciliation Committee myself, I find such a description particularly unfortunate. My question to the […]
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A former Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Jumoke Akindele, has faulted as imbalanced the reconciliation committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconcile members of the party ahead of next year’s election. In a statement, she described the committee headed by the Chairman of the State Oil Producing […]
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