By John Dike, Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, and one of his queens, Mariam Ajibola, have welcomed twin princes into the royal household of the throne of Oduduwa. The birth of the princes has sparked joy and celebration across Ile-Ife, as friends, associates and well-wishers continue to congratulate the royal family […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *The devil craftily misrepresented the instruction of God to Eve in the garden of Aden.* *The devil told her that she would surely not die if she ate the forbidden fruit God prohibited her and the husband from eating. But rather, her eyes would be opened, and she would be like the […]
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By Abdu Rafiu There have been attacks by South Africans on fellow Africans in what sounded like a replay of what foreigners faced in Ghana in the hands of Prime Minister Kofi Busia in 1969. As it is today in South Africa, Nigerians fell the most victims in Ghana that year. Whoever did not have […]
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By Banji Ayoola If your answer to the question: “Have you fulfilled the purpose of this earth-life?” is ‘Yes”, what should you do now that you still have the opportunity? The reality likely to confront you is that you still have so much to do, to redeem your past errors; and detach yourself from certain […]
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has officially declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement. The governor made this known on Thursday at the joint mega-rally of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Allied Peoples Movement held at Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the state capital. “The […]
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Ex-Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Thursday formally decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, drumming support for the reelection bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He was welcomed to the party by a mammoth crowd of members and supporters at his Ward 7, Ondo West Local Government Area APC Secretariat in Ondo […]
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President Bola Tinubu has called for deeper economic integration in Africa, saying the continent must prioritize growth and industrialization to compete globally. Speaking on Tuesday at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Tinubu said Africa’s development was being held back by high borrowing costs, limited access to affordable credit, and continued reliance on raw material […]
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Mrs Didi Walson-Jack The Federal Government says it has not approved or conveyed a 40% peculiar allowance for federal civil servants, clarifying that the matter falls under the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission. In a statement on Wednesday, Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service […]
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The Trump administration will exempt football fans from 50 countries subject to a $15,000 (£11,000) visa deposit requirement, provided they are travelling to the US for the World Cup with valid match tickets. Five of these countries – Algeria, Cabo Verde, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Tunisia – have qualified for the tournament, to be co-hosted […]
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By Funke Egbemode Some men are unlucky. All their wives brought to the ‘table’ are banging bodies and colourful sex styles. Husbands who are treated like beasts of burden. These are men who carry marriages on their heads like our grandmothers carried heavy pots of water from the village stream, one hand holding the load, […]
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