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For the former Vice- Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Rahmon Bello, the dance may just have started. He has been celebrated by several groups and many people after leaving office about two months ago. But some top shots in his Yewa, Ogun-West base, seem to have a grander idea of what should mark…
National chairmanship aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the person of the former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, denied yesterday, speculations that he had stepped down for Chief Raymond Dokpesi in the ongoing race. He, however, expressed hope about the possibilities of the South-West trimming its chairmanship candidates before the national convention…
These are not the best of times for the family of Aliyus of FCT, Abuja, Nigeria, as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission says it will on Tuesday (today) arraign Mrs. Maimuna Aliyu, the mother of Maryam Sanda, who allegedly killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello. The police had last week arraigned the…
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for his ‘child’ President Muhammadu Buhari, it was reported. According to him, all the current government needed from Nigerians now is prayer and constructive criticisms. He spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday during the opening of the…
Wole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State on July 13, 1934. After studying at the University College, Ibadan, he went to the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. He later worked with the Royal Court Theatre in London and wrote plays that were produced on stage. He won the Nobel Peace Price in Literature in…
After finding fame with her lifestyle blog, Isabella Lowengrip went on to establish one of Sweden’s best-known beauty companies. But it wasn’t all plain sailing for the 27-year-old. When she started her blog at the age of 14, the mainstream media didn’t take her seriously at all. “Swedes, and particularly teenage girls, were very fast…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said he ought to have died going by his lifestyle. The Playwright and Poet, said this in an interview with the Financial Times, London, where he disclose that he doesn’t drink water. The 83-year-old professor of literature and political activist was responding question on how long he intends to…
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has thanked Nigerians for their show of concern over the death of his eldest son, Jide. Thirty-seven-year-old Jide died of cardiac arrest in Lagos on Wednesday, following which condolence messages poured into the APC chieftain’s home from President Muhammadu Buhari, state governors, ministers and the generality…
Buhari condoles with Tinubu over first son’s death President Muhammadu Buhari says he is deeply grieved to learn of the passing away of Jide Tinubu, eldest son of the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. President Buhari in a telephone call on Wednesday to Asiwaju Tinubu on behalf of the Federal Government and his family…
Ogun State Assembly Speaker, Mr. Suraj Adekunbi, on Wednesday, lauded journalists for their effective media reportage of the State Government activities, policies and programme in the last six years. Adekunbi who spoke shortly after being conferred with an Award of Excellence as the ‘Most Outstanding Speaker in Ogun since its creation in 1976 at the…
