Author: Mr Abiodun Borisade

51-year old Beauty entrepreneur and socialite Vivian Chiologi and her husband, top NFF licensed player agent, John Shittu have just welcomed a baby girl. The couple who got married in London at the 5 star Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane in 2016 welcomed their bundle of joy on Thursday 19th April 2018 in London. Sharing the goodnews, Vivian’s very good friend, Mo Abudu wrote an emotional piece, read below ; My darling Viv, today I celebrate you and I thank God for your life and strength. What a testimony your life has become. You met and fell in love with…

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REUTERS The Roman Catholic Church already enmeshed in sexual abuse scandals in several parts of the world faces another embarrassment in India, with Bishop Franco Mulakkal being arrested for raping a nun. Bishop Mulakkal was arrested by the police Friday in the south Indian state of Kerala, a day after the Vatican accepted the bishop’s request to be temporarily relieved of his duties. There was no immediate comment from Bishop Franco Mulakkal or his lawyers – though he has denied the charges in interviews in the past. Mulakkal, who heads the diocese of Jalandhar, wrote to the Vatican on Sunday…

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By Kester Olaifa In the first quarter of this year, the Federal Government announced with glee the award of a multi-million dollar contract to a Chinese Consortium to effect the construction of a fresh rail link between Osogbo, the capital city of Osun State and Ado-Ekiti, its Ekiti State counterpart. Over six months into the rail project deal, Ekiti people have waited in vain to see the lucky contractors move to site. The long wait is already agitating if not depressing the minds of Ekiti people who have been yearning for such a beautiful infrastructural development over the decades…

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NAOMI OSAKA She’s 20 year old and the new tennis queen who ruffled and discomfited Serena Williams.. She’s actually a black girl born to a Black Haitian-American father and Japanese mother. She was surenamed after the city of Osaka where she was born for private reasons. Her father Leonard Francoise originally from Haiti relocated back to the US when she was 3 years old.. She’s defeated world no 1 Maria Sharapova before Serena Williams. But here’s the very interesting part. In racially homogeneous Japan, Osaka is considered hāfu, which is Japanese for biracial. Her Japanese grandfather was furious when he…

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The IROHINOODUA EDITORIAL September 17, 2018 Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, now 55 is having a very rough moment. The strong wave against him began as a rumour, then a speculation. But last Sunday, it became an incontrovertible fact that principalities and powers are against him. On that day, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a seasoned administrator and homeboy declared his intention to vie for the Governor of Lagos State. One thing spelt out the meaning in the most graphic form: The most important political figures in Lagos graced the occasion. Second was the choice of the venue: Lagos City Hall, located in the heart…

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By Owei Lakemfa. Rwanda is a small landlocked African country with a 24,670 square kilometer, a population of 11.9 million and a GDP of $8.9 Billion. It is with this country, the United States (US) the world’s largest economy with a $20.412 Trillion GDP, a 9,147,420 square kilometre and a population of 326,920,253, has picked a trade war. Yet this trade war tiny Rwanda is fighting, is on behalf of Africa following US insistence that Africans must wear clothes already used by Americans . The steps that led to the war began in March 2016 when the Heads of…

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APC 1. Muhammadu Buhari 2. Ibrahim Shekarau 3. Adamu Garba 4. Charles Udeogaranya 5. Henry Agbeso 6. Abubakar Alkali PDP 1. Alh. Atiku Abubakar 2. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi 3. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso 4. Sen. Bukola Saraki 5. Sen. David Mark 6. Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies 7. Sule Lamido 8. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki 9. Ibrahim Dankwambo 10. Ahmed Buhari 11. Hamidu Tafida 12. Aminu Tambuwal 13. Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed 14. Attahiru Bafarawa RBNP 1. Dr John Kennedy Osuala. AD 1. Prince Eniola Ojajuni ANRP 1. Tope Kolade Fasua 2. Enyinnaya Nnaemeka Nwosu 3. Chris Emejuru KOWA 1. Dr. Adesina Fagbenro-Byron 2.…

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Determined to ensure the Ekiti State Assembly pass the controversial ‘Revised Budget” of N10 billion, despite public outcry against the dubious bill, Governor Ayo Fayose has personally reached out to 11 lawmakers that will do the hatchet job. The 11 lawmakers are being coordinated by Hon Omotoso ((PDP Oye Consistency 1). They are to meet at an undisclosed location in Ado Ekiti beginning from this afternoon. It was reliably gathered that the lawmakers are to walk in to a fast food outlet on Bank Road individually, where Omotosho’s aide will drive them down to the designated meeting place at intervals.…

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Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State…the Steve Ayorinde; Lebanese contractor, Delkash Farez and UK Firm Connections Our Senior Correspondent, Olalekan Smart, in this eye-opening investigative piece, writes on the crisis of confidence currently plaguing the bond between the man referred to as Governor Emeritus of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the incumbent Governor of the state, Akinwumi Ambode, stressing that unknown to many, the hullaballoo in their associations might not be unconnected to a multi-billion naira contract for the procurement of OB Van and numerous transmission gadgets for Lagos State Television (LTV) and other sundry issues; THE EMERGENCE OF…

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By Babafemi Ojudu September 11, 2018 #PREMIUMTIMES Much has been made of the recent insistence of our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on direct primaries as the preferred format for electing flag bearers for the upcoming State and national elections slated for 2019. While a lot has been said in the sphere of the preference of individual stakeholders, not much reference has been made to the groundbreaking and earth shattering reforms to our politics that this signals from our leadership to the generality of our party members and Nigerians. First, it must be clarified that our party’s constitution accords…

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