Oyo-born Tawakalitu Yekeen won a gold medal at the just concluded 7th Edition of African Continental Track Cycling Championship in Cairo, Egypt. Tawakalitu who was at the office of the Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Asiwaju Seun Fakorede recently thanked those who have contributed to her achievement, most especially her mother who has been her backbone and hero. While appreciating Tawakalitu for representing the State well at the tournament, Hon. Fakorede appreciated her coaches who he described as a power house that were behind her success as she won two gold and one silver medals. “>The commissioner noted…
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Wife of Bishop Faith Idahosa of the Church of God Mission International, Rev. Laurie Idahosa, has apologised to Pete Edochie after she stated that the veteran Nollywood actor’s mother was a victim of rape and child bride following his statement about the marriage of his parents. Idahosa had reacted to the recent interview granted by Edochie where he disclosed that his dad, who was a 40-year-old, married his mum when she was a 15-year-old and that she was shy all through their marriage. Edochie said: “My mother was not educated. “She was not in love with my father. “My father…
What is blind dating? A blind date is a social engagement between two people who have not previously met, usually arranged by a mutual acquaintance. Blind dating of course is not an assurance that all will turn out well, but there are lots of perks in going on a blind date. Aside from having fun, boosting your confidence, having a new friend etc, blind dating is anchored on recommendations by a mutual acquaintance most times. I can hear someone murmuring dis one don start again wetin concern blind dating concern Tinubu? You see, we that are not indomie generation understands…
A chieftain of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) suspected to be involved in the gruesome killing of Dr. Fatai Aborode has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command on Thursday. The suspect, pa Olawuwo is said to be detained at Dugbe Police Division. Meanwhile, local party chairmen from Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North LGAs, Alhaji Yisau Tapa, former caretaker chairman Iliasu Ololade as well as Mr Obey from Igboora were spotted at the police station. Dr. Fatai Aborode relocated to Nigeria after leaving and working abroad for some time. Dr. Aborode bought large piece of land in Igangan,…
Women have been advised to resist being relegated to the background at home and in their work places. The advice was given at the International Women’s Day celebration hosted by the District 911 chairman, International Inner Wheel for 2020/2021 service year, Mrs Esther Gbadegesin. The event was held to mark the day at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idiaraba, with the theme: “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in COVID-19 world.” Free medical checks for blood pressure and sugar level were conducted at the venue. Gbadegesin said Inner Wheel cherished the event because it had always been the day…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country, Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, says Southern Nigeria should produce the next President. President Muhammadu Buhari who contested under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) swept to power in 2015 after defeating ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Buhari was also re-elected in 2019 after beating PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and will complete his constitutionally mandated tenure in 2023. But Masari who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today which aired on Friday said a non-northerner should succeed President Buhari in 2023. “If you ask me as…
Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday retracted the comments he made on the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, at a press conference on 27th July, 2018, which had been a subject of a N10 billion defamation suit. The retraction was published in a number of national newspapers on Thursday 18th March, 2021. Oshiomhole had, during a world press conference, accused the Benue governor of deepening the circle of poverty in his state. He also alleged that Ortom mismanaged bailouts and Paris Club refund and refused to pay salaries. As if that was not enough, the…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has suspended the ongoing teachers recruitment exercise over economic crisis posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The governor directed immediate refund of money paid by successful candidates in the recruitment exercise conducted by the State Teaching Service Commission. Babatunde Abegunde, Chairman of TESCOM, who made this known in Ado Ekiti on Thursday said the directive was due to the commitment of the governor to the general welfare of the people in the state and the need not to make new entrants into the public service suffer unduly. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
Chairman of the socio-political group, the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, Prof Banji Akintoye, says those insisting on going on with the 2023 general elections with the 1999 constitution will push Nigeria into “violent disintegration”, adding that other “ethnic nations trapped in the failed Lugardian Experiment of 1914 will do everything legitimate” to extricate themselves from the “Union of Death”. Akintoye , who is also the Worldwide Leader of Yoruba Global Movement, Ilana Omo Oodua, stressed that the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was an imposed document that can no longer work in addressing the security…
A Federal High Court in Lagos, Thursday, fixed April 26, for the trial of a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, charged with alleged N6.9 billion money laundering. Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was first arraigned on October 22, 2018, before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, alongside his company, Spotless Investment Ltd, on 11 counts bordering on fraud and money laundering offences. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail on October 24, 2018, in the sum of N50 million with sureties in like sum The defendant was subsequently,…
