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Back after Kashim Shettima sent us ‘packing’, By Stanley Nkwocha
The mood at the Vice President’s wing of the Presidential Villa on Friday, December 22, 2023, was different from what it used to be during preparations for festivities in the Yuletide. On the faces of the aides and staff working in the VP’s office was a concatenation of excitement and incredulity. Even an amateur telepath would effortlessly sense the relief…
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Olofa Ina: another encyclopedia departs, By Mufu Onifade
The death of Chief Adedeji Aderemi, famous Yoruba actor and orator, is indeed an unexpected huge blow on all lovers of Yoruba movies, language, culture and cosmology. I had worked with this sage popularly known as Olofa Ina, on many projects and occasions. I met him for the first time in 1992 at the home of the late Muyideen Aromire…
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Saraki’s Amunibuni Senate Presidency, By Ayinde Sulaiman
The jubilation that came with Dr Bukola Saraki’s emergence as the president of the 8th National Assembly was unprecedented among the people of Kwara State. The celebration lasted almost two weeks, with many followers saying he would use his revered office to facilitate many legacy projects for the constituency and the State. Saraki spent a solid four years as the…
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Neuroscience and the Nigeria project: The scholarship of Adesola Ogunniyi, By Tunji Olaopa
In this piece, I essentially celebrate the septuagenarian initiation of Professor Adesola Ogunniyi. And I do this specifically to appreciate the existential doggedness of someone who rose from a humble beginning to become one of the topmost neuroscientists on the continent. It is axiomatic for me that celebration and eulogies should not be delayed until a posthumous occasion. If a…
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Adeleke mourns passage of veteran Nollywood Actor, ‘Baba Olofana’
Governor of Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke, has described the death of a veteran nollywood actor, Adedeji Aderemi, popularly known as Baba Olofana, as devastating and painful. The governor in a statement by his Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, in a condolence message on Friday, said that Baba Olofana made a great mark in the movie industry, adding that his death is…
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PHOTO NEWS: Akeredolu’s remains arrive Nigeria
The body of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has arrived Nigeria. The plane conveying the body arrived at about 3:39 p.m on Friday, January 5, 2024. The late Governor’s remains were brought into the country from Germany, where he passed away. The body was received by his wife, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, his children, and siblings led by…
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Women burn down traditional ruler’s house in Bokkos over arrests
Angry women razed the home of the District Head of Bokkos town in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state, Michal Monday Adanchi, on Friday afternoon. According to Daily Trust, a witness from the area said the incident happened around 12:30am. The witness said the women set fire to the house after some members of the community were arrested for…
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EFCC drops charges against ex-AGF Adoke over OPL 245 deal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has admitted that it has no evidence to back up its allegations of fraud, bribery and conspiracy against Mohammed Bello Adoke, the former attorney-general of the federation, in relation to the OPL 245 oil block deal. The anti-graft agency told the FCT high court that it would not contest the no-case submission filed…
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Tinubu hails Funke Akindele’s box office success
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nollywood actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele for breaking the record of the highest-grossing movie in Nigeria with her latest film, A Tribe Called Judah. In a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday, the President praised Akindele’s ingenuity, creativity, and immense artistic talents, which he said have…
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Oil & gas veteran, Babajide Agunbiade, joins Mobihealth Board of Directors
Houston-based Dr. Babajide Agunbiade (FNSE), an oil and gas veteran and one of the world’s leading offshoreproduction experts has joined the Mobihealth Board of Directors. Dr. Agunbiade is a highly respected engineer, investor, businessman, and Chief Executive of Alpha Energy Resources, a diversified conglomerate with interests in offshore production and mining. He was a one-time executive director for Houston-based National…
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