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Soludo pays condolence visit to Ezeife over wife’s death
Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo has paid a condolence visit to the first civilian governor of the state Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife over the loss of his wife. Soludo disclosed this in a post on this Facebook page on Sunday. Chief Mrs Christiana Ezeife died December last year in the United States after a brief illness. “The loss of a…
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Presidency 2023: Akwa Ibom coordinator urges women to keep faith with Tinubu
The Coordinator of Asiwaju Women Cooperative Society, AWCS, Akwa Ibom State Chapter; Dr. Mrs. Theresa Edem has assured women of the state that the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader and 2023 Presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would win the presidential ticket of the APC as well as the forthcoming presidential election. Dr. Theresa who stated this on Thursday…
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US policy experts and obsession with Nigeria’s collapse, By Garba Shehu
In 2005, a US National Intelligence Council paper “Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future” floated the idea there could be a military coup in Nigeria. At the time this was hardly an earth-shattering prediction: 2005 was only six years after the return of civilian democratic rule and just over a decade since the Abacha military coup of 1993 – the final of…
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PHOTO NEWS: Ooni receives Portable in Ile-Ife, prays for ‘Wahala musician’
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has prayed for Habeeb Okikiola, for greater exploit in his music career. Oba Ogunwusi received the rave of the moment musician at his palace in Ile-Ife on Saturday. Portable was in Ile-Ife to seek royal blessing from the Ooni
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The future of higher education, Seun Awogbenle
Nigeria is a country of many contradictions, almost everywhere you turn, there is something that just does not add up. For a long time, it is this illogic that has underpinned our policies and national life. What is however confounding is that, even when there is a consensus on what is expectedly the way forward, there is either a lack…
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For dancers messing with Oyetola’s elephant, By Funke Egbemode
The elephant is passing, their farmer snaps his fingers, has anybody’s father ever killed an elephant with hoes? Ask them as they dance and boast if they would fight the mountains of Adegboyega Oyetola with cutlasses and hoes on July 16. Do they even know this Oyetola? Have you met Mr Adegboyega Oyetola? Have you spent some length of time…
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TRIBUTE: Life, times of late Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi
The world woke up to the sad news of the death of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III on Saturday after living for 83 years. The late monarch was said to have died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, late on Friday after a brief illness. He was the longest serving Alaafin. Birth and early life…
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My father reconciled with all he fought before demise – Alaafin’s son
One of the sons of late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, Alaafin of Oyo III, Prince Akeem Adeyemi, said his father reconciled with almost everybody he had differences with before his death. He said despite having issues with people, all of the issues were based on principles. “It is a pity we lost a man who has given Oyo its true…
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My last meeting with Alaafin – Oluwo
Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrooshed Akanbi, said the loss of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III was a monumental loss. Oba Akanbi said this in a condolence message titled: ‘Alaafin’s death: End of an era’, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Alli Ibraheem on Saturday. According to him, the late Alaafin’s loyalty to Yorubaland was never in doubt,…
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Buhari mourns Alaafin of Oyo’s demise
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined other Nigerians in mourning the passing away of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Friday. In a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, President Buhari said Oba Adeyemi’s reign covered major historic transitions in the country, and witnessed transformations in his domain. “The President affirms that the…
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