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By Halimah Olamide At least five Nigerian music starts have made it to the 2023 Favourite Music List of former President of the United States Barack Obama. The playlist which was posted on the verified X account of the former president ok Friday evening consists of 28 songs. “Here are some of my favorite songs from this year. Let me know if there are any artists or songs I should check out.” He wrote. However, five Nigerian artistes have featured in this year’s list and they they include: “Unavailable” by Nigerian-American singer, Davido featuring Musa Keys, a South African producer. Also,…
By Halimah Olamide Governors of the South West zone of Nigeria are to set up a special committee for the burial of one of their colleagues, Rotimi Akeredolu who died on Wednesday. Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this on behalf of other governors of the zone said Akeredolu was a dependable personality. He spoke on behalf of his colleagues when they visited the Akeredolu family in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday. He was there alongside his counterparts from Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji while Governor Seyi Makinde was represented by his Deputy, Bayo Lawal. Speaking…
By Safiu Kehinde Former Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, has said the late Governor of Ondo state Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu was integral to the reclaiming of his stolen mandate in Osun state in 2007. Aregbesola, while reacting to the death of the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, said Akeredolu’s contributions to the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria were also immense. Aregbesola wrote in his message released on Friday, |In this reflection, we recall Aketi’s pivotal role in a defining moment for our party, ACN, and the people of Osun in 2007. He was integral to the legal team…
By Halimah Olamide The convoy of the Anambra politician, Chris Uba was on Thursday attacked by gunmen killing two police escorts in the convoy. The Anambra State Police command has confirmed that two policemen were killed, although he said the operatives were from the Enugu State command. It was gathered that Uba’s convoy ran into the gunmen at Uga junction in Aguata local government area, leading to a gun battle between them and the police. According to a source, Uba was able to escape because his car was bulletproof, adding that it was during the shooting that four persons, including…
By Safiu Kehinde In what he called his last newsletter for year 2023, Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has narrated how four books he read guided his administration through the course of the year. According to the governor, he was able to read four books which included _The Plot to Save South Africa_ by Justice Malala, _The Silk Road_ by Peter Frankopan, _Blockchain Revolution_ by Don Tapscott and Allen Tapscott, and _Rich Country, Poor People_ by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinja. Each book, according to Makinde, took him three months to finish. In the newsletter titled The Business of Governance, Seyi narrated the…
Ogun State House of Assembly has passed the Year 2024 Appropriation Bill of N703,028,013,431.64 earlier presented to it for consideration by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The Appropriation Bill was presented about four weeks ago, with a review in the capital and recurrent expenditures as well as projected revenue of 18 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Bill was titled: “A Bill for a Law to authorise the issue and Appropriation of the sum of Seven Hundred and Three Billion, Twenty-Eight Million, Thirteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty-One Naira, Sixty-Four Kobo Only from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the Services of Ogun…
By Safiu Kehinde Popular Online Luxury Assets Reviewer and social media influencer, Warees Olayinka Akinwande popularly called Ola of Lagos, has responded to backlash over alleged inflation of private jet cost. The content creator’s old post on the price of a private jet, which he said cost $16 million, was recently subjected to a backlash in a recent post by a TikTok user with the handle @thejetbusiness. In reaction, Ola of Lagos took to his TikTok handle to address the backlash, stating that he got the price from the jet owner. “I didn’t just wake up and start calling price.…
Late Gov. Akeredolu The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, has described Ondo’s former governor Rotimi Akeredolu as someone who struggled for the entrenchment of true federalism. The minister eulogised Akeredolu in a condolence message to his family, Ondo people and other loved ones on Thursday. Gov. Akeredolu died in a German hospital on Wednesday. He was aged 67. Alake said that the deceased carved a niche for himself as a bold and irrepressible defender of the interests of Ondo people and the Yoruba nation. “I am deeply shocked by the loss of a brother, friend and indeed…
•By Halimah Olamide The Department of State Services (DSS), has debunked advertisement that it is about to recruit new officers into the service. This was made known on the official X account of the agency Friday morning. The post also included screenshots of the job advertisements asking people to apply on the portal. The agency has therefore debunked the false information. DSS’s alarm comes amidst series of fake advertisements for recruitment by agencies of the federal government in recent times. At least, major agencies of the government such as the Nigerian Police Force, the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Air Force,…
Some police officers’ wives and other traders, owners of shops at the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) Shopping Complex, Computer Village, Ikeja, have protested against a planned demolition of the complex. They carried out a peaceful protest on Thursday in Ikeja after the complex was allegedly sealed by the state government to pave the way for the demolition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officers’ wives and traders had earlier raised alarm over alleged plan by a group of persons parading themselves as policemen and using the name of the wife of the Inspector General of Police…