The former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Ambassador Yemi Farounbi has accepted the role of father of the day at the 6th anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media scheduled to hold on July 25, 2024 at new marque events centre, in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital. Farounbi in his acceptance letter forwarded to the management and editorial board of Penpushing Media dated July 7, 2024 and personally signed thanked the organization for inviting him as the father of the occasion The media icon who also served as Ambassador of Federal Republic of Nigeria in Republic Kingdom of Cambodia located on the Indochinese…
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Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 5, 2024) The flamboyant Ojude Oba festival of flourish and colours is nothing but the cat’s pyjamas. The lavishness of the Ijebu and their thriftiness are bemusing contradictions. As a matter of fact, the Ijebu and their intimidating panache are just the cat’s meow. Pomp, power, pleasure and pain, inscribe industry, grit and glamour in the Ijebu DNA. The Ijebu are different, so said their wise king, Awujale Sikiru Adetona, the Ogbagba Agbotewole II, when he traced Ijebu roots to Sudan, saying there was life before Ile-Ife. The Ijebu are just…
Fuel scarcity is gradually surfacing in Lagos and other parts of the country as private depot owners hiked the ex-depot price of petrol from N630 to N720 per litre. This came as fuel scarcity deepened in Abuja and the adjoining states on Sunday with some filling stations dispensing PMS as high as N900/litre. Our correspondents report that a number of filling stations in Lagos, Ogun and some states have run out of stock as they refused to buy high-priced fuel from the private depots. Speaking in an interview with one of our correspondents on Sunday, the National Vice President of…
. Abduct two journalists, wives, children, ex-NLC president in Kaduna . Kidnap ‘juju’ priestess, 11 devotees in Delta . NUJ condemns abduction of The Nation, Blueprint’s correspondents, family members …seeks immediate rescue of victims . We’re ransacking forests, bushes, we’ll ensure victims’ safe return – Police Samuel Adesola, Abuja Bandits and gunmen in Kaduna and Delta states at the weekend went on the rampage abducting innocent and defenceless Nigerians. In Kaduna, Bandits on Saturday night abducted two journalists -The Nation’s Abdulgafar Alabelewe and Blueprint newspaper’s AbdulRaheem Abdu, their wives and children. The bandits had invaded Dahjonu community in Millennium City…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has said that the PAP Office will not relent in its determination to improve the manpower base of the Niger Delta. He said this will be achieved with quality vocational, educational skills and empowerment as well as agriculture, among others. He stated this at the weekend while hosting four cadet pilot trainees of the PAP – Lawrence Oliki, Kingsley Bassey, Osekporovwere Diamond and Crosby Otobo, at Presidential Amnesty Office in Abuja. The quartet had successfully completed the type-rating programme as cadet pilots at the Sim Aerotraining…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) has once again called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State over corruption and mismanagement of public resources. At a press conference held at the APC Secretariat on Sunday, State chairman of the party, Emperor Jarret Tenebe detailed a series of allegations concerning the construction and management of the Benin City Mall project. The APC chairman first sounded the alarm on June 29, 2024, raising concerns over the escalating costs and questionable ownership of the Radisson Hotel project. The contract for the hotel,…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Nosa Osasuyi, has carpeted the opposition All Progressive Congress in the state for allegedly hiding their incompetence and inability to win the forthcoming governorship election behind a recent court judgement regarding the PDP gubernatorial primary election in the state. Osasuyi told journalists in Abuja at the weekend that APC resorted to lies because they know they can’t win the forthcoming governorship election in September in a free and fair contest. According to him, the facts stare at them frontally, hence their decision to hide behind a finger by twisting the…
By Toffa Momoh “What is given to you is given to share, not to keep.” Asue Ighodalo, was once quoted to have said, while addressing a gathering at a function, way back in his hometown. He, (Asue), was further quoted to have said: “For many years, I’ve had an inclination that I am meant to help others shine their light in a bigger way. I have had a feeling of seeing myself walking through the dark, carrying a torch high, and inviting others who were also lost to join me, so that the light of the torch can give us…
. Places widow on monthly stipend . To pick their medical bill, restates resolve to offer varsity education A top-notch real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist, Ambassador Babatunde Adeyemo, has revved up the scale of his support for the family of late Ogun State journalist, Comrade Wale Adewunmi, with a commitment to provide free medicare to them for the next 12 months. Adeyemo who had earlier pledged to shoulder the burden of providing education to late Adewunmi’s first child, the 16-year old Miss Mokeseoluwa, upto the university level, also placed the widow, Mrs Titilope Adewunmi, on a stipend of N25,000 for…
Immediate past National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman, on Sunday, called on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi; former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and former governors of Kano and Kaduna states, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Nasir El-Rufai, to unite to rescue the country from the ruling APC and President Bola Tinubu. Lukman said in a statement that political leaders must recognise that rescuing Nigeria from its current slippery slope is about teamwork and partnership. He noted that building the kind of united front capable of moving Nigeria’s democracy forward…