It’s no longer news that astute banker, Dr Adesola Adeduntan has resigned his position as the Managing Director of First Bank.
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Wednesday 24 April 2024
Fresh facts emerge on why Adeduntan resigned as First Bank MD
Wednesday 31 January 2024
Romance tale trails FIRS topshot Aminat Oluwa, First Bank MD, Adeduntan
Lagos top socialite, Adebimpe Aminat Oluwa has given love another try, Paper Mache reports.
The mother-of-three, a top official at the Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS who was once married to the eldest son of billionaire Chairman of Tuns Farm, Alhaji Tunde Badmus has given anything that had to do with relationship a wide berth, before she met her new lover who is giving her so much joy.
Sources hinted that Adebimpe who was at a time a former Secretary and an Assistant Director at Lagos Inland Revenue Service has been keeping her new affair private for obvious reasons.
But the affair leaked at her 47th birthday when her lover surprised her to a private party.
The lover, the Chief Executive Officer of First Bank, Dr Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan also maintained his part of keeping the affair secret.
Adeduntan is happily married. He celebrated his 24th wedding anniversary to his wife, Adenike on July 17, 2023.
Sources claimed the lovers met at a corporate event in Lagos and from the look of things, the man must have been considering taking Adebimpe as his second wife.
Judging by their closeness, the affair is said to have taken a firmer direction. Despite the banker’s busy schedule, he finds time to match up his role in the relationship, steaming the prediction on where the affair is heading.
-Papermacheonline.com
Tuesday 31 October 2023
‘He was the Solomon of our time’ – Olateru-Olagbegi’s son eulogises father on 25th remembrance (Photos)
Prince Goke Olateru-Olagbegi, son of late Oba Olateru-Olagbegi, the former Olowo of Owo in Ondo state, says his father was a trail blazer when he was alive.
The Owo Prince stated this in a heartfelt tribute marking the twenty-five years remembrance of the late colorful traditional ruler.
Goke, in the tribute tittle “twenty-five years of the passing of “The Solomon of our time”, described the late Olowo as a man like no other.
In his words “Alaye, It’s been twenty five years that you left us. A man like no other, A trail blazer, an high achiever, education lover, philanthropist, an avid reader, a great ruler.
Kabiyesi, I heard it was an unforgettable day in Owo the day you breathed your last. There was severe lightning and thunder that had never happened in that magnitude ever in Owo history.
The heaven welcomed you and your arrival was announced and pronounced.
Kabiyesi you ruled Owo and heralded unsurpassed development to the town. You were the last President of the Western State House of Chiefs before the military coup.
You treaded easily where others could not.You were a very bold man I have ever seen in my entire life. You took on problems with equanimity. You were a great man and still great till date. I believe fervently that no other person was created when God created you.
People have attested to that fact. You were a co- founder of the Action Group party in the first republic with Chief Obafemi Awolowo and the party was formally launched in your palatial palace, the largest in Africa where you made the highest donation. Even though some of the people were part of the ones that stabbed you in the back. It is well.
I am very fortunate and priviledged to be very close to you. I know a lot of things about you others don’t. I am bold and brave to say that. Kabiyesi, I miss you a lot, we shared some private moments together as father and son and I will never forget all that we shared in those moments. I still shed tears when I’m in my private moments when I think about you. It has become a norm for me. I just cant get over your passing. It hurts too much.
Kabiyesi, you loved Owo more than life itself. When most major cities in Western States didn’t have modern amenities, you facilitated electricity, pipe borne water, teacher training college, Technical college, textile mill (which was later moved to Ekiti in your absence), you asked your people that built on major roads to give allowance for setback, the ones that listened are today praying for you and the ones that didn’t have their houses demolished now that there is road expansion.
You were futuristic. You turned your palace to one of the most modern palaces in Africa. Aside from the Palace being the largest in Africa, you changed the frontal to the replica of the great Buckingham Place of London with orchard, tennis court, swimming pool, the best flower garden in our country at that time, squash court, mini zoo, soccer field and track field.
You were dethroned by the people that were envious of your strides and your rise to stardom and some of them were the ones you made. You succeeded your successor, a rare feat that had never happened anywhere before.
You were a lover of sports and you encouraged all your children to participate in sports especially Lawn- Tennis. You sponsored Lawn Tennis and Billiard tournaments nationally. The late Chief Molade Okoya Thomas once said you gave him his first wooden racket.
One of the leading lights in Nigeria King Wasiu Ayinde, Kwam I, Olori Omo Oba Ijebu once told me many years ago at Osto Restaurant in London where we frequently met that when they were little boys, himself and his friends usually targeted the days you played Tennis at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, Lagos to meet you there.
He said you usually gave them money and advised them to strive to be the best they could. Today he is one of the best. He loved you so much that he mastered one of your Igogo festival songs. I was surprised when he serenaded me with the song in one of his concerts in Atlanta.
Kabiyesi, you were a man like no other. You made friends all over across every ethnical boundary.
You feared and respected God. You facilitated the founding of the Methodist church in Owo when you went to England to meet with the President of the Methodist Church in England.
You were Knighted by the Queen of England for your frontline participation in the attainment of the independence for Nigeria and you attended all the pre- independent conferences.
Nobody has surpassed you in caring for your family and taking care of your children’s education. You just didn’t bring children to the world to create liabilities, you did your best to educate them. You once said ” I want to make a nation within a nation” yes you have.
Your family, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are growing in leaps and bounds unsurpassed by numbers.
Your forgiving spirit is astounding. You once told a General that had a hand in your deposition when they brought him to beg you for forgiveness, that you had forgiven him a long time ago. You said he didn’t have the power to do what he did but it was God that needed you to have a break so he could do great things in your life. I was amazed.
Kabiyesi there is a lot that I can say boldly about you due to my closeness with you. You will be forever missed and your stature in life will never be diminished because of the legacies you left. Continue to rest with your Lord.”
Your son
Prince Goke Olateru-Olagbegi
Saturday 21 October 2023
Oyo Assembly lawmaker, Adebisi appoints Remi Oginni as Special Adviser
Hon. Yusuf Oladeni Adebisi, the Deputy Chief Whip of the Oyo State House of Assembly, has announced the appointment of Remi Oginni as Special Adviser on Sports and Entertainment.
The appointment according to the young honourable, who is also the Chairman House Committee on Youth and Sports, was as result of Oginni's contributions to the sectors in the past years.
Adebisi, in a letter dated 19th October, 2023, said he is of strong convictions that the appointment will avail Oginni an opportunity to exercise his intellectual and professionalism in his new office.
"I am pleased to offer you an appointment as a Special Adviser on Sports and Entertainment due to your contribution to these sectors in the past few years.
In addition as the Chairman House committee on Youth and Sports and Deputy Chief Whip of Oyo State House of Assembly, appointing you to this office we believe shall be of great privilege to exercise your intellectual and professionalism to the benefit of the office.
You are part of the team, and shall be involved in all our sports and entertainment programs within and outside the office. Congratulations once again and wish you many success in your endeavor." The appointment letter reads.
Remi Oginni is an events consultant and an actor. He has featured in a good number of Yoruba movies.
Wednesday 5 July 2023
Airfares rise by 34% in last 12 months - NBS
Nigerians are now paying more to travel by air, with average ticket costs having increased by 34.06% over the previous 12 months.
Navy intercepts 10,000kg cannabis in Lagos through new facility, Falcon Eye
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday used its Falcon Eye, a cutting-edge maritime awareness domain facility technology, to recover over 200 packages of marijuana totaling 10,000 kilograms from the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State.
JAMB ends Joy Ejikeme Mmesoma's probe, sanction more candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded its investigations on the case of Anambra State student, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused of fraudulently inflating her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result.
How I Changed The Face of Oyo Liaison Office In Abuja - Wale Ajani
Hon. Wale Ajani has described his stint as former Director-General of the Oyo State Liaison Office in Abuja and Lagos as a relearning period for him.
Wednesday 28 June 2023
Peller Dazzles Constituents With Multi Million Naira Sallah Gifts, Wishes Muslims Blissful Celebration
Despite being out of office, the Ayedero of Yorubaland, Honourable (Dr.) Shina Abiola Peller, on Tuesday distributed rams worth millions of naira to constituents across Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency and by extension, Oyo North Senatorial District.
Honourable Peller, who represented Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency at the ninth House of Representatives, personally supervised the distribution of the rams to make 2023 Ileya celebration worthwhile and enjoyable for his people, particularly Muslims who cannot afford buying rams.
Also distributed were bags of rice and other important items that are needed to ensure that the celebration is well enjoyed by the Muslim faithful in his federal constituency and Oyo North Senatorial District.
Over two thousand families who benefited from this humanitarian gesture of the Oke Ogun-born businessman cum politician, will be having a fun-filled Salah celebration with their family members, close associates and friends.When contacted to speak on the reason behind the gesture despite being out of office, Honourable Peller recalled that distributing rams, bags of rice and other items to people during Salah celebration has always been his usual act even long before he joined politics.
He added that whether he holds any public office or not, he won't stop reaching out to the people, particularly the needy, during festive period like Eid ul fitri, Eid al-Adha (Ileya), Easter, Christmas and New Year celebration.
In addition, Honourable used the avenue to wish fellow Muslim brothers and sisters a blissful salah celebration while he urged to make peace their watchwords, adding that Islam symbolizes peace.
He said: "This is wishing my Muslim brothers and sisters a fun-filled 2023 Eid al-Adha celebration filled with love, happiness, joy, affluence and sound health.
"Today is so pious to us all as Muslims and we must make it count by seeking God's mercy and forgiveness for our shortcomings and praying fervently for peace to reign in our country.
"Since Islam, which we practice means peace, it is very important that we make peace our watchword; we should think peace; preach peace always and religious tolerant.
"Importantly, as we wine and dine during this festive period, we should remember to reach out to our fellow Muslims in whatever way we can, particularly the needy.
"Once again, I wish everyone of us a blissful salah celebration. May we witness many more of it on earth. Ameen."
Sunday 25 June 2023
Popular professor of communication, Lai Oso dies in Ore-Sagamu road mishap
A renowned Nigerian Professor of communication, Lai Oso, is dead.
Titanic’s crash and anger of Olokun, the Sea goddess | By Festus Adedayo
The world is in a mourning mood. After a fruitless five-day search for a missing deep-sea submersible vessel with five passengers on board, its wreckage was eventually found last Thursday. The five occupants on board were killed in the process. The search had been spearheaded by a robotic diving vehicle deployed from a Canadian ship. The five were on a voyage to see the century-old wreckage of the famous Titanic by the time this catastrophic implosion occurred. The robotic vehicle had found the debris of the submersible Titan on the seabed, “some 1,600 feet (488 meters) from the bow of the Titanic,” reported Reuters. Named the Titan and operated by OceanGate Expeditions, a U.S.-based company, its passengers included the company's founder and chief executive officer, Stockton Rush who also doubled as pilot of the Titan; British billionaire and explorer, Hamish Harding; Pakistani-born businessman, Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman, as well as French oceanographer and famous Titanic expert, Paul-Henri Nargeolet. They had gone on the adventurous undersea expedition at the cost of $250,000 to each of the passengers.
The original British passenger liner named the Titanic, which its moulders claimed was unsinkable, had sunk on April 15, 1912, 111 years ago. It had collided with an iceberg. After several unsuccessful years of efforts to discover the wreckage, 73 years after, in 1985, a joint French-American expedition eventually found it out. Salvage operations to recover items in the Titanic which is said to lie in the ocean at a depth of about 12,500 feet on the coast of Newfoundland, have resulted in thousands of items found and now conserved by being put on public display. The bodies of the passengers could however not be recovered. A total of 2,208 passengers had sailed in the early morning of that day, on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. Out of them, 1,503 died.
The crash of the deep-sea submersible vessel has provoked some interests and comments. One of such was a piece entitled The Titan disaster shows the effect of human hubris in the deep sea written by Karen Attiah, a columnist with The Washington Post. In it, she drew an inference of a probable anger of the Yoruba goddess of the ocean, Olokun as cause of the disaster. This connect was further reinforced when renowned Hollywood director and Titanic researcher, James Cameron, told the BBC in an interview that there was a definite link between the tragic crash of the two Titans as well as similarities in the crashes’ circumstances. Cameron, a submersible designer, had directed the Oscar-winning blockbuster Titanic. He had said: "I'm struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship, and yet, he steamed up full speed into an ice field on a moonless night. And many people died as a result and for us very similar tragedy where warnings went unheeded to take place at the same exact site."
Samuel Johnson, the iconic Yoruba historian, in telling the story of the dreaded Bashorun Gaa of the Old Oyo Empire, unknowingly explained the Atlantic economy of centuries ago among the Yoruba. In his narration, Johnson drew a link between the river goddess, Olokun and ancient Yoruba cowries, the only legal tender of transaction that began in the 16th century. As Prime Minister of Old Oyo from 1754–1774 circa, Gaa, according to Johnson, once requested his babalawo to make charms that would enable him acquire “plenty of cowries.” He had complained to them that, in spite of his enormous powers and wealth, he had little cowries to flaunt as symbol of his political power. In reality, this was a manifestation of the competition Gaa faced from other power wielders in the empire, that they might use their financial capacity to undermine his political base. Gaa’s cash crisis was also said to have been worsened by his incorrigible children, who, like the biblical sons of Eli – Hophni and Phinehas – lorded "it all over the country (Old Oyo provinces) (and which) deprived him of the revenues which might have come to him."
Anyway, these medicine men then gave the Prime Minister ose dudu, a medicinal soap, with which he was to take his bath. They thumped their chests as they asserted that, before sunset, humongous wealth would flood his palace. Unconfirmed reports claimed that the babalawo had secured the soap from the bowel of the Atlantic, specifically from the hands of Olokun. After the bath with the soap, a mysterious fire suddenly engulfed the Gaa compound which burnt virtually all his belongings to the hilt. However, due to the awe and dread of the Prime Minister’s powers, virtually all sectors of the Empire, from the capital to all the innumerable provinces, upon hearing of this destruction, rose in his support. Gaa’s venomous powers were such that, he could incinerate provinces that failed to contribute to the rebuilding of his lost assets and compound. Not only did they rebuild the compound, but the gifts Gaa also received in cash and materials were overwhelming. Ultimately, the Prime Minister emerged, like the mythical Phoenix, from the ashes of the disaster richer than he once was. Astounded by the link between his Olokun-given wealth and the disaster, Gaa had asked his babalawo for an explanation. According to Johnson, he had asked, "Is this the way you promised to get me cowries?" and their reply was, "Yes ... by what other means could you have amassed such an abundance in so short a time?"
In a journal article written for the Boston University African Studies Centre by Akinwumi Ogundiran, entitled Of small things remembered: Beads, cowries and cultural translations of the Atlantic experience (The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 35, No. 2/3 (2002), pp. 427-457) the author told the story of how Benin oral traditional history also speaks to the intervention of the Olokun in the prosperity recorded during the reign of Oba Eresoyen. He ruled from 1735 to 1737. By the way, Olokun, in Yoruba-Edo belief, was not only revered as the deity of the ocean, she was also known as goddess of wealth. Eresoyen’s cowry boom was said to have occurred when he made a peace pact with the Olokun. Palace remembrancers speak of how Oba Eresoyen initially engaged in an unending tiff with Olokun by using his spiritual powers to close tributaries in his kingdom which denied Olokun access to her waters. A palm wine tapper then mediated between Eresoyen and the Olokun which resulted in the restoration of water to the goddess. In appreciation, Olokun made a pact with Eresoyen that she would requite his restoration of access to her waters with massive wealth. She then heaped mounds of cowries, which were within her territorial grip, in the sky for Eresoyen which his palace courtiers shouldered into the palace in massive quantity.
I gave the two anecdotes above to highlight, not only the fertile beliefs, imaginations and rumours that thrived centuries ago, especially in the Atlantic commerce of the time, but also the dominant perception of the powers of the Atlantic Ocean called Okun and the lord of the ocean.
Attiah had delved into what she called “the Yoruba religious tradition” where “divine spirits known as Orishas (sic) rule over various cosmic forces and elements of nature. There is Shango (sic) the king orisha of thunder and fire; Yemaya (sic) the orisha of the ocean; and Oshun (sic) who rules rivers and lakes” and what she called “a lesser-known orisha, Olokun, who is androgynous and rules the deepest parts of the ocean where light does not penetrate.” Attiah further wrote that “the Olokun is an extremely fearsome and vengeful orisha, upset with humans for not showing proper reverence… (and) chained to the bottom of the ocean so as to restrain (her) from destroying humanity. The pressure of the deep ocean represents the origins of life and threatens gruesome, instant death for humans. It is for all these reasons Olokun is rarely challenged or disturbed, even by the other orishas.” She concluded in this piece that the submersible’s disaster is a reminder to the world that in spite of humanity’s inventions, it cannot dominate the deep, deep sea.
How true is Attiah’s linkage of Olokun to the submersible’s disaster and how dissimilar or similar is this tragedy from centuries-old mythic perception of traditional Africa? This debate about the existence of gods, goddesses and attempts to spiritize disasters like the Titanic of 1912 and last week’s have provoked philosophical debates about the existence of spirits and metaphysical objects. Are spirits real? Are there evil spirits? Is the physical the only real thing? If it isn’t, what then makes Attiah’s explanation for the crash of the Titanic unreal, mythic and fabulous, while we concentrate on what we are only able to cognize?
While the particular configuration of the Olokun is unknown, the Yemoja, another goddess of the river or water deity, is widely iterated in Yoruba folklores. Many claimed to have encountered this fish goddess who also, like the Olokun, resides in the heart of the waters. Indeed, the Yemoja, taken from Yeye Omo Eja – mother of fishes – has devotees who honour her as a source of life, fertility and abundance and built temples for her. Some people even claimed to have encountered her in the depths of rivers with dual features of a fish, complete with fins but with human shoulders and head. She is carved out as the Mother with weeping breasts and venerated for her kindness. Yemoja is also the Queen Mother who lives in the depth of the water – the Ayaba ti ngbe ibu omi. Yemoja shares her maternity renown with three other water goddesses, Osun, Oba and Oya water deities.
Janet Langlois, of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University, citing ethnographer Ellis A. B, retold the Yemoja story that had often been told as folklore in Yorubaland. Ellis had narrated the legend in his 1894-written The Yoruba-speaking Peop1e of the Slave Coast of West Africa. It goes thus: “Oduduwa, the Earth, given birth to by Obatala, who was the Heavens, also gave birth to a son and daughter. The son was named Aganju and he represented dry and barren land. He then married the daughter, Yemoja, who was life-giving water. They both jointly had a son named Orungan, who was the sky between heaven and earth. One sad day when Aganju was far from home, Orungan ravished his mother, Yemoja. She sprang from him and ran quickly, blindly away. He pursued her and was overtaking her and about to touch her when she slipped and fell, striking her head against a stone. The impact sent jets of water gushing up from her huge breasts. These waters joined to form a sweet lagoon. Her huge belly burst open and many Orisas sprang from her.”
Among the Yoruba, water has a powerful force. Waters are sacred sites with presiding spirits which act as intercessors with the ultimate divine. This provides the reason for the worship of the Yemoja in Osun as the river goddess of fertility. She is referred to as the Ajeje, a mother who has herbs in the river with which she takes care of her children and gives them longevity. Devotees say they revere the waters of Osun just as Christianity reveres rivers in its baptism phenomenon and River Jordan in particular for its spirituality. In Africa, many groups don’t go to the rivers on certain days, believing that those were the days the water spirits come out.
From their manifestations, Olokun and Yemoja are different. The differences are in their temperaments and habitation. While Olokun resides in the Atlantic, Yemoja lives in rivers. Yemoja is benign while Olokun, though is mythically perceived as the god of wealth, could also be a jealous woman who can be deadly. In spite of scientific explanations of the Bermuda Triangle, otherwise known as the Devil’s Triangle, traditionalists believe the calamities wrecked by it in the mid-20th century were caused by the Olokun who, in her anger, and in mysterious circumstances, brought about the disappearances of some aircraft and ships. Some meteorological studies have however referred to Olokun and the Bermuda as an urban legend, ascribing the calamities to “diffraction heat patterns (which) give rise to corresponding weather and ocean patterns which, to a large extent, account for the mysteries already noted in the Bermuda region.” The Bermuda is located in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
So, could Attiah have been right about the anger of the Olokun as cause of the crash of the two Titanics? Should we be bothered and seek extra-scientific answers to these tragedies so as to guard against them in the future? Attiah buttressed her claim with allusions to what she called the social value of certain perilous journeys. On the social media, many have wondered why such potentially perilous elite fancy should detain the rest of humanity. The world had literally been frozen due to the deaths of these voyagers while thousands of immigrants have perished in the Mediterranean without as much as a whimper from the same world. These were, in the words of Attiah, “migrants who are arguably much braver but have far fewer resources… demonized and left to die, despite the fact that all they want is the opportunity to work, to contribute value, to live.” In the same vein, the west has literally shut its ears from cries of reparations for sunken slave ships which Attiah calls “the true symbols of Europe’s ability to enslave people and exploit nature in faraway lands.”
Brandon Presser, an Op-ed writer with the Post, had joined in affirming the reckless audacity of man in going behind its province to seek to dominate the aquatic province of fishes. “Water is our birthright but also a force of great destruction, holding a record of everything it claims. To visit the depths of the ocean is not an act of arrogance, then, but something quite the opposite: an acknowledgment of our obsolescence. It’s fitting that the desire to blindly careen toward the ocean floor goes hand in hand with our curious obsession with the Titanic. The felled ship, once touted as the world’s greatest, has remained a parable for nature’s power over the mightiest efforts of humankind to assert its dominance over the planet,” he had written.
While the world is shedding tears about the recent Titanic disaster, Attiah has given us thoughts to ponder on. Why is the world obsessed with technological dominance like the Titanic, which “allow(ed) Europe to explore and pillage other countries, wipe out entire peoples and enrich itself by exploiting the Earth’s resources”? The Titanic, she said, “might be a reminder that the deep ocean is the only resource-rich realm on Earth with the power to keep White men from exploiting it.” Is Olokun then that power?
So, is Olokun angry that man is going beyond their earthly borders? Or, in the words of Attiah, “are (there indeed) some realms on Earth that are meant to be mysteries — not to be mastered”? Is humanity suffering from what the Yoruba call agbere, arrogant audacity? Or, is this absolute nonsense, in the words of Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, who saw anything metaphysical like the link being drawn between the Titanic and an angry sea goddess, as such?
Wednesday 7 June 2023
Tinubu seeks European Council support to fight poverty, security
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday called on the European Union to assist Nigeria and Africa in strengthening security and economic development to alleviate poverty in the continent.
A statement by the Director of Communication, Abiodun Oladunjoye, indicated that the President made the during during a telephone conversation with the President of the European Council, Mr. Charles Michel.
The European Council is the EU institution that defines the general political direction and priorities of the European Union.According to President Tinubu, Nigeria and the whole of Africa would require the help and partnership of her friends and development partners like the EU to address the excruciating poverty in the continent.
While requesting the EU to look at specific areas of security challenge like the Lake Chad and coastal areas, the Nigerian leader promised to remain in contact with the European Union and other member states.
He said poverty and insecurity were priority areas for his administration and he would do all that is required to address them.
The Council president used the opportunity of the telephone conversation to once again congratulate President Tinubu over his election.
While pledging the commitment of the Council towards a stronger cooperation and partnership with Nigeria based on mutual respect and common interests, he pointed out that Nigeria is important to the EU and the International Community.
Mr Michel urged the Nigerian leader to continue to work with the EU in all relevant areas.
EFCC arrests 37 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on have arrested thirty-seven (37) suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State.
FG charges fleeing Adebutu, Zenith Bank MD, others with vote-buying, money laundering
Oladipupo Adebutu, a Peoples Democratic Party candidate for governor in Ogun State in the 2023 election, has been accused by the federal government of money laundering and vote-buying.
Adebutu, who was the PDP governorship candidate, contested against incumbent Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress.
Tuesday 6 June 2023
Senate okays Tinubu's request to appoint 20 special advisers
The Nigerian senate Tuesday approved speedily a request from President Bola Tinubu to appoint 20 special advisers,
Tinubu’s request was read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday, according to the Cable.
The president did not list the names of the prospective special advisers.After the letter was read, the upper legislative chamber gave speedy approval to the request.
The senate president said it is of “utmost urgency” that the president has a team to work with.
“Because there is no name for special advisers we will just approve it from here,” Lawan said.
“We feel that that this is something of utmost urgency.”
The development came days after Tinubu announced the appointment of Femi Gbajabiamila, the outgoing speaker of the house of representatives, as his chief of staff.
George Akume, former minister of special duties, was named the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF).
Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former deputy governor of Jigawa state, was appointed deputy chief of staff.
UI professor, Opeyemi Ajewole assassinated
Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole, a professor of social and environmental forestry at the University of Ibadan, was reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Ibadan, the capital of the Oyo state.
Monday 5 June 2023
Trumpeters Church overseer, Oludare dies
Pastor J.O. Oludare, the founder of the Trumpeters Church in Nigeria, is dead.
Just In: NLC, TUC suspend planned nationwide strike, to reconvene next week
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their Wednesday scheduled nationwide strike.
Thugs beat guber aspirant, Segun Sowumi, others at election petition tribunal in Ogun state
Segun Sowumi, a former governorship aspirant of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state and other party loyalists were reportedly beaten by thugs on Monday.
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