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  The veteran Yoruba actress, Madam Grace Owoola Oyin-Adejobi, popularly known as 'Iya Osogbo', has made some shocking revelations about her acting career and private life at 90. Saying that though she is hale and healthy but can't act any longer at her age. Mama, who clocked 90 years of age this Sunday (Saturday 23rd August, 2020), spoke extensively on the very beginning of her acting career and how she got the stage name 'Iya Osogbo', which has today become a household name in the Yoruba genre of Nigeria's film industry. She was a guest on a radio program, Parrot Xtra Hour on Radio, on Space 90.1 F.M, Ibadan last week, where she revealed the secret of her longevity and good health. "Attaining this age is nothing but special grace of God. And the fact that I have never abused my body. I always try as much as possible to live moderately," Mama submitted. On how she got her stage name 'Iya Osogbo', which somehow has overshadowed her real name. 

The Senior pastor of the Trinity House Church, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo has said that unless it goes back to history in addressing some fundamental issues, Nigeria may not achieve the desired peace and development. Saying that the history of the past is the foundation that guides the activities for today and the future. The stylish pastor made this revelations in Ibadan last week while speaking on the topic "History As A Catalyst For Peace And National Development". As Guest Speaker at Pastor Dotun Ojelabi's 51st birthday and inauguration of the James Adekunle Ojelabi Foundation (JAOF). History, according to pastor Ighodalo, is an umbrella term that relates to past events. Which he said is regarded as memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about events. "I used Dr. Ojelabi's book for history at King's College in 1970s way before the Babangida era and it was interesting to know that even in this present editio

Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (OgunSUBEB) is poised to understudy the Basic education reforms of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OYOSUBEB). The decision followed success of the basic education in Oyo State, particularly the creative and innovative ways Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) is being executed in Oyo State. This was revealed when a team from OgunSUBEB paid a working visit to the Executive Chairman, OYOSUBEB, on Thursday. BESDA is a Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) initiative, funded by World Bank to ensure out-of-school children return back to school and are retained in schools. Receiving the visitors from Ogun State, Dr. Nureni Adeniran enjoined the team to ensure they create a cordial working relationship with other relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Ogun State, to achieve the aim of taking children off the streets, just as it is being done in Oyo State. “With the transparency of the board, public schools

Hon. Babatunde Oke, Chairman, Onigbongbo Local Government Area of Lagos State is dead . 'Okajue', as the honourable was popularly known within the political circle, was said to have died early this morning from the deadly coronavirus. Since its outbreak early this year, the rampaging coronavirus has killed scores of people across the world as well as high profile celebrities, particular in Nigeria. The immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari; Senator Bayo Osinowo (Pepper); Hon. Tunde Braimoh; former Commissioner of Health in Onod State, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro and lately Senator Buruji Kashamu all died from coronavirus.

The Chairman of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni has approved the appointment of the Governor of Lagos State, H.E. Babajide Sanwoolu to chair the Party’s high-level National Campaign Council for the Ondo State Governorship Election. According to the statement signed by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, Yekini Nabena, the Governor of Plateau State, H.E. Simon Lalong will serve as Deputy Chairman and Comrade Mustapha Salihu as Secretary of the 104-member APC National Campaign Council. The campaign council will be inaugurated on Saturday 15th August, 2020 at the APC National Secretariat by 2pm.  FULL LIST: National Campaign Council for the Ondo State Governorship Election 1. Governor Babajide Sanwoolu (Chairman) 2. H.E Simon Lalong (Dep. Chairman) 3. Rt. (Hon.) Femi Gbajabiamila - Member 4. Senator Ovie Omo-Agege - Member 5. Governor Gbenga Isiaka Oyetola - Member 6. Governor Da

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has been strongly admonished to jettison the idea of resuscitating any ‘national carrier’ in the name of ‘Air Nigeria’ and instead collaborate with the private sector . The team leader of the popular travels and tours’ outfit, Ufitfly Ltd, Evangelist Ajibola Ogunkeyede who made the call while featuring on Space FM Ibadan’s programme, Parrot Xtra Hour On Radio anchored by Olayinka Agboola on Tuesday stated that the hope of getting Air Nigeria back has continued to dim after two years of its re-launch in London.   “Two years ago, the Federal Government unveiled Nigeria’s new national carrier in London. The Air Nigeria project has, however, remained a dream with little or no hope of it becoming a reality”, the popular travels’ consultant noted. He also added “It will be of great benefit to us in the Tourism and Travel business sector if our national carrier is in full operation but the multibillion naira investment has, in the last one

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwunsi Ojaja 1has reacted to reports published by Sahara Reporters indicating that he had ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to arrest one tricycle rider, identified as Lawal Moshood in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Lawal Moshood was alleged to have disguised as ‘Ooni of Ife’ defrauding some women with marriage promises on Facebook. A statement signed by the Ooni’s director of media and public affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare Tuesday’s evening described the report as mischievous and ridiculous.   In the statement, Ooni blasted Sahara Reporters, saying that the report ‘is a perfect example of jungle journalism, with the ultimate agenda to blackmail and mislead the public’. “We find it disheartening that some online media practitioners have adamantly chosen to practice journalism without adherence to simple principle of investigation which allows fair hearing.” “You will notice that some women and ladies have been defrauded by some people claiming to be

The Oyo State House of Assembly has confirmed Dr. Abdullateef Idowu Oyeleke as the new Commissioner for Environment and National Resources. The confirmation, which was in line with the request of the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to fill the vacant position of the state Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, came three months after the death of the former Commissioner, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola. While responding to questions from Deputy Speaker, Hon. Mohammed Fadeyi, Majority Leader, Hon. Sanjo Adedoyin and Hon. Wumi Oladeji, the commissioner-designate, Dr. Oyeleke stated that he would key into environmental development plans of the state governor, particularly on the rehabilitation of dump sites and waste to wealth initiative. Decrying the indiscriminate disposal of refuse on the water ways and median of the roads in the state, the commissioner-designate expressed his readiness to work with the recently inaugurated environmental task force by the governor to make environmental

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe K. has called on the Federal Government to urgently put a stop to the exploitation of Nigerians abroad. She pointed out that Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, under the supervision of Dr. Chris Ngige has violated the law and has continued to issue International Recruiters Licenses to Agents, despite Federal Government’s 2017 moratorium.  Hon. Akande Sadipe said this on Monday while responding to questions from journalists, lamenting that Nigeria has no Bilateral Labour Agreement with any nation and the execution of the Standing Operating Procedure (SOP) has been lingering.  She said, “Federal Government placed a moratorium on issuance of International Recruiters License in September 2017 and yet the Ministry of Labour and Productivity as at January 2020 was still issuing international recruiters licenses”.  She added that many Nations in the Middle East and even within Africa were vio

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has relieved the Commissioner for Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Raphael Afonja of his appointment. The governor, in a letter dated August 10, 2020 and signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, said the termination takes immediate effect. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the letter titled “Termination of appointment” as saying: “I wish to convey the approval of His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, on the termination of your appointment as Honourable Commissioner, with immediate effect. “Consequent upon the above development, you are hereby directed to hand over all the government items in your possession to the Permanent Secretary (Ministry of Works, Infrastructure and Transport). “I am to add that, your contribution within the time of your sojourn is appreciated and commendable, and therefore, wish you successes in your future endeavours. I

The Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19, said on Monday, that Isolation Centres run by the state has recorded zero fatality since the outbreak of  COVID-19 in the state, in March 2020. This feat, the Task Force noted, is due to the holistic approach adopted by medical personnel managing the COVID-19 situation. The Task Force added that medical personnel at the state's isolation centres regularly embark on comprehensive assessment of patients, proper management of any underlying ailment and a robust nutrition and exercise regimen. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, who doubles as one of the Risk Communication Coordinators of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that though 31 deaths have been recorded in the state since the index case of the virus was discovered in March, none of the fatalities took place in the isolation centres set up by the state government. The statement added that all of the 31 COVID-19 deaths recorded in th

A top Nigerian marketing communications expert and Chairman/CEO Sodium Brand Solutions, Abisoye Fagade has said that it is his civil rights to aspire for any political office he is so desired in the country.  Fagade stated this on Friday during an interactive session at the South West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP)'s unification luncheon, where he was the special guest of honour. When asked to comment on the rumour making the rounds that he may challenge the incumbent governor of Oyo State Engr. Seyi Makinde for the governorship race come 2023, Fagade was very blunt and sincere in his response. ''If somebody is telling you that I am here to challenge Seyi Makinde, am I too young? No. It is my civil rights, and there is nothing that says nobody can do better than good. And the only thing Oyo State deserves now is the best." When pressed further to state categorically whether he is gunning for an elective post come 2023 and on which political party he may contest fr

By Festus Adedayo They all happened almost simultaneously, as if in a choreography. On February 9, 2011, a huge crowd of protesters had gathered at the Tahir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Unruly, eyes dilating like pellets of ice immersed in mug-full Campari liquor, it was obvious that this was a crowd determined to change the status quo. They shouted anti-government slogans, calling for an end to oppression, economic adversities and collapse of the Arabian spirit in the Arab world. A couple of weeks before then, specifically on January 14, 2001, at the Habib Bourguiba Boulevard in Tunis, Tunisia, it was the same huge crowd, mobilized to end the decadent order. Similarly on February 3, 2011, a mammoth crowd of dissidents gathered at the Sana’a in Yemen, calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullahi Saleh. A couple of months after, specifically on a cold morning of April 29, 2011, hundreds of thousands of people at Baniyas, Syria, gathered to upturn the ruling order. The overall goal

T he South West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP) has called on journalists to keep drumming it to the ears of President Muhammadu Buhari the need to double up his efforts at overhauling the security architecture of the country. Speaking at 'Unification Luncheon' of the Group, held on Friday 7th August, 2020, at Development Support Centre (DSC), Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan, SWEGOP Chairman, Mr. Olayinka Agboola emphasized on the need for Nigeria to have a solid security system. "We must talk about it every time, we should go to our different Houses of Assembly to lobby our lawmakers there to discuss it and offer practicable solutions. Aboaraeni niaabo ilu. “We cannot say Kaduna is far, or Borno State is not near and thus, pretend not to be concerned. Nobody knows whose turn it will be tomorrow. Let us take the issue of insecurity more seriously. The assignment is not only for the government, we must be on our guard at all times.” Agboola also used the medium to congratulate the