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The National Chairman of the Association of Online Media Practitioners in Nigeria (AMPCON), Mogaji Wole Arisekola has congratulated the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy and  former Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, on the occasion of his 70th birthday; describing him as an epitome of courage, dignity, and character. Mogaji Arisekola on Sunday in a congratulatory statement personally signed by him said Oyetola does not stand out among his peers only by the nobility but also by “his enormous gift of garb, wits, and inner stamina”. The media personality further noted that Oyetola had always been elderly in conduct and wisdom hailed the minister as a man with “native intelligence and philosophical conviction”. He said it is not surprising that the former governor has emulative characters because he is a man “well-rooted in corporate courtesies and has an epaulet full of garlands and medals in all his life's endeavors and careers”. The Chairman of AMP

On February 18, 1947, the Daily Service newspaper published a story whose theme, like the ancient Secretarybird, has remained with Nigeria ever since. It is a story of the affinity between sex and corruption. Son of Alake of Egbaland and a no-nonsense judge, Justice Adetokunbo Ademola, then of the Lagos Santa Anna Magistrate Court, presided over the matter. After the wotowoto of the prosecution and defence, Ademola sentenced a female welfare officer, Ayodele Potts-Johnson, to six months imprisonment, without an option of fine.  Potts-Johnson’s crime was demanding and collecting bribes of the sums of #5.30s and 25s.2d. from two prostitutes, Elizabeth Agadagwu and Alice George, in order to stave them off the wrath of the law. Christened by the Nigerian press of the time a “sensational celebrated official corruption,” the scandal had famous African and British lawyers, led by FRA Williams, and which included E. A. Akerele, J.A. Kester, N.O.A Morgan and V.O Munis, as defence counsel. In hi

As part of the Ogun State preparation towards a successful hosting of the National Sports Festival next year, the State Ministry of Sports Development, in collaboration with the Gateway Tertiary Institution Games (GATIG) Council, has picked Wednesday, 25th, and Sunday, 29th of September, 2024, for the games at Otunba Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State. GATIG, which entered its 6th edition this year, was first organized in the state in December 2004 at the MKO Abiola International Stadium in Abeokuta, but the competition later suffered some setbacks because it couldn't hold annually as planned by the major stakeholders. The Chairman of the newly inaugurated GATIG Council, which comprises the heads of sports units of various tertiary institutions in Ogun State, Mr. Adeyemi Olalekan Kehinde, in a chat with the newsmen after their last meeting with the Commissioner for Sports Development in Ogun State, Hon. Wasiu Adeniran Isiaka, in his office, disclosed that GATI

The Ibadan's social establishment was thrown into deep mourning last week with the death of Princess Adeola Adedoyin Adeyemo (@iamomoobaife). Adeola, a businesswoman and socialite who shuttled between UK and Nigeria, died at 56. She was said to have passed away in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom after a brief illness. The news of her death, like a tall tale, came in early Tuesday morning of September 16, 2024. The sad news sent shock waves among family, friends and associates of the deceased. It was so shocking. Many of her friends, especially those who spoke with her few hours earlier before the bad news, are still in shock. In fact, some of them find the news difficult to believe initially. While death is a debt that all men must pay, some deaths however come with a lot of surprises. One of such is Adeola's. Of course, it was very hard to be believe that Princess Adeola, who was full of life with no sign of any kind of sickness whatsoever during her mum's burial

One by one, three Nigerian former military rulers, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, arrived at Babangida’s Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State, last Sunday. So did former National Security Adviser (NSA), General Aliyu Gusau. The Minna meeting had every trapping of African witches assembling at the coven. Like owls, a pervasive symbol of African witchcraft, did they fly to and perch on their Minna assembly nest at nocturne? Yoruba attribute the kind of powers this trio had/have to witches. They eat the head from the arm and masticate the heart from the liver. In any case, age and interminable presence in the theatre of Nigerian governance should qualify the trio as witches. Yoruba, for instance, approximates age to witchcraft. T’óbìnrin bá pé ńlé, àjé níí dà they say. When the Minna ‘witches’ were done, like witches who leave their covens lips-sealed, the meeting was without communiqué. In the 1970s, Yoruba Adawa music exponent, Dele Abiodun, gav

Talk of one female fashion designer that is currently making waves in Ibadan, then the name Joy comes to mind. Olabode Joy Abigail is the Creative Director behind the popular Abike Modish Attire (@_ama_brand), a highly reputed fashion designing company that has been creating exquisite styles for women. Not only has Joy carved a niche for herself, but she has also taken it further by constantly upgrading her brand and designs. Hot female celebrities, both young and old, now rush to AMA for their head-turning styles. Reasons for this is not far-fetched, AMA's styles are usually unique and distinct. This is because Joy pays strict attention to details in creating all kinds of outfits for different occasions for her clients. Joy, interestingly, is not just a designer but also a walking advertisement for her brand. She is very beautiful with a very nice body shape, making anything she wears sir well on her. And thereby creating a kind attraction for her potential clients. Joy recently s

The real estate sector in Oyo State, especially Ibadan, the capital city, is currently experiencing what could best be described as a mega boom. Thanks to the few investors who saw the vision years back and keyed into it by contributing their quotas to the development of the sector. Kudos also to the Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration in the state for creating an enabling environment (the successive governments couldn't be excused from the success story too). Not only has Makinde's administration created an enabling environment, it has introduced some investors-friendly policies, and as well undertook partnerships that had really helped in bringing about the unprecedented developments in the sector. This has also created room for options for those who are interested in both luxury and low cost estates. Its also explains reasons for the many real estate projects (both completed and ongoing) all over the place. There are developments and construction almost everywhere in Ib

One of the thematic preoccupations of the book, What the forest told me: Yoruba hunter, culture and narrative performance, (2014) is that, inside the forest, there is a consistent superiority war, often fierce, between man and animals. Written by Ayo Adeduntan, Research Fellow at the University of Ibadan, the book averred that, while animals sometimes win this war, succeeding in crushing hunters for supper, many atimes, hunters vanquish these forest dwellers. They fell these notorious animals renowned for bathing in the blood of their human victims. In pursuit of this theme of a superiority duel in the wild, Adeduntan was in a forest called Ìgbẹ́ Alágogo. Hunting expeditions to the Ìgbẹ́ are seasonal excursions that take hunters to Òj̣é-̣Owódé in the Òkè Ògùn area of Oyo State. There, Adeduntan interviewed a hunter called Òjó Ògúnkúnlé of Agúnrege village. Ògúnkúnlé’s narration of how his hunter-master, named Ògúnòṣ̣un, a very powerful hunter, married a buffalo and was eventually d