Ooni of Ife, Lagos Deupty Governor Other Dignitaries Celebrate Otunba Demola Popoola’s wife @ 50th

FOLASHADE JOSEPH: A BELLWETHER IN AGRIC INSURANCE. By Obafemi Babajide

 

Women today, are leaving no stone unturned in proving their mettle, creating exemplary behaviours, setting goals, setting and breaking records and imprinting their footprints on the golden shores of time. In the Africa of today, women are rising against the challenge of been labelled weaker sex, they are daily taking the front burner, they are making headlines. Most importantly, they have shown even their male counterparts, signs of their preparedness to rule or lead the governments of states and nations of Africa and the World.

PHOTOS:When Buratai Stormed Osun For The Burial of Col Fayemiwo and Wife

 

The former Chief of Army Staff, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Olowu of Owu Kuta , Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama led other many traditional rulers and other notable dignitaries to attend the burial ceremony of late Colonel Isaac Ayodele Fayemiwo and his wife, Lady Evangelist Victoria Adejoke yesterday.

The burial ceremony was held at Ibokun in Osun State.

MORENI JEUN FOUNDATION AND RAAF FOUNDATION REACHES OUT TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED

 

 On April 1, 2021, Raliat Anako Abdulsalam Foundation (RAAF) was launched. RAAF is a non-profit, non-political, and non-denominational-based organization with the aim of promoting the welfare of the less privileged and increasing societal growth.  

EFCC Nabs 34 Yahoo Boys in Ibadan, Lagos

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a total of 34 suspected internet fraudsters, also known as Yahoo Yahoo Boys. They were apprehended in separate operations in Ibadan, Oyo state and Lagos.

Twenty four of the suspects, most of whom claimed to be undergraduates, were rounded up  April 1, 2021 at their hideout in Apete area of Ibadan, Oyo State by operatives from the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Commission.

AYO SOGBUYI UNVEILS PLANS TO ROLL OUT AKNN

 Ayo Sogbuyi, publisher Celebrity magazine is a familiar name in the celebrity genre of journalism. He was shot into limelight by his defunct Ace Weekly that unravelled the alleged suspect of late Bola Ige’s killer, Fryo. Ayo, himself a celebrity of sort transformed the magazine into a celebration publication, thus becoming the yellow book of top celebrities. News of the People cornered him at a recent webinar event and gave an insight into what he’s doing now and plans for future. Enjoy it:

You’ve been out of public glare for sometime, what have been up to?

You’re right and you’re also aware that I moved to Los Angeles about four years ago. While here, I went back to school to improve myself on new media as in relation to visual productions. While that one was ongoing, I also partnered with some investors to float a logistics company that operates between Los Angeles and Honolulu. You may want to ask why visual productions again, it’s also because of our new outfit Afrka Konekct News Network (AKNN) which is a television outfit. So, with my hands in other ventures, I can never leave the media industry. We shall be back in big way.

I understand that you are also the coordinator of TalentPool in California, what’s this all about?

As the name suggests, it’s a collective of professional and talents of Nigeria origin in America. Our aim is how we can harness these talents for the benefit of Nigeria. For your information, it’s not necessarily an investment option but a service that is holistic and free for the government to tap into. For instance, we have just concluded a robust research into issue of illiteracy in a northern state and proffer an evidence based solution. Mind you, we were not commissioned to do it but we put resources together to achieve it and we shall be forwarding it relevant agencies to have a look into it. It is then their discretion to implement it or throw it away. But, we would have done our part and document it for others to see or adopt.

Why not from your home state of Lagos?

The group is about Nigeria and Lagos is part of Nigeria. However, I just gave that instance as one of our activities. We are also putting resources together to address the issue of poverty and one of the mistakes we notice is that if a governor in Lagos is doing a project that is being applauded, some governors will just jump into it like copying each other which is wrong. So approach to poverty shouldn’t be the same because there’s relative poverty. Poverty in Lagos state is not the same as in Jigawa or Taraba. Therefore you can’t use same approach across board. As you mentioned Lagos, I’ll just say I’m personally pleased with efforts of the successive governments and that’s why I always praise Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for the vision. Because I’m from Lagos state, I know what I’m talking about in terms of transformational process from 1999 till date. And the man behind it all is Tinubu.

Will you say you support his aspiration to contest for president in 2023?

First and foremost there’s nothing wrong in having an ambition. Personally, I’ll prefer he’s given the chance to lead. However, what I detest is the gang up to pull him down, most especially among his people of south west. For now, I see him as the only person eminently qualified to lead the country and the reasons are not far fetched. He has shown that he has the capacity to spot talent and fixing a round peg in a round hole. As an observer of the past events, that’s the reason I refer to King Wasiu Ayinde as a philosopher. Looking back at what he said about the man and how he projected his philosophy, nothing more can be added than to concur.

Has your group looked into the issue of insecurity in Nigeria and possibly proffer immediate solution?

As I said earlier that we are looking into the area of poverty, a sub group is already looking into the insecurity situation in the country. What is not disputing is that unemployment creates poverty and poverty is a fertile land to breed criminality. It is therefore necessary that we employ evidence based report to tackle the issue of insecurity. We have extremely capable hands in the country and I believe if they are rightly engaged, we shall overcome the challenge. As a group here, we equally engage people back home to carry out most of our research projects.

Back to the media, when do we expect AKNN to hit the screen?

The infrastructure to support this are being deployed and by September we should actively be on air. At the moment, we are active online and our operational office is in Ikeja

Patriotic Nigerians appreciate Buratai sacrifices as Chief of Army Staff -Olowu Kuta

 A prominent traditional ruler in Osun State, the Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama has said that patriotic Nigerians appreciated the sacrifices as Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai (rtd.) as military decimated Boko-Haram under him.

APPLAUSE AS ASIWAJU ROTIMI AJANAKU BECOMES THE VICE PRESIDENT OF IDPM

 A leading and fastt growing professional body in Nigeria, Institute of Data Processing Management (IDPM) on Saturday inducted Alhaji Adamu Garba, Asiwaju Otunba (Dr.) Rotimi Ajanaku as President and Vice President of the governing council for the institute.

The newly inducted President of IDPM , Alhaji Adamu Garba is the CEO IPI Group limited, he was also an aspirant for Nigeria President under All Progressives Congress (APC) but lost out in the primaries to President Buhari in 2019.

Royal fathers as custodians of traditions deserve more than the 5% Federal Government allowance- Olowu of Kuta

Olowu of Kuta Oba Hammed Adekunle Makama Oyelude Tegbosun 111 has charged Nigerian troops to hasten the fight to end insurgency and other forms of insecurity in the country

Oba Makama Oyelude made the assertion when feilding questions from representatives of major electronic media organisations on national issues in his palace.

ADAPHAI commends Buhari on nomination of Ex service chiefs as ambassadors

A body,Advocacy for Advancement of Peace and Harmony in Africa Initiative (ADAPHAI) has hailed President Buhari on the nomination of ex-service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate

In a media statement addressed to the media,it stated that indeed, President Muhammadu Buhari has once again proven to the world that he is a sensitive leader with enviable trait of rewarding hard-work for the purpose   of enhancing good performance and productivity.

BOOK REVIEW: Kachikwu An Expert’s Gift to the World

 On Thursday, February 4th, a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, publicly presented four new books at a classy virtual global event, which attracted over 2,300 participants from no fewer than five continents.

Participating were President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Minister of Defence, T.Y Danjuma; the current Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Sanusi Barkindo and the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.

Buhari: Kachikwu’s Books Attest to Our Government’s Transparency in Oil Sector

*Ex-minister a gift to us all, says Osinbajo

President Muhammadu Buhari, last week, said the four books recently published and presented by his former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, attested to details of his administration’s effort at ensuring transparency in the oil sector of the economy.

DIPLOMATIC SOLDERING: Garlands of merit for retired service chiefs

 

With the nomination of the immediate past service chiefs as non career Ambassardors by president Mohammadu Buhari,critics of retired General Tuku Buratai and his colleagues now have the sails removed from their ships.

The appointments have clearly put paid to insinuations of impending trial by International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity,; allegations and speculations which have trended on the media space for a long time.

Wema Bank Set To Reward Customers With 945’ promo

One of Nigeria’s most innovative and digitally led financial institutions, Wema Bank, has set out to make this season of love as eventful as possible for customers with its ‘14 Days of Love with 945’ promo.

'YOU HAVE INDELIBLE MARKS ON YOUR TRAIL'- Olowu of Kuta On Buratai

 

The Olowu of Kuta,Oba Ahmed Adekunle Oyelude,Tegbosun 11 has expressed delight that ,the retiring service chief,Lt General Tukur Buratai has left the military better than he met it.

The traditional ruler stated this today in a message of congratulations to the retired Army chief.

Olowu of Kuta speaks on why dependants of fallen heroes must not be allowed to suffer

 The Olowu of Kuta,Oba Adekunle Oyelude Tegbosin 11 in Aiyedire local government of Osun state has lauded the leadership of the Nigerian Armed forces for sustaining the culture of care and protection for their serving and retired officers and men in their patriotic duties of defending the territorial integrity of the country..