How Sifax boss’ twin brother, Kehinde died

Taiwo Afolabi, a popular businessman and lawyer better known by his company, Sifax, has lost his twin brother, Kehinde. Kehinde, who was popularly known as Watari, sources said, died in his sleep. Afolabi is the founder and current Chief Executive Officer of SIFAX Group, a conglomerate that deals in Maritime, Aviation, Haulage, Hospitality, Financial Services and Oil and Gas, while the deceased was known with his Hotel Ken Dallas located in Ikotun. Earlier in the year, he celebrated his 60th birthday in Ijebu-Ode along with his twin brother, Kehinde Afolabi.…

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Oduro for burial on Friday

Late Chief Gabriel Ajayi Ojo, the Oduro of Iluomoba in Gbonyin Local Government area of Ekiti State would-be laid to rest on Friday. Ojo, a high chief of the town and community leader died on August 4, 2022 aged 85. The late Oduro will be interred in his compound after a funeral mass at St. Michael’s Catholic church, Iluomoba on Friday 16th of September. It will be preceded by a Christian Wake-keep in his residence on Thursday 15th of September while a reception party for guests will hold after the…

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Double tragedy: APC loses Osun governorship election, S/West Women Leader same day

On a day the All Progressives Congress lost the Osun state governorship election to arch-rival; the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Chief Mrs. Kemi Nelson, the South West Zonal Women Leader of the party died reportedly after a protracted battle with cancer. The 66-year-old celebrated Lagos politician was the Southwest Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress. Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a tweet, announced that the APC chieftain died on Sunday. “We lost a dear soul to the cold hands of death earlier…

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Vermon, Oprah Winfrey’s father dies at 89

American TV host and business mogul, Oprah Winfrey, has announced the passing of her father, Vernon Winfrey. The billionaire took to her Instagram page on Saturday and revealed that her father died on Friday at the age of 89. His passing comes days after the family organised a party in his honour during the United States independence celebration on the 4th of July. Oprah shared a video from the event where her father was being serenaded by gospel singer, Wintley Phipps. “Less than a week ago we honoured my father…

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Commotion in Abeokuta as OBJ rides commercial tricycle, carries passengers

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President was the focus of attention as the 85yr old former Nigerian ruler rode a commercial tricycle and carried passengers across parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. The former president had, in June, donated tricycles to 85 persons as part of an empowerment programme in honour of his 85th birthday. The former president clocked 85 on March 5, 2022. The pictures of former President Obasanjo has gone viral after photographer Daniel Olusanya shared them on his Facebook page. The former president rode from his residence…

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Sanwo-Olu @57: Read his birthday resolutions

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor, who clocked 57 on Saturday, has released his birthday resolutions, with a promise to abide by them in his stint as a public officer in the state and Nigeria in general. Describing how he feels on his birthday, the governor said the day remains a “constant reminder of God’s ultimate love, unending blessings and unwavering favour”. In a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Saturday, the governor also shared his birthday resolution and asked God to help him achieve it. He wrote, “Thankful…

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Owo Massacre: Result of systemic failure

The victims of June 5, 2022, terrorists’ attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State were, on Friday, buried in Emure community amid tears by family members and friends. No fewer than 40 worshippers, including four children, were reportedly killed on the church premises after Sunday service by the rampaging gunmen. They were said to have operated unchallenged by security agents for about 30 minutes. Speaking at the funeral mass held at the Mydas Resort and Hotel, Owo, on Friday, the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, regretted that…

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Journalist, Jackson Ude threatens to release video proof of Pere’s alleged love affair with Gov. Yahaya Bello’s wife

Jackson Ude, a journalist and publisher of an online newspaper, has threatened to release video proof of an alleged love affair between Pere Egbi, ex-BBNaija housemate, and wife of Yahaya Bello, Kogi State governor, Rashidat. Mr. Ude had a few days ago, alleged in a Twitter post, that Pere and Mrs. Bello are lovers. In a now-deleted tweet, Ude said that the gist making rounds is that Rashida had gifted Egbi N5 million naira when they first met. He wrote “Why is #BBNaija Pere Egbi all over the place with…

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Cancel that crusade, IPOB warns Deeper Life’s Pastor Kumuyi

The Indigenous People of Biafra has sounded a warning note to the General Overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, to cancel the planned crusade in Abia State because of security concerns in the South-East. In a statement on Thursday, the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, cautioned Kumuyi to take note of the security situation in the South-East as he comes to Aba for his gospel crusade. Powerful said, “Let him and the organisers of the crusade make sure that nothing happens. The security of…

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Nzeribe, anti-June 12 crusader is dead

Francis Arthur Nzeribe, the man who contributed so much to the political crisis that led to the annulment of June 12, 1993, Presidential election is dead. The maverick politician reportedly died on Thursday aged 83. On June 10, 1993, Nzeribe tried to stop the June 12 election, relying on a court order that his group, Association for Better Nigeria, got from a midnight ruling from late Justice Bassey Ikpeme of an Abuja High Court. ABN was known to be pro-Ibrahim Babangida, then military President. The family had confirmed the death…

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Sultan declares Monday as eid-el-Fitri

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared Monday as the first day of Shawwal. The Sultan made the declaration after no positive sighting claims were received from members of the National moonsighting committee and other Emirates. “The Sultanate Council Sokoto, has declared Monday 2/5/2022 as the first day of Shuwal 1443 AH,” the Secretary of the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC), Mallam Yahaya Muhammad Boyi, said in a terse statement on Saturday night. Muslims in the country would now celebrate the eid-el-fitri on Monday being the first day…

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What Alaafin told family members about the ailment that killed him

Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi, the late Alaafin of Oyo who passed away on Friday, had predicted that complications associated with his prostate enlargement would kill him, according to family source. The source who spoke to Premium Times said the monarch had for “several years managed” the prostate enlargement condition but with age, the difficulties increased recently, causing severe urinary problems. “I know what will kill me, I know this prostate problem will kill me,” the source quoted the late monarch as saying, according to Premium Times. According to the…

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Alaafin Adeyemi buried

The remains of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, have been buried. His remains were laid to rest on Saturday within the premises of the palace, barely a day after he was certified dead in a hospital in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Alaafin, popularly known as ‘Iku Baba Yeye, was 83 years as of the time his death was announced. Following the announcement of his demise, Islamic rites were conducted on the body of late Alaafin, signalling the beginning of his final journey home. Islamic clerics led…

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Alaafin Oyo joins ancestors, aged 83

Oba Lamidi Atanda Olayiwola Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo,has passed on, late Friday April 22, 2022 He was 83 years old and ruled the ancient town for 52 years. According to palace officials, Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. The late Alaafin’s first son, Prince ‘Tunde, and other children had received the monarch’s remains at Idi-Igba, Oyo town early Saturday morning. Palace sources confirmed that traditional rites had begun without giving details about his burial arrangement yet. By tradition, the head of the Oyomesi,…

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CBA Foundation says man’s inhumanity to man is at its worst in the way in-laws treat widows

AUTHOR: Ony Kachi After Mrs kumbaya (name changed to protect her identity) lost her husband at work in 2005, she was accused of killing him. The accusation did not come from her husband’s brothers but his sister, who had earlier lost her own husband. It took the combined hard work of the brothers to get their sister off the back of her fellow widow. They told their sister pointedly that she too could face the same accusation she was levelling against their sister-in-law, since her husband was deceased too. This…

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Go back to old rates, Consumer Protection Tribunal orders DSTV, GoTV

DSTV and GOTV have been mandated by the Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) which ordered MultiChoice to suspend implementation of its new hike in subscription price set for April 1, 2022. Ripples Nigeria had reported that the three-member tribunal led by Thomas Okosun, Sola Salako Ajulo and Ibrahim EL-Yakubu, told the pay-tv to maintain the status quo of its price on March 30. However, MultiChoice went ahead to increase its subscription prices, with its counsel, Jamiu Agoro, telling the tribunal on Monday, that it doesn’t have jurisdiction to make such…

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Pastor Adeboye’s son, Leke, begs RCCG pastors for forgiveness over ‘insulting’ statement

Leke Adeboye, son of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has tendered an apology to pastors of the church for referring to them as ‘goats.’ Leke had incurred the wrath of many church members and other Nigerians after he slammed pastors of the church, calling them ‘goats’ for preaching their sermons after his father had finished speaking and preaching. Usually, first Sunday of every month, parishes of the RCCG are linked up with the National Headquarters of the church, where the G.O.…

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Why I dedicated Rev. Esther Ajayi’s church -Pastor Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, said he dedicated Rev. Mother Esther Ajayi’s white garment church last September based on divine instruction. The cleric, who recently clocked 80 years, disclosed this on Sunday during a special sermon titled, ‘Going Higher (Part 54)’. The octogenarian had in September 2021 dedicated the Lagos cathedral of the Love of Christ Generation Church C&S (Worldwide), founded by Reverend Esther Ajayi amid sweeping criticisms by Pentecostals. But Adeboye, on Sunday, said he was directed by God to dedicate…

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How ‘toxic behaviour’ earned Bento Africa boss Ebunoluwa Okubanjo immediate suspension

Bento Africa’s Board of Directors has recommended that Ebunoluwa Okunbanjo, Chief Executive Officer of the company, takes some time off and be removed from any people-related decisions for the time being. This was disclosed in a news release posted on Bento Africa’s website yesterday. This came after Tech Cabal launched an avalanche against toxic bosses with a story on Ebunoluwa Okunbanjo, the CEO of tech start-up, Bento Africa. The crackdown on Ebun was a result of alleged verbal abuse, which included unconscionable curse words, refusal to grant leave and time…

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How DIG Egbunike, the man who chaired Abba Kyari’s probe panel died

Joseph Egbunike, a deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), is dead. He reportedly slumped and died in his office at Force Headquarters in Abuja, late Tuesday. A source said Egbunike was obese, a condition he managed for years with a combination of measures,. The top Police officer who hails from Onitsha in Anambra state was said to have undergone a major surgery over an undisclosed ailment a few weeks ago. The beefy police boss was a graduate of the University of Nigeria,…

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CBA Foundation launches Social Enterprise Initiative, takes intervention among underprivileged widows to next level

If indications from two separate but related events that were held last December are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and separated by a 20-day interval, held at a time when self-splurging by many young Nigerians was at octane levels, and saw young men and women behind an NGO that caters to the welfare of underprivileged widows and their vulnerable children, passionately putting the widows’ needs above their wants.…

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17 persons burnt to death as petrol tanker explodes in Lagos-Ibadan expressway

No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a tanker at Ishara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State command, Mr. Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital. He explained that the accident occurred around 5am, saying the number of people involved in the accident was yet to be ascertained. He added that the accident was caused by route violation and dangerous driving, which resulted in…

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Jennifer, Atiku’s estranged wife narrates messy divorce details

For some time now, especially in the last few weeks, there has been a whole lot of rumours and in circulation about the state of my marriage to His Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri Adamawa, GCON. The stories got more vicious as they continued to circulate. I deem it necessary to defend myself against the calculated propaganda to malign my character and position me in a bad light and damage my name. Without resorting to nonsensical talk, I will address the two key issues at hand: (1) That I…

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Why I parted way with Atiku, Jennifer explains

Jennifer, one of the wives of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has confirmed her divorce to the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. In a statement obtained on Tuesday, the ex-VP’s wife explained that she didn’t request divorce because Atiku married a new wife. “That His Excellency married a new wife was never the cause of our problem as many have said. His Excellency is a Muslim and I have never questioned him about his wives or intended,” she said. According to her, some of Atiku’s friends tried to…

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Pa Ikpekhia goes home this weekend

The remains of a retired civil servant and community leader, Pa Jacob Odion Elisha Ikpekhia will be buried on Saturday 29th of January 2022 in Upper Ekeke village, Ozalla, Owan West LGA Edo State. Aged 83yrs, Pa Ikpekhia was born on 9th June 1938 to the family of late Chief Elisha Ikpekhia. His mother was of the family of Aruehi of Uhonmoke village Ozalla, Owan West LGA Edo State. He lost his mother at an early age. He attended St Andrew’s Anglican Primary school Ozalla (now known as Orhueren Primary…

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Juju musician, Dayo Kujore dies

Dayo Kujore, Soko Extra crooner and veteran Juju musician, has died at the age of 63. Kujore who was among the modern-day pioneers of the Nigerian-styled musical art form is said to have died on Monday, according to his daughter, Dayo Kujore. Circumstances surrounding the ‘Soko Extra’ crooner’s death are yet to be revealed as a formal announcement is expected to be made by the family. Kujore was born on the 4th of April, 1958 in Igbore Robiyan, Abeokuta, Ogun State to parents who were clerics of the African Church.…

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Photos: Tears as Olubadan’s body arrives palace for burial

Emotions rose high as the body of the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, arrived his Popoyemoja Palace, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Sunday. His corpse was welcomed by a large crowd among whom were sympathisers who broke down in tears as the late monarch’s remains were offloaded from an ambulance. The departed 93 years old monarch’s body was wrapped in light blue cloth when he was taken inside his palace by some aides. A press statement by the late monarch’s Director of Media and Publicity, Adeola Oloko, announced that…

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Breaking: Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s freedom activist is dead

Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid icon, first black Archbishop of Cape Town and bishop of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa), died on Sunday aged 90. South Africa’s president, President Cyril Ramaphosa, announced the Archbishop’s death on Sunday. Ramaphosa said, “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa. “Desmond Tutu was a patriot without equal; a leader of…

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Monarchs, elders move to reconcile Ooni and estranged Olori

Monarchs and elders of Ile Oodua are reportedly making a last-minute move to reconcile the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and his estranged wife, Naomi Silekunola. Sources in the palace informed The PUNCH that some of the elders have contacted Prophetess Naomi in a bid to reconcile their differences. It was learnt that the elders’ team was comprised of traditional rulers and members of Ife community. “The babas (elders) are meeting on it. We pray that they can reconcile them,” one of the tour guides in the palace confided in our…

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Ooni shocked by Olori Silekunola’s ‘social media divorce’

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, was shocked when he first saw the divorce notice by his estranged wife, Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, on social media, one of his aides told The Punch. According to the aide, Ooni slept with the mindset of rejoining the ongoing musical programme, ‘Memorable Moments With Music’, expected to end today. The aide, who pleaded anonymity, said though there had been issues with Prophetess Naomi Silekunola and Ooni, the palace never expected such to lead to “a divorce that will first be heard on social…

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Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi’s 3rd marriage crashes, angry Queen narrates ordeal

Her Majesty, Queen Silekunola Naomi, has announced her divorce from the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II. In a statement posted on her verified Instagram handle on Thursday, Queen Silekunola announced an end to the three-year marriage. She wrote: “I bless the Lord almighty for His faithfulness in the last 3years of my marriage. In life’s journey, it isn’t how far. Still, how well, indeed though Satan should buffet if trials should come, I have this blessed assurance controlling all situations and saying to me it is well…

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Why we detain ‘lovergirl’ soldier -Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army on Sunday gave reasons why it detained a female soldier; Private Hannah Sofiat who got romantically entangled with a male corps member at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in an exclusive chat with The PUNCH on Sunday, said the female officer violated military laws by getting involved in a public display of amorous relationship with a paramilitary trainee – a corps member. The female soldier was ordered to be detained by Captain M.…

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Soun of Ogbomoso, Ajagungbade joins ancestors

Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade lll, has joined his ancestors. National Infinity learnt from sources that the monarch passed on in the early hours of Sunday. The death of the monarch has not been announced officially according to sources in the town, but palace sources who asked not to be named confirmed the death of the monarch. Aged 95, the late monarch reigned over the ancient town for 48 years. Oba Ajagungbade was born on May 27th 1926 in Ogbomoso and was coronated as Soun on October 24,…

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Aliko Dangote loses brother

The vice president of the Dangote Group and brother to Aliko Dangote, Sani Dangote, is dead. Sani Dangote reportedly died after a protracted illness in the United States on Sunday. The Dangote Group in a short statement Sunday night confirmed the death. “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHI RAJIUN!It is with a heavy heart but with total submission to Almighty Allah that we announce the passing on of our Group Vice President, Alhaji Sani Dangote today 14th November 2021. “May Allah SWT grant him mercy and Admit him in Aljannat-al-Firdaus “!…

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The Witness Newspaper launches foundation, gives back to humanity

To commemorate its fourth year anniversary, The Witness Newspaper, on Sunday, October 24, launched a non-governmental organization, ‘The Witness Newspaper Foundation’, a humanity platform dedicated to supporting the vulnerable in the society. Unveiling the initiative at the prestigious Lagos Continental Hotel (formerly Intercontinental Hotel), Victoria Island, Lagos, managing director of the newspaper, Mr. Julius Akpovire Enyeh, said the foundation will in its first year focus on boosting the wellbeing of widows, vulnerable children and the aged in the society. The formal unveiling was attended by current and past governors, lawmakers, captains…

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Ikoyi Collapsed Building: Developer, Femi Osibona, still missing

Celebrated property developer and owner of Fourscore Heights promoters of the 360 Degrees Towers that collapsed in Ikoyi earlier today was yet to be located in the rubble of the building where he was trapped alongside some construction workers. Osibona, the MD of Fourscore Homes, was the brain behind 360 Degrees Towers – three high rise buildings often referred to as Luxury in the Sky and the Shalom Apartments in Ikoyi, among other projects in Lagos and the United Kingdom, where he was celebrated as the first African developer to…

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Dokpesi speaks on regrets of life at 70

Dr. Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, on Saturday said one of the greatest errors of his life was going into polygamy saying contrary to the impression that he entered into polygamy because of his wealth, he revealed that it was due to internal family challenges.  Dokpesi stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday as part of the activities to mark his 70th birthday. The media mogul also revealed how he survived poisoning as a little child even as doctors in Poland predicted…

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‘Truly, you are the Hope of Rotary’ DG regales RC Maryland, CBOF for donating N21m building to Lagos school

The District Governor, Rotary District 9110, Rtn. Remi Bello, FCA has thumbed up Rotary Club of Maryland and the Chris Bamidele Onalaja Foundation, CBOF, for donating an ultra-modern and well-equipped building to Junior High School, Wasimi in Maryland, Lagos Rtn. Bello spoke at the commissioning and handing over of the building consisting of a block of classrooms, assembly hall and staff room built at a cost of N21.5m by Rotary Club of Maryland and Chris Bamidele Onalaja Foundation, CBOF. The project which Rtn. Bello described as “a promise made, promise…

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What informed my decision on COVID-18 vaccination -Pastor Adeboye

Pastor Enoch Adeboye,, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has disclosed the reason behind his vaccination from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the renowned cleric, this was due to the propagation of the gospel. Adeboye made this assertion on Friday, October 1, during the monthly Holy Ghost Service programme of the church at the Redemption Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The 79-year-old preacher said God’s mercies have kept Nigerians all along, noting that only those whose time to die had come died. Adeboye said, “I have never said to you, ‘Don’t be…

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How Buhari’s critic, Obadiah Mailafia died suddenly

President Muhammadu Buhari’s ardent critic and a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has died at the age of 64. Mailafia reportedly died at about midnight after a brief but undisclosed illness. The former deputy governor, who was the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2019 election, had in his lifetime, advocated for public sector and exchange rate reforms. Mailafia was born on December 24, 1956, in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He later graduated top of his…

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Chinwe Bode-Akinwande, others named patrons of Red Cross Society

Honours came the way of notable image maker and founder of Chinwe Bode-Akinwande (CBA) Foundation, Mrs. Chinwe Bode-Akinwande, as the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), the amazon as a patron of its Eti-Osa, Lagos division. Appointed along side Mrs. Bode Akinwande are Mr. Samson Apeh and Mrs. Mojisola Ishola-Bamidele, at the investiture and fund-raising ceremony held on Saturday, 14th August 2021, at the Red Cross headquarters in Lagos, the three patrons were honoured and inducted as members of the society to support its humanitarian works. The new patrons commended the…

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Victorious Army Ministries’ Pastor Agboli is dead

Apostle Joseph Dominic Agboli, founder of the Victorious Army Ministries is dead. The late Pastor, who runs the church with his flamboyant wife, Blessing Agboli, reportedly died in a London Hospital, where he was being treated for cardiac-related issues on Wednesday. All is calm at the headquarters of the church on Acme Road, in Ogba, Lagos, while there is no official announcement yet, a source within the church has confirmed the death of the 53-year-old Pastor.

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My Coronation is the will of God -New Olu of Warri

The newly coronated Olu of Warri Oba Tsola Emiko Ogiame Atunwatse lll, has said his selection for the throne was a divine act directly from God. He said this came after a sense of feeling that his confirmation could be truncated at the last moment. Emiko was on Saturday crowned as the 21st ruler of the Warri Kingdom in Delta State. He was born on April 2, 1984, to Prince Godwin Toritseju Emiko, the late Ogiame Atuwatse II and Gladys Durorike Emiko in Warri. In an interview with BBC News Pidgin,…

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Revealed: Sen. Mantu died of COVID-19 complications

Late Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, the former deputy Senate President died of COVID-19 complications National Infinity reports. The cause of his death became known at his burial earlier today in Abuja, when the pall bearers appeared in white protective suits. They were the only people, who carried the body of the 74 year-old politician, into his grave. Family members had merely said he died after a 10-day illness at the DIFF Medical Centre on Oladipo Diya Way in Abuja early today. There was no information about the cause of death. A…

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Buhari mourns as ex-Dep. Senate President dies

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, who died on Tuesday at age 74. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed this on Tuesday in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari mourns former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu’ The statement read in part, “Buhari condoles with family of former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, joining Plateau State Government and indigenes in mourning the passing of the renowned politician. “President Buhari commiserates with leaders and members of the National…

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Chevron CMD quits over messy divorce scandal

The Chief Medical Director of oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Ltd, Dr Rotimi Babalola is to proceed on retirement over a divorce scandal with his wife, Adediwura Adebukola.This as a Lagos State High Court restrained him from evicting her from their matrimonial home.Dr Babalola allegedly tendered his retirement letter on Thursday August 12, 2021 when the news of his divorce suit before the court became public. He was billed to retire in September when he would have clocked 60 years.Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi specifically barred Dr. Babalola by himself his servants, privies,…

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Reprieve for Chevron CMD’s embattled wife as court bar husband from evicting her

A Lagos State High Court has restrained the chief medical director of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Dr. Rotimi Babalola, from evicting his wife, Mrs. Adediwura Adebukola Babalola, from their matrimonial home. Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi specifically bar Dr. Babalola by himself, his servants, privies, or workmen from entering, trespassing, or otherwise disturbing the possession of the building at No. 8, Service Crescent, Cooperative Villa, Badore, Ajah, Lagos pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed in the divorce petition by his wife. The judge granted the order after hearing…

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Mohammed Fawehinmi: Autopsy delaying his burial -Family

The family of late Mohammed Fawehinmi says he will be buried after an autopsy and other necessary arrangements. The eldest child of Gani Fawehinmi, Mrs Basirat Fawehinmi-Biobaku, who spoke on behalf of the family, made the announcement at a news conference in Lagos on Thursday. Mohammed, the eldest son of late legal icon and activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, died at about 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, after a brief illness in a Lagos hospital, at the age of 52. Fawehinmi-Biobaku said the family could not preempt the cause of his death…

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Update: Chevron CMD’s matrimonial crisis hots up

The matrimonial crisis rocking the 10-year-old marriage of a top staff of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Rotimi Babalola and his once darling wife, Adediwura Adebukola Babalola, has taken a new turn. The matter has since become a messy divorce issue. Babalola, who works as the Chief Medical Officer of Chevron Nigeria Limited reportedly threw his wife, Mrs Adediwura Adebukola Babalola, and their 8 year-old child out of their home unto the streets of the highbrow Cooperative Village Estate in Badore, Ajah, Lagos State, where they live. Narrating the sad experience, Mrs…

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Gani Fawehinmi’s son Mohammed is dead

Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of late legal luminary, Gani Fawehinmi is dead. Family sources revealed that he complained of breathing difficulty Wednesday morning and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he died. Mohammed was born on February 21, 1969. He had his primary school at Kotun Memorial School, Surulere, Lagos and his secondary education at Federal Government College, Sokoto. He was a graduate of Business Administration from the University of Lagos in 1991. He obtained an LLB degree from the University of Buckingham, England and was called to Nigerian Bar…

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