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COUNTERPOINT By Femi Akintunde-Johnson

Who Wants To Be A Socialite? Recall that our operative desire, in this ongoing tetralogy, was fuelled by a realisation that my class of post-graduate students have had to be challenged and engaged using robust debates, assignations, definitions, connotations and anecdotes, in appreciating and exercising editorial decisions on people who should be lionized as leading lights of their society. Today, ... Read More »

Makinde presents cash to family of late PDP loyalist

Succour has come the way of the family of a slain Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalist, Mr. Isaiah Adedapo Adegoke, as the Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has presented cash support to the family. The late Adegoke died in an accident on April 14, A statement signed by the Special Assistant (Print Media) to Governor Makinde, Moses Alao, indicated ... Read More »

10 beautiful years as Fidelity bank MD Nnamdi Okonkwo set to step down as bank opts for female MD

The Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc yesterday announced the appointment of Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the current Executive Director, Lagos and South-west Directorate, as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) designate. It also announced the impending retirement of the current MD/CEO of the bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo. A statement from the bank said Okonkwo would step down from the ... Read More »

The fruitlessness of an Okonjo-Iweala leadership of WTO. By Owei Lakemfa.

I first met Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during the Obasanjo administration at a conference organised by the newly emergent Due Process Office headed by Mrs. Obiageli (Oby) Katryn Ezekwesili. Okonjo-Iweala was Minister of Finance, so I asked her how much oil Nigeria was producing daily. Conference Chairman, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai (Now Governor of Kaduna State) fumed: “Mr. Lakemfa, let me tell ... Read More »

Makinde felicitates Oyo’s first governor, Jemibewon, at 80

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has congratulated the first Military Governor of Oyo State, General David Medayese Jemibewon (rtd), on the occasion of his 80th birthday anniversary today. Makinde, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, described Jemibewon as a trailblazer and an astute administrator whose landmark achievements subsist till date. Jemibewon was first ... Read More »

ARABINRIN BETTY ANYANWU AKEREDOLU @67

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu – Akeredolu today 20th July, 2020 marked her 67th birthday with the launch of “ABC book series”, at Government House, Alagbaka, Akure. Ondo State First Lady, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu at Akure Recreation Club, today July 20, 2020, where she marked her 67th birthday with members of the Arabinrin Junior Tennis Club. Autographed ... Read More »

AbdulRazaq hails Rtd. General Jemibewon at 80

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday congratulated former military Governor of old Western Region and former Minister of Police Affairs Rtd. General David Jemibewon on his 80th birthday anniversary. “On behalf of my family, the people and the government of Kwara State, I congratulate elder statesman General David Jemibewon on his 80th birthday anniversary. By all yardsticks of greatness, ... Read More »

SANWO-OLU CONGRATULATES GEN. JEMIBEWON AT 80

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated former governor of the old Western State and later Oyo State, retired General David Jemibewon on the occasion of his 80 years birthday celebration. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Mr. Gboyega Akosile described the former Minister of Police Affairs as an epitome of honesty, dedication and service, ... Read More »

Nigerian Group in the Diaspora sets to find solutions to problems facing Nigeria, predicts winners of US, Ondo and Edo polls.

Better Nigeria, an advocate group with more than 300 strong members who are Nigerian professionals in Canada, Europe, and America , has expressed its readiness to proffer solution to some of Nigeria’s problems. The group, aimed at promoting good governance in Nigeria, has also predicted winners of Edo and Ondo gubernatorial elections and has shown commitments to identifying problems confronting ... Read More »

NIGER STATE GOVERNMENT MEETS FULANI HERDSMEN AT BOBI GRAZING RESERVE, SEEKS MAXIMUM SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION TOWARDS THE SUCCESS OF THE RESERVE

As part of efforts at developing the Bobi Grazing Reserve in Mariga Local Government area of Niger State, the State Government has organized a stakeholders meeting with the Fulani Herdsmen within the Reserve. The meeting which aimed at educating the Herdsmen on the need for their maximum support and participation in the Modern Animal Husbandry, was presided over by the ... Read More »