So many issues are loading for commentators. Trees are fast falling on trees. But our elders say we should get cracking by removing trees from the top for ease of clearing such a burden. For me, there are three critical issues that have attracted my attention this week. One is the correlation between Chief Olu Falae’s curious kidnap four years ... Read More »
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Life Begins @ 60… Footprints of a Media Colossi By Lanre Alfred
My Chairman, the Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Prince Nduka Obaigbena…The story of his life is not as smooth as a bowling ball gliding on a varnished lane. It is the story of a man who flailed and floundered against the maelstrom and headwind of a tempestuous home-grown economy but whose resilience and steadfastness kept on the straight and narrow path ... Read More »
President Buhari calls Pa fasoranti over death of Daughter
President Muhammadu Buhari has been in phone contact with Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, whose daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunri, was killed by an armed gang on Kajola-Ore road, Ondo State Friday. The President condoled with the grieving nonagenarian, wishing him the comfort of God, and fortitude to bear the great loss. He also assured that security agencies would spare no ... Read More »
Kwara rehabilitates three major water works
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend approved immediate rehabilitation of three major works across the state’s senatorial districts.“The three are the Lafiagi Waterworks (Kwara North); Igbaja Waterworks (Kwara South); and Asa Dam Waterworks (Kwara Central),” according to a statement on Saturday by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.The statement said the three water works are ... Read More »
OONI CONDOLES Pa FASORANTI OVER DAUGHTER’S KILLING, CHARGES GOVT TO CURB MENACE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
The Arole Oodua and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has condoled with the National Leader of the Pan Yoruba Socio-Political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, over the killing of his daughter, Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, on Friday. In a statement signed by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare, the paramount ruler of the ... Read More »
Olakunrin’s Murder: OGD Calls on Government to Respond to Security Challenges
Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has condemned the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere Leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti by bandits suspected to be herdsmen as he laments the growing insecurity in the land which calls for immediate and lasting solution. In his reaction on the murder of the nonagenarian’s daughter, Otunba Daniel, while condoling ... Read More »
Gov Akeredolu pays Condolence visit to Pa Fasoranti
Killers of pa Fasoranti daughter will be found IGP
· Orders total overhaul of Security on South-West, South-South and South-East Highways. The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu,NPM,mni has assured the Nation that the killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasorantin will certainly be found and made to face the full weight of the Law. The IGP notes that ... Read More »
PHOTO NEWS: Mrs Akeredolu at the Multidisciplinary Cancer Management Course in Lagos
Ondo State First Lady and founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN) Her Excellency, Chief Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (left) and her Kebbi State counterpart and founder of MEDICAID Cancer Foundation, Her Excellency, Dr. (Mrs) Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu (right) at the Multidisciplinary Cancer Management Course, (MCMC) organized by the Society of Oncology and Cancer Research of Nigeria, in collaboration with ... Read More »
PHOTO NEWS: Mrs Akeredolu attends Multidisciplinary Cancer Management Course in Lagos
Ondo State First Lady and founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN) Her Excellency, Chief Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (left) and her Kebbi State counterpart and founder of MEDICAID Cancer Foundation, Her Excellency, Dr. (Mrs) Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu (right) at the Multidisciplinary Cancer Management Course, (MCMC) organized by the Society of Oncology and Cancer Research of Nigeria, in collaboration with ... Read More »