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Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed and renowned African Entrepreneur, Mo Ibrahim are among a high-powered panel scheduled to discuss new pathways to African growth and development at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) New World Forum, holding in Paris 7-8 October 2014. The discussion, tagged Africa: The Future is Now will explore among others whether Africa is taking ... Read More »

On Thursday APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, told the Press “We have come to consult him (Obasanjo) as some of his former boys are contesting in our party. We need to know what he thinks about them”. An authoritative source close to the meeting has however revealed that Alhaji Tinubu was not telling the truth. “The meeting he had with ... Read More »

The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has written the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alooma Mukthar, of plans by the Ekiti State Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, to connive with the outgoing governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to abort the inauguration of the Governor-Elect, Mr Ayo Fayose, on October 16, this year. In the letter entitled ‘Another ... Read More »

Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Mr Ayo Fayose, has faulted the appointment of new permanent secretaries by the outgoing administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi, saying Fayemi is engrossed with playing politics with issues that have dire consequences on the welfare of the state. Fayose, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, said recent actions ... Read More »

A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has dismissed Nigerian military’s claims of his death in a new video obtained today by AFP. He said in the video that the militants had implemented strict Islamic law in captured towns. “Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath,” Shekau said in the ... Read More »

This is the release from the family YEWANDE SEMIAT BANKOLE – 7yrs- Female. With gratitude to Almighty Allah and with heavy hearts we announce the demise of our daughter Yewande Semiat Bankole aged 7yrs at a London hospital. Yewande is the grand daughter of Chief Alani Suara Bankole and the daughter of Rt Hon. Dimeji Sabur Bankole. Yewande was born ... Read More »

Governor Fashola At 54th Independence Day Parade (pix:e247mag) For emphasis and clarity, let me repeat that by records and history Nigeria is 54 (Fifty Four) years old irrespective of what the centenary revisionists say. We have never celebrated amalgamation day. We have only celebrated Independence day. When our first Prime Minister mounted the podium on the 1st October 1960 he ... Read More »

Oluremi Oyo, veteran journalist, editor and two-time managing director of The News Agency of Nigeria has died. She was aged 62. She died yesterday in London, after a protracted illness, according to family sources. The cause of death was not disclosed. Oyo, who also was special assistant, media to President Olusegun Obasanjo, was President of the Guild of Editors and ... Read More »

There is a saying that those who refuse to learn from the lessons of history are condemned to repeating past mistakes. October 15, 2006 will always be a day to be remembered in the history of Ekiti State. It was the day the then governor, Ayodele Fayose was impeached from office, and the then Speaker of the state House of ... Read More »

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has revealed how he made his money and also built a house for his mother at the age of 15. Atiku, who is one of the presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, in his new book titled ‘My Life’, which he authored, said he bought a mud house for her mother in Ganye, Adamawa ... Read More »