Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro has passed away. Details laterContinue Reading
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Paramount FM Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun State Council has elected new leaders to run the chapel for the next three years. The new executive which has Olusegun Folarin as Chairman has been inaugurated at the Broadcasting House, Kobape Road, Abeokuta. Our correspondent, Olajumoke Idowu has the rest of the story. […]Continue Reading
A former South-West Bureau Chief of the Punch newspaper, Mr OlalereFagbola wants the government to strengthen the media to get rid of fakenews in the society. Mr Fagbola who was a guest lecturer at a two-day mini programme planning conference organized by Gold FM, Ilesa, said, the social media had bequeathed powers to individuals who […]Continue Reading
Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has described the death of foremost Ibadan businessman and philanthropist, Chief Bode Akindele as a great loss to Oyo state and indeed, Nigeria. Governor Makinde who described the late Parakoyi of Ibadanland and chairman of Modandola Group, as a worthy elder statesman and someone who is genuinely interested in […]Continue Reading
Reactions have continued to trail the death of a foremost industrialist, the Parakoyi of Ibadan land Chief Bode Akindele. Aged 87, Chief Akindele died in the early hours of Monday. Chief Bode Akindele, was a successful philanthropist who established Aramed medical Centre along Lagos Ibadan express way among other businesses. Until his death, the Ibadan […]Continue Reading
Chief Bode Akindele, a popular Ibadan business mogul, has reportedly died this morning. According to report Chief Akindele, the Parakoyi of Ibadan, passed on at his Marine road Apapa résidence Monday morning . The Illustrious Ibadan businessman, Chief Bode Akindele, was a philanthropist and a man committed to the development of his community and the […]Continue Reading
The principal private secretary to late Senator Abiola Ajimobi during his two term tenure as governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Adisa has described the deceased as a competent and thoroughbred professional who stood for quality first in everything he did and needed to achieve. Mr Adisa, who is now a member of the Oyo […]Continue Reading
The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Nasiru Ajanah, is dead, aged 64. Justice Ajanah died in Abuja on Sunday, 28th, June 2020 during a brief illness. The justice’s death came exactly a week after the state lost the President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Ibrahim Shaibu Atadoga, also during a brief illness. The […]Continue Reading
The remains of the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has been buried at his Oluyole residence. The internment was carried out in a closed door in line with the initial statement by the family. A number of sympathisers were locked out of the street leading to the residence of the late […]Continue Reading
All is now set for the burial of immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The Janazah prayer for the deceased will be done at the car park of Senator Ishaq Abiola Ajimobi Central Mosque, Oke-Ado. The funeral prayer will be done inside the mosque and the arrangements of chairs had been done […]Continue Reading
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has described as a painful loss, the death of the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, whose transition took place in Lagos on Thursday. Ajimobi died receiving treatment for coronavirus. The condolence message of the association was issued by its president, Dr. Samson Olasupo A. Ayokunle, in […]Continue Reading
The Oluyole residence of the immediate past governor of Oyo State, late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has continued to play host to notable personalities. Among those who visited the residence of late Ajimobi were Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Teslim Folarin and his colleague from Oyo North Senatorial District, Fatai Buhari, who described the former […]Continue Reading
A former aide of the late Deputy National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has described the deceased as a highly cerebral personality. The former spokesperson of late Senator Ajimobi during his first tenure as the governor of Oyo State, Dr Festus Adedayo, made this known while speaking on the life and […]Continue Reading
A former deputy governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi has commiserated with the family of the late former governor in the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, describing his death as highly unfortunate and disheartening. Alhaji Gbolarumi, in a statement in Ibadan said that he received the news of Ajimobi’s death with shock and disbelief. Alhaji Gbolarumi, […]Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with government and people of Oyo State over the passing of a former governor, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, whose contributions to the development of the state, and nation, will always be remembered. In a statement signed by the special adviser to the president on media and publicity Femi Adesina said the President […]Continue Reading
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has mourned the death of the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who passed on Thursday, aged 70. Dr. Fayemi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, described Ajimobi’s death as a personal loss to him, and a huge loss to […]Continue Reading
Youth and Sports Development Minister Mr Sunday Dare has expresed shock over the death of former Oyo State Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi who pased away on Thursday at age of 70. According to Dare, “The passing of my elder brother, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, is both untimely and tragic. He served the good people of Oyo […]Continue Reading
The immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi is dead. Senator Ajimobi, who died at 70, had been in coma and on life support for some days after a surgery. The former Oyo helmsman however passed away at the First Cardiology Hospital, Ikoyi. Reports say Senator Ajimobi, who was being treated for […]Continue Reading
Ola, a town in Ejigbo Local Government of Osun State, Nigeria is undoubtedly famous for producing intellectuals. The is the reason why the town has the sobriquet as Home of Intellectuals with the highest number of professors in the Local Government. One of the high-up personalities who brought that fame to Ola, until early the […]Continue Reading
A doyen and emeritus professor of Geography, University of Ibadan, Adetoye Faniran is dead. Emeritus Professor Faniran died in Ibadan during an illness at the age of eighty-four. In the military regime in the old Oyo State, he served as Commissioner for Trade, Industries and Cooperatives, Commissioner for Works and Housing and Commissioner for Health. Professor […]Continue Reading
Wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs Bamidele Abiodun wants the society to rise in support of widows and protect them from harmful practices. Mrs Bamidele made the call in Abeokuta during an empowerment programme in commemoration of this year’s International Widows Day. Speaking on the theme of the year’s commemoration, “I am Generation Equality: […]Continue Reading
The Belgian embassy to Nigeria has donated food items to two hundred families to cushion the effect of COVID-19 at the kuchigoro IDP Camp in Abuja The at the presentation of the Items, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Nigeria Mr David Dargent said the gesture was in partnership with the Community of […]Continue Reading
Traders affected by fire disaster at Ogbeogonogo market in Asaba, Delta State have commended the Federal Government and Delta State Government for coming to their aid, following an inferno that ravished the market on May 26, this year. They made this known during a presentation of relief assistance to over four hundred merchants affected by […]Continue Reading
Ogun State government has announced that companies and businesses in the state are at liberty to engage any competent service provider of their choice for premises fumigation, provided the exercise is done according to standards that will minimise the spread of coronavirus. The government’s clarification on guidelines for decontamination of Industry and business Continue Reading
