Month: November 2022

Qatar World Cup, alcohol and gays By Festus Adedayo

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A little over a week ago, on a Qatar Airways flight journeying to Doha, city of the current World Cup fiesta, I saw a film which clearly depicts the raging back-and-forth arguments between the Arab World and the West. A Betty Kathungu-Furet film, The Medicine Man is a Kenyan Swahili movie subtitled in English. It has as one of its major themes, the danger of orthodoxy and the barrier that a stagnated belief constitutes to human progress.   Lead character, Ben Muriithi, a medical doctor working in the State Hospital…

Asian Tiger moms and Nigerian Yahoo-Yahoo mothers By Festus Adedayo

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I was confronted by a very queer spectacle last week. In pursuit of our obsession with playing the game of squash, my friend, Tayo Koleosho and I went for a very exerting squash session in Columbia. Outside of the court was this Asian woman barking out instructions to her 14-year-old boy who was being coached by one of America’s top squash players. She was livid each time the boy erred and many times, stormed into the court to tell the boy how he should play. I was told she paid…

NYSC Acting DG charges staff on unity …. as Stream Two Orientation Course starts Nov. 30

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The Acting Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Mrs Christy Ifeanyiwa Uba has charged staff of the Scheme to perform their official assignments with unity of purpose.   She said collective efforts in the right direction remained one of the secrets of success in every organization. Uba stated this in her maiden meeting with officers on grade level 14 and below, held at Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim Conference Hall, NYSC National Directorate Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja.   She also urged the staff to tolerate one another and redouble their…

How DBN is Resolving MSME’s Conundrum In Nigeria, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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The Development Bank of Nigeria DBN under it’s leadership and management that consisted local and international representatives had adopted a well articulated and frugal process geared towards establishing a well thought Medium and Small Scale Enterprises MSME’s to mitigate both natural and artificial occurrences.   Under the leadership of Dr Tony Okpanachi , the global finance house with domesticated programs had carried out both awareness, trainings, re-trainings and equitable distribution of funds directly to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises SME’s across the country in line with it’s mandate.   With…

Governor Wike and His Fly Overs, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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In the history of Rivers State , the pace of development witnessed in the last seven years was unequalled, since the inception of democratic and military dispensation and the return to democracy in 1999.   This involved both infrastructure and human capital development that brought the state to the fore of comity of states where leadership that was accountable to his people under Governor Nyesom Nzenwo Wike since 2015.   Governor Wike has developed a formidable strategy that criss crossed all facets of the state ranging from Education, Health, Water…

INAUGURATION ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF OSUN STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, SENATOR ADEMOLA JACKSON NURUDEEN ADELEKE ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27TH, 2022

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Protocol,   1. Today, I stand on the podium of history with a sacred pledge to God and the good people of Osun State that my intellect, passion and strength will be devoted to nothing but the welfare, peace and security of our people. 2. As I accept the mantle of leadership entrusted upon me by the people of our dear State, I am conscious of the enormous challenges and responsibilities ahead of me and will beginning from this hour work day and night with deep sense of purpose to…

JUST IN: Sen Ademola Adeleke sworn in as Osun Governor

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The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke and his deputy, Kola Adewusi, have taken the oath of office and allegiance. The oaths were administered on both men by the Osun State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, at the a main bowl of Osogbo City Stadium. Adeleke came into the venue in a long convoy of vehicles at about 11:20am and completed taken his oath at about 11:50am. Present to witness the event were dignitaries that included the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate and his running mate, Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa…

PDP donates over 600 cows to residents as Adeleke takes over as Osun Governor

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Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who are loyalists of the Osun state governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke have reportedly donated over 600 cows to mark his inauguration ceremony as the Osun State governor today, Sunday, November 27, 2022.   Adeleke will be sworn in today, Sunday, November 27, 2022, to begin a four-year term as the sixth executive governor of the State.   Adeleke had won the Osun gubernatorial election of July 16, 2022, against the main contender and outgoing governor of the State, Adegboyega Oyetola.   Adeleke…

OSSAP-SDGs Not Under Probe By EFCC

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The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, OSSAP-SDGs has dismissed claims that it is under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as reported by a section of the media.   The Office in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by the Head of Communications, Rotimi Ajayi acknowledged that it received a letter from the EFCC asking it to provide information on some of the contractors that have executed contracts for it in some parts of the country.   “In support…

How I sustained Osun economy without borrowing in four years — Oyetola …pays N97billion out of inherited debt, leaves behind over N14 billion cash in State’s coffers

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Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun on Saturday disclosed that his administration is leaving behind for the incoming government a total sum of N14billion cash in the State’s coffers.   Oyetola also revealed that his government had successfully paid N97billion from the total debt inherited in 2018 when he assumed office.   He disclosed that his administration didn’t borrow a dime anywhere in the world to finance the economy of the State, saying he successfully kept faith and maintained fidelity with his electoral promises since the assumption of office.   Governor…