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His Dream That Never Was By Olaleye Olawale

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My relationship with Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo was though short, however, eventful. It was even the more fraught with life’s many unusual lessons. He could be such a great teacher from whom useful schoolings ooze naturally. He was also quick to trusting and once he did, access to him remained guaranteed. His confidence about success was it for me. He never forgot how he got to the success station and died, confident that poverty had been conquered and for good. “Two things I told God. One, that I wanted to…

Edward Onoja: Connecting Futures By Haruspice

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You can’t meet this man and remain the same, especially when you have something called substance. His weakest point is meeting people with ideas, with that, you have wrecked him as you would find him doing everything possible to see you fly. Sell your ideas to him, you have an instant buyer, share your dream with him, you have a reality. The man is a sum total of an enabler, he activates progress anywhere he is. When I showed him the manuscript of my book, #TheBuhariInUs, he said something that…

ISHAQ OLANREWAJU OLOYEDE, QUINTESSENTIAL, STEREOTYPICAL PATRIOT, ICON AND ENIGMA BOWS OUT? By Ishaq Kunle Sanni

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Willam Shakespeare the greatest literary legend of all times said on marble in his play ‘The Twelve Night ‘   SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN GREAT, SOME ACHIEVE GREATNESS, WHILE OTHERS HAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM I am sufficiently close to one of the most incorruptible public servants of our time Professor Oloyede to know that he was not born great. His late father was not a rich man by any yardstick of measurement. He was a pious Imam who enjoyed relative comfort before his death through the instrumentality of having…

From JAMB to Better: Farewell Anecdotes of the Incorruptible ‘Alfa Isiaka’ By Mansur Ismaila

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Prof Is-haq ‘Isiaka’ Oloyede is indeed an enigma, a paradox of personalities. Equally loved, hated and feared by many, he is everything people in his social, academic and religious circle are not. As he bows out today after a vivaciously successful and highly kinetic (first) tenure as Chief Executive and Registrar of JAMB, it is only apt to write this funny tribute about him, from a fresh, different and honestly hilarious perspective. You see, I first met Professor Oloyede and his family when I was approximately 17, having just resumed…

Understanding How Deepfakes are Supercharging Fake News and Ways to Spot Them By Mohammed Dahiru Lawal

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Imagine not being able to trust what you hear or see when you watch a video online, a celebrity seen in a scandal that generates controversy but that celebrity was never actually in that video, a politician delivers a disastrous speech in the eve of an election but he never said those words, or a religious figure incites violence in a mammoth crowd but never was there in flesh. I am talking about Deep Fakes which are manipulated media; video, audio or both where someone’s likeness is replaced with someone else’s…

ÒGBÓRÍ ELÉMÒSÓ: A HISTORY OF A YORUBA TOWN

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Ògúnlolá was the name of the brave hunter and an expert archer, he was said to be of Ibariba descent. In the mid-17th century he migrated with his wife, Èsùu to the present site known today as Ọ̀gbómòsó, he first settled under a tree called Ajagbon (still standing near the king’s palace). Later on Ògúnlolá discovered that there were people who have settled in that area before him, he then went to introduce himself and fortunately they were also hunters just like him, they were; Aale, Onisile, Orisatolu and Akande.…

How To Share Location On Google Maps

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Here’s a quick and easy guide on how to share location on Google Maps, on any device Knowing how to share location on Google Maps can be seriously useful for gathering friends or arranging a meeting. You can even share locations that aren’t marked on the map, so it’s handy for meeting up if you’re in a park or out in the countryside. In this guide, we’ll show you how to share Google Maps locations on Android, iOS, PC and Mac, so you can start using this convenient feature on…

6 ways To Convert Your Instagram Followers Into Paying Customers

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For the most part, people sign up for Instagram to connect with friends and enjoy content while simultaneously growing their followers and improving engagements. However, as a business owner, your focus should be on turning these followers into clients, people who pay for your products and services. If only a handful of your Instagram followers have ever patronised your business, or you do not even know how to start advertising on the platform, here are a few ways to convert your followers into paying, repeat customers. 1. Have a clear…

How To Set Up Online Store For Your Business On WhatsApp And Instagram

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There’s no doubt that every serious business should have an online presence. This could be either a static or dynamic website for some, based on what is suitable for the kind of services you offer. In recent times, social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, have become important alternatives to owning an actual website. Building a website could cost between ₦30,000 ($72.90) and ₦5,000,000 ($12,150.67), depending on the agency approached for a costing. Also, the cost of maintaining a website depends on the hosting company and the hosting…

Pastor T. B. Joshua: A Friend Of The Poor By Bayo Oluwasanmi

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Death is a necessary and natural rite of passage – a transaction. For the Christian faithful, death is also a vindication for resurrection to be true. As I watched the funeral of Pastor T.B. Joshua on TV and seeing the mammoth crowd that accompanied him to his final resting place, no doubt the mist was broken, the sunlight came, Joshua breathed the free air of the mountains of God on his way to his maker. Whether or not you agree with his theology, you must admit that it was a…