Tag: Rotimi Akeredolu

BETTY AKEREDOLU: How NOT to be a First Lady By Femi ODERE

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Although one may never know the color and texture of the animosity between now Gov Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State and Mrs. Betty Akeredolu, late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s wife and former First Lady that makes her almost always fly off the handle at the mention of her late husband’s name by the present government. Neither should it matter in the very least who wronged whom before one weighs in on what’s usually a one-sided brickbat always inexpertly advertised by Mrs. Akeredolu when an issue of public importance has to do…

Ex-Senate President Lawan mourns Akeredolu, Na’Abba

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President of the Ninth Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has mourned the demise of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba.   Akeredolu died at the age of 67, and Na’Abba at 65.   In a statement issued, on Wednesday, by his Media Adviser, Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo, Senator Lawan said the deaths of both leaders have left a void in the political and governance landscape of the nation.     He described Akeredolu as a visionary leader whose commitment to…

Betty Akeredolu and her husband’s ‘side chic’, by Kazeem Akintunde

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Rotimi-Akeredolu

Since he came down with a health challenge, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has managed to keep the media and, by extension, Nigerians, out of his personal business. In fact, when the governor was flown out of the country in April last year to seek treatment in a German Hospital, the rumour mills went on overdrive as there was an unconfirmed report that Arakunrin was seriously sick and could probably be dead. However, a video soon surfaced online where the Governor was seen having breakfast with some of his…