By Sarafa Ibrahim Someone sent a message to me on WhatsApp, and I have since been ruminating about the phrase used, which informed the title of this my piece. Ostensibly commenting on a video showing a procession of newly acquired tractors making their ways into Osogbo, the state capital, he said,’Adeleke breathes life to agriculture…
As part of efforts to ensure food security in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke on Friday, unveiled 31 newly purchased tractors and distributed 6,000 herbicides, 80,000 cashew seedlings, 8,000 cassava cuttings, 8,000 various vegetable seeds and 500 bags of lime to farmers, women associations, people living with disabilities and government schools with large farmlands in…
Onyekachi Akuchukwu Onwenu MFR (January 31, 1952-2024), popularly known as Onyeka Onwenu, was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, into the family of Dixon Kanu Onwenu from Arondizuogu, Ideato North LGA in Imo State. Onyeka Onwenu lived life to the brim. The Elegant Stallion, as she was dubbed, was subtly beautiful, strong and brilliant. Like a…
Several hundreds of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) publicly renounced their membership of the party and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday. The defectors were formally welcomed to the party at Ansar-ul Deen Primary School, Araromi, Iwo in the Iwo Local Government area of Osun State by Hon. Sunday Bisi, the…
Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” has been laid to rest in Lagos. The funeral service was held at the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, followed by a private burial at a vault in Ikoyi. It would be recalled that Onyeka Onwenu slumped and died on 30th July 2024…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has urged youths to repair,rebuild and reconstruct the state and Nation as a whole. The Governor made the call on Friday during the occasion of swearing-in opening ceremony of the 2024 batch B stream 11 orientation course for corps members deployed to Osun state at the NYSC permanent orientation…
Assures them of new minimum wages implementation The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved the year 2024 promotion exercise due to State Civil Servants and at the same time assured them of his readiness to implement new minimum wages in earnest after a due statutory process has been concluded. This was made known…
Cristiano Ronaldo has been honoured with a special award to recognise his remarkable legacy as the all-time leading goal scorer in the Champions League. Also, former Italy goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon has received the 2024 UEFA President’s Award. The duo were honoured at the UEFA Champions League phase draw that took place in Monaco on Thursday…
The federal government on Wednesday awarded the sum of N47 million to 32 innovators in the country through the Presidential Standing Committee on Innovations and Inventions (PSCII) programme. Speaking at the grants presentation event in Abuja, the Deputy Director, overseeing the Department of Technology Acquisition and Adaptation (TAA) at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and…
● Speaks On State Electricity Agenda It was with pomp and pageantry that Governor Ademola Adeleke relaunched the execution of Obokun 33KVA Feeder abandoned for the past 11 years by previous administrations of the All Progressives Congress(APC). The project, which was awarded in 2013 to service towns and villages across four Local governments of Osun…
