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…
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…
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…
Three men, Joshua Oladele (believed to be a Nigerian), Micah Hines, and Ali Alamiri, have been handed life sentences for the murder of 25-year-old Hamza Iqbal in London, United Kingdom, according to multiple reports. Hamza was said to have been stabbed 23 times in what was described as a revenge attack. The incident occurred on…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has left the headquarters of the Intelligence Response Team in Abuja. The NLC chairman, who arrived at exactly 10:17am, left at 11.15 am after writing his statement. Ajaero did not speak to journalists at the IRT headquarters. He, however, said he would address journalists at the…
The National Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, on Wednesday, said it has commenced a probe into the circumstances surrounding the abduction of a five-month-old baby on a farm in Agbeye town. The security agency said the child was laid under a tree, while the mother picked firewood nearby, but at the time…
