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       Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has said the title of the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland being conferred on the Leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams by the Alaafin of Oyo, Kabiyesi Iku Baba Yeye Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, is putting a round peg in a round hole. Fayose said he has no doubt that the cap fits Adams going by the pedigree of the recipient of the prestigious title. He stated this in a message to congratulate Adams on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi. According to the governor, Oba Adeyemi made the right choice in the appointment of Adams as the Generalissimo of the Oyo Empire. "In the Yoruba tradition, before a person is conferred with a chieftaincy title, he must have certain leadership qualities and the title of the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland is for that bold, courageous, exemplary man who burns with the zeal to defend our land and protect her interest. All these are not

          The attention of the EFCC has been drawn to reports in the social media purporting that the Commission recently stormed the basement of the Ikeja, Lagos residence of Senator Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun State, where cash in local and foreign currencies are said to have been stashed in a vault.   The report quoting ghost sources in the Commission further alleged that the Commission had been on the trail of the governor for two weeks before the purported raid. It is important to state that there is no truth in the report. Governor Amosun was neither under surveillance nor was any of his residence raided by operatives of the EFCC. Consequently, members of the public are enjoined to disregard the false report.

       A Lagos State School and Two Administrators have emerged winners in three, out of nine categories at the President’s Teachers and Schools Excellence Awards contest among participants from 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Speaking at the ceremony held at the Eagle Square, Abuja, the representative of President Muhammad Buhari and Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu noted that the  President’s Teachers and Schools Excellence Awards (PTSEA) was introduced as part of the on-going reform programme of the government to motivate teachers and schools to improve productivity in the education sector in the country. He said the initiative aims to recognise and reward deserving public schools, their teachers and administrators; institutionalize productivity consciousness and excellence in service amongst teachers, administrators and schools in the public education sector and to identify, encourage and motivate teachers, administrators and schools f

        Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja has adjourned to November 15 and 16, 2017 the N1.35billion fraud trial of erstwhile governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido. This adjournment was at the instance of Lamido’s new counsel, Kanu Agabi, SAN. “My Lord, I wish to appeal for an adjournment to familiarize myself with the facts of this case. This is my first time of appearing before this honourable court in this matter”, Agabi pleaded.

      Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun on Wednesday delivered the keynote address at the 11th National Council on Environment (NCE), held in Abeokuta. Also present were his wife, Olufunso, Minister of State for Environment, Mallam Ibrahim Jubril, Chairmen of Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Environment and Commissioners for Environment from the 36 states of the country.More photos below.

        The Lagos State Government has initiated a job fair for the unemployed graduates as part of efforts to harness available job opportunities in the private sector and small businesses in the state. Speaking at the Ikorodu Job Fair, the Commissioner, Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment, Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti said the Job Fair is part of the Graduate Internship Programme recently inaugurated by the Lagos State Government fo r the Unemployed Graduates under the age of 30 years in the State. He informed that the fair was designed to bring together the Off- Takers (Potential Employers) and the Interns together in an enabling environment for effective communication and to also manage the expectations of both the off- Takers and the Interns. While noting that the Internship will be for three months and Interns will be paid a stipend of N25, 000.00 monthly by the State Government, the Commissioner stressed that the fair will be replicated in other Divisions of the

      The Duchess of Cornwall has had a busy week, full of engagements. On Monday, HRH attended the Women of the Year Lunch, where she gave a speech:  "You all represent, not only yourselves and your own achievements, but also the millions of remarkable women who make a difference every day." On Tuesday, HRH launched a new campaign with the Royal Voluntary Service  # OurAmazingPeople  (with a little help from Brian Blessed and Felicity Kendal amongst others!) In the evening, HRH presented George Saunders with the  # ManBooker2017  Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo. Finally, today The Duchess opened the new Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at Worcester College,  University of Oxford .More photos below.

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce recently post a photo of himself when he was 5 years on social media.He captioned the photo above '' ‪Me aged five, in Enugu, taking aim at the future with my toy gun''.Wow memories.One more photo below.

         Former U. S. president Barack Obama, has picked Nigeria’s Kehinde Wiley, to paint his official presidential portrait. The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery while making the announcement said Wiley is an exciting choice for the presidential portrait. Wiley, a hip-hop portraitist is known for lush, larger-than-life portraits that overlay black street culture with European classical motifs. The 40 year-old New York-based artist, born to a Nigerian father and an African American mother, will have a novel spin on the traditionally formal composition. Wiley has painted rappers LL Cool J in the style of John Singer Sargent, Ice T as Emperor Napoleon by David and young African American men in stained glass tableaus, like saints in a cathedral. The background of his paintings reference African cloth patterns, snaking through the composition to give further clues on his subject. The Obamas’s portraits, which will surely draw selfie enthusiasts, will be unveiled at the Nati

       It has come to the notice of the Kwara State Government that certain individuals are spreading rumours about soldiers injecting school pupils in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Area of the State. The general public is hereby advised to ignore such rumours as neither the Nigerian Army nor any other security agency is currently undertaking a vaccination exercise or any other health campaign in any part of the State. Members of the public, particularly parents, are advised not panic and to refrain from withdrawing their wards from schools based on this unfounded rumour. Signed: Special Adviser on Security to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Amusa Bello