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Usman Gur Mohammed, Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN has been sacked by the Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman. In a release this evening by the ministry, Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz was announced as a replacement albeit in an acting capacity pending his confirmation as the substantive TCN boss. More details later.

As feared by many, President Mohammadu Buhari this afternoon extended the nationwide Covid-19 Curfew by another two weeks. In a statement this afternoon by the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 and the Secretary to the Federal Government, Boss Mustapha, the extension was necessitated by prevailing circumstances. Below is the text of the address by Mustapha: REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION/CHAIRMAN OF THE PTF ON COVID-19 AT THE NATIONAL BRIEFING OF MONDAY 18TH MAY, 2020​I welcome you to the National Briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 for Monday, 18th May,…

a.k.a AJAGUN LAWARIKAN AGBEJA NLABOFA. Young Prince Ademiluyi was born around 1860 at Otutubiosun Royal Compound of Lafogido Ruling House of Ile -lfe old Western part of the British colony before the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern protectorate that formed the present country called Nigeria. The name of his father was Prince Ademakin and his mother was Olori Obitola. He was the second child of his parents who had five children namely Adesanya a.k.a Ogidan Ademiluyi a.k.a Ajagun Jolaadepo (the only female), Adebowale and Adeyeye. Young Prince Ademiluyi took to farming and hunting which was the vogue among many…

The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has lauded the prominent media guru, Basorun Dele Momodu on his 60th birthday, stating that the publisher of the widely read Ovation Magazine has done well the nation. In a statement by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare, Ooni Ogunwusi described Momodu who alongside late journalists; Dele Giwa and Dele Agekameh grew up in the ancient Palace of Ife under the watch of Ooni Adesoji Aderemi as a man of many parts. “Dele Momodu is a freedom fighter who was top among the…

By Olayinka Agboola We were all born to achieve different purposes in life. Yes. We all desire to be successful but most of us never really develop that critical sense of focus, passion and perseverance. Ayobamidele Abayomi Ojutelegan Ajani Momodu had all these ‘packaged’ for him in copious measures by the Creator as he journeyed down to this world sixty years ago. It has been a very long time since I wrote tributes like this about anybody, anywhere. I have, perhaps, become lazy or maybe I have been too busy keeping myself and my businesses alive to bother about scripting…

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has congratulated Professor Ibrahim Gambari (CFR) on his appointment as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhar In his congratulatory message, Senator Omo-Agege expressed optimism that Professor Gambari’s intellectual achievements and decades of international experience will have positive impact on the progressive objectives of the Buhari administration. The Deputy President of the Senate also noted that the scholar-diplomat is stepping in at a very critical time for the All Progressives Congress(APC)-led administration and the nation. “I join millions of other Nigerians in congratulating Professor Ibrahim Gambari (CFR), on this new national…

By Moses Olafare Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) is partnering with ABUAD-Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti on a clinical research aimed at developing drugs and vaccines for viral infections with special focus on Coronavirus pandemic. Ooni Ogunwusi made this known at his Ile-Oodua palace on Monday while receiving reports from his Clinical Research Team. The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) after the donation of the motorized modular fumigator to Ekiti State on Thursday , April 30th , 2020 paid a courtesy call on Founder of the Afe Babalola University , Ado…

Yesterday, we published Ambassador Fafowora’s not so palatable opinions on President Buhari’s new Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari. Today, we counter that with another view from another distinguished Nigerian, Governor Fayemi. Find the extract from Fayemi’s book below: “Around the third week of September 1998, I received a rather surprising call from Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. I had come to respect and like Professor Gambari in the years of our struggle. He became clearly one of our strongest opponents on the diplomatic turf in the sense that he never indulged in any…

By Gboyega Akọsilẹ Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated Professor Ibrahim Gambari as the new Chief Of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as the right man for the job. Sanwo-Olu in a statement signed on his behalf by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Wednesday said Professor Gambari is a man of impeccable character, right temperament, leadership and knowledge. He said: ‘‘The choice of Professor Gambari as successor to the late Mallam Abba Kyari by President Muhammadu Buhari is commendable. Gambari is not just an academic or a diplomat, he is a fine gentleman,…

PLUS BRIEF BIODATA OF THE NEW GATEKEEPER BIO-DATA OF PRESIDENT BUHARI’S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, PROF IBRAHIM GAMBARI Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, CFR, OCORT, a scholar-diplomat, is the Founder/Chairman of the Board of Directors of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, a non-governmental think-tank on research, policy studies, advocacy and training on the nexus between conflict prevention and resolution, democratisation and development in Africa. He has had an illustrious career, spanning academia, government and international diplomacy, culminating with his appointment as the first United Nations Under-Secretary General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa (1999-2005). He was the…