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By Debo Adeniji Eight hundred and sixty one employees of the Lagos State public service were today honoured with long service merit awards. In his welcome address, the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri- Okunola urgedPublic servants in the state to keep up their good attitude to work and continually perform their good job to further the successful implementation of the THEMES agenda of the present administration. At the 2020 Long Service Merit Award celebration, which took place at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja, the head of service said the event presents the opportunity to celebrate public servants who have served…

The management at Parrot Xtra Media Network Inc has announced that its popular radio show, Parrot Xtra Hour on Radio will now be aired live, every Monday by 7pm on Oluyole 98.5fm owned by the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS). In a special statement over the weekend, the Publisher of Parrot Xtra Magazine, Olayinka Agboola, who also doubles as the Radio Show’s Crew Leader said the move was necessitated because of the need to expand the scope and listenership of the show. Agboola, a former Press Secretary to late Governor Lam Adesina of Oyo State, explained further that the…

By Babatunde Odubanwo After ten days of intensive electoral process in electing political leaders in different elective positions of authority in the United States of America, a phenomenal history was made. I know it sounds a bit out of place to allude the emergence of former Vice President of the United States of America from 2008-2016, Senator Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.  as the 46th President of the United States of America going by his track records as an elected U.S Senator representing Delaware at age 29. The President-Elect of the United States is a man of extraordinary fate and demeanour…

By Sola Ojewusi Joseph R. Biden is the next President of the United States. After a hard fought battle that set the whole world on edge these past days, Biden’s victory was sealed after crossing the 270 electoral college threshold, a feat made possible by his clinching of the 20 electoral college votes of the state of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile this victory is a resounding fulfillment of the prophesy of Prophet T.B Joshua in the run up to the election in which he directly told US evangelicals that they should look beyond Trump. The fulfilled prophesy is already creating a huge…

By Yomi Odunuga The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has decried the diversion of the 13 percent oil derivation funds by oil producing states. Specifically, he made a case for 100 percent utilisation of the funds for oil-bearing communities, as against the practice where states release only 50 percent of the money to development commissions in their states. The Delta Central lawmaker noted that since host communities bear the burden of environmental degradation from the oil industry, it is only fair that all funds be channeled into the development of the affected areas. According to a Press…

By Mary Odunola Okwudiba The delight of the sunIs to work at her paceFor she’s got for her workTo provide for the seaOf lives to surviveAnd she does at her paceFor with haste she’ll default. And the sun at a glanceCan achieve her delightFor her best is displayedAt the ease of her pace. Your delight you can getWhen you work at your paceAnd your best’ll be displayedAt the ease of your paceBut with haste you’ll default.

By Sola Ojewusi As part of efforts to help forge a great future for Nigerian youths, the President of African Children’s Talent Discovery Foundation, Engr. Noah Dallaji has waded into the ongoing face off between the youth organizers of the #EndSARS Protests and government at all levels in the country. On Monday, the world renowned philanthropist made a whistle stop visit to Lagos to rub minds with opinion leaders at various levels in order to forge a way forward as far as current impass between the youths and the authorities is concerned. During the visit, Engr. Noah, accompanied by one…

BY CYRIL ABAKU By every account, September was a historic month for the federal government and its lead agency in the Ogoni cleanup programme, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project. At a highly publicised event that took place in Nkeleoken-Alode community, Eleme Local Government Area, a high powered delegation comprising the minister of the environment, leaders of Khana local government area, chiefs, elders, the youth, and state, as well as local government officials, gathered together to celebrate a feat that seemed destined to happen in some distant time. The said event was the Federal government’s handover of seven cleaned up lots…

By Sola Ojewusi Internationally renowned Prophet and televangelist, Prophet T.B Joshua of SCOAN has finally come out with his much-awaited prophesy on the US Elections. In a statement on the church’s Emmanuel TV channel and on various social media platforms, the Man of God predicted thus: “We Christians would have loved it to go the way we wanted. But the Bible says it is never proper to base our faith on our improvement after prayer. We should not worry. The joy is that the new Supreme Court Judge, Amy Coney Barrett, will be an instrument of check.” This portion of…

By Ismail Omipidan …give gov rousing welcome to office over new minimum wage, other welfare packages Following the approval of new welfare packages for all categories of workers in Osun State, the civil servants have a passed vote of confidence in Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, describing him as a promise keeper. The workers who went into jubilation over the new welfare packages also hailed the administration of Governor Oyetola for taking their welfare as topmost priority since assumption of office in 2018. It will be recalled that Governor Adegboyega Oyetola had on Friday announced the approval and immediate implementation of new…