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Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described Renown poet and Emeritus Professor of Literature, Professor John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo as an intellectual “who made his mark and left this plane of existence as a colossus.” In a press release signed by Yomi Otunuga, his Adviser on Media, and in which he recalled Prof Clark’s remarkable intellectual contributions, Senator Omo-Agege described his death at 85 early on Tuesday morning as the end point of an impactful life. “Senator Omo-Agege expressed appreciation to God for granting the late intellectual a peaceful exit, surrounded by his family,” the statement said. According to Omo-Agege,…

By Sola Ojewusi Late 2019, in the wake of the internecine and unending fraternal war in South Sudan, a war that had then proved very difficult for international bodies like even the UN to bring to an end, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan invited the Nigerian televangelist and prophet, T.B. Joshua to come and intervene spiritually in the terrible war and help his nation seek the face of God in a bid to find a solution to the deadly conflict. It would be recalled that T.B. Joshua subsequent visited the country, met President Salva Kiir, held prayer sessions…

Prof. John Pepper Clark, Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer has died. The poet who is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark reportedly died in the early hours of this morning. In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, for the children and made available to Vanguard Tuesday, Professor John Pepper Clark died in the early hours of today. The statement read, “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce that Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned…

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, on his re-election as Governor of Ondo State for another four-year term. According to a press statement this evening by the President’s Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, “The President lauds the resounding victory of the Governor at the election held on Saturday, October 10, 2020, noting that the votes garnered ‘show that one good turn surely deserves another.'” The statement further reveals that Buhari thanked the people of Ondo State for keeping faith with their Governor, and the All Progressives Congress (APC), noting that “the people know the person…

The Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed has announced the immediate disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). This is s a fallout of the nationwide protests over the brutal nature of the outfit. The announcement was made this Sunday afternoon in Abuja. It would be recalled that in the past several days, there has been nationwide outcry against the existence of SARS with protesters having support from even several world leaders. The universality of this protest must have forced the hand of the police chief. More details later..

President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2021 budget estimate to a joint session of the National Assembly. The proposed expenditure is put at N13.08 trillion with a crude oil benchmark price of $40 per barrel. The budget contains recurrent expenditure of N5.65 trillion, personnel cost of N3.76 trillion and Debt Service of N3.12 trillion. Statutory transfers has been put at N484.4 billion while Pension, Gratuities & Retirees Benefits was put at N500.19 billion. A projected inflation rate of 11.95 per cent and GDP growth rate of 3.00 per cent was considered.https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html The president budgeted N128 billion for the National Assembly…

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” Louise Glück was born 1943 in New York and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Apart from her writing she is a professor of English at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. She made her debut in 1968 with ‘Firstborn’, and was soon acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature. She has received several prestigious awards, among them the Pulitzer Prize (1993) and the National Book Award (2014). Louise Glück has…

The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau, according to a statement signed by Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani, Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government Affairs. Bamalli succeeds HRH Alh. (Dr.) Shehu Idris who died on Sunday, 20th September 2020 after reigning for 45 years. Alh. Bamalli is the first emir from the Mallawa ruling house in 100 years, following the demise in 1920 of his grandfather, Emir Dan Sidi. Until his appointment as Emir of Zazzau, Alh. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli held the title of Magajin Garin Zazzau…

By Olayinka Agboola Mr POTUS sir, My name is OLAYINKA AGBOOLA, a journalist, publisher and broadcaster from Nigeria, Africa. I am at present being treated as a REAL victim of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at one of Africa’s best tertiary health care institutions, the University College Hospital, here in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State (of Nigeria). I really got compelled to send you, Mr POTUS, this message because of the current discussions concerning your supposed COVID-19 status. As far as I am concerned, you really do not know what the dreaded disease is all about. If you did,…

….Gets N5Million, New House Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appointed Olamilekan Moshood Agbelesebioba, popularly known as LAYCON, winner of the just concluded Big Brother Naija, as the Youth Ambassador of the State. The State Government also donated N5Million and a three bedroom bungalow to the New Youth Ambassador Below is the text of the statement by the Governor: We have appointed the winner of the Big Brother Naija Lockdown, @itslaycon Youth Ambassador of Ogun State in addition to house and cash gifts. I relayed this development today, when I played host to Olamilekan Moshood Agbelesebioba AKA Laycon in…