Editor/ Front line governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Dr. Paul Akintelure, is dead. The aspirant for the November 16, 2024 election had five days ago raised an alarm on alleged threats to his life. Akintelure, who was the running mate of late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on the platform of the then Action Congress of Nigeria, had said the threat to his life were both direct and indirect. The medical doctor and founder of Broad Hospital,...
Project Lead Africa is thrilled to announce Ondo State Entrepreneurship Agency (ONDEA) as the official sponsor for the 2023 Leadership Excellence and Dignity Awards. According to the organizers, the 2023 Lead Awards ceremony promises to be bigger and better, with the support of leading organizations driving innovation and growth within and outside Ondo State. In a press statement made available to journalists in Lagos, the Principal Consultant and Executive Director, Project Lead Africa, Mr. Abiola...
A Nigerian man has been arrested in Libya for alleged murder of his newborn baby. Migrant Rescue Watch disclosed this in a post on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. According to the post, the suspect allegedly killed the baby with chlorine and buried the body in a shallow grave on the farm where he works. “Western Region Support Forces arrested a Nigerian #migrant worker for intentionally killing his own newborn baby. The accused used chlorine to feed and kill the baby and than secretly...
The 4th edition of the Bodex Social Media Hangout, held at the prestigious Radisson Blu Ikeja, Lagos on 21st October 2023, brought together an ensemble of digital experts, thoughtful leaders, Opinion experts, stakeholders and social media enthusiasts for an event that left a profound mark on the ever-evolving digital landscape. Themed 'Social Media: Hope or Hubris,' the event explored the evolution of social media, transforming from its early days as a platform for personal connections to the complex...
A woman, Oluchukwu Nwosu, has been arrested for allegedly selling her three-month-old grandchild for N50,000 in Anambra State. Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the state Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, who disclosed this in a press statement on Sunday, October 22, 2023, said the baby was rescued following a report by his mother, Ijeoma Nwosu. According to Ijeoma, her mother forcefully sold her baby soon after he was born and has since refused to tell her where...
Tobi Bakre, Veekee James, Victor Fatanmi, Omonhinmin Ilooise, Seyi Oluyole, and Pelumi Salako were among the winners at The Future Awards Africa 2023, held yesterday, October 22, at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. Hosted by singer and actress Vee Iye, along with actor and TV personality James Gardiner. 25 winners emerged at this year’s event, with trailblazers selected across their communities in categories ranging from social activism to business, and entertainment. Tobi...
Professors from all over the world gathered recently to analyse and proffer ways to economic recovery, sustainability and control by way of best Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) at the 2023 International conference of the Institute of Operational research and Management Science (IORMS) at the Auditorium of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) Ikorodu, Lagos. The four-day event which was held from 5th to 8th of September had the collaboration of international OR experts...
MY PERSONAL STATEMENT ON MY NYSC STATUS AS A SERVING MINISTER The last couple of days have witnessed barrage of media attacks and misinformation about me following my appointment and swearing-in as the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I want to, again, thank President Tinubu for finding me worthy and for giving me the opportunity to serve the country I love as one of his Ministers. It is true I am currently on the NYSC national service which...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested more than 100 suspected homosexuals accused of being involved in a gay wedding in the state. Police arrest The spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, paraded the suspects at the police headquarters in Asaba on Tuesday morning, August 28. According to him, the suspects were allegedly holding a gay wedding at a hotel in the state, when they were apprehended. “Delta State Command has arrested over a hundred gay suspects in a hotel...
Ronke Kehinde/ A host of friends, family members, and well-wishers thronged Ijebu-Jesa on July 8, 2023, to celebrate a philanthropist who has invested much in building people and estate development in Nigeria and the United States. Otunba Funmi Abiodun, a Home Builder in the United States, who is fondly called Findo, was installed as Otunba Atunluse by Oba Moses Agunsoye of Egboroland in Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State, southwest, Nigeria. As he was being celebrated by kith and kin, Findo told...