Category: Peoples & Brands

The World Should Be Prepared For Another Pandemic – UN

Abisola Olayinka

The United Nations is commemorating the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday, underscoring the need to learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, and urging greater solidarity within and among countries, to deal with future health emergencies.  “This first observance of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness falls at the end of a year in which a scenario many had feared came tragically true … As we strive to control and recover from the current pandemic, we must think about the next,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a message.…

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Buhari at 78: If Only We Knew This President, By Femi Adesina

Abisola Olayinka

– Says If Only People Knew Buhari, They Would Treat Him With More Kindness – If need be, Adesina says he will serve Buhari for no price Ask for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari, the ramrod straight man from Daura, in Katsina State, who turns 78 today. In the build up to the 2015 presidential election, we used to say everything had been thrown at him as projectiles, except the kitchen sink. Permit me to update that expression. Today, everything possible has been…

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Osibogun Hands Over Renovated Wole Soyinka Theatre Hall to UI Management

Abisola Olayinka

Broadcaster, businessman and philanthropist, Otunba Deji Osibogun, who marked his 65th birthday has renovated the prestigious Wole Soyinka Theatre Hall of the University of Ibadan, Oyo state. The unveiling of the newly renovated theatre took place 9th of November, 2020 at the institution premises where the school’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, hosted Otunba Osibogun and his wife.

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Court Rules In Favour Of Bamali, To Be Inaugurated As The 19th Emir Of Zazzau

Abisola Olayinka

The Kaduna State High Court sitting in Dogarawa, Sabon Gari, Zaria just now rules that Alhaji Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli is the 19th Emir of Zazzau. Justice Kabir Dabo, the presiding judge, also ruled that the Emir can be inaugurated on Monday, November 9, by the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai. This follows the topmost contender in the race for Emirship of Zazzau, Alhaji Bashir Aminu, who dragged Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, the newly appointed Emir, Ahmed Bamalli, and the Zazzau kingmakers to court over the appointment of Bamalli as Emir. Prince…

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COVID-19: UNRAVELING THE INACCURACIES IN NCDC DATA

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By Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye Yesterday April 11th, at exactly 9:30pm, the National Center for Disease and Control (NCDC) announced a total of 318 cases of covid-19 in Nigeria through its website and verified social media accounts. Analyses: 70 Discharged, 10 Deaths and 238 Active Cases. However, a further look at the data released by the NCDC shows that the number of discharged patients are under-reported which, without much ado, renders the number released for active cases inaccurate. PLEASE FOLLOW ME: OSUN: 10 patients were discharged around 2pm on April 11th…

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COVID-19: Nigerians in Ireland Urges Buhari to Lockdown the Country

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A group, Nigerians in Ireland(NIIRE), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to lockdown the country now  that there are still fewer cases of the dreaded coronavirus. The group, in a statement signed by its coordinator, Dr Oluseyi Aba, also urged the Federal and state governments to ensure that Nigerians get paid some stipend to enable them cope with whatever economic consequences the total lockdown may create for them while it lasts. While noting that a complete lockdown of the country will help curtail the spread of the virus, NIIRE stressed…

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About Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye, CEO, The Elite Creative Solutions

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The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Elite Creative Solutions, Nigeria is Maxwell Ebenezer Adeyemi Adeleye, an indigene of Ilogbo-Ekiti, Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State. He is a Trained Teacher, Political Scientist, Talented Investigative Journalist, Publisher, Public Policy Analyst, Media/Public Relations and Development Communications Consultant and Events Planner. He studied English Language/Political Science at College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti. He thereafter proceeded to Adekunle Ajasain University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State to study political Science Education and graduated with honours. He bagged Masters’ of Science Degree in Political Science…

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About The Elite Creative Solutions, Nigeria

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The Elite Creative Solutions is a fastest growing Nigerian Multi-Dimensional Media-Marketing Communications, Media and Public Relations, Events Planning and Policy Research and Advocacy Firm. The Firm specifically specializes on Research and Advocacy, Events Planning, Experiential Marketing, Live Transmission and News Coverage of Events; Integrated Media-Marketing Communications, Media and Public Relations, Branding and Protection of People, Products, Organizations and Events across Multi-platform Media Communications channels such as the Print, Electronic, Digital and Social Platforms. The firm has professionally managed and still managing the media marketing and strategic communications and had undergone…

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Dayo Adamolekun: A Fruit of Daring Adventure

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By Samuel Fasanmi, PhD. The crowd was huge as everyone was jostling for a slot to be selected for the ad-hoc job of the Nigeria Identity Card Commission. School leavers, artisans, and civil servants thronged Saint Benedicts Primary School, Ido-Ekiti, the Local Government Headquarters of Ido/Osi in Ekiti State. The NICC was shouldered with the responsibility of training ad-hoc staff that would register citizens at various designated centres across the nation. The exercise was during Olusegun Obasanjo first term in office in 2002, I was a supervisor and my duties…

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Fidelity Bank rewards 5 customers in Bauchi

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Fidelity Bank Plc on Wednesday rewarded five of its customers  in Bauchi with N1.8million during the quarterly draws of its ‘Get Alert’ promo. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three of the customers were rewarded with N500,000 each and the other two customers went home with N150,000 each. The lucky beneficiaries are Ugochukwu Caleb (N500,000), Udeh Chizoba (N500,000), Kobina Enterprise Ltd (N500,000), Opalalake Oluchukwu (N15o,000) and Abubakar Sarki (N150,000). Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Dr Musa Tarimbuka,North East Regional Manager, Fidelity Bank, said the promo was a way of…

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