Family celebraes First Year Remembrance For Oba Okunade Sijuwade...Details of The Event

The first year Remembrance of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, the 50th Ooni of Ife, held yesterday, the 29^th of July 2016.  It was a two-day event that started on Thursday, 28 July-the 29^th, 2016. The first day celebration started with a Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Ayegbaju, Ife and it was followed by a grand reception at the Castle of Mercy, Ede Road, Ile-Ife.

Budget Padding Saga: Jibrin Ask DSS To Arrest Speaker Dogara …Storms Abuja States Service Office

The budget padding ruckus seems to be attracting new headlines daily as those involved are bent in seeing the end of it. On the side of the immediate past Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, who acted as the whistleblower has taken a step forward to invite the  Department of State Services to arrest the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara. Jibrin, yesterday stormed the headquarters of the DSS, Abuja, to seek the arrest of the Speaker for his role in the alleged budget padding.

For Grace Hats, Its 36 years already

One of the foremost milliners in the country, Grace Hats recently rolled out the drums to celebrate its 36^th years of the brand.

The occasion which had notable personalities in attendance took place on the 24^th of July 2016

The event started with red carpet interviews and photographs by friends, customers, Fashion Designers Association Of Nigeria (FADAN) President and members, Family, Business partners, invited guests and well-wishers.

Buhari's Second Coming: A Tragic Mistake! By Remi Oyeyemi

For those who have followed my writings, it is not news to them that I have no iota of confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari either as a candidate or as President of Nigeria. It is not news that it has been difficult for me to believe that anything good could come out of Buhari’s Nazareth. My convictions are based on his trajectory on the political landscape of Nigeria. A trajectory of corruption, incompetence, deceit, nepotism and a genre of noxious tribalism are the contaminating clouds characterizing his contoured career.

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But for someone like me, who is an avowed unbeliever in Buhari, it is nothing personal. It is all about the future of my children who despite having several opportunities for being Americans have fallen in love first of all with Ijeshaland, the Yoruba Nation, the unfortunate country called Nigeria and the continent Africa. That is the order of priority in which I have tried to educate them and they understand, or rather I did everything to make them understand, why it has to be that way.

Abana olasheu Sets To Commission New Hotel

City big boy, Olashehu Kareem a.k.a Abana is set to commission his new baby, a gigantic hotel project any time soon.

The businessman who has his hands in different businesses including farming, real estate, hospitality business, general trading and oil and gas, is more than poised to increase his hospitality havens, with the addition of his ultra modern Valley View Hotel.

Nollywood Star, Tayo Sobola Releases her Wedding pictures?

Nollywood actress Tayo Sobola aka Sotayo once again shines like a thousand stars in this new photoshoot that has sent the social media circle agog with tales of possible wedding bells for the star actress. It will be recalled that she releases a set of traditional wedding inspired pictures some few weeks ago.

Sacked Employees of Office of AGF Cry for Justice, say Sack Unjust

No fewer than 71 accounting Officers, employees of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), who were recently disengaged by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), have petitioned, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Accountant General of the Federation, (AGF) and Joan Ayo, Chairman the FCSC, over what they termed unjust termination of appointment.

They alleged for no just cause, the appointment letters they were offered in 2014 after undergoing interview, screening and documentation, were suddenly withdrawn in 2016 without cogent reasons.

 They said their engagement followed laid down civil service rules and regulations and therefore at loss of what led to the termination of their appointment after waiting for two years to be posted to offices across the country.

EXPERTS LINK BEER TO SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COHESION

Scholars and culture experts have highlighted the role of beer in the sustenance of the socio-cultural cohesion of people across ages. They made the submission  at the 3rd Nigerian Beer Symposium in Lagos on Thursday.

Professor Bartholomew Okolo, a Professor of Applied Microbiology and a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in his paper on the Social and Cultural Roles of Beer in Society, explained that In all societies, beer plays an important role not only in major life-cycle events, such as birth and death, but also in minor everyday transitions. According to him, in studies conducted in various parts of the world, beer drinking venues have been identified as the most important venues for promoting interactions and friendships between people from diverse backgrounds.

SELF DRIVING CAR Kills FIRST Victim

A former Navy SEAL has become the first person to die at the wheel of a self-driving car – and a witness has claimed he was watching a Harry Potter movie when his Tesla collided with a truck while on autopilot.

Joshua Brown, 40, died after his computer-guided Tesla Model S plowed into a tractor trailer on a freeway in Williston, Florida, in May.

Teacher To Spend 7 Years in Prison for Visa Scam

A school teacher, Idris Buhari has been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for offences bordering on

obtaining by false pretense by Justice J K Omotosho of the Federal High Court Kano.

The convict who was prosecuted on a three count charge brought against him by the Economic and

Pope orders Christians To Accept Gay People … Demands Apology For Discriminating Against Them

Pope Francis has voiced out that the Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should apologize to gay people and seek their forgiveness for the way they have been treated.

The Pope supported the German Cardinal, Reinhard Marx who said that the Church needed to say sorry for the way it has treated the gay community.

Speaking on it, he says “We Christians have to apologise for so many things, not just for this (treatment of gay people), but we must ask for forgiveness. Not just apologise — forgiveness,” he said.

Steven Keshi To Be Immortalized By FG …Plans To Name Abuja National Stadium After Him

  The Federal Government have concluded plans to name the Abuja National Stadium after the illustrious ex footballer and late former Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi for his contributions as both player and coach of the senior national team.

Keshi who died on June 8 in Benin City at the age of 54 has won the continent’s highest football prize, the Africa Cup of Nations, as a player and coach as well as qualified Nigeria for the FIFA World Cup and even equaled Eagles best ever performance.