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Presidential Candidates Should Caution Support Against Inciting Comments

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"Presidential Candidates Should Caution Support Against Inciting Comments"- NPF By: Kehinde Adekunjo In close monitoring of the ongoing 2023 electoral exercise, and consequent upon a series of intelligence reports, and high expectations from all angles, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has deemed it necessary to charge Presidential Candidates of all political parties, most especially APC, PDP, LP and NNPP, to caution their party stalwarts and supporters to avoid making inciting comments capable of unnecessarily heating up the polity and creating undue excitement amongst the electorates and the general populace in the country. According to a release,  NFP, having assessed the trend of scaled-up expectations and psychological projections on the ongoing electoral process viz-a-viz collation of results, charges all presidential candidates, as leading and respected figures in their respective political parties, to seize the opportunity of this waiting period to emphasize the rule of

Oba Matemilola inaugurates Owu Community Library

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Oba Matemilola inaugurates Owu Community Library Olowu of Owu, Oba Prof. Saka Adelola Matemilola will on Tuesday inaugurate the Owu Community Library. In fulfillment of his promise as he is set to showcase his unwavering commitment to promote literacy throughout the length and breadth of Owu kingdom and by extension Nigeria. The event according to a release by the Coordinator, Owu Community Library, Mr Biodun Lasile will take place at the Olowu Palace,Oke- Ago Owu at 10am. The Chairperson of the occasion is the University Librarian, FUNAAB, Prof Fehintola Onifade, Other dignitaries are Permanent Secretary   Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Mrs Ogunleye, Director Library Services, Mr  Franklin Giwa,  Owu Chiefs, and many eminent personalities. The event being championed by the Olowu  is another clarion call to revive old libraries and provide new ones that bring books closer to the people, thereby encouraging and increasing human capacity development in our locality and eve

I wrote this as tribute to Alhaji Lateef Jakande 2 years ago...

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 I wrote this as tribute to Alhaji Lateef Jakande 2 years ago... By: Tunji Aderohunmu Alhaji Jakande will probably give report to his fellow progressives as thus: Chief Obafemi Awolowo- "Baba, the Cocoa House you bequeathed to us is still there standing gidigba. However, those who took over from us have refused to be creative, they only use your name and legacies to win elections, their common slogan "restructuring" evaporates as they gain political power. They still run to Abuja to share oil money while the once thriving agricultural sector is left unattended to. As your last disciple, I made sure I didn't derail from the lesson you taught us about frugality, it may interest you to know that my same Ilupeju-Lagos home was where I took my last breathe despite having one of the best housing scheme in the history of the state. I purposely stayed in that same neighbourhood to teach modesty but unfortunately, a common councillor takes residence on the Island and detach h

2023 Elections: Amosun Endorses Micky Kazzim

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2023 Elections: Amosun Endorses Micky Kazzim By: Kehinde Adekunjo Former  State governor and serving senator for Ogun Central Senatorial District, Senator Ibikun Amosun has endorsed Hon. Micky Kazzim of Allied People Movement (APM) candidacy for Aboekuta South Federal Constituency in the coming general elections. Senator Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress, APC made this endorsement yesterday in Abeokuta, at Ake Palace ground, as the campaign for the African Democratic Congress candidates kicked-off officially. As a serving senator and former governor in Ogun, Ibikunle Amosun staked his reputation and goodwill as he advised his loyalists, party faithfuls and  voters to give maximum support by voting all his anointed candidates, amongst whom is Honorable Micky Kazzim APM's candidate for Abeokuta South Federal Constituency in the coming general elections. Amosun's endorsement came at the right time, as one of the prominent foundation fathers of both APC and APM in th