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Yinka Ayefele: I Feel Elated As M.O.N
Guardian (Saturday, July 31, 2010): By Cletus Nwachukwu
How do you feel being nominated as a Member of the Order of the Niger?
I feel extremely happy, especially being the only Nigerian artiste that made the nomination list. I feel honoured and proud of my profession. I now see myself as a bona fide Nigerian ambassador, especially when it comes to music.
Were you expecting the Award?
No. As a matter of fact, I did not know that I was nominated for the honour until I got the notice. I must at this point thank the Ekiti State Government, because I believe they recommended me. More.... |
Ekiti Central: Towards quality representation in 2011
Nigerian Tribune (Friday, July 30, 2010): Written by Kayode Samuel
The National Assembly is currently peopled essentially by charlatans and morally dubious characters, but there are also a few who merit being in the hallowed chambers. One recalls the regrets expressed sometime ago by the erudite professor of law and foundation, Dean of Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Professor Itse Sagay who, when asked why the likes of him were not interested in representing their people at the National Assembly, corrected that impression by saying that he and other eminent minds were interested in politics, but lacked a credible platform and the free money which is often required to prosecute elections in the country. More.... |
AC advises INEC chairman to redeploy Ayoka Adebayo
Nigerian Tribune (Friday, July 30, 2010): Written by Adewale Ajayi
The Action Congress (AC) has advised the INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, to redeploy Mrs Ayoka Adebayo from Ondo State as the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, to allay fears that her posting was a collusion between the commission and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The party, in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said while it believed that Professor Jega, did the posting without malice, as he had explained, the posting seemed to reinforce the public boast by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a chieftain of the PDP, that his party would re-claim Ondo State from the Labour Party in the next general election. More.... |
120 unclaimed bodies for mass burial in Ekiti
The Nation (Friday, July 30, 2010): By Odunayo Ogunmola
AUTHORITIES of the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Ado-Ekiti, have concluded arrangements to bury the 120 unclaimed bodies in the hospital’s mortuary.
The hospital’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Patrick Adegun, announced this yesterday while adderessing reporters.
He urged members of the public who have unclaimed bodies of relations in the mortuary to claim them.
Adegun stressed that the hospital authorities could be compelled to give mass burial to the bodies if their family members do not claim them. More.... |
Breaking News: banks in Ado Ekiti closed
Ekiti Panupo Yahoo Group (Thursday, July 29, 2010): . More.... |
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