‘You Neither Called Nor Sent a Text, What Politics Are We Playing?’ – Ajimobi’s Widow Blasts Governor Makinde

NewsPeoplePolitics‘You Neither Called Nor Sent a Text, What Politics Are We Playing?’ – Ajimobi’s Widow Blasts Governor Makinde

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 29, 2020

It was a weekend of confrontation and ‘setting the record straight’ by Florence Ajimobi, the widow of Senator and former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, who accused her husband’s successor, Governor Seyi Makinde of neither calling nor texting her following the death of the late Senator. The Deputy Governor of the state, Rauf Olaniyan, had led a condolence visit to the residence of Senator Ajimobi when Mrs Ajimobi spoke against playing politics with her...

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Late Ajimobi Buried at his Oluyole Residence in Ibadan

NewsPeopleLate Ajimobi Buried at his Oluyole Residence in Ibadan

PilotnewsJune 28, 2020

The remains of former Oyo State Gov. Abiola Ajimobi have been interred at his Oluyole residence in Ibadan according to Islamic rites. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ajimobi was buried on Sunday at 10.30 a.m. with strict adherence to coronavirus (COVID-19) guidelines. The late Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was laid to rest privately in the presence of family members and invited clerics. Ajimobi, aged 70, was confirmed dead at a Lagos-based hospital on Thursday. Also, Ajimobi...

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Rape Allegation: Lawyers Demand Arrest of Popular Artiste D’Banj

Law & JusticePeopleRape Allegation: Lawyers Demand Arrest of Popular Artiste D’Banj

PilotnewsJune 24, 2020

The Coalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has called for the arrest of popular Nigerian artiste Mr. Oladapo Oyebanjo, aka D’Banj, following allegation of rape against him by Miss Seyitan Tayo. The coalition made the call on Wednesday in a statement issued by Mr Patrick Odey, Director, Human Rights and Gender, at COPA. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the alleged sexual assault happened in 2018 and D’Banj had since denied...

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University of Ibadan Mourns Emeritus Professor, Akinkugbe

EducationNewsNigeriaPeopleUniversity of Ibadan Mourns Emeritus Professor, Akinkugbe

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, has described the late emeritus professor of Medicine, Oladipo Akinkugbe, as a great Nigerian with passion for his country. Olayinka stated this in Ibadan on Tuesday in a condolence message issued by Mr Tunji Oladejo, the Director of Communications of the institution, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Akinkugbe died at 86 on Monday. He eulogised the deceased as an administrator, international physician,...

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COVID-19: Two Weeks After, Ajimobi Remains Positive

CoronavirusNewsPeopleCOVID-19: Two Weeks After, Ajimobi Remains Positive

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 16, 2020

A Report has emerged that two weeks after the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has been admitted at the First Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Consultants Hospital, Lagos, the former governor still remains positive to COVID-19. It was also learned that Ajimobi’s wife, Florence has been discharged from the hospital earlier. It was gathered that the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress, had been hospitalized since June 2, 2020. After...

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Female Poly Student Macheted to Death in Ibadan

Crime & SecurityNigeriaPeopleFemale Poly Student Macheted to Death in Ibadan

PilotnewsJune 14, 2020

A 21-year-old female student of Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State, Grace Oshiagwu, has been macheted to death by an unknown assailant(s) in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. Fadeyi said that the deceased was macheted on the head in a church building in Idi-ori area of Shasha, off Expressway, by an unknown...

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Olumilua, Former Ondo State Governor, is Dead

NigeriaPeoplePoliticsOlumilua, Former Ondo State Governor, is Dead

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 4, 2020

The former governor of Old Ondo State which comprises Ondo and Ekiti State is dead. The Elder statesman was born in 1940. He died in the early hour of Thursday in his Ikere Ekiti hometown, Ekiti State. The report has it that the former governor died shortly after a brief illness. Olumilua was the governor of the old Ondo State during the Third Republic between January 1992 and November 1993 on the platform of the...

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Majek Fashek Was a ‘Lyrical Wizard’- Charlyboy

Arts & CultureEntertainmentPeopleMajek Fashek Was a ‘Lyrical Wizard’- Charlyboy

PilotnewsJune 3, 2020

Maverick Nigerian showbiz maestro and activist, Charles Oputa, a.k.a Charlyboy, has paid tribute to late Nigerian music legend Majek Fashek, popularly known as ‘The Rainmaker’, describing him as a “ Lyrical Wizard”. He extolled the late reggae icon in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. The Nigerian entertainment industry was thrown into mourning on Tuesday when Fashek’s death was announced by his manager, Omenka Uzoma, on his Instagram...

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BlackLivesMatters: Tiger Woods Calls for Calm, Describes George Floyd’s Death as ‘Shocking Tragedy’

NewsPeopleSportsUnited StatesBlackLivesMatters: Tiger Woods Calls for Calm, Describes George Floyd’s Death as ‘Shocking Tragedy’

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 2, 2020

The Golf superstar, Tiger Woods has called for calm in the ongoing protest over George Floyd’s death. Woods describes the death Floyd as a “shocking tragedy”, noting that the law enforcement officers “trained so diligently to understand how, when and where to use force.” He added that violent protests were not the answer as unrest is seen across the United State on Monday. He expressed his “utmost respect” for police and likened the situation to...

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Buhari Salutes Chief Edwin Clark at 93

LifestyleNewsNigeriaPeopleBuhari Salutes Chief Edwin Clark at 93

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with elder statesman, Niger Delta Leader, and former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, as he turns 93 years old. The President’s congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday. Adesina quoted the President as giving glory to God for the gift of long life and sound mind bestowed on Chief Clark. President Buhari noted...

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