Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described as shocking ,the sudden death of Amb. Kayode Laro, Nigeria s Ambassador to France. In a condolence message issued by the NIDCOM Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa said the death of the envoy at this time was painful and so sudden. She said: “The death is so shocking to me as we still communicated very recently , and prior to that reminisced on the last visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ to Paris , France in June during which Ambassador Laro successfully hosted the President…
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Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum has received another Chibok girl, Rebecca Magu, abducted by Boko Haram insurgents alongside 275 of her schoolmates while sitting for the Secondary School Certificate Examination in 2014 at GSS Chibok. The Governor, meanwhile has promised to support Rebbeca and all other victims of Boko Haram insurgents recovered. According to a statement by the Governor’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, Rebbeca Magu who was rescued in Cameroon on the 17th of July was handed over to the Governor of Borno State by the National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre, ONSA, Rear Admiral Yem Musa (Rtd), to be…
Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Kayode Laro is dead, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. The Ministry in a statement on Saturday signed by its spokesperson. Mrs. Francisca Omayuli said Ambassador Kayode Laro died last Friday in Paris, France, after a protracted illness. The statement read: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is deeply saddened to announce the death of Ambassador Kayode Laro on Friday, 11th August, 2023 in Paris, France, after a protracted illness. “Until his death, Ambassador Kayode Laro was Nigeria’s Ambassador to France with concurrent accreditation to Monaco. He contributed immensely to…
The Nigerian Embassy in Niger had not be razed, the Nigeria’s Ambassador to Niger has said. In a statement on Saturday, 12 August, 2023, signed by Dr Litti Auwalu on behalf of the Ambassador, the purported video showing the Embassy was set ablaze by the Niger pro-coup protesters was said be fake even as the Nigeria’s Chancery in the troubled country was said to be well guarded by the Nigerien military and police. The statement read: “It has been brought to our notice that fake videos showing the torching of the Chancery Building in Niamey by protesters are circulating on…
The first time l met you l did not know you were a Prince of the Source.It was when we were about to marry that l knew that you were not just a Prince but a Prince with great patience. Patience is a rare virtue.Virtue is grace. Oba Kayode Adelekan Afolabi, you are blessed with the grace of patience. In our 30 years of marriage, you have shown me a dimension of patience that l have never seen before. In the School of Patience you are my Lecturer. You have taught me that patience is not weakness but concentrated strength.You…
The Ogun State Government, on Friday, 11 August, 2023, said the Obong of Calabar, His Royal Majesty, Edidem Abasi, directed his attack on the deplorable state of the Abeokuta-Ibadan road at the wrong quarters. The Obong, who is the Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), had on Thursday, 10 August, 2023, lamented the poor state of some roads in the state. But the state government, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Works, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, said the road in question belongs to the Federal Government. He said that the Dapo Abiodun administration in Ogun…
Lizzy Anjorin, a popular Nollywood actress, has confessed that she slept with Kolawole Ajeyemi, husband of colleague Toyin Abraham and Tayo Amokade popularly called Ijebu same day, reports thegazellenews.com. Anjorin, who is now married, made the strange confession via a video she shared on social media. According to her, she had also slept with a lot of her male colleagues who are married but had no problem with their wives. She wondered why the case of Toyin Abraham’s husband should be generating interest. “I even slept with Kolawole Ajeyemi who’s known as Awillo in Abeokuta and its environs and Ijebu (Tayo…
Piqued by what has been described as the “mischievousness of some disgruntled persons,” another group of shareholders of Seplat Energy has warned such detractors to stop their senseless attack on the company and its management. A press statement issued on behalf of the group known as Concerned Shareholders of Seplat Energy by the trio of Messrs Adetunji B. Ajani, Adekanmbi David, and Ademola Timothy Adejuwon on Thursday, 10 August, 2023, said: “Our attention has been drawn to a news story published in ThisDay Newspaper edition of Monday 7th of July 2023 alleging among others, likely impropriety on the part of…
A group, Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) consisting of 52 groups, have told the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to deploy troops to Niger Republic over the recent coup that took place in the country, thegazellenews.com reports. CNG’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, 11 August, 2023. “We emphatically repudiate any form of preference for military action against Niger or any other West African or African nation by any regional or international community/institution”. The group urged both the military authorities in Niger and the ECOWAS to open and allow all doors for…
A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday, 10 August, 2023. According to reports, another trader was hurt when a bus ploughed into some businesses on the side of the road next to Toluwalase Hall on Governor’s Road in Ikotun. A witness identified only as Tayo claimed that the bus driver fled after being nearly lynched by onlookers who gathered at the scene of the collision. “It is a Hummer Bus, it probably lost its brake. It rammed into the shops and cleared about five shops. A woman and…