Thisday Newspaper News Today Sunday 17th November 2019
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As CLASFON kicks against attempts by FG to muzzle free speech Tobi Soniyi and John Shiklam in Kaduna Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has advised lawmakers not to join the rank of killers with their plan to pass the Hate Speech Bill into law. Soyinka, in a statement he issued on Friday tittled ‘Is it
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PROF. WALE ADEBANWI: I Wish I Were Gifted But I’ve Got Good Luck
Young, gifted and exceptional, he has traversed the world making marks in the field of education. There is more to this 50 year-old Osun State-born professor who broke the jinx at Oxford by becoming the university’s first black Rhodes professor of Race Relations. Meet Prof. Wale Adebanwi. Funke Olaode had a rare encounter with him
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MAERO OZAKO: HOW MENOPAUSE BECAME A SPRING IN MY STEP
What began as a mere conversation on social media later snowballed into a serious discussion that caught the global bug with 19,200 members. Recently, women under the auspices of Women Ageing Gracefully (WAG) converged on Lagos during its first summit with the theme, ‘Cultivating the art of care as we age gracefully’, to discuss issues
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Violence, Intimidation, Vote Buying Mar Bayelsa, Kogi Polls
INEC condemns violence, thuggery in ‘several places’ Dickson wants Southern Ijaw, Nembe votes cancelled Election monitors decry huge security deployment PDP, APC candidates disagree over poll’s credibility in Bayelsa Nseobong Okon-Ekong, Stanley Nkwazema, Emmanuel Addeh in Yenegoa, Chuks Okocha and Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja Living true to their dreaded reputations, saturday’s Bayelsa and Kogi
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Femi Otedola’s Astounding Charity
When Femi Otedola woke up on Sunday, November 10, so many thoughts had occupied his mind. But there is no doubt that attending the gala organised by his daughter, Florence Otedola, aka DJ Cuppy, in support of the Save Our Children’s vision later in the day at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja was topmost
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Senate Proposes 2.5% of National Budget for Constituency Projects
Stipulates five-year jail term for fund misappropriation Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Senate has proposed that two and a half per cent of the federal budget be set aside annually for the funding of constituency projects in all the 109 senatorial districts and 360 federal constituencies in the country. In a new bill titled “Constituency
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Meet Prof Halliday: Nigeria’s Queen of Leadership Ethics
Since everyone believes that Nigeria’s greatest challenge is ‘leadership’, why is so little being done to fix it? This seems to be the preoccupation of Prof. Princess Halliday, a Nigerian blue-blood, leadership ambassador, professor of ethics, talk show host and motivational speaker, resident in the United States. In the past nine years, Halliday and her
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Brothers at War Over Oniru Stool
In September, the Oniru of Iruland, Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru, joined his ancestors, amidst grief by family and subjects as well. After weeks of deliberations and meetings, the remains of the revered king were interred last month, with many eminent personalities, including the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in attendance. Since the passing of the
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Sokoto First Lady, Hajia Maryam Tambuwal’s Excitement
Wife of Sokoto State Governor, Hajiya Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, couldn’t be happier at the moment. The reason, among other things, is that her pet project, Maryam Mustapha Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Legacy Initiative, MMAWTLI, has begun to receive the deserved recognition. Penultimate week, she bagged the Exceptional Excellence Woman Award at an event organized
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Sifax Group’s Boss, Taiwo Afolabi in Dire Straits
Taiwo Afolabi, chairman and CEO of Sifax Group, has his hands in many pies, including oil and gas, real estate and agriculture, among others. Afolabi is respected at home and is also one of those who make Nigeria proud abroad. His businesses are scattered within and outside the country, as he always dazzles with beautiful […]
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