Heritage Update

 The Government of the State of Osun has announced plan to herald the new year with fireworks.  This was contained in a statement issued on thursday by the state's Commissioner for Youth and sports, Hon Yemi Lawal, in Osogbo, the state capital.  Hon Lawal stated that the fireworks display is to usher the good people of the state into the new year. Stressing that the display will take the place of the state-sponsored annual countdown event which has been cancelled due to the recent surge in cases of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Commissioner disclosed the towns where the government would officially display fireworks to usher in year 2021 to include, Osogbo, Ila-Orangun, Ikirun, Ilesa and Iwo.  Others are Ede, Ejigbo, Ijebu-jesa and Ikire.  In Osogbo, the display will take place at the Government House, while the palaces of the Royal father will host the lighting in the other towns.  The Commissioner added that this is a way of welcoming the year in tandem...

The member representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore and Ejigbo federal constituency of Osun state in the National Assembly, Representative Bamidele Salam has charged Nigerian youths to take charge of the present and the future by doing extraordinary things in the new year. In a new year message personally signed by him, Salam said the realities of the present times in Nigeria has shown that only those who will go extra miles to acquire relevant skills and build broader networks of relationships will make meaningful progress in 2021 and beyond. While explaining that there are so many local and global opportunities that can be accessed by determined young persons to overcome the multiple challenges of the present times, the lawmaker advised youths to make better use of the Internet and online resources to build their capacities, make better friends in order to grow in their businesses and other spheres of life. He also admonished youths to stop being cynical about political engagement...

 A new Commissioner of Police, CP Olokode Olawale (psc) has been posted to Osun State Police Command and assumed office following the recent promotion and redeployment of the former State Commissioner of Police, CP Udie J. Adie (psc+) who is now AIGP. This was contained in statement issued on Wednesday evening by the Osun State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Opalola Yemisi. CP Olokode Olawale was born some decades ago in Odeda L.G.A, Ogun State. He has grown to become an achiever. The Commissioner of Police, a holder of M.SC in Peace & Conflict Resolutions Studies from National Open University of Nigeria and B. SC in Sociology from the University of Ibadan, was appointed into the Nigeria Police Force in March, 1988 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (Cadet ASP). CP Olokode Olawale, a proudly Nigerian, has served in several States of the country across the six Geopolitical Zones. Some of the States he has served include but not limited to the following: Ogun, Lagos, Oy...

Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, opened up on the decisions he took during his time as the 13th Senate President of Nigeria. Saraki said some of the decisions he took were in the interest of the country. He was responding to a tweet by Dele Momodu, the Publisher of Ovation Magazine, who described him as one of the “most intelligent, courageous and urbane Leaders in Nigeria”. Momodu also said “Many now appreciate his unprecedented interventions in the 8th National Assembly.” Responding, Saraki said the decisions taken by the Senate’s legislative body were never about a personal agenda. In a series of tweets, the former Senate President recalled that when the 8th Senate summoned the former Inspector General of Police, IGP, and Security Chiefs, it was in the interest of Nigeria and not for personal issues According to Saraki: “Thanks @DeleMomodu! Compliments of the season! As I used to emphasize during our conversations while I was President of ...

  Registration for the annual BS-E4 Business and Leadership Bootcamp for 2021 is now open. The programme, an initiative of Rep. Bamidele Salam is targeted at raising business owners in Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency of Osun state. It will hold on Thursday, 14th January, 2021 at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp, Ede, Osun State. Registration for the event will run from Wednesday, 30th December, 2020 -Saturday, 2nd January, 2021 and is open for only indigenes and residents of Ede north, Ede south, Egbedore and Ejigbo local governments of Osun state. The application form can be accessed through: https://www.bamidelesalam.com/2021-bs-e4-business-and-leadership-bootcamp/ Applicants are to further note that registration closes on midnight of Saturday, 2nd January, 2021 and selection will be done strictly on first come, first served basis. Signed: Gena Lubem Legislative and Media Assistant to Rep. Bamidele Salam 08064453683...

  The Traditional ruler of Isonyin Ijebu in Ijebu North East Local Government Hrh Oba Abdulrasheed Omotayo Cossy Salami Ilufemiloye1, The Saderiren of Isonyin handed over a 8-room building in lsonyin to the Atayese Health Network for hospital use. The building situated in the main center of the town (Ita Isonyin)  The Atayese Community Clinic which open weekly at llupa-lsonyin will be moved to the site and daily operations will resume on Friday 8th of January 2021. At the opening, Oba Abdulrasheed will formally received his letter and plaque as the Grand Patron of Atayese Health Club of ljebu North-East. Oba Abdulrasheed Omotayo Cossy Salami with Otunba Odule and Dr Adeolu Olusodo According to  The  Chief Medical Director Atayese Community Clinic, Dr Adeolu Olusodo during the handing over of a building at Ita Isonyin recently for a hospital use,One unique task of the hospital is to put together a health database of all residents of Isonyin. The Atayese Community Clin...

  Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be responsible for recent attacks in parts of Borno and Adamawa States have been killed at the ‘S’ Region in the heart of the Sambisa forest. The air interdiction conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole, was carried out after series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, revealed that the terrorists responsible for recent attacks in Borno and Adamawa States had originated from the location. According to a statement by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations Major General John Enenche, “Air interdiction missions being conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have continued to deal decisive blows on terrorist elements in the North East of the Country. “The latest of these was achieved yesterday, 28 December 2020, at the ‘S’ Region in the heart of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. “The air strike, which was executed employing a force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets, was c...

  Our youth are some of the most gifted individuals we have making major contributions to STEM and 12-year-old Chika Ofili is no different. The young Nigerian boy — who’s based in the U.K. — made a historical discovery by unearthing a new mathematical formula to make the study of mathematics easier to understand. Ofili was rewarded for his discovery back in November at the  TruLittle Hero Awards . 12-year-old British-Nigerian Whizkid, Chika Ofili won the Academic Hero award at the Tru Little Hero Awards for discovering a new Mathematics formula.  Ofili’s mathematics teacher, Miss Mary Ellis, head of the math department at Westminster Under School,  revealed that he made the discovery during a holiday assignment.  Ellis gave Ofili a book called “First Steps for Problem Solvers” to study during the holidays. The book contained several divisibility tests to check if numbers are divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 before completing full math problems. However,...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Pep Guardiola were honoured at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai, the duo named player and coach of the century respectively. Juventus forward Ronaldo picked up the award in person at a ceremony held at the Armani Hotel on Sunday, beating longtime rival Lionel Messi to the prize. The 35-year-old, who has won domestic league titles in Spain , England and Italy and Euro 2016 with Portugal, admitted his pride at receiving the accolade, given to the player judged the best between 2001 and 2020. It's a pleasure to win titles," said Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, at the event. "It's not easy to be top of the game for so many years. I am really proud, but without a team, great coaches and clubs it is not possible." Ronaldo would also respond on Twitter , saying: "Couldn’t be happier with tonight’s award! As I’m about to celebrate my 20th year as a professional footballer, Globe Soccer Player Of The Century is a recognition that I ...

Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), has said that he does not understand why coronavirus numbers have not been as high as predicted in Africa. Gates and his wife, Melinda had in more than one occasion, warned that there will be dead bodies all over the streets of Africa if the world does not act fast enough. Melinda said her heart was in Africa, adding that she is worried that the continent might not be able to handle the devastating effect of the virus. But in his end of the year Bill said he was happy his prediction about Africa has not happened, “One thing I’m happy to have been wrong about—at least, I hope I was wrong—is my fear that COVID-19 would run rampant in low-income countries. So far, this hasn’t been true,” he wrote. In most of sub-Saharan Africa, for example, case rates and death rates remain much lower than in the U.S. or Europe and on par with New Zealand, which has received so much attention for its handling of the viru...

Takanakuy ( "to hit each other")  is an annual established practice of fighting fellow community members held on 25 December, by the inhabitants of Chumbivilcas Province , near Cuzco in Peru . The practice started in Santo Tomás, the capital of Chumbivilcas, and has now spread to other villages and cities, the prominent ones being Cuzco and Lima .  The festival consists of dancing and of individuals fighting each other to settle old conflicts. There are five types of traditional 'characters' portrayed during the ceremony that have different roles based on Andean cultural symbols and custom, which are  The  fighting process   The date the event take place   The Dress mode,  Alcohol drinking  The type of music played during the ceremony. The procession to the fighting site starts with a high-pitched falsetto, a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range, through the str...

 In the face of covid 19 challenge, the centre of Innovation, Tai Solarin College of Education Omu Ijebu, designed a no-touch, portable, adjustable hand sanitizer dispenser which requires no electricity or batteries.  The hand sanitizer dispenser is ideal for entrance of personal offices, homes, business premises, religion centres, events and classroom.  To use the hand sanitizer dispenser which sells for the price of #7,000 you only need to step on the pedal lightly and it dispenses into your waiting hands. Please note that the College admission is still on. You can obtain your form for NCE, Degree (OOU Affiliated) and PDE online at https://my.tasce.edu.ng. We run our programmes on Full-Time, Part-Time and Online distance learning.

  The member representing Surulere Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliott, has said if youths are given the opportunity and an enabling environment, they will excel The lawmaker, who was answering questions from reporters at the Surulere Farmfair organised by the Coalition of Youths and African Farmers, and powered by him, said: “Endsars has taught us that we should start laying more emphasis on the need of youths and their plight.” He said the Farmfair, which was the idea of youths, had shown that once given the right platform, youths could do anything. “They can perform wonders, they just need an enabling environment, which is what I have done here,” Elliot said. He urged the Ministry of Agriculture and agencies under the ministry to start looking at how people can start having systemic farming in their homes. The event, holding at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, started from December 18 and will end on Thursday. Among the organisations trading at ...

Popular Nigerian singer, Mr Eazi, has revealed that he was late to his first meeting with Femi Otedola where he was to introduce himself as his daughter’s boyfriend. This was made known in a podcast released on Christmas day by the lovers who have been dating for four years According to Mr Eazi, Femi Otedola had to comment about his lateness. He said, “One thing that I can definitely remember was that my hair was pink or purple, and to be honest, at the time, I only had tracksuits and we were going somewhere. So, I remember I got pants and a shirt, and I had these Gucci shoes. I probably never wore them again after that day. “For me, I actually thought it was a big deal meeting him because it was the first time and we were having dinner at a nice place. That is one of the few times where I have respected dress codes to go to a restaurant. I just wanted it to be smooth and cool. I think I was there a little bit late and your dad mentioned it.” Speaking about that day, Temi noted that sh...

A chieftain of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State and also an academic, Professor Remi Aworemi has described this Yuletide celebration as a season of praise to Almighty God for His blessings and protection since the beginning of the year. He noted that despite the ups and downs, the Lord has been so faithful to keep us alive. In his Christmas message, Professor Remi Aworemi also called on Christians to imbibe the spirit of love, faithfulness and perseverance which Jesus Christ lived and died for. The Christmas celebrations, he noted, is an opportunity to reflect on the purpose of the birth of Jesus Christ. He stated that God’s purpose of sending Jesus Christ into the world is to bring salvation to humanity, an action that demonstrates His love for mankind. The renowned academic equally used the opportunity to encourage citizens of Nigeria to be more proactive in taking measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the second wave of the pandemic is now here with us. ...

  A former student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has written a pre-litigation letter to film producer and director, Kunle Afolayan, accusing him of profiting from her experience at the school by making it into a Netflix movie titled, ‘Citation’ and failing to give her credit. The ex-student, Mrs. Utitofon Ekanem, who was Miss Utitofon Hanson at the time, told newsmen that she endured sexual harassment from an associate professor at the Political Science Department, Dr. Sunday Akindele between 2004 and 2007. She said Akindele was subsequently dismissed by the school authorities while she was celebrated as the first student in the history of the school to get a lecturer dismissed for sexual harassment. Ekanem, who is now a teacher, told newsmen that after the release of a Nigerian movie titled, ‘October 1’, she reached out to the Afolayan, who was the director of the movie, and broached the idea of producing a movie about sexual harassments in higher institutions and to...

 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says terrorists target schools for abduction of vulnerable children to embarrass government and inflict damage on the credibility of a nation. Dapchi school shut down over abduction. Mohammed was reacting to the abduction and rescue of 344 school boys in Kankara and 80 Islamic school students both in Katsina State as well as 110 school girls in Dapchi, Yobe, in 2018. The minister, who featured on a Special Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said attacks on such soft targets were deliberate because it would attract global concerns. "These are all terrorists who want to embarrass government and catch the attention of the entire world. "The psychology is to inflict the most serious damage on the credibility of a country, giving the impression that if you cannot protect the most vulnerable in the country, such government is incompetent," he said. The minister, however, commended the nation's security ...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige , on Wednesday , said he won ’ t give the Academic Staff Union of University any excuse to go on strike again . Ngige , whose ministry is the negotiator between the varsity lecturers and the Federal Ministry of Education, said he would ensure the government keeps its part of the bargain. Newsmen had earlier reported that ASUU National President , Biodun Ogunyemi , on Wednesday morning in Abuja , “ conditionally” suspended the nine - month - long strike by the lecturers after a lot of foot- dragging by both parties. Ogunyemi said the suspension of the strike takes effect from Thursday , December 24 th , 2020 , warning that the union would resume the industrial action without notice if the government fails in meeting its part of the agreement . But speaking on Wednesday night , the minister said he would ensure the government does its own bit. Ngige spoke on Channels Television ’ s Politics Today programme. He said the government would pay A...

 The founder and leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church , Elijah Ayodele, has released a series of prophecies for 2021 . In the prophecies made available to News men  on Tuesday, the cleric talked about what God told him about President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Aso Villa, the National Assembly, among other things. He said the current administration will begin to pay members of the dreaded Islamic group , Boko Haram from next year. According to the cleric , the spirit of God told him that the government will not be able to perform to the expectation of the citizens . He said the things that will happen in the country will be quite alarming , affecting the stock market , the economy in general , security, the health sector and other areas . “ I foresee that it is a year in which the people will express their grievances through aggression. I am not seeing a very peaceful atmosphere in the nation. The problems will be fluctuating and the rich will be most affected,” he ...

Justice M. Tukur of the State High Court Kaduna has convicted and sentenced two persons to various jail terms for fraud.  One of them, Adeshina Abdulrasheed was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment on a one count charge bordering on cheating and impersonation, while the other, Danjuma Bilyaminu bagged six months jail term. The charge against Abdulrasheed reads ‘’ That you Adeshina Abdulrasheed, sometime in July 2020 at Barnawa and within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did attempt an offence of cheating by impersonation, when you pretended to be one Lollie Garbow on Facebook and in such assumed character, sent several scam messages to unsuspecting victims wherein you fraudulently told them about a Bill and Malinda Gate Foundation programme with intent of cheating them, thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law’’ The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, prompti...