Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

* Amb. Dr. Queen Blessing Ebigieson, sworn in as new president of AMP* By Adeniyi Ifetayo Nollywood’s premier guild, Association of Movie Producers, (AMP), has recently sworn in her immediate past Vice President, Amb. Dr Queen Blessing Ebigieson, as the substantive president of the association. This is following the demise of Ms Peace Anyiam-Osigwe MFR, earlier in the year and in respect of the associations constitutional provision which states that the vice president shall complete the tenure of the president in the event of the president’s permanent relocation from Lagos, impeachment or death. The official swearing in of the new…

BREAKING: 35 year-old Lawan Musa of PDP Ends Yobe APC Speaker’s 6th Term Ambition‍. By Adeniyi Ifetayo Hon Ahmed Mirwa Lawan, the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, has been unseated from his position by Lawan Musa, a 35-year-old candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Nguru II Constituency. The election was keenly contested, with Musa emerging victorious with a total of 6,648 votes, while Lawan secured 6,466 votes. The Returning Officer of the election, Dr Habib Muhammad, announced the results and revealed that other candidates of the ADC, NNPP and APM parties received 3,023 and 14…

INEC Declares PDP’s Umo Eno As Akwa Ibom Governor-Elect By Adeniyi Ifetayo Glamtush reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno as the winner of the March 18 governorship poll in the state. This online newspaper gathered that Eno polled 354,348 to defeat his closest rivals — Akanimo Udofia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 129,602 votes and Labour Party (LP)’s Uduakobong who got 4,746 votes. Eno was declared the winner by INEC Returning Officer in the state, Prof Emmanuel Adigio.…

26-Year-Old Lady Wins Kwara Assembly Seat. by – TheCaveat.info on – March 19, 2023 By Adeniyi Ifetayo A 26-year-old lady, Rukayat Shittu, has been declared the winner of the Kwara State House of Assembly election. Shittu is a former Senate President of the Congress of Students at the National Open University of Nigeria. In the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s returning officer, Professor Hakeem Ijaya, the 26-year-old, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, polled 7,521 votes to beat her Peoples Democratic Party rival, who polled 6,957 votes in the Saturday House of Assembly…

“I wanted to study law but my father said it was a waste of resources as I would change my name after marriage,” – Billionaire businesswoman, Folorunsho Alakija. By Adeniyi Ifetayo Billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist, Apostle Folorunsho Alakija, has said she wanted to study law but her father advised her to become a secretary instead, because investing in her career would be a waste of resources as she would change her name after marriage. Taking to her Instagram page on Friday, March 17, Alakija wrote; “Growing up as a girl, I dreamt of becoming a lawyer, but my father had…

The Class, Elegance of Queen Consort of Warri Kingdom By Adeniyi Ifetayo Considering her majestic status, the perfect adjectival phrases that would describe the beautiful queen and wife of Olu of Warri Kingdom, Olori Atuwatse III, are class, elegance and glamour. No doubt, the strikingly beautiful woman commands respect and honour as her symbol of authority interprets. Barely two years since her husband, the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III was enthroned to lead his subjects, the queen has been engaging in a whole lot of life-changing and laudable projects both home and abroad to better the lives of their…

BetKing Celebrates Nigeria’s New Para World Champion from Morocco By Adeniyi Ifetayo Goodness Nwachukwu who returned from the Para Athletics Grand Prix in Marrakech, Morocco with two gold medals in shot put and javelin, was given a rousing welcome on Wednesday by BetKing Nigeria Limited at their corporate headquarters in Ikoyi Lagos. The leading sports betting company are also supporting two other para athletes in the country. Ms Nwachukwu who is the Commonwealth Games champion, launched 9.52m to break the women’s F42 shot put record in a dominant display in Morocco where four other Nigerian Para athletes where…

BetKing Celebrates Nigeria’s New Para World Champion from Morocco By Adeniyi Ifetayo Goodness Nwachukwu who returned from the Para Athletics Grand Prix in Marrakech, Morocco with two gold medals in shot put and javelin, was given a rousing welcome on Wednesday by BetKing Nigeria Limited at their corporate headquarters in Ikoyi Lagos. The leading sports betting company are also supporting two other para athletes in the country. Ms Nwachukwu who is the Commonwealth Games champion, launched 9.52m to break the women’s F42 shot put record in a dominant display in Morocco where four other Nigerian Para athletes where also on…

Erling Haaland is a machine By Adeniyi Ifetayo ⚽ 2 goals in 78 seconds ⚽ First-half Hat-trick ⚽ 5th Hat-trick of the season ⚽ Youngest player to score 30 UCL goals ⚽ Fastest player to score 30 UCL goals ⚽ Equalled Lionel Messi’s record of 5 UCL goals in a single game ⚽ Man City’s record for most goals scored in a single season ⚽ 22 years old and has more UCL goals than Luis Suarez and Wayne Rooney. Source: Joe.co.uk

Captain Idahosa “Hosa” Wells Okunbo 7 January 1958 and Passed on 8 August 2021. By Adeniyi Ifetayo Captain Idahosa Okunbo was a Nigerian business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and trained commercial pilot. He served as chairman and director on numerous company boards in Nigeria, spanning multiple business sectors such as the agro-allied, petroleum, telecommunications, power, real estate, and banking industries. *Recognitions* On Saturday, 21 September 2019, in Geneva, Switzerland, Captain Hosa was bestowed with the Global Peace Award from the chairman of the Order of Lafayette Awards, “in recognition of his efforts in global peace and business innovations.” In March 2017,…