Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MAMA MERCY EZEGWU EBERE OCHOGA By: Ochoga Edwin Ochoga *Her Birth and Educational Background Our sister and mother, Mama Mercy Ezegwu Ebere Ochoga was born on 23rd December, 1943 in Mbanu Teaching Hospital Enugu, Enugu, into the family of Chief Paul Akpowo Ochoga of Ai-Eza clan, and Chief (Mrs.) Agbenu Ochoga (Nee Otsai) )of Ikpelogwu clan. She had her elementary school at Methodist Central School, Agila between 1955 and 1960. Because of her brilliance and passion for academics even at that very tender age, she was taken out of the Agila village to Wesley Girls…

Beyond Motivations and Prophecies- 5 By Idede Oseyande “You will go places, I can see you leading this faculty in your set”. In my first year at the university some years ago, I took interest in Unionism early enough. Thanks to my big cousin whose exploit as a student union leader in his days at the University sowed the seed in me. In my first year, I was already actively attending congresses. This allowed me to make history then as for the first time a year one student would be representing a whole department at the faculty elections. I recall…

Celebrating Nigerian Canada Detective, Kamor Balogun. One of Nigerians in the diaspora doing exploit and making Nigeria proud is Detective Kamor Balogun, A man of service with unblemished record and has been with Canada’s third largest municipal Police for approximately 20 years. Detective Kamor Balogun was born in Abeokuta in Ogun State about 4 decades ago and immigrated to Canada. He began his career responding to emergency calls and has served in a variety of assignments throughout his career including front line policing, specialized investigations and Training of new and active members. A golden fish doesn’t have a hidden place…

Beyond Motivations and Prophecies- 3 By Idede Oseyande “Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine”. Timothy was one of the few people who were privileged to learn directly under Apostle Paul. He did not only learn under him, he was referred to by the Apostle himself as a son. That means he enjoyed Paul’s prophetic ministrations and the opportunity to be anointed by Paul with a special laying of hands. Despite all that, Paul instructed him to give attention to reading, and in the second letter to him, he instructed him to study to show himself…

World Tennis champion, Serena Williams retires after winning 73 titles in 27 years, bids farewell at US Open 🎾 🏆 186 consecutive weeks at No. 1 🏆 4x Olympic gold medalist 🏆 23 Grand Slam singles titles 🏆 14 Grand Slam doubles titles 🏆 367 major match wins 🏆 6 US Open titles Only tennis player to achieve the career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles 🥇 Thank you, Serena 🐐 #SerenaWilliams #Tennis #Legend #Icon #Merrybet #whereChampionsplay

Beyond Motivations and Prophecies-2 By Idede Oseyande “…And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren…” David was anointed as King over Israel while Saul was still on the throne. With a national Priest and Prophet like Samuel, proclaiming him as the next King, one would have thought David relax and wait patiently for the day of his Coronation. But that was not the case because David understood the place of hard work and personal development beyond the prophecies…

Lagos Education Summit: Olori Atuwatse III Proffer Solutions To Nation’s Education Challenges. The wife of Olu of Warri, Olori Atuwatse III, Wednesday has advocated for a holistic and concerted approach as panacea in tackling challenges in the educational sector in Nigeria as bedrock for nation’s development. She particularly called on government to tenaciously implement education policies even as she opined that government must consider as imperative the need to deploy resources and embrace innovative ideas and new technology to meet the modern trend in learning especially at the foundation level of education. Olori spoke at the Lagos state…

Influence Peddling: LPDC Vindicates Olanipekun, Dismisses NBA’s petition   Influence Peddling: LPDC Vindicates Olanipekun, Dismisses NBA’s petition The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed a professional misconduct petition filed by the Nigerian Bar Association against Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Wole Olanipekun and partners of his firm, Olanipekun & Co. Ms Adekunbi Ogunde, a partner in Olanipekun’s firm, solicited a brief from SAIPEM Contracting Nigeria Ltd, which had already engaged the law firm of Henry Ajumogobia, SAN. The NBA deemed this action a violation of the rule of practice and dragged Ogunde before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC).…

ERELU OKIN: FOOTPRINTS OF A BENEVOLENT PEACOCK. History is replete with women of note, who had the most impact on the world, but only a few refine the industrial and humanitarian tropes of endeavor like Dr. Pearl Chidinma Ogbulu, the Erelu Okin of Orile Kemta, Lagos State. An historical figure that Erelu Okin shares split semblance with, in legacy and panache, would be Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1814-1906, the first woman to have been a peer, Burdett-Coutts was made a baroness by Queen Victoria for her humanitarian strides to the poor. Prevented from working at Couttus Bank despite inheriting her grandfather Thomas…

Sports and Counseling will be deployed to curb drugs abuse and social vices…Dr Bagudu Press Release The Wives of the Northern Governors have reiterated their resolve to curbing drug abuse and other social vices bedevilling the society, according to Dr.Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu. Dr. Bagudu Stated this on Friday in Birnin Kebbi when the members of the Forum paid a courtesy call on her husband, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu. She told her husband that they were in Birnin Kebbi as part of their routine meetings to contribute to national development. “We are here, as usual, to meet and…