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Female circumcision: Story of a father’s complicity in FGM prevalence in Nigeria

By Taiwo Oluwadare Sometime in 2014, my two-year-old daughter suddenly started showing signs of a terrible itch on her private part; she could not stop scratching it. My wife and I tried to stop her without success and the situation worried me a lot. Then elders around us came up with what we thought was…

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Gov. Makinde Commissions Arosad’s N150m Abuja Mansion

The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has commissioned a N150million worth of mansion in Abuja which belong to his closed associate, Mr Arowosaye Saheed Adeyemi. Arowowaye, who hails from Oyo town and an Abuja-based Housing Estate industrialist has developed many residential estate within and outside Abuja. Some of his estate include Tranquil Garden…

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CJN admitted into Ahmadu Bello University with F9 in Mathematics, English Language after admitting termites eat his certificate

Fresh facts have emerged that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Muhammad Tanko was admitted into Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) without passing mathematics and English Language. This was contained in the statement of result of CJN which showed that Tanko had three credits and two Passes. According to Tanko’s West African Examination Council (WAEC) results,…

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Have never seen an Igbo beggar in my life, says fmr. aide to Jonathan, Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, the aide to Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that he has never seen an Igbo man a beggar since he was born. He therefore tasked other Nigerian ethnic groups and Africa in general to emulate the virtue noting that it was the reason Nigerian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) under Ngozi…

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Read! The story of grass to grace of 31 year old, Oyo Assembly Speaker

•His childhood story •How his mother met his late father •Event that made him honourable member Adebo Ogundoyin is a lawmaker from Ibarapa East state constituency at the Oyo State House of Assembly under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party. He emerged the speaker of the 9th Assembly on the 10th of June 2019….

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Family, friends remember Ayoade 10 years after, amid tears, tributes

Family members and friends of Late (Mrs) Omowunmi Ayoade on Saturday, May 25, 2019, gathered at Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State, to hold a 10thyear memorial service in her honour. She was Headmistress, Suliat Adedeji Primary, Kobomoje, Ibadan, before she died on 2009. She was 52 years. Her husband, Prince Ademola Ayoade, former national…

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UN publishes 1st quarter Demography Report 2019

There are 7.8Billion people on planet . (earth). The report shows:- Women = 5.6Billion,Men = 2.2Billion. So, they advised women to be careful in showing attitudes to any man because out of the 2.2 Billion men: • One billion are married already.• 130 million are in prison.• 70 million are mentally ill. That means that…

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Ibadan residents cry over suffering from NNPC environmental pollutions

•Apata NNPC depot in Ibadan Life has been hellish for the residents of Apata area and its environs in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital. The water stream which lead Apata community to extreme end of Nihort (National Horticultural Research Institute), in Odo-Ona area and beyond covering about 5 kilometres have degraded by wastes from petroleum products…

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Why Ibadan in praise is called home of Oluyole?

Ibasorun Oluyole, a legendary Ibadan warlord •How he was buried with 400 slaves in 1950 and •Why Ibadan would have fizzled without Oluyole From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan Ibadan is located in south-western Nigeria about 128 km inland northeast of Lagos and 530 km southwest of Abuja, the federal capital, and is a prominent transit point…

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