Folake Sokoya The first african female drummer, Aralola Apeke Olamuyiwa has been appointed as Cultural Ambassador for the Ife Kingdom, the cradle of Yoruba. The appointment of the famous drummer was contained in a letter available to Premium Times which was approved and personally signed the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The Royal father in the letter said, Olamuyiwa …

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Olufolahan Osunmuyiwa As a child brought-up in an ethnically divided nation, every Fulani (fulbe) person was usually described as a Herdsman (pastoralist). My knowledge of the Fulani tribe played along their historical nomadic nature – a socio-cultural group who migrate from one place to another in search of livelihood. Importantly, stories told to children in the Southwest was that the …

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By Emeka Oparah PROTOCOLS I am grateful to the author for giving me the opportunity to review her soul-stirring, breathtaking, disturbing yet inspiring book. It’s been a while I have been meaning to comment on the subject of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, and Mrs. Amara Van-Lare, by making me her book’s reviewer handed me a brilliant opportunity to ventilate my views on …

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Dayo Emmanuel Residents of Thomas Salako street, Ogba, Lagos State may not know they are sitting on a keg of gun powder. This is because an electronic pole in front of house number 11, is about to cave in. Residents and owners of business concerns in the area Monday, told National Wire they perpetually live in fear because the pole …

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Folake Sokoya The leader of cult group who was over the weekend, arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command in Jakande Estate, Ajah area, Lagos suburb, has said that no amount of gun – shot can penetrate his body. The cult suspect, Andrew Awalebi, 35, who belonged to Eiye Confraternity, was arrested …

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The new board of Skye Bank Plc has declared plans to ensure that the bank is ably managed to health,saying that they will work to shore up its asset quality and normalize its cost to income ratio in the overall interest of the shareholders. Speaking at the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE)Friday, on the occasion of the visit of the new board of Skye Bankto the …

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Folake Sokoya Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu, Member, House of Representatives (Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency) has reminded Muslim faithful in the country not forget the lessons of Ramadan which is about getting closer to the Almighty Allah in humility, personal denials and self-restraints from sin and worldly pleasures. In his Eid-el- fitri message, Honourable Adebutu said the teachings of Prophet Mohammed (SAW), emphasised …

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Dayo Emmanuel Residents of local communities have been enjoined to participate in the governance of their localities. The call was made by the Director of International Press Centre, Mr. Lanre Arogundade at the at the public presentation and launch of the Community Development Charter For Boshoa, Orile Shomolu and Araromi Odo communities of Lagos State. The presentation, a community-led initiative …

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Dayo Emmanuel Young journalists have been enjoined to maximize internship opportunities around them as the job market gets more competitive. The encouragement was given at the June fellowship of Journalists For Christ (JFC) held at the International Press Centre, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos recently. President of JFC, Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin in his welcome address gave insight on how internship opportunities worked …

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King Oogbodo So So master, King Oogbodo, says his latest song, Pankere, was inspired by how his mother used to beat him with pankere (cane stick) as a child. According to him, she used to beat him at the slightest opportunity she had with it and she beat him so much that he began to live in fear of the dreaded …

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