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Honorable, Otunba Omoniyi Omodara was born in early fifties (50s) at Oba –Ile in AKure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. His father was the late Pa. Ezekiel Omodara of the Great Akogun Alubiagba Dynasty and his mother, Late Mrs. Julianah Omowade Omodara was a descendent of Odopetu, both of Oba – Ile.           He had his elementary and secondary education at Saint John’s Anglican Primary School, Oba – Ile and Anglican Grammar School, Iju-Itaogbolu between 1961 to 1966 and 1968 to 1972 respectively. He obtained his West African School Certificate in 1972 and added the General Certificate of Education (GCE) to academic qualification in 1974.           He started his working career as a teacher before he joined the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Federal Inspectorate Service as an Accounts Officer and served both in Kawara and Ondo States. He was later pr...

The beautiful wife of Peter Okoye, Lola Omotayo Okoye, who is a mother of two cute children has taken time-out to celebrate her own mother whose birthday is today. With sweetest words with no doubt coming from the depth of her heart, Lola praised her Russian-born mother, saying: Mrs. Alevtina Aliona Omotayo! The one and only first lady, our super mum, our beauty queen and iron lady. Mama without you there would be no me. Where did you find the strength to do all the things you did when I was a kid? You worked, you were my chauffeur to school and back, you drove us to Ikoyi club every day after school for swimming. You were the nurse at home when I got hurt, you were the chef; teacher, counsellor and friend. You didn’t know what to do with my wild and stubborn hair but you always managed to make me look pretty!  Your guidance has made me who I am today. I learned about love from watching your caring ways. Thanks for passing on the OCD gene.. I am thankful for all you showed me a...

The popular Nollywood actor Kenneth Okonkwo has gotten himself a village wife. The actor and politician secretly married a village wife in a new movie titled, ”Amanda, My Village Wife”. The movie, which is full of suspense, features Kenneth Okonkwo, Ngozi Ezeonu, Sochima Ezeoke, Prince Nwafor and more. Aside from being an actor, the actor and politician is also a lawyer and a graduate of business management from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Kenneth Okonkwo is not a new name in Nollywood. He shot into the limelight after featuring in the movie, ‘Living in Bondage’, which also marked the turning point for the Nigeria movie industry. The Nollywood actor once  bragged that he can have sex for 24 straight hours . source: naij news

A plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ensure that David Mark and Ike Ekweremadu retain their respective positions as Senate president and deputy has thrown the All Progressives Congress (APC) into confusion. The discord within the ruling party has prevented it from consolidating on a single candidate for the position. The party’s candidates, Senator Ahmed Lawan and Bukola Saraki are locked in  battle for the top job. Aware of this lock jam, the PDP is determined to capitalise on this loophole and has directed its senators to vote for one candidate when the Senate convenes. The Nation learnt that outgoing president of the Senate, David Mark,  has urged the PDP members-elect in the National Assembly to be united so as to achieve this feat. “We must subject our individual interest to our group interest. In the election of principal officers of National Assembly, we must vote in one accord. We must know that united we stand, divided we fall,” Mark said at a part...

Ogun East Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, has replied a notice of extradition served him by the NDLEA on Tuesday, saying the NDLEA has no role to play in extradition proceedings until a warrant of arrest has been issued by the court. Mr Kashamu’s lawyer, Ajibola Oluyede, said in a statement that it is the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice that initiates extradition proceedings. Find the statement below: Re: Kashamu Gets Notice Of Extradition Our attention has been drawn to a press release by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) purporting to have served extradition proceedings on Senator-elect, Prince Buruji Kashamu. We wish to state that the NDLEA has no role to play in extradition proceedings until a warrant of arrest has been issued by the court. It is the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice that initiates extradition proceedings after receiving a request by an order directed to the court and asking the co...

Reports are just reaching us that thugs in Ekiti state have begun blocking major roads leading into Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. Eyewitnesses who spoke to Premium Times on Wednesday morning, claimed the Olasore side, Efon Alaye section and the Ikere section of the Akure-Ado express road was barricaded by thugs. Eyewitnesses also said the thugs had announced that the roads will not be opened until 4pm today. The road blocks are believed to have been motivated by  Governor Fayose’s plea to the people of Ekiti state to stop lawmakers from wrongfully removing him from office. Some Twitter users also posted pictures of the melee: Yesterday it was reported that thugs had surrounded the Assembly complex and were waiting eagerly for the lawmakers. All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti state were set to hold a sitting inside the Ekiti House of Assembly complex. source: naij news

Presidential Villa Empty On Buhari’s First Day At Work Those who expected President Muhammadu Buhari to be at the Presidential Villa to resume work immediately on the first day of the week and his resumption, may have been disappointed. Cleaning and renovation work are said to still be ongoing in the President’s office and residence while he operated from the Defence House in Aso drive in the Federal Capital Territory. Civil servants were seen doing skeletal work while awaiting the political heads who will give them direction on what next to do in the new dispensation. President Muhammadu Buhari has, however, started performing his official duties as he is set to embark on his first trip outside the country since his inauguration on May 29, 2015. He is visiting the Presidents of Chad and Niger Republic on Wednesday to discuss security matters. The visit is not unexpected considering President Buhari’s emphatic declaration to fight insurgency in his inaugural speech ...

Ekiti State Govt. Says It Has Paid APC Lawmakers’ Entitlements Ekiti State government has described as falsehood and dishonesty, an alleged claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers that they have not been paid their entitlements. The government said in a statement issued on Sunday by the State Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo, that the lawmakers duly acknowledged receipt of cheques for their payments last week Wednesday through his office. The government was reacting to a statement supposedly issued by one Wole Olujobi, who claimed to be the lawmakers’ spokesperson, that Governor Ayodele Fayose placed an embargo on the lawmakers’ bank accounts and did not pay them their entitlements. The statement read; “We would have remained silent in deference to the agreement reached at the last Monday meeting in Akure that all parties should maintain silence on the outcome of the meeting, especially because the lawmakers said they do not want their leaders to kn...