The Editorials

Pastor Tunde Bakare, overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), has cautioned Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos state Governor,to be ready to vomit all he has stolen before he goes. He made this statement while delivering a sermon at the Latter Rain Assembly on Sunday, revealing that the people are praising the one who stole from them, and regarding him as a generous man. The convener of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) in his message said that a truly generous man is a man who “devises generous things, and by generosity, he shall stand”. According to him, "The eyes of those who see will not be dim. The ears of those who hear will listen. Also, the heart of the rash will understand knowledge and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly. “The foolish person would no longer be called generous. You can say ‘so so and so’ has stolen all the money in the state, but he is a very generous man, you are foolish. “That’s why potholes are killing you, that’s what pools...

Oredola Adeola Nigeria has become the first country in the Middle East and Africa to witness the launch of LG’s ThinQ DualCool Premium Air Conditioner, the first major breakthrough in the electronic devices that is equipped with health benefits. The product unveiling was held at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja on Friday. Launching the product to the Nigerian market, Mr. James Lee, President of the company’s Middle East and Africa operations, revealed that Nigeria is the first country after South Korea to witness the product. LG’s President of Middle East/Africa operation however described the product as a life-changer, due to its health benefits for users. He further said that the product has air purification mechanism, energy-saving devices, auto dryer and air dehumidifier, some of which are the unique selling points that can be found in the product. According to him, the product will be successful in the Nigerian market, due to successes recorded with other LG produc...

Oredola Adeola | His imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi conferred the dignified title of Odole -Oodua of the Source on Sir(Dr) Kensington Adebukunola Adebutu, Baba on Saturday, October 19, 2019. The Odole is a special office which works closely with the Ooni in rallying the descendants of Oduduwa wherever they are in the world for unity, peace and progress of the race. Baba Ijebu as he is fondly called is the forth Orole after Chief G.O.K Ajayi. His predecessors including the Late G.O Fabunmi, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief G.O.K Ajayi. His duty aa the Orole Oodua is to work for the unity and progress of Yoruba people and the larger Oduduwa race worldwide. Earlier the new Orole rode on a chariot from the Palace to IGBO EEDE where he received several traditional processes like Oranmiyan, The event featured the high and mighty in the Oduduwa Nation. Present at the event was VP Yemi Osinbajo, Governor of Ogun State , Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Osun State , Govern...

Floods swept an 11-year-old boy and his rescuer, simply identified as Wasiu away at Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja in Alimosho area of Lagos on Saturday. The victims were swept away at a canal linking Aburo and Iyana-Ipaja on Ige Road. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who visited the scene of the accident observed a huge crowd wearing sad faces due to the incident that occurred following the overflow of water from the canal. It was gathered that two young boys sent by their parents to buy cooking gas at a gas station fell into a drainage that serves as a channel to the canal. Three young men attempted rescuing the boys and succeeded in rescuing the older one, but one of the rescuers popularly known as Wasiu Stubborn was swept away while trying to rescue the other victim. Speaking to NAN at the scene, Mr Solomon Agboghoroma, a Community Development Association leader in Oki Town, regretted the development, saying that the government had failed to construct a bridge to prevent such...

Oredola Adeola | Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has set a new world record by completing 26.2miles in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds at Vienna, Austria, emerging as the first to hit the milestone in the athletic performance. The 34-year-old was 11 seconds ahead of schedule halfway through his run, at the Vienna's Prater-Hauptallee (main avenue) The Kenyan therefore becomes the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours,since Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954. Meanwhile the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) did not see the contest as a world record. The marathon was organised and funded by the British chemical company INEOS and dubbed the INEOS 1.59 challenge, was Kipchoge’s second attempt to break the barrier, having missed out by 26 seconds in Monza two years ago. “I was really calm and trying to go with the pace, not to be crazy or slow, but to follow instructions and what the pacemakers are doing,” Kipchong to...

Oredola Adeola | Rwandan President Paul Kagame has launched Mara Phones manufacturing plant in Kigali, Rwanda thereby joining South Africa and Egypt in the battle for African tech-revolution. Recall that South Africa's Onyx was the first African-made smartphone, followed by Egypt's SICO/ Nile X smart phone. The Rwandan's Maraphone was established to improve citizen's access to digital services, and it is operated by the Mara Group. Maraphone is expected to be the first high specification, affordable smartphone manufactured in Africa. The phone has a warranty and it can be purchased in installments over two years. President Kagame said, “Producing smartphones is not a simple matter. Around one thousand individual components are involved. The Mara Phones plant is therefore a complex manufacturing operation, requiring significant technical skills and expertise. It is another milestone on our journey to high-tech, “made-in-Rwanda” industry. "Our world is chang...

Oredola Adeola | Adeshina Taiwo, 60 year-old, has attacked , CSP, Yaya Mohammed, Divisional Police Officer attached to Alagbado, in an attempt by the Police to detain him for an undisclosed offence. The Editorials gathered that Mr. Taiwo was arrested and brought to the Police Station for detention and prosecution, but he struggled with the officers insisting that he did not commit any offence that warrant his arrest. When the Police finally dragged him to the station, he allegedly became violent and attacked officers on duty at the Police counter and later hit the DPO, who had reportedly came out from his office to find out the reason for his arrest. Taiwo allegedly descended on the DPO and attacked him with a Shisha bottle causing him several injuries, he was later subdued and detained in the Police custody. The suspect was later charged before the Ogba Magistrates Court for the alleged assault on the DPO and other officers including two female officers, Kudirat Salawu and...