Second wave, new COVID-19 variant mar New Year celebrations in FCT, states
JESUSEGUN ALAGBE
Unlike before the COVID-19 era when jamboree usually greeted the New Year, the 2021 New Year celebrations were marred in the Federal Capital Territory and many states around the country as Nigeria battles with the second wave of the pandemic and a new variant of the coronavirus.
Findings by our correspondents across the states showed that many citizens deserted facilities like amusement parks, beaches and others, in compliance with the ban on public gatherings placed by the federal and various state governments amid a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Published 3 January 2021
Olawale Yusuf is the youngest child of the late sakara legend, Alhaji Yusuf Olatunji, popularly called Baba L’Egba, who died 42 years ago. Yusuf takes DAUD OLATUNJI into the life and times of his father
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father’s date of birth is controversial. When was he born and how old would he have been this year?
There is nothing is controversial about his date of birth except for some lazy journalists who find it difficult to speak to the right people. Yusuf Ajao Olatunji was born in 1908, beginning of the year before the start of the rainy season. If he were to be alive he would have been 112 years today.
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