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Your husband has often said that he believes he would walk again. How optimistic are you about this?
I also believe that my husband would walk again. There is nothing impossible for God to do, and does things at his appointed time. I am very optimistic about him walking again by the grace of God.
Musicians have a lot of female fans and admirers. How have you been coping with that?
They are welcome to be his fans and they can also admire him. My husband is a very good looking man; a super star and hard-working person. They can like and admire him though from a distance because if you come too close they will be burnt by the ‘fire of the Holy Ghost’.
Emeritus Professor Michael Abiola Omolewa turned 80 recently. The professor whose career span at the University of Ibadan stands out, was once Nigeria’s Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.
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The Chairman of Globacom, Dr Mike Adenuga Jnr, turns 68 on April 29. Typically, he would not roll out the drums in celebration as he is widely known as patently self-effacing. However, the day would avail his family and friends, mentees, employees, associates, and admirers worldwide, a rare opportunity to extol, recall, and recount the virtues of the man fondly called the Pillar of Prosperity. It would also be a day for the philanthropist extraordinaire to look back at his life and realise that every day deserves celebrations because of his trajectory and impact on humanity illustrated by boundless and borderless philanthropic endeavours, writes Lanre Alfred
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File: Students of Osogbo Grammar School prevented from entering the school premises because they didn t wear nose covers on Monday. Photo: Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo
Published 18 January 2021
Public and private schools in the Federal Capital Territory as well some states across the country resumed for academic activities on Monday amid the second wave of COVID-19.
Our correspondents, who monitored activities at some schools in Abuja, Abeokuta, Osogbo, Ibadan, amongst others, observed partial compliance with COVID-19 protocols released by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
At some schools visited by
The PUNCH, there were no temperature checks for those entering the premises, even though nose covers were made mandatory for those accessing the school environment.
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If you plan to build your house like that of Adebisi, you might end up not building any house at all” is a recurring phrase in Ibadan. It is employed to sermonise people to avoid unaffordable show-off.
The owner of that first-of-its-kind, one-of-a-kind residential building being referred to in that expression is Sanusi Adebisi, one of the wealthiest men of his time, during the colonial era. He died 83 years ago – on 23 January, 1938.
A visit to the mansion in Idikan on Wednesday showed that modernity has done so little to prevent the building from still standing tall in that heart-of-the-city community. The architectural design still exuded class.