In a statement, yesterday, by the Secretary, Planning Committee for Pan-Yoruba Summit Conveners, Mr. Adekunle Olayinka, the summit themed, “Yoruba Nation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” scheduled for Thursday, January 21, 2021, will be virtual to facilitate the participation of wide spectrum of stakeholders in the affairs of Yoruba nation.
According to the statement, the summit, to be declared open by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, will be co-chaired by former Chief of Defence Staff, General Alani Akinrinade, and former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, with Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly as one of the key resource persons. x
“The Summit to be held in strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols, will deliberate on prevailing and future socio-political challenges as well as prospects of Yoruba nation with emphasis on issues that bother on the welfare, security and mutual coexistence of Yoruba people wit
The Summit, according to the Secretary, Planning Committee, Engr. Adekunle Olayinka will deliberate on the prevailing and future socio-political challenges as well as prospects of Yoruba nation.
He said the conference would focus on issues that border on the welfare, security and mutual coexistence of Yoruba people within a peaceful, stable and united Nigeria.
According to him, the summit would be held physically and virtually in strict compliance with the COVID-19 protocols.
The Summit, to be co-chaired by General Alani Akinrinade, former Chief of Defence Staff and High Chief Rashidi Ladoja and former Governor of Oyo State, will have in attendance present and former governors as well as notable past and present political office holders in the six southwest states of Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo.
By Alex Enumah in Abuja and Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti
The COVID-19 pandemic continued its rage yesterday, claiming billionaire businessman and legal icon, Chief Bolu Akin-Olugbade.
According to family sources, he died in Lagos at a private hospital accredited to manage the killer virus. He was 61.
Known for his love for Rolls Royce, its largest collector, he was the Aare Onakakanfo of Owu Kingdom and had a massive business interest, spanning property development, construction, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, maritime and offshore services and investment banking.
His death coincided with a raging controversy over the constitutionality of the mass closure of Nigeria’s universities by the federal government as some Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) disagreed with the position of a legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), who said the shutdown has no legal basis.
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By Adesina Wahab & Rotimi Ojomoyela
Stakeholders in the education sector, yesterday, told the Federal Government that they are in support of reopening of schools, if all necessary safety measures and facilities are in place to stem the spread of COVID-19.
They include the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and even the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The stakeholders were also reacting to the advisory of the the United Nations Education Fund, UNICEF, which said Tuesday that the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic will impact negatively on the development, safety and well-being of children globally, noting that schools are not drivers of the viral disease.
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola has condemned the mass closure of schools in the country due to the second wave of |