It is on sad note that newspot is reporting the passing away of one of its supporters Rotimi Akeredolu the Executive Governor of Ondo State. The news of his death was first broken by Sahara Reporters this morning. However newspot gathered that he breathed his last at 2.am on Wednesday 27 December 2023 at an undisclosed Ikeja hospital. Sahara Reporters had quoted a family source of his demise saying he was managed by State House doctors up to his death as he could not be taken abroad. “Akeredolu is dead; he died in Lagos,” the source said. He was 67…
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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday described the death of his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, as tragic. Akeredolu succumbed to leukaemia in Lagos on Wednesday. He was 67. In his condolence message to the acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the family of the deceased and Ondo people, Prince Abiodun described Akeredolu, who until his death was the chairman of the South West Governors Forum, as a a dogged fighter throughout his life time. According to him, Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), stood for…
It is a difficult task to have to pen a tribute and sing a dirge for a departing soul. It is a more difficult job in our African culture when one is compelled to do so for a younger person. Here I am with the difficult job of singing a dirge for Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, my beloved brother, confidant, political soulmate and governor of Ondo State. I cannot fairly capture in words Rotimi’s towering figure and his human essence. Rotimi was a man who moved our nation towards equity, fairness and justice in his strident advocacy against every form of…
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has said that all Eyes on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reclaim Nigeria’s greatness, emphasizing that Nigeria’s problems shall not be solved by palliatives. In a Christmas message, the bishop said that Nigeria’s problems are deep and structural. He therefore urged the president not to be afraid to reset the template of power no matter the cultural or historical myths. “We are tired of promises and stories. We want evidence we can see and touch,” he said. Read excerpts below: . Now, all Eyes on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: Mr.…
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev’d Dr Henry Ndukuba and his wife, Mama Angela Ndukuba hosted some Press men to a Christmas Media Parley and Dinner on Sunday 24th December 2023 at the Episcopal House Wuye, Abuja. The Primate who delivered his Christmas message on the topic; The Gift of God that Changes the World from the book of John 3:16-17 noted that God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. Primate Ndukuba noted that the year 2023 Christmas celebration…
The President of the Mothers’ Union and Women’s Guild of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Mrs Angela Ndukuba has commended the management team of Advent Cable Network Nigeria (ACNNTV) on its gender balance approach in its contents and programming. She made this statement at the opening of a 3-day Strategic Consultative Forum to review the training manual for the Church of Nigeria Prevent Gender Based Violence (GBV) project held at the St. Matthias House, Gudu, Abuja from the 11th to 13th December, 2023. The consultation was hosted by the Anglican Compassion and Development Initiative (ACADI) which is an arm…
The air component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Illegal sites were said to be clustered within an approximately 80-meter radius, situated approximately 6 nautical miles south of Opu Arugbana. A statement on Tuesday by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said permission to bomb the refining sites was granted once they found out the sites were operational. The statement read, “In continuation of efforts to rid the Niger Delta Region of activities of oil thieves and…
The Christian Association of Nigeria has condemned the Christmas day attacks on Plateau communities that left 96 persons dead and many houses set ablaze. Earlier reports noted that the latest killings occurred in the NTV community near Bokkos Local Government Area of the state, in the early hours of Monday. The Plateau State Police Command, on Tuesday, disclosed that 96 persons were killed while 221 houses were set ablaze during the Christmas Eve attacks by gunmen in the state. In a statement on Tuesday, the CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, condoled with the bereaved communities, and described the attacks as…
Rivers State governor, Sir Similanayi Fubara has vowed to implement the peace deal with Nyesom Wike worked out by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu without surrendering his freedom or compromising the interest of the state. Governor Fubara who spoke in a statewide broadcast in Port Harcourt on Monday said that the proclamation of President Ahmed Tinubu to resolve the lingering political crisis in the state is not certainly a death sentence as perceived by many. He said: “As a principal participant in the entire saga, I have taken some time to study the terms therein and have come to the conclusion…
It was mournful yuletide for many residents in Plateau State as dare devils unleashed coordinated attacks on Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas of Plateau state, resulting in the deaths of at least 76 people. Confirming the development, the Transition Implementation Committee Chairman of Bokkos area, Monday Kasa, disclosed that the coordinated attacks occurred on Saturday, December 23, and lasted into Christmas Eve, December 24, when residents were already in the festive mood. The local government boss explained further to Channels TV, that the casualty figures are increasing as more dead bodies are been recovered by the team of security…