Day: October 12, 2024

Tears, Tributes As Nahimah Ajikanle-Nurudeen Is Buried In Lagos

Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

‘Please don’t tell our parents until …” Chido Nwakanma, Okwy Onyia, Balogun Hameedah Sade, Kunle Azeez, list of mourners and emotional words they wrote about the “Sun that set at noon”   Tears flowed freely on Saturday as the corpse of the Daily Trust former journalist, late Nahimah Ajikanle-Nurudeen was buried in Lagos. Platforms Africa reports that the event witnessed by many Islamic clerics, old and new friends and colleagues of the deceased, was also highlighted by glowing tributes penned for the “Sun that set at noon.” Daily Trust Ex-Journalist,…

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Why Are Grandmas Having Affairs?, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

What has God not blessed her with? Her husband is well- to-do, healthy and the children are doing well. But Madam B did it and it’s done. She’s 52 and is cheating on her husband. It’s hard to understand…What is worse? The numbers of older couples cheating on their spouses are on the rise.”     Nobody understands. How could she do it? Why did she do it after all these years? An affair after 25 years of marriage and three grown-up children? What is she still looking for? What…

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T-Pain: Tinubu, Remi, And Akpabio Mocking Nigerians’ Hardship, By Farooq Kperogi

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Now, Tinubu’s neoliberal policies are eradicating the middle class and plunging the poor into deeper, more excruciating poverty” The torment of incessantly escalating petrol prices and the consequent surge in the cost of everything have plunged Nigerians into a precipitous decline in quality of life. This dire situation is exacerbated by insensitive, almost mocking remarks from those responsible for inflicting this pain. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, aptly nicknamed “T-Pain,” recently stated from London that Nigerians would, in the future, appreciate the wisdom of his “reforms.” Such a statement is both…

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THISDAY Editor, Obinna Chima, Bags PhD + PHOTOS

Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

  ‘Hard-earned feat,’ eulogies friends, colleagues poured on the newly-minted scholar and his attainment of highest degree in communication at the Covenant University   The editor; THISDAY on Saturday, Obinna Stanley Chima, has bagged Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the Covenant University. Platforms Africa reports that Chima, a business journalist who rose to the position of business Editor of the title, bagged the PhD in communication. ThisDay Editor, Obinna Chima, Wife Welcome Triplet + PHOTOS ‘Value-Added Scholar,’ Eulogies As Nuraen Bakenne Bags PhD Daily Trust Ex-Journalist, Nahimah Ajikanle-Nurudeen, Is…

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EKEDC Upscales Customer’s Satisfaction, Commissions Supply Taskforce

Ridwan Oladimeji

  . ‘In their best interest, here’s why customers need to settle outstanding bills,’ details of what the utility firm’s boss, Rekhiat Momoh,  told customers at Agbara district forum on  battle against procurement, installation delays   Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has assured customers in the Oko-Afo and Badagry areas under its Agbara District of its commitment to addressing the state of power, with a dedicated team assigned to investigate issues with the Badagry 11KV feeders linked to the 2x15MVA transformer at the injection substation. Platforms Africa reports that in…

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