The renowned Yoruba novelist, actor, broadcaster, Adebayo Faleti is dead. He passed on July 23, 2017 at the ripe age of 86. He died at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, a city in which he had spent most of his life. He is survived by three wives including Mrs. Moteniola and Olubunmi, his current wife and has about 15 children. Pa Faleti was a Yoruba translator, TV exponent and a pioneer staff of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television, WNTV. He was responsible for translating Nigeria’s anthem from English to Yoruba. He also translated speeches made by…
Author: Alaba Rotimi
He said before his departure in Istanbul that no-one had an interest in prolonging the crisis. Erdogan will first meet the Saudi leadership in Jeddah before moving on to Kuwait and then visiting Qatar on Monday for his first face-to-face talks with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani since the crisis began. Turkey has been a staunch supporter of Qatar since the crisis began on 5 June. “No-one has any interest in prolonging this crisis any more,” said Erdogan at Istanbul airport before leaving on the two-day trip. He accused “enemies” of seeking to “fire up tensions between brothers” in…
The widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, has threatened legal action against his personal doctor, Vejay Ramlakan, over a book that reveals previously undisclosed details of his patient. According to Africa Review, Dr Ramlakan, headed the former South African leader’s medical team until his death in December 2013 at the age of 95. He released his book, “Mandela’s Last Years’’ on Tuesday to coincide with Mandela Day on July 18, in honour of his memory. “I condemn the book in the strongest terms,” Ms Machel said in a statement released by her foundation. “I am taking…
Shopping with girlfriends or wives may be one of the most tedious chores for men. A shopping mall in China’s Shanghai Municipality has solved this problem by launching “husband storage” facilities. The transparent self-service pods in Shanghai’s Global Harbor shopping center are equipped with a TV screen, a leather massage chair, and game consoles. “Men usually get bored when shopping with their female partners, so we have provided them a place to rest. They can play games and charge their mobile phones here,” said Zhou Jun, who operates and maintains the pods. Users scan to QR code to reserve a…
Members of the Retired Staff Association of the NNPC on Sunday called on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to come to their rescue. This is due to their frustration over the non-payment of their entitlements in the last 10 years by NNPC. Vice-Chairman of the Lagos State branch of the pensioners association, Femi Johnson, while briefing newsmen on Sunday called on Osinbajo to help ensure they are paid so as to save their lives and end the sufferings of those still managing to survive. Earlier in the month, the Federal Government approved the release of N27.tln for the payment of outstanding…
People trafficking in USA turns tragic at San Antonio, Texas Eight persons were found dead Sunday in a truck in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, in an apparent human trafficking case, authorities said. In addition to the dead, there were 28 injured — 20 of them severely — who were being treated at seven local hospitals, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus and Fire Chief Charles Hood told reporters. The group included children and adults, the police chief said. He said the truck driver had been arrested. “We got a call from a Walmart employee about a…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Dr Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State and current Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, “to join us in promoting and supporting legislative measures to redirect public funds spent to provide life pensions to former governors for the benefit of the most marginalized and disadvantaged Nigerians. The group in an open letter asked the minister to tread the path rather than issuing threat of legal action “against us for exposing the existence of unfair and discriminatory life pensions states’ laws.” The organization said, “Dr Fayemi’s dramatic accusation regarding the content…
Men of the Nigeria Police at Bayelsa Command has arrested one youth suspected to be armed robber in Azikoro, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Yenagoa, the command’s spokesman, DSP Asinim Butswat, said a local pistol was also recovered for the suspect. “On July 21, the policemen responded to a distress call by a staff of Community Secondary School, Azikoro, Yenagoa, that some boys were gathered around the school premises in a suspicious manner. “Subsequently, plain cloth policemen were dispatched to the scene and arrested a youth, wielding a local…
The government of Israel has installed new security cameras on Sunday at the entrance to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, an official told dpa, following violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a cabinet meeting Sunday morning and is expected to hold another meeting of the security cabinet Sunday night to discuss security measures at the site known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and Jews as the Temple Mount. The cameras come in addition to metal detectors installed at the entrance to the site after three men – described by police…
The President of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Mr Chinonso Obasi, on Sunday called on Nigerians to pray for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari instead of wishing him dead. Obasi, in a statement in Abuja, said his conversation with the presidency on July 22 showed that Buhari was recuperating fast and would be back soon. He said that it was unfair to politicise the president’s health. “My telephone conversation with the presidency yesterday from London has given more hope that President Buhari will soon be back, alive and able to return to his presidential seat. “In the…