Yoruba Language, Not Vernacular, Says Aare Gani Adams.

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, said Yoruba Language is not vernacular, saying the struggle to promote the Language has started in earnest.

Speaking yesterday in Ikeja, Lagos, during the Yoruba Quiz Competition organised as part of activities for the ongoing Olokun Festival, Aare Adams, said  the platform is designed to educate the pupils and the guests for them to be proficient in Yoruba language. 

" Anybody that loses his or her language and tradition is in bondage and it is dangerous  for the future. We have done a lot of injustice to the Yoruba Language, and that has affected us seriously , particularly, in the way we relate with the rest of the world. I am always worried by the way we handle the Language, however, we need to encourage the use of Yoruba Language in our homes and the schools, especially, from the primary, secondary and to the tertiary institutions. We can  easily catch them young when their brain is still young. I am a living witness to the struggle involving cultural evangelism. The glory we  are celebrating today is the gain of what we did more than 15 years ago. "

Expect A Fantastic COWLSO Conference, Bolanle Ambode Assures Women

The wife of Lagos State governor and chairman of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, COWLSO, Bolanle Ambode, has given assurance that the 18th national women’s conference of the committee, will be better than the previous editions.

She spoke in her office at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, while giving some insight into the level of preparation for the three-day conference, holding from Tuesday 23rd to Thursday, 25th October, at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island.

Who Is After Kabir Mohammed?

Dedicated and hardworking are not enough to describe Kabir Mohammed. He is the present Registrar of the Surveyors Council Of Nigeria (SURCON).

Who would have wanted him down? Information from grapevine exposed that as the former Surveyor General of Kastina state, Mohammed still runs the affairs of Kastina Surveyor General’s Office, from his SURCON’s seat in Abuja.

Adron Homes Partners Samsung to Celebrate, Award 58,000 latest Samsung Galaxy Phones

As we all know, Nigeria is still in the season of celebrating her 58th anniversary and the best way to celebrate is by crafting for ourselves a convivial atmosphere that would permits enormous population of this Nation to have access to a better life;more importantly, celebrating Nigerians who have endured economic hardships and strived to stand tall despite certain challenges facing our Nation.

In respect of this, Adron Homes, which is arguably the biggest real estate brand in the country parleyedthe biggest brand in mobile business Samsung, to rejoice and give bountifully back to Nigerians. These two giants are here to fill a vacuum and make incredible housing affordable and easy for Nigerians who are willing to have a life time assurance.

FG Fines MTN $2BN Over...

The Federal Government has ordered Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN to pay back taxes of $2 billion just days after the government ordered it to repatriate $8.13 billion, the company said on Tuesday.
MTN gave a brief statement to the market in which it confirmed that Nigeria’s attorney general gave “notice of an intention to recover the $2 billion (1.73 billion euros) from MTN Nigeria”. Based on the detailed review performed, MTN Nigeria believes it has fully settled all amounts owing under the taxes in question,” said the company.

UBA’s Leo Launched on WhatsApp

Pan-African Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced the commencement of its chat bank ‘Leo’ on the WhatsApp platform.

With Leo on WhatsApp, customers who are users and lovers of the app can now can perform basic banking services including checking their balances on the go, transferring funds, paying bills, among other services.

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, UBA, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, who expressed excitement about the development remarked that the bank is continuously working in line with customers’ demand to ensure that banking services are made convenient and without stress.

He said, “This only goes to show that our resolve in continuing to deploy innovative solutions that place customers first, using cutting edge technology for their collective satisfaction and excellent banking experience is important to us. This recognition will further spur us to do more in meeting the needs of our customers with unrivalled services.”

Ooni Donates Vocational Centre To Destitute In Umuahia

Barely 3 weeks after donating a brand new house to the Oluwakemi Orphanage Home at Ibadan in Oyo state, Nigeria, the Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has commissioned a vocational training centre which he donated to a rehabilitation home for destitute people called So-Said Charity Home in Ubakala, Umuahia South Local Government, Abia State in the Eastern part of Nigeria through his Hopes Alive Initiative(HAI).

The Obawure of Ife-Titun, HRM, Oba Taofeek Osunmakinde who represented Ooni Ogunwusi at the event said the project was 

in furtherance of the Ooni's commitment to putting smiles on the faces of the less privileged in the society cutting across tribes, religion, ethnicity and geographical lines.

Oba Osunmakinde stated that the donation of the centre was aimed at empowering the  vulnerable persons to become self-reliant and productive to themselves and the society at large thereby reducing vulnerability through efficient rehabilitation techniques, well equipped staff and charity.