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Goodluck Jonathan Special Birthday Message From Buhari
“President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 63rd birthday, November 20, 2020, congratulating him for a life of service that has brought honour and goodwill to the country,” a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said.
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Beroro Efekoro Biography and Profile
“I’ve been involved in community service for almost all my life,” Beroro Efekoro said. “I got elected as my senior class president just one year after I arrived in the U.S. I got involved in the Democratic process even before I became a citizen. I was making calls to Congress and calls to people to support the Affordable Care Act, to go out and vote for President (Barack) Obama.”
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Burna Boy: Nigerian Singer
Burna Boy: “The only way Africa can become the powerhouse that it should be is to get rid of all the African leaders that are here right now, because they have done us no good. The only way that can happen is if you all come back and do what you have to do.” I ask the first, perhaps naive, question that pops into my head: the African diaspora is so vast, how would everyone fit? “Where you are now, you think there’s room for you?” Literally and figuratively, maybe he has a point. “Your ancestors are calling you right now. This is the time.”
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme Bringing Change
According to Elumelu: “What we do at the Tony Elumelu Foundation is to create a platform for African youths, give them the opportunity to interact with our leaders and give them seed capital to help them prove their ideas so that our young ones don’t go to the grave with their ideas. We want to see them succeed and I am happy that everyone is on board about prioritising them, about supporting them, about providing extra capacity to enable them to become our true future leaders.
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Jim Ovia: The Philanthropist
The Jim Ovia Foundation recognises that lack of quality education and poverty are intrinsically linked, and as such, the Foundation has embarked on the critical issue of closing the economic gaps created by these lags.
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Abiola Ajimobi: Here’s Why He Died
Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi said: “We regret the death of immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajumobi who passed on today, June 25, 2020 at First Cardiologist Consultant; a private COVID-19 approved care facility in Lagos State. The former Governor died from multiple organs failure following complications from COVID-19 infection.”
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Goodluck Jonathan Special Birthday Message From Buhari
“President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 63rd birthday, November 20, 2020, congratulating him for a life of service that has brought honour and goodwill to the country,” a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said.
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Ayo Fasanmi Laid to Rest in Ekiti State
Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi said Mr Ayo Fasanmi’s contributions to the development of democracy was immeasurable. “My only regret is that he has left us before the school will be officially inaugurated for academic activities when schools finally reopen,” Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi said.