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  • Teachers celebrate ex-principal at retirement

    Teachers of Bolade Senior Grammar School, Oshodi, Lagos, have organised a send-off party for the outgoing principal of the school, Mrs Modupe Dada-Korede.

    The event, which held at Bolade Youth Centre Hall, Oshodi, was attended by many principals and directors of secondary schools in the state.

    At the event, some of Mrs Dada-Korede’s well-wishers attested to her achievements, which include: improvement in infrastructure and academic performance of pupils in external examinations, as well as staff welfare.

    In her welcome address, All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPPS), Lagos State branch Chairman, Mrs. Abosede Awodumila, wished the retiree blessings as she took a bow from the teaching profession.

    She said: “I know Mrs. Modupe Dada-Korede to be a no-nonsense person. She has received series of awards. She is not just a principal but an outstanding administrator to be reckoned with. She has put in so many efforts in building the lives of other people’s children. My prayer is that whatever you lay your hands on after retirement, may God bless it abundantly.”

    Commenting on the leadership qualities of the former civil servant, a teacher of English Language at Bolade Senior Grammar School, Mr. Oluseyi Aluko described her former boss as a kind, jovial and caring person who will be missed by both workers and students.

    ‘’She is very nice and jovial,” Aluko said.

    “She always asked about staff welfare. Once you do your job effectively, you will not have any problem with her. We would miss her jokes and motherly advice. She also appreciates things a lot. Any little help you render to her, she would always appreciate it,’’ he said.

    Mrs Dada-Korede thanked the staff of the school for their support. The outgoing principal, who described her feeling as overwhelming, also promised to continue to render selfless service to God and humanity.

    ‘’I thank God for sparing my life till this moment. I appreciate Him for His grace to be alive today. Sincerely, I am highly overwhelmed by this ceremony. I thank my family members and staff of Bolade Senior Grammar School for this event.

    ‘’For me, I will keep on working. I will continue to work for the service of God and humanity. My wish is to see students performing excellently in all their subjects,’’ she added.

    The farewell event also featured: choreography, cutting of the cake, gifts presentation, pen down and pull out ceremonies, among others.

     

  • Teachers celebrate ex-principal at retirement

    Teachers of Bolade Senior Grammar School, Oshodi, Lagos, have organised a send-off party for the outgoing principal of the school, Mrs Modupe Dada-Korede.

    The event, which held at Bolade Youth Centre Hall, Oshodi, was attended by many principals and directors of secondary schools in the state.

    At the event, some of Mrs Dada-Korede’s well-wishers attested to her achievements, which include: improvement in infrastructure and academic performance of pupils in external examinations, as well as staff welfare.

    In her welcome address, All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPPS), Lagos State branch Chairman, Mrs. Abosede Awodumila, wished the retiree blessings as she took a bow from the teaching profession.

    She said: “I know Mrs. Modupe Dada-Korede to be a no-nonsense person. She has received series of awards. She is not just a principal but an outstanding administrator to be reckoned with. She has put in so many efforts in building the lives of other people’s children. My prayer is that whatever you lay your hands on after retirement, may God bless it abundantly.”

    Commenting on the leadership qualities of the former civil servant, a teacher of English Language at Bolade Senior Grammar School, Mr. Oluseyi Aluko described her former boss as a kind, jovial and caring person who will be missed by both workers and students.

    ‘’She is very nice and jovial,” Aluko said.

    “She always asked about staff welfare. Once you do your job effectively, you will not have any problem with her. We would miss her jokes and motherly advice. She also appreciates things a lot. Any little help you render to her, she would always appreciate it,’’ he said.

    Mrs Dada-Korede thanked the staff of the school for their support. The outgoing principal, who described her feeling as overwhelming, also promised to continue to render selfless service to God and humanity.

    ‘’I thank God for sparing my life till this moment. I appreciate Him for His grace to be alive today. Sincerely, I am highly overwhelmed by this ceremony. I thank my family members and staff of Bolade Senior Grammar School for this event.

    ‘’For me, I will keep on working. I will continue to work for the service of God and humanity. My wish is to see students performing excellently in all their subjects,’’ she added.

    The farewell event also featured: choreography, cutting of the cake, gifts presentation, pen down and pull out ceremonies, among others.

     

  • Oyo to celebrate Aso Oke

    The Oyo State Government has rolled out plans to celebrate the locally fabricated textile popularly called “AsoOfi” from the Iseyin area of the State, as the highpoint of the 2016 edition of the World Tourism Day celebration on the 27th of September 2016.

    With the theme: “Tourism for all- promoting Universal Accessibility: special focus on Asoofi”, the celebration will come up between September 25th -27th, 2016.

    Speaking during a press conference held at the film theatre of the Ministry, the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism Mr. ToyeArulogun noted that the State Government was collaborating with the Iseyin Weavers and Marketers Association to showcase the Southwest ceremonial fabric as a fashion tourism, youth empowerment and entrepreneurial engagement that would stimulate the growth and development of the cultural tourism potentials of the state.

    Arulogun said: “This year’s edition of the World Tourism Day which will be celebrated between the 25th and 27th of September at the old NYSC camp, Iseyin. It will be a platform to reawaken the indigenous textile sector of the Oyo State economy with a view to adding value to the production and marketing process.”

    The government spokesman pointed out that the three-day event would feature a road show around Iseyin town, weaving competitions, musical concerts, cultural displays, fashion parade, colloquium and exhibition amongst others.

    “Governor AbiolaAjimobi is committed to turning around the fortunes of Oyo State in a holistic manner such that every facet of life and every sector will experience development in the state. Top on the list of that Agenda is the transformation of the beautiful landscapes, historical sites, and cultural heritage of the people”, he stressed.

    Mr. Arulogun also called on genuine corporate and individual investors to partner with the state, for the preservation of the state’s cultural heritage, historical sites, artifacts and monuments thereby adding value and boosting the cultural tourism potentials in the state.

  • Vlisco celebrate women

    Vlisco celebrate women

    Vlisco Nigeria, a fabric company celebrated women in style at their Ikeja City mall shop which is its first store. Staffs of the company as well as customers interacted well. It was like a family affair and one could hardly differentiate them.

    Marketing Manager, Vlisco Nigeria, Mrs Adaeze Alilonu, said the event was to celebrate consumers, particularly women and Tuesday being International Women’s Day, it was a perfect time. The event she said was also to kick start campaign for the women’s month. Adding that patronage has been wonderful since the store opened last October, Alilonu thanked customers and prospective ones as she she:”Patronage has been interesting we have a mix of consumers both young and old and business is growing gradually. We are very grateful to our consumers.”

    She added: “We manufacture African prints whose awareness is fast growing in Nigeria. Women use our fabrics often and for diverse outings, corporately, as casuals, and for occasions pushing the awareness further”

    Alilonu further mentioned that apart from selling the print, her company engages in empowering women; “We train women in tailoring skills, we have master’s program for them. Through our Corporate Social Responsibilities program, we have been able to impact skills. We strongly support the autism initiative of Mrs. Dotun Akande and also this year we are working strongly on a program that will help to train fashion writers.

    We are also partnering Dana air and will be giving out fabrics to female passengers. Apart from that, women that shop in our store will stand a chance of winning Dana air ticket.” She said

    Vlisco has been making fabric for over one hundred and seventy years and has over the year’s redefined fabric making in the fashion industry worldwide.

  • Graduating students celebrate

    Graduating students celebrate

    It was all fanfare at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State as graduating students engaged in celebration to mark their final examinations.

    The students were clad in unformed white shirts as to perform the ‘ritual’ of graduation. The shirts had different inscriptions according to their departments.

    As they came out of the examination hall, the campus erupted in excitement as the students knelt down before their junior colleagues, who wrote different expressions, including names, on their shirts with permanent-ink markers.

    Some of the graduating students spoke to CAMPUSLIFE about their experience in school, saying they crossed many hurdles before their final examination.

    Moshood Ojurongbe, a graduating Mass Communication student, said: “Studying Mass Communication did not come easy. When I was admitted in 2011, the environment was hostile. My major challenge was the tuition fee, which I struggled to pay. Many colleagues dropped out when they could not cope. I thank God that everything is now history.”

    Another graduating student of Accounting Department, Mariam Bakare, said she had great times in school. “I have had great moments all through. I am happy to have studied at my department. I thank God who saw me through the thick and thin moment,” she said.

     

     

  • LASU workers celebrate VC’s exit

    LASU workers celebrate VC’s exit

    Lagos State University workers yesterday celebrated the exit of their Vice Chancellor, Prof John Oladapo Obafunwa.

    Decked in Aso Ebi (uniform) earmarked for the occasion, the workers hired drummers and praise singers for a thankgiving at the university’s main gate.

    They  sang victory songs while dancing.

    The workers later moved into the university premises, danced through the departments and faculties.

    Though, the event coincided with the institution’s 33rd anniversary, the workers decided to rechristen the event “Independence Day,” saying the occasion was symbolic for two reasons.

    “We are celebrating the anniversary of LASU which clocked 33 last Sunday. But why we call it Independence Day is because we are celebrating our independence from the draconian administration of the outgoing management, headed by Prof John Oladapo Obafunwa,” said members of the Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU-LASU).

    For hours, the workers defied a downpour as they danced, displaying placards with the inscription: “Rejoice with LASU on the exit of evil.” “It’s the dawn of independence.”

    They were represented by the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU); Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Associations (NASU); and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).

    Activities for the event began penultimate Sunday with a Christian interdenominational prayer followed by other activities such as symposium (Thursday), press briefing (Tuesday), Muslim and interdenominational prayers (Friday), among others.

    Obafunwa, became vice chancellor on October 31, 2010. His five-year tenure expired last Saturday. The latter part of his administration witnessed frictions with the workers who accused him of high handedness, favouritism, denial of workers’ promotion, non-payment of outstanding salary arrears, and victimisation of workers, among others.

  • What’s there to celebrate?

    SIR: Our society is a reflection of our core value systems, our norms, how we handle our infrastructural and environmental concerns, what are the things that we pay more or less attention to as a people. The way we place our priorities show whether we are ready to build a lasting legacy for the coming generations or just concerned about the moment.

    It is appalling that 55 years of nationhood, we are neither able to get our acts right  nor bequeath workable structures and institutions that can promote and sustain decency and patriotism.Our rewards system is not in favour of hard work and probity. Corruption has taken over the whole landscape and the fabrics of the nation; people now steal public funds in trillions only to get a gentle slap on their backs. The laws seems alive only for the weak and the poor, but alien to the big guys at the corridors of power. It only takes a man or woman to be an overnight billionaire if  suddenly appointed into public office.

    As things stand, it is going to take eternity to restructure our society and to lay strong foundations for development that will endure. Ours is a society that lack conscience and commitment both from the leaders and the led. What interest us mostly is what we can get and not what we can do to make Nigeria great. Little wonder that our legislators are the highest paid in the whole world with little contributions they are making to our development.

    I wonder when we are going to celebrate uninterrupted power supply;  we celebrate mediocrity, jubilating over less than 5000mw said to have been attained recently, while the global standard is 1,000mw for 1,000,000 people, which means Nigeria electricity needs is about 160, 000mw to meet the global standard.

    Majority of our roads are not motorable, full of potholes.  Thousands of innocent people are known to have perished on our roads as from accidents due to deplorable state of our roads. One wonders when will Nigeria have good road networks.

    And to imagine that some governors are still presiding over the affairs of their states at a time workers under them are owed between six to eight mouths salaries. This can only happen in Nigeria!

    As we celebrate our 55th independence anniversary, I wish that in no distant time, we will be able to truly celebrate independence in the true sense of the word – in a country where lives will be made meaningful for the citizens and our roads and cities will be of global standard, with provision of adequate power supply, potable water, good roads, security, stable electricity and in clean environments.

     

    • Pastor Mark Debo Taiwo,

    Ogbomoso, Oyo State

     

     

  • ARTISTES CELEBRATE WITH INTERSWITCH

    ARTISTES CELEBRATE WITH INTERSWITCH

    SOME of Nigeria’s finest entertainers, on Tuesday, September 22 at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, came together with several corporate personalities and captains of industry to observe the unveiling of the new corporate identities of Nigeria’s leading digital payments and commerce provider, Interswitch.

    Present at the event were superstar musicians Flavour and Darey and comedian Basketmouth. Also present were radio OAP Ebuka, Shuga Band, DJ Xclusive and lots more. In addition to exciting performances, a new product that enables cardless ATM withdrawals called Paycode was unveiled to the rapturous applause of those in attendance.

  • NGO TO CELEBRATE NIGERIA AT 55

    NGO TO CELEBRATE NIGERIA AT 55

    ALAPOMEJI crooner, Abolore Akande, aka 9ice, is among artistes expected to headline a concert being organized by World Changers International, a youth-oriented Non Governmental Organisation.

    The concert, tagged Celebrating Nigeria at 55 will hold alongside a leadership summit on October 8 and 9 at the London Metropolitan University, London. According to the management of the NGO, the concert aims to foster synergy among the Nigerian youths both home and abroad.

    Expected to speak during the two-day conference are Tony Elumelu, Chairman Heirs Holding, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and musician 9ice amongst others.

    “Nigerians in Diasporas have associated themselves with the negative aspect of our dear nation. They don’t believe that anything good has ever come out of this country,” said President of the body, Tim Ayoola Abiodun.

    According to Abiodun who urged youth inclusion in government, “the programme aims at presenting the positive aspect of Nigeria nationwide.”

    The concert producer Anthony Dike said the event provided an avenue for Nigerians to deploy their talents.

    “The concert aims at encouraging Nigerians using their talents over there, to bring in their craft and contribute to the Nigerian industry,” said Dike.

  • Artistes celebrate Tiwa Savage’s baby boy

    Artistes celebrate Tiwa Savage’s baby boy

    After so much anticipation, Mavin Records First Lady Tiwa Savage yesterday put to bed. She gave birth to a baby boy.

    The singer’s husband and manager, Tunji ‘Tee Billz’ Balogun, broke the news when he shared photo, holding baby’s hand. The caption he. “Thank You Jesus….”

    Several artistes took to the social media to felicitate with the couple. One of the first to rejoice with the Baloguns was singer Nikki Laoye. “Yaay! Baby Mavin has arrived. Congrats to you @teebillz323 and my dear sister @officialtiwasavage,” she posted on Instagram.

    Tiwa’s label mate Reekado Banks also sent in his felicitations on Instagram; “Big congrats mama .. @officialtiwasavage .. Big congrats papa @teebillz323.”

    Mavin Record’s honcho, Don Jazzy congratulated the celebrity couple on Twitter and also on Instagram. “Congrats to Mavin First Lady @officialtiwasavage and Mr @Teebillz323 on the delivery of their bouncing baby boy. We thank The lord. Yayyyyyy turn up time. #DoroBaby,” he wrote

    “To God be the glory great things he has done and he will still do in our lives. Welcome our baby! Congrats @teebillz323 and @officialtiwasavage. Oluwa a da si o! Ire a kari!,” Funke Akindele also wrote.

    For former head of Chocolate City, Audu Makori, the birth signals ample reasons to celebrate. “Congrats to @teebillz323 and @officialtiwasavage for unto them a child is born,” he posted.

    Other celebrities who have joined in congratulating the singer are Rugged Man, MI Abaga, D’prince, Cecil Hammond, Waje among others