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  • Alaafin consoles Awo’s children, relations

    The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi II, has urged Yoruba people to rededicate themselves to the unity, peace and progress of Yorubaland  in order to honour Mama HID Awolowo in death.

    In a statement issued yesterday, the monarch said God in His infinite mercy  made  Chief HID Awolowo outlive her husband by as many as twenty eight years, three clear years more than half of the years they were married.

    The statement  further said: “One big lesson for all mortals in all of this is the fact of Allah’s greatness and sovereignty. If Mama had died twenty eight years ago, man would have been predicting God: If Mama had died immediately after her husband, what would have become of the legacy, family and estate of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

    “God’s thoughts are indeed higher and nobler than the thoughts of man and His ways different from Man’s.

    “My thoughts and prayers go out to the children, family members and indeed friends and associates of the Obafemi Awolowo family on the passing on of the matriarch, Mama Awolowo, as they mourn the death of a truly remarkable woman of substance.

    “What is remarkable about the life and times of Mrs. HID Awolowo was her uncanny ability to remain relevant and on the front page of national consciousness despite the huge and intimidating stature of her husband.

    “The enduring legacy of the life of Mrs. Awolowo is in her industry, unshakeable faith in God and what she had to have won the admiration, adoration, love, respect and importantly, trust of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who was well known for his puritanical outlook.”

  • Buhari consoles Adefuye’s family

    Buhari consoles Adefuye’s family

    •Says ex-envoy was a patriot 

    President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, as a patriot whose contributions to the interest of Nigeria were considerable.

    In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, President Buhari said he was shocked by the death of the diplomat.

    Buhari, who spoke on telephone on Saturday with the wife of the late envoy, who is still in the United States, recalled that the late Ambassador Adefuye had contributed immensely to making his official engagement in the United States of America fruitful and successful.

    He noted that Mr. Adefuye was in attendance at all his engagements during the July official visit to the U.S.

    President Buhari maintained that he was proud to encounter such an ardently patriotic diplomat, who put higher national interest above partisan loyalty.

    He called on Nigerian leaders to emulate his fine virtues.

    He prayed to God to grant the deceased eternal rest in peace, and give his family the fortitude to bear the great and irreparable loss of a noted public officer.

  • Lagos Speaker consoles Mamora

    Lagos Speaker consoles Mamora

    Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly  Mudashiru Obasa has condoled with a former Speaker of the Assembly, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, on the death of his mother.

    Mrs. Elizabeth Mamora died on June 17. She was 93.

    Obasa described the late Mrs. Mamora as a woman of virtue, who inculcated in her children godliness, hardwork and honesty as exemplified by the qualities of the former Speaker.

    “No matter how old one’s parent is at the point of death, one will still mourn because nobody can play the role parents play in the life of their children and that is why at this sober period, we have to sympathise with our own Senator Mamora and the entire family on the loss of mama.

    “For the Mamora family, it is better to celebrate mama’s life rather than mourn her  because she had led a good and fruitful life as exemplified in the children she left behind,” Obasa said.

    He said: “Mama was a good Christian mother ,who taught all her children how to live in the way of the Lord and strive to excel.”

  • Dickson consoles Anambra, family

    Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has commiserated with the government and people of Anambra State as well as the family of the late Prof Chinua Achebe.

    In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the governor eulogised the late Achebe for his towering legacies and accomplishments as a world-acclaimed writer, activist as well as an unblemished advocate of a better Nigeria.

    He noted that these virtues, which have endeared him to Nigerians and other nationals, would remain indelible in the minds of several people.

    Dickson said through the late Achebe’s creative and intellectual disposition, as epitomised in his many literary presentations, many people around the world have recognised the reputation of Nigeria as a nation of giants in many fields.

    He said: “As a government, as a state and as a people, we will continue to draw inspiration from your wonderful legacies, accomplishments and deep-rooted conviction and vision for an egalitarian Nigeria.”