UPDATE: REDEEMED CANCELS 3-DAY CRUSADE OVER MUSICIANS' INVITATION

A 3-day outdoor crusade, organized by The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) , Province 20 and tagged ‘Lagos Island Family areas forum’ was expected to feature Pastor Keji Hamilton and billed for Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25, has been cancelled.   

The cancellation came after the criticism that followed the invitation of the Fuji musician Wasiu Alabi Pasuma and former band leader of the late Fela Anikulapo’s Egypt 80 band, Kereke Jike as a guest artist for the crusade.

Naij.com gathered that the decision to stop the programme was because the church headquarters felt the idea to bring Pasuma and his fans to the church ‘was not well conceived and…at the same time dragging the name of the church into the mud’.

 According to our source it was a fan of the Fuji lord who worked at the press where the posters and fliers were being printed who leaked the artwork of the posters and fliers of the event.

It is important to know that few months ago a church was criticized for inviting a secular singer, Mavin Records’ Korede Bello, to perform his hit single ‘Godwin’ during the Sunday service.

FAYOSE APPOINTS 72-YEAR OLD 'ILLITRATE' CARPENTER AS CHAIRMAN OF MOBA LOCAL GOVT.

A jester Ayo Fayose, the  Governor of Ekiti state , has appointed a 72-year old carpenter, Pa Olatunde Afolayan,  as the caretaker chairman of Moba Local Government. While appointing him on August 28^th, Fayose said:

"In my government, whether you are educated or not, you will get something. The vote of a professor and an illiterate is the same. So, under my administration, those who are not educated can rise to any level they want.”

Responding, Pa Afolayan said:

"I have never gone to school for a day, but that does not diminish my intelligence. I may not be educated or certificated, but I have the experience to pilot the affairs of the council. I promise to surpass the records left behind by my predecessors to justify Governor Fayose’s assertion that local people are intelligent and visionary.”.

POLICE APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER....ACP OLABISI KOLAWOLE

Pretty Olabisi Kolawole, Acting ACP, is the new Police Public Relations Officer; (PPRO) first female police officer to hold the appointment. Her appointment was ratified by the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase today August 28th. Congrats to her. Read her profile after the cut...

 

She is a graduate of Nigeria Police Academy; she studied Law in Ogun State University and graduated with Bachelor of Law degree (LL.B) in 2000. She graduated from the Nigeria Law School where she obtained a (BL) degree and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002. She attended University of Leicester, United Kingdom where she obtained a Masters degree in Police Leadership and Management (PLM).

She is an officer with vast policing experience at both national and international levels. At national level she has held several positions including Legal Adviser, Administration officer, Intelligence officer and Force Gender Adviser among others. At the international level, she served in the following United Nations Missions; in East-Timor 2000, Kosovo 2004, Liberia 2006 and at the DPKO UNHQ, New York 2007. She is a member of the pool of investigators assisting the office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague in the investigations of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence as international crimes. Besides her core academic trainings and attainments, Ag. ACP Kolawole attended several professional Police courses within and outside the country namely;
• Standing Police Capacity Training at the National Police Institute, Bramshil, London, United Kingdom in 2007
• Counter Terrorism Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom in 2008
• POC/Sexual and Gender Based Violence Course at COESPU in Vicenza, Italy in 2013
• Investigating cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence as International crimes at the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre, Doha, Qatar in 2013.
• Protection of Civilian Train of trainers’ course, National Defence College, Abuja 2014.
• Policy, Strategy and Leadership Course, National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Jos 2014.
• Tactical Leadership and Command Course (TLCC) Police Staff College, Jos 2014.
• Public Relations Course, Public Service Institute, Abuja 2015

She is a member of a number of organizations and associations such as; Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA),International Association of Women Police (IAWP), International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), United Nations Women Police Network.

Until her appointment,  Ag. ACP Kolawole was the Deputy Director of the Directorate of Peacekeeping and the Police Force Gender Adviser.

She is happily married with children. Her hobbies include reading, travelling, and Table Tennis.

RUKKY SANDA IN A 'RAG TAG' OUTFIT THIS EVENING

Rukky Sanda wore this rag tag outfit to the premiere of 'Dark' at Silverbird Galleria this evening...Na wao

PRINCE RAMON ADEGOKE ADEDOYIN NOMINATED AS NEW OONI OF IFE

Dr. Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, renowned educationist and businessman, has been chosen for the Ooni throne; his candidacy was backed Adesogba family, an arm of the Giesi ruling house of Ile Ife

According to family, in a statement issued in Ile-Ife yesterday, declared Prince Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, proprietor of Oduduwa University Ipetumodu, The Polytechnic Ife, Hilton Hotels and other business concerns, as its sole candidate for the exalted stool.

The Oooni’s stool became vacant following the demise of the late Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II on July 28, this year.

The statement, jointly signed by  princes and  princesses on behalf of the family, said Adedoyin, who hails from the Agbedegbede lineage of the dynasty was eminently qualified to succeed Oba Sijuwade by virtue of his pedigree, stature, investments, philanthropic activities and immense contributions to the human, physical and industrial development of the town.

They listed the aspirant’s investments as including First Access Microfinance Bank Ltd; Hilton Hotels; Odududwa University and The Polytechnic, Ife – all located within the four local governments areas of Ifeland – as well as Oduduwa Polytechnic, Idimu, Lagos State and Our Saviour’s University, Delaware, USA.

Adedoyin, they said, “a bonafide son of the Agbedegbede compound, where he has been involved in all developmental projects” and possessed the knowledge and skills as an astute and effective manager of men and resources needed to make a success of the office of the Ooni.

The signatories to the statement are: Princess Kehinde Sijuwade Elugbaju (Nee Adewole); Princess Adekanmi Adelugba; Princeess Olufunmilayo Busayo; Princess Adedokun Adedoyin; Prince Gabriel Adedire Adewole.

Others include: Prince Adebolu Adewole; Prince Adekola Adewole; Prince Adekunmi Adewole and Prince Tilewa Bimbo Adewole.