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The Nigerian tourism industry is set for speedy development as the Ministry of Information and Culture, in synergy with the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), is set to come up with a new tourism policy for the country.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed disclosed this during his working visit to the Corporation’s headquarters in Abuja, on Tuesday.

Alh. Mohammed explained that the policy portends great avenue for the development of the nation’s tourism industry, “and it will no doubt lead to an influx of foreigners into Nigeria to appreciate the potentials that abound in the country – our food, music, film, culture and fashion industries which are subsectors of the tourism network.”

Mohammed, who noted that Nigeria made $53 million from film and $51 million from the music industries respectively last year, described Tourism as the fastest-growing sector in Nigeria economy, which, according to him, employs more than one million people, though with the capacity of employing seven million people.

Alh. Mohammed while commending the NTDC’s TourNigeria initiative noted that the NTDC is sitting on a keg of unexplored potentialities. He added that the Corporation also can harness the huge potentials of Nigeria to attract people to Nigeria, “because there are many reasons people should come to Nigeria.

“Nigeria is a country of colours, with 250 ethnic groups, good culture and almost all-year-round good weather. We are blessed with a good music industry that has become global. Our fashion is celebrated globally. Nigeria also has good religious tourism, with lots of people coming to Nigeria every day for religious tourism.”

The Information and Culture minister while commenting on the visa-on-arrival policy for African nationals which began operation since the beginning of this year, said with the policy, the tourism industry will be better off, realise its full potentials and generate more revenue into government coffers and increase the fortune of operators in the industry.

While welcoming the minister, the Director-General of NTDC, Folorunsho Coker identified a paucity of funding as one of the critical problems besetting tourism development in Nigeria aside legislative framework to institutionalise the sector.

He promised not to rest on his oars until the ‘Tour Nigeria’ and ‘Nigerian Flavour’ twin programmes he conceived are driving to their full potentials and replicated in all states of the federation.

Tour Nigeria is a tourism brand, created by the NTDC in 2017, under the Coker-led administration, to promote domestic tourism in Nigeria.

Coker revealed that the Corporation is deploying digital platforms and strategies to revolutionise the sector, saying “We are embracing digital transformation tools to gain more mileage and penetration to sell the Nigerian flavours – music, film, fashion and food to the global world.”

The NTDC boss then reiterated his road map for the Nigerian Tourism, a five-point action plan – acronymic CHIEF (Corporate Governance & Regulations, Human Capital Development, Infrastructural Development, Events and Marketing, and Finance & Investment) – to promote and develop the tourism industry by promoting domestic tourism and encouraging ease of doing business in Nigeria.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf has said that the state government was prepared to collaborate with the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) to strengthen tourism in the state and in Nigeria.

Speaking during a visit to the Director-General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mr Folorunsho Coker aka Folly Coker in Abuja on Wednesday, Akinbile-Yusuf said that her ministry would take advantage of the unique opportunity provided by NTDC to reach out to major tourism stakeholders in Africa.

“This collaboration will provide us with the opportunity to further market Lagos as a must-visit destination in Africa and the world.

“Lagos State is prepared to collaborate with NTDC in areas that will give recognition to creative arts and tourism development.

“Lagos is a preferred destination for business, leisure and entertainment,’’ she said.

Reacting, Mr Folorunsho Coker called on state governments to collaborate with the Federal Government in the joint efforts to boost tourism in their localities.

He said that the visit was necessitated by the need for states to collaborate with the Federal Government to effectively tap into tourism potential in their localities.

The Director-General urged other states in the federation to emulate Lagos in its rapprochement towards the Federal Government for mutual benefits of both levels of government.

“When the Federal Government and the Lagos State Government come together on a project, success is guaranteed. It is like saying when both parties clap, the whole of Africa will hear.

“Tourism has huge revenue-generating potential and it is good for the government at all levels to come together and tap optimum benefits of this potential,’’ Coker said.

He urged other states in the federation to emulate Lagos State by mapping out collaborative strategies with the federal government to develop tourism and other sectors of the economy.

Akinbile-Yusuf was accompanied on the visit by Mr Babatubnde Olaide-Mesewaku, Permanent Secretary, Lagos Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and other top officials of the ministry.

Former House of Representatives member, Jumoke Okoya-Thomas has also shunned the 64th birthday party of All Progressives Congress (APC) Southwest Women Leader, Chief Mrs. Kemi Nelson.

This latest development has been seen as social observers as retaliation to Kemi Nelson for shunning the 5th year remembrance of her dad, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas last weekend in Lagos.

Before now, many have seen Kemi Nelson as the godmother of Lagos APC Women Leader, Jumoke Okoya-Thomas as they remain inseparable before the unfortunate incident that tore them apart like a worn-out garment.

The silent feud between All Progressive Party (APC) women leaders, Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas and Chief Kemi Nelson are gradually generating into a family squabble as the latter shunned Chief Okoya Thomas 5th year remembrance.

The event which was held at the Oriental Hotels in Lekki witnessed some of the big wigs in the society and political landscape of Lagos, all present to honor the late Asoju Oba of Lagos.

If Yemi Adeola wanted to prolong as the MD/CEO of Sterling Bank, he had no shortage of sit-tight leaders in the political arena and world of business to emulate.

But unlike those fatuous Emperors for life who have turned whole countries and organizations into their personal kingdoms, Yemi knows that maintaining the status quo for too long will lead to stagnation.

After 14 years of service as a founding director and 10 years as substantive chief executive officer of Sterling Bank, Yemi felt the time was right to move on to other adventures.

But unlike the situation with some other banks where the replacement of a CEO led to civil war among senior management, the process with Sterling Bank was smooth and gradual.

The net was cast wide in search of suitable candidates to replace the indefatigable Adeola, at the end of which Abubakar Suleiman emerged as the chosen one.

Rather than thrust him abruptly into the financial sector pond where he would be at risk of being eaten by sharks, Suleiman was gradually groomed into the role.

Yemi, no doubt, has made so much money for himself as the bank MD. While too many of his peers, gained from their wealth only the fear of losing it, Yemi gained from his wealth, comfort, contentment and a deep sense of purpose.

Abisogun Family has described a report in a section of the media that the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Mr. Hakeem Ajasa has been picked as the next Oniru of Iruland in Lagos State as fake news.
According to the family, the selection of Ajasa, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) as the next Oniru of Iruland, is kangaroo and it is not known to the entire family.
The family said in a public notice titled; “Fake News By A Section of Abisogun Ruling House” that the “public and all interested parties are put on notice of the kangaroo selection of a person unknown to the entire Oniru Family to rule over their land and fill the currently vacant Oniru Chieftaincy stool.”
The family, who described themselves as Cheated Members of Abisogun Ruling House, alleged in the notice that was released to the media on Friday that being a policeman, they had information from reliable sources that Akeem Ajasa had harassed, intimidated and threatened other members of his ruling house.
“We also have information that under the table exchange of funds have taken place and the result of all these illegalities is the kangaroo selection.

Residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja were taken aback on Sunday September 16, 2012, when a suspected ritual killer, Mr. Usman Inuwa was caught with a dead baby stuffed in a suitcase at Tipper garage near Gwarimpa in Abuja

It was gathered that Inuwa was arrested on a tip-off, but another source said that the conductor of the bus he entered asked him to bring his suitcase so it could be stored properly and the man vehemently refused.

"Suspecting a foul play, the conductor asked him what was inside the suitcase, but he refused to reveal what was there.

"As the man tried to leave the bus, the conductor and others seized the suitcase from him and found the dead boy inside," said a source.

The source added that upon interrogation at the scene of the incident, the suspect was asked to name his accomplices, especially as they noticed that he was having discussions with one of the passengers in the bus, who had left to buy some items prior to when the vehicle would move.

A mob later reportedly gathered to deal with Usman Inuwa, and questioned him about how he came about the dead body and the whereabouts of the man they had seen with him earlier.

Sources said that the man, whose name was later given as Mr. Vincent Ovie Adjarho had to beat a retreat after buying the items he went for, when he overheard the mob shouting "where is that your friend, he must know about this dead boy."

Inuwa allegedly told the police, who arrived the scene of the incident later that the man they saw with him was a neighbour with whom he lived in the same compound and that he was not involved in the murder case of the three-year-old little boy.

A source revealed that Inuwa was forced to disclose his residential address to the police during interrogation and that the police insisted on arresting Vincent, who they said must know about the crime since they both sat together in the bus and were seen discussing.

Investigations revealed that Mr. Vincent Ovie Adjarho is nowhere to be found as he had to run for his dear life over a matter sources said he knew nothing about.

It was learnt that the F.C.T Police Area command Gwarimpa has arrested the mother of Vincent for questioning on the whereabouts of her son.

"The mother told the police in her statement that her son was missing as the family of the victim had promised to kill him if he is seen anywhere.

"But I can tell you that this is one of the ways Nigeria Police implicate innocent members of the public. They insisted that Inuwa must implicate the man the conductor said he was discussing with in the vehicle before the man left the scene to buy soft drink and snack," said a source.

The F.C.T Police Area Command has since declared Mr. Vincent Ovie Adjarho wanted for the murder of the three-year-old baby.

In the press release signed by the F.C.T Commissioner of Police, CP Sadiq Bello and dated 23rd September, 2012 the police stated that "this is to inform the general public that one Mr. Vincent Ovie Adjarho, a native of Urhobo, Delta State is wanted by the Nigerian Police Force for a case of the murder of a three (3) year old kid which took place on the 15th of September, 2012 in Bwari, Abuja."

It was added that Mr. Vincent is said to be among the gang "as confessed by a suspect Mr. Usman Inuwa who was found with the body parts of the kid in a briefcase at Tipper garage along Kubwa express.

"The Nigerian Police urges anyone who knows the whereabouts of Mr. Vincent to please report to the nearest police station."

Sowemimo Abiodun won the world award for 2019 SDGs #9 achievement in Innovations, Industry & Infrastructure. On the occasion of the High-Level Segment of the 74th UN General Assembly, the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, in collaboration with the World Award Foundation & Silicon Valley Nigeria Economic Development (SV-NED).

The last must not have been heard about serial entrepreneur and ECOWAS Youth Council Ambassador, Dr Sowemimo Abiodun as he's recently honoured by the world award foundation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on September 25, 2019.

A Lagos based socio-political group has accused the South West Women Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) of sponsoring media attacks against her perceived political enemies in the state. The group, known as Lagos Women of Action stated in a press statement signed by Alhaja Faderera Johnson, made available to our reporter stated that Mrs Nelson should desist from her inglorious and distasteful political games of pulling other women down or be forced to exposed her immoral ways to the public. Read the press statement below……..

Ado-Odo/Ota Caretaker Crisis Latest: Segun Ojolowo Insists On Mandate As Deputy Gov Noimot Salako Ask Him to Forgo Ambition

The controversy generated in Ado-Odo/Ota local government of Ogun State over the mini election held by the All Progressive Congress leaders to choose a Caretaker Chairman as requested for by governor Dapo Abiodun across the local government is getting interesting by the day.

It was reported two days ago that eight leaders of the party met at the Dolpin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos home of the state’s deputy governor, Alhaja Noimot Salako Oyedele where the leaders decided to cast their votes..........

** +Their Many Lies, Fraud

Ogun And Oko’wo Dapo Initiative
After the exposition by the media on the interference and usurpation of duties of transport unions in Ogun State, which we gathered has been causing disaffections among the members of the unions, the 13-man Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Committee on Transportation led by Barrister Sunday Olufemi Adeniyi has come out to deny any wrongdoing, maintaining that it had nothing to do with the activities of the unions since they were suspended by the government in June this year.

In an unsigned press statement replete with inconsistencies and attempt to mislead members of the public, the Dapo Abiodun’s Transport Committee stated that “…….no transport union has been allowed to sell the union tickets, they were only selling the state Internal Revenue Service tickets as mandated by His Excellency, the Governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun.

What Caused 2006 ADC Airline Crash That Killed Sultan Of Sokoto

Contrary to some media reports that the recent crashes recorded by Air Peace, one of Nigeria’s leading airlines were caused by faulty and substandard tryes, experts have revealed that the crashes were caused by human errors and judgments.
Experts who spoke on the matter disclosed that tyres of airplanes are replaced as at when due and that saying that some crashes by Air Peace and some other crashes that have occurred in Nigeria in the past were due to faulty tyres supplied by Airline Management Support Limited were deliberately conjured up to tarnish the image of the company in the industry as there were no facts to substantiate the spurious allegations.
Airline Management Support Limited is a world class service company that is dedicated to providing Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Hawker, ATR, Embraer aircraft airframe families with Aircraft Tyres & Aerospace Fluid and providing maintenance solutions for its clients in Central and West Africa.
In an apparent campaign of calumny, the sponsored reports by some online media, had blamed the cause of the incessant problems in the aviation industry on sharp practices by the airline’s procurement department and the tyre supplier for the airline.

The amiable Chief Executive Officer of HSO Global Links Limited, Mr. Hammed Solomon Olamijuwon has congratulated the former senate leader and winner of the Oyo Central Senatorial District in the 2019 General Election, Sen. Teslim Folarin for his success in the last election.

HSO Global Links Limited is a consultant firm that centers its area of concentrations on Real Estate, Property Management and Development, Airline and Travel management services.

Mr. Hammed Solomon Olamijuwon who is a Member of All Progressive Congress expresses his happiness for the success of his candidate in the senatorial district election Senator Teslim Folarin who happens to be his Mentor and Political leader.

The ongoing Kingship tussle presently in Gbagura Kingdom of Abeokuta has taken a new dimension as the Ajiboso ruling house is presently claiming the rightful mandate to the throne.

However an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta has been asked to declare the appointment of Saburee Babajide Bakre to fill the vacant stool of Agura of Gbagura as null and void by the Ajiboso ruling house for the stool of Agura of Gbagura, in Abeokuta Ogun state, Prince Adetayo Mufutau Adedeji Lugboso.

The business empire of Jite Okoloko, one of the alleged strong allies of former Delta State governor, James Ibori, and a big beneficiary of the nation’s economic patrimony under the sixteen years of the Peoples Democratic Party’s administration that ended in 2015, appears to be heading for difficult times, if the unsavoury news filtering out of Eroton, Midwestern Oil and Gas as well as Notore Chemicals, the three diamonds of the empire, is anything to go by.

Sources disclosed that Notore Chemicals has been battling with operational challenges in the aftermath of its largely undersubscribed attempt to raise fresh working capital from the Stock Exchange last year.

The firm, sources said, has had to review its ambitious expansion and diversification plans it hoped to fund with the expected fresh capital injection that did not materialize. It is also said to be battling with huge cash calls occasioned by its liabilities while several contract and junior non-contract staff are said to have been laid off between December 2018 and end of Q1 2019 due to poor returns.

The Senate has passed the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) (Repeal renactment) Bill 2017 into law. The law, which was initiated to reposition NTDC, is awaiting President Muhammadu Buhari‘s assent. NTDC Director-General Folorunso Coker speaks with Assistant Editor (Arts) OZOLUA UHAKHEME on his expectations of the law and its relevance to global tourism objectives.

Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Director-General, Mr. Folorunso Coker, has described the new NTDC bill awaiting President Buhari’s assent as the needed legal framework to grow the nation’s tourism potential. He said the new bill when passed into law will prompt a financial framework that allows the agency to operate as a business entity capable of generating huge revenues for the economy.

He likened the NTDC’s legal framework to the required foundation (the financial framework inclusive) laid in the communication, banking, oil and gas sectors, which resulted in their huge revenue returns.

He lamented that most tourism operators are now unable to access loans from the banks because tourism does not generate individual returns, which may allow it to withstand 25 per cent interest rate. This, according to him, is because tourism is not seen as a serious business.

Serial entrepreneur and grassroots mobilizer, Timi Olorunsaye has set his eyes on the Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency House of Representatives seat.

His decision to throw his hat in the ring as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) flag bearer is causing serious ripples among the major political parties in Ifako-Ijaiye because the enterprising young man is known to be grassroots politician and man of the people.
A serial entrepreneur with great business acumen and excellent managerial skills, Timi’s work experience spans many years in various sectors and he has a track record of successfully creating and running several small businesses to profitability. He currently sits on the board of several reputable Nigerian companies operating in diverse sectors such as information technology, oil and gas, food processing and printing & packaging.
His journey into politics started during his undergraduate years in Lagos State University when, as a student union activist, he was the honourable member representing his department at the Student Parliamentary Council (SPC), which is the legislative arm of the Student Union Government where he successfully led several agitations on behalf of his constituency.
Much later in life, he joined the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) which later metamorphosed into All Progressive Congress (APC). However, he left the party due to some irreconcilable ideological differences and joined Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM). He later emerged as the chairman of the African Democratic Congress in Ifako-Ijaiye LGA after the CNM adopted ADC as a political platform.

The Senate has passed the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) (Repeal renactment) Bill 2017 into law. The law, which was initiated to reposition NTDC, is awaiting President Muhammadu Buhari‘s assent. NTDC Director-General Folorunso Coker speaks with Assistant Editor (Arts) OZOLUA UHAKHEME on his expectations of the law and its relevance to global tourism objectives.

Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Director-General, Mr. Folorunso Coker, has described the new NTDC bill awaiting President Buhari’s assent as the needed legal framework to grow the nation’s tourism potential. He said the new bill when passed into law will prompt a financial framework that allows the agency to operate as a business entity capable of generating huge revenues for the economy.

He likened the NTDC’s legal framework to the required foundation (the financial framework inclusive) laid in the communication, banking, oil and gas sectors, which resulted in their huge revenue returns.

He lamented that most tourism operators are now unable to access loans from the banks because tourism does not generate individual returns, which may allow it to withstand 25 per cent interest rate. This, according to him, is because tourism is not seen as a serious business.

Serious demolition of shops curently ongoing in Idimu Council bus stop, the exercise is been carried out by men of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, PorscheClassy Media is reporting.

PorscheClassy gathered exclusively that the the sole administrator who came to the rescue of the helpless citizens, Mr Adedoyin is currently locked In the black maria brought for the operation.

+ Why Their 14-Year Old Marriage Crashed
+ How Rahama Frustrated His Second Wife, Umma Wali
+ Why Her Sex-inclined Line of Business Was A Source of Constant Feud
+How She Always Took To Social Media To Blackmail Him For Money


The 14-year old marriage between Mohammed Babangida, scion of the Babangida dynasty and his first wife and mother of his four children, Rahama Indimi, has crashed. Rahama has even moved out of the Babangidas’ palatial Hill Top mansion in Minna, Niger State. Since she packed out of her matrimonial home a few months ago, she has been putting up with her sister in Abuja, FCT.
Sources disclosed to The ELITES that the marriage between Mohammed and Rahama crashed as a result of myriad of problems, which was completely beyond the couple’s control. Somehow, the news of their crashed marriage was only known to just the couple’s families and close friends alone.
Until last weekend, when Rahama took to the social media and announced the crash of her marriage to the whole world.
This shocking disclosure set a lot of tongues wagging and it sparked various debates on what could have led to the crash and why a lady, who is supposedly well brought-up, could resort to using the social media to make such an announcement.

****Walks Down Bourdillon Street

Chelsea on Saturday announced the signing of Leicester City’s defensive midfielder N’Golo Kante on a five-year deal from the Premier League champions.

“I am so happy to have signed for one of the biggest clubs in Europe. It’s a dream come true for me,” the 25-year-old Kante told Chelsea’s website.

New reports have claimed actor Adeniyi Johnson tried poisoning his ex wife and colleague, Toyin Aimahku.

It was observed that some Instagram followers of Johnson, on Thursday, June 30, 2016, accused him of trying to poison Aimahku during their marriage and the allegation became rife after the actress commented saying “Silence is no longer golden.”

Double Wahala’ crooner, Oritsefemi, might be facing a lawsuit soon according to music producer, PuffyTee, who threatened to sue him and his manager if money owed to him is not paid.
According to the ace producer, Oritsefemi and his manager, Danku, have failed to remit the amount due to him for his production of 15 tracks on the singer’s album.

He revealed this in an interview with Vanguardngr, saying “When this feud started, Danku told me not to worry that everything will be fine, so I left and continued working on my other projects. I’m asking for my money now because they have settled.”

It’s a known fact that Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has the deportment of a saint and the agility of a stag.

SocietyGists gathered that the Hon. Speaker has gone ahead to marry a third wife, Idayat, even though Bukola, his second wife, and Fausat, his first wife and mother of his four children, are still very much in the picture. Our sources based their claims on alleged marital squabbles and scandals involving the Lagos Speaker and his spouses at the home front.

Friends and loyalists of the Agege lawmaker, however, substantiate his rebuttal of the malicious rumours claiming they are part of the evil plot of the legislator’s political detractors to malign his good name and unsettle him. A very close source to Obasa revealed that although he recently took a third wife, he married her out of pure love and his love for his first and second wives remains intact too.

The source claimed that marriage and its obligations do not prevent Obasa from fulfilling his official duties to the coastal city of Lagos and his beloved loyalists and fans among the electorate.

+ How The Auto Magnate Fell In Love
+ Why Ooni of Ife Shunned The Party

Guess who joined the 40’s club on Thursday, 30 June? It was none other than the beautiful lady behind Mide Mane Hair brand, Bukola Owoyemi Oleah.
To celebrate the event, Bukola’s lover of many years, Bayo Adesola, the popular Lagos Big Boy and wealthy businessman, treated her to a classy party on Saturday, 2 July.

The birthday celebration took place at R and A Hotel and Suites, on Allen Avenue, Ikeja. It was attended by several famous Lagos Big Boys and many popular party-loving ladies as well.
The dress code dictate for the party was white, and the guests turned out in their most stylish of ways. They all made the event a memorable one for the adorable mother of two.

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Bayo Adesola
The male guests were at the party at the behest of the celebrant’s fiancé, Bayo Adesola; and he was the perfect host, as he saw to it that his guests had a swell time, with the flow of array of sumptuous meal, choice wine and good music to go around.

A successful auto merchant, Bayo Adesola is a very close friend of Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the current Ooni of Ife. Although, there have been whispers that a trailer has rammed in between the two men, as the friendship between them is reported to be under strain, over some awry business issues, the veracity of such claim, remains in the realm of conjectures.

XCLUSIVE: Lagos Information Commissioner, Steve Ayorinde, Presents Book To Mark Ambode’s Sterling One Year In Office

The public presentation of Cascade of Change: A Decade of Liberal Thoughts, a book, authored by Honourable Steve Ayorinde, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, will take place on Thursday, 23 June, 2016.
The event is billed to hold at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island.
The ELITES gathers that the book presentation is part of activities marking Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s sterling one year in office.
President Mohammadu Buhari is the Special Guest of Honour at the event, which will be chaired by Aremo Olusegun Osoba. The Eleko of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu will be the Royal Father of the Day. The trio of Professor Pat Utomi, Dr. Doyinsola Abiola and Dipo Famakinwa are the keynote discussants for the day.
The Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode is the Chief Host of the book presentation.
Ayorinde, a journalist, author, film critic, a multiple-award winning journalist and editor, started his career with Nigeria’s foremost Newspaper The Guardian. He is a former editor of The PUNCH, and is the immediate past Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of National Mirror Newspaper.
A former Vice-President (West) of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Ayorinde is a product of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and was also educated at the University of Lagos, Akoka and University of Leicester in the UK where he earned a Masters Degree in Globalization and Communications. Well travelled and a polyglot, Ayorinde is a European Union Fellow at the Foundation Journalists-in-Europe (1997-98 set) – A comprehensive one-year training scheme for mid-career journalists. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious State Department’s International Visitors’ program (IVP) in the United States; Goethe Institute, Berlin and University of Siena for Foreigners, Italy.
Author of two books Masterpieces: A Critic’s Timeless Report (Spectrum Book 2008) and Abokede: The Man, The City, The Hill (ArtPillar Books 2011), Ayorinde is a member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). He is also regarded as one of Nigeria’s best renowned film and art critics, who has served on the Juries for some of the world’s most recognised film festivals and awards, such as the Toronto Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Mumbai International Film Festival. He is also a foundation Jury member of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).

vicdom:
that is what you get when you use substandard materials for standard project in order to cajole the masses.

LOL, so Amosun is the contractor of the project abi. May God save you

The massive leak of confidential documents described as the Panama Papers has got a lot of politicians and world leaders hot under the collar. The leak of more than 11.5 million documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca—obtained by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and shared with more than 100 other news organizations—is the biggest data leak in history.