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PASEDA, OBASANJO, OSOBA, AMOSUN, AJIBOLA, OTHERS HONOURED AT 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL OGUN INDIGENES AWARD
It was another honour well deserved for the founder, Paseda Legacy Foundation, Otunba Olatunde Rotimi Paseda as he was bestowed with Ogun Best Industrialist in Europe at 100 Most Influential Ogun indigenes Award held at Obasanjo presidential library, Abeokuta, Ogun state.
Paseda who was represented by his Media Assistant, Michael-Azeez Ogunsiji commended the organizers of the award for the initiative to honour indigenes of the state while alive, saying such lofty idea would spring development to the state.
He said, such initiative would trigger many of the awardees who have chains of businesses across the country and diaspora to come back home and contribute their quota to the progress of the state.
While reiterating his commitment to youth development and initiative, Otunba Paseda stressed that he would continue to hold the youths with high esteem, assuring them that he would continue to feature youths in his programme aimed at developing the state.
“I want to commend the organizers of this epoch-making event and with all sense of modesty I want to say that, the youths are beginning to exhibit high level of maturity and claim their rightful positions.
“No doubt, this singular gesture would definitely drive many of us both home and in diaspora to invest and contribute our quota to the development of the state. The initiative to honour the living icons of the state demonstrated your show of concern for hardwork and philanthropic.
“I want to assure you that I will continue to hold the youths from high esteem and incorporate you in any of my programmes aimed at bettering the lives of the downtrodden as exemplified by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.”
Meanwhile, the organizer of the award, HEX COMMUNICATION said Otunba Paseda was chosen as one of the 100 Most Influential Ogun Indigenes Still Living in recognition of his outstanding leadership and contributions towards the upliftment of mankind and as an inspiration to the youths.
Other awardees include former president Olusegun Obasanjo, chief Segun Osoba, former world chief judge Prince Bola Ajibola, Ogun state governor , Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Prof. BIYI Afonja, former female Olympic gold medalist, Mrs Falilat Ogunkoya, former green eagle captain, chief When Odegbami and host of others.
Breaking: Plane crash kills Ten people
A small private jet crashed into a motorbike and a car while attempting to land at an airport in the outskirts of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials said on Thursday.
A Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) aircraft, a light private business jet, was carrying six passengers and two crew when it crashed near Elmina township at 2.08 p.m. (0608 GMT), just before it was due to land, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters.
The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, he said. “There was no emergency call, the aircraft had been given clearance to land,” Hussein Omar said. A search and rescue mission is underway. The country’s civil aviation authority (CAAM) said the flight had departed from the holiday island of Langkawi and was en route to Selangor’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near the capital city Kuala Lumpur.
Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident
Seven passengers have been confirmed killed after a commercial bus caught fire in Lagos on Sunday
At least five others were said to have sustained injuries in the tragic incident that occurred at Iyana Oworo, close to the Third Mainland Bridge.
The deceased comprises four females, two male adults and one male child.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said there were 14 passengers in the ill-fated bus with registration number KJA 699 GY.
Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, said the driver had some burns.
He added that three female adults involved in the incident were rushed to Gbagada General Hospital and that a male adult was attended to by the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) at the scene.
“LASTMA officials at the scene have made arrangements to remove the burnt vehicle from the road,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.
Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident
By Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe
The deputy governor of Yobe State, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, lost a son in an auto crash which occurred yesterday
A statement signed by his press secretary, Hussaini Mai Suleh, in Damaturu said the seven-year-old boy who was a namesake to Governor Mai Mala Buni died in a crash along Maiduguri-Kano road.
He said the boy had been buried according to Islamic rites at the palace of the Mai of Fune in Damagum town in Fune local government area.
Reacting, the deputy governor said; “I will forever remember him as somebody close to me.’’
Top government officials and other personalities were at the residence of the deputy governor to sympathise with the family over the death.
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