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  ‎The Oyo State Ministry of Education and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State chapter, have cleared the air on the alleged beating of a teacher to death in Ogbomoso by students, describing the viral news story as fake and a complete misrepresentation of facts. ‎Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola; Oyo State NUT Chairman, Comrade Raji Oladimeji and the Principal of Soun High School, Ogbomoso, Mr Ajayi Adeyinka, who spoke separately on Monday, gave detailed accounts of the incident. ‎                       Mr Adegoke Fatai ‎The trio noted that the claim that the deceased teacher, Mr Adegoke Fatai Abiodun, was beaten to death by some students is false and unfounded, stating that the incident in which he caught four students gambling within school premises happened on May 28, 2025, while the teacher died on November 4, 2025. ‎The Oyo State Government and the Education family i...

  ‎Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle was born in Kaduna. His father was a native of Ogbomoso while his mother was a member of the Bachama tribe. He underwent secondary education at the government college, Okene (in present day Kogi State). ‎ ‎He enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1958 shortly after completing his school certificate examinations. He passed the army selection examinations and thereafter was despatched to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK, the British Army’s initial officer entry academy. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on December 15, 1960. ‎ ‎As a platoon commander, he served in Kasai Province of Congo with the 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Nigeria Regiment during his first ONUC UN peace keeping tour of duty. In 1962, Lt. Adekunle became Aide-de-Camp to the governor of the eastern region, Sir Akanu Ibiam. The following year, as a Captain, he was posted back to the Congo as Staff Captain (A) to the Nigerian Brigade HQ at Luluabourg – under Brigadier B. ...

   Trump: War General, Kurunmi’s lessons for Tinubu  By Festus Adedayo  Greek philosopher, Socrates, may be the most famous Western figure of his time to have swallowed the poisonous plant's juice called hemlock. But, Africa, too had its. As he was sentenced to death in 399 BCE, Socrates was forced to drink this poisonous plant secretion which causes muscular paralysis, leading to respiratory failure. As he lay dying, having swallowed his own hemlock kept in a calabash bowl, the tragic life of Kurunmi, 19th century Yoruba military general and Yoruba race’s 10th Aare Ona Kakanfo, stands as a huge lesson for contemporary leaders. Though Kurunmi learned the lesson too late, its precepts are that, through decisions or indecision, leaders lead their people to avoidable bloodshed. For Nigerian political leaders, the wailing regret of their actions and the consequences may be loud. As loud as they may seem, they are synonymous with the proverbial wails of the killed and gri...

            Afolayan Oluwadarasimi Roseline            ‎ ‎Academic activities have been suspended at the Iseyin Campus of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, after the tragic death of a 200-level student,Afolayan Oluwadarasimi Roseline from the Department of Agricultural Economics. ‎The university’s management, in a statement signed by Mrs. Olayinka O. Balogun on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, described the incident as deeply painful. The student, identified as a recently resumed 200-level undergraduate, reportedly lost her life after being hit by a vehicle in a fatal accident near the Iseyin campus. ‎“In view of this unfortunate development and the emotional distress it has caused within the university community, the Management has approved the suspension of all academic activities at the Iseyin Campus for a period of two weeks with immediate effect,” the statement read. ‎Students of the College of ...