Hollywood Actor Dayo Okeniyi Storms Ogbomoso For Arewa Ogbomoso Beauty Pageant & Ogbomoso Merit/Achievers Award 2019 |OGBOMOSO INFO|

The placid city of Ogbomoso in Oyo state is gearing up for the most anticipated event of the year, the 4th edition of the glamorous, educative and entertaining cultural beauty pageant, the Arewa Ogbomoso Ajilete Cultural Beauty Pageant and the most coveted award Ogbomoso Merit/Achievers Award.

The event which will be playing host to Hollywood Actor Dayo Okeniyi will see the lagniappe award for the Man of the year presented to Mr Olusegun Adekunle, the permanent secretary (General Service Office) office of the Secretary to the dGovernment of the Federation in, recognition of his unquantifiable contributions to the overall development of Ogbomoso land. While Yeyeluwa Abimbola Ashabi Odebunmi, wife of the Honourable member representing Ogo Oluwa & Surulere federal constituency, will be awarded woman of the year.

In the Leadership/Political Category the former Governor of Oyo State HE Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao Akala will be scooping the well deserved Leadership Icon Award, for providing strategic leadership and opening the floodgate for others to reckon and associate with Ogbomoso thereby changing the narratives, for proving bookmakers wrong and wining the Oyo North Senatorial election,
Distinguished Senator Fathia Buhari, will be taking the Political Icon Award, while the founder and Lead Partner of Budgit, a civic tech company that monitors governmental budget performance and expenditure, Mr. Oluseun Onigbinde will be awarded for Youth Advocacy and Excellence in Government.

Other awardees under this category are the convener of Ajilete Carnival, Hon. Akinwole Akinwale Wolekanle, Miss Akingbade Yemisi Sapphire, others are Alh. Noah Bello, Mrs. Bukola Ojo, Madam Cecilia Idowu, Hon. Sayo Alagbe, Prince Oyekunle Oyewumi and Mr. Peter Owolabi
Irorun Agbe Nigeria Enterprise will be getting the medium scale company award while Miss Olayeni Ayobola will be awarded the CEO of the year under the Business/Entrepreneurial category; others are SQI ICT Academy, Lutonian Tech, Alata Milk and Honey, Sarek Gold, Klassic Skincare and Slim Dee Fashion Institute.

Under the Entertainment/Special Recognition Award, we have Fuji maestros, Alh. Ramoni Akanni RK1 and Alh. Wasiu Agara. The list includes Highlife crooner KK Sunny, Abuja based Ashaafrica Worldwide, likewise celebrity OAP/Presenter Babakwete and Akorede Ishola Lascongo
The event which is packaged by the Ogbomoso Lifters and sponsored by Talking Drum Apartments and Hotel, Ogbomoso will sees the creme de la creme of Ogbomoso lead by HRH Oba Francis Olushola Alao and his beautiful Olori as the Royal Father of the Day, while Mr. Ezekiel Okeniyi will Chair the occasion converge at the prestigious Cecil Place Auditorium, behind New Era Baptist Church, off Ogbomoso lkoyi road Safejo Area Ogbomoso on Sunday the 22nd of December 2019 by 3pm prompt.

The event which will feature pageantry at its best will be showcasing Africa attires, as the contestants will be making appearances in the conventional and traditional Aso Oke costumes and accessories and Ankara fabrics dinner gowns, the pageantry shall be highlighted by the resplendent crowning of the new most discreet damsel of Arewa Ogbomoso Ajilete Beauty. Queen
The closing ceremony will feature amazing entertainment display and merriment await all present.

Alaafin of Oyo: Court strikes out kingmakers suit against Makinde

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Awe, Afijio Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, struck out the suit instituted against Governor Seyi Makinde by five kingmakers. Recall that the kingmakers, popularly known as Oyomesi, dragged the governor, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to court to stop them from aborting the process for the selection/appointment of the candidate for filling the vacant stool of Alaafin of Oyo by the kingmakers. The claimants in the suit were Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Ayoola; Lagunna of Oyo, High Chief Wakeel Oyedepo; Akinniku of Oyo, High Chief Amuda Yusuf; Areago Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Waheed Oyetunji and Alapo of Oyo, who is also Warrant Officer for Alaapini of Oyo, Chief Gbadebo Mufutau. The plaintiffs were absent during Thursday’s hearing. While ruling on the suit, Justice Ladiran Akintola, struck it out following its withdrawal by counsel to the cla...

NECO releases 2022 SSCE external results

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the November/December 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, the registrar of NECO, broke the news on Thursday in Minna, the capital of Niger state. The 2022 SSCE for external candidates was held from November 21 to December 21. The NECO registrar said a total of 59,124 candidates sat for the examination, with 31,316 males, representing 52.96 per cent, while 27,808, representing 47.03 per cent, were female. He said 58,012 candidates sat for the English Language with 44,162, representing 76.13 per cent, getting credit and above. According to Wushishi, the number of candidates who wrote Mathematics is 57,700, out of which 43,096, representing 74.69 per cent, got credit and above. He also disclosed that 46,825 candidates, representing 79.20%, got five credits and above — irrespective of English Language and Mathematics. The NECO registrar revealed that 11,419 candidates were sanction...

How Ogbori Elemosho gave me MFR Status - Lere Paimo

Ogbomoso born,Veteran Nollywood actor, Chief Lere Paimo MFR has explained that his historical movie 'Ogbori Elemosho gave him a lot of recongition and earned him the MFR status with the likes of Dangote and Mike Adenuga. Chief Paimo stated this during a recent interview with The Nation while reacting to questions on some people's believe that historical movies don’t generate much money. "That is a big lie, my movie, Ogbori Elemosho gave me a lot including my MFR status with the likes of Dangote, Mike Adenuga in Abuja some years back. Just three days ago, the Chartered Institute of Commerce conferred me with a doctorate degree, I am now Chief Dr Lere Paimo. All these are results of my works. I built a house from acting, bought cars and sent my children to school so tell me what more we want in life. Chief Paimo also stressed why its wrong for Nollywood stars to bleach their skin. According to Eda Onile Ola as popularly called “There is no amount of advice we would give t...

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