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By Onomiguren Agbamu Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has urged the Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders to work towards revitalizing the nation’s refineries, that Nigeria has no business importing petrol with its cost implications on the economy. The Governor stated this on Tuesday when the National Executive Committee of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) led by the National President, Comrade Williams Akporeha pay him a courtesy visit at Government House, Asaba. The Governor noted that there was no justification for an oil-producing nation with four refineries to resort to fuel importation for…

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OSOGBO – Osun state Police command on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 declared a suspected bisexual, Ridwan Alayande wanted for engaging in homosexuality with another suspect, Abdulkabir Mohammed. Recall that, the Delta State Police Command on August 29, 2023 arrested over 100 suspected homosexuals carrying out a wedding ceremony in a hotel in Delta state. According to a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Opalola Yemisi, one of the suspect’s father-inlaw who is revered Islamic cleric in Osogbo, Imam Kazeem Yunus reported at Osogbo divisional Police headquarters on Saturday that his son in-law, Abdulkabir…

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Pelican Valley  Nigeria Limited on Sunday shined at the  Origo International Excellence Award, winning the Canada – based organization’s real estate champion category award. Christened the 2023  Origo International Real Estate Champion Award., it was presented to the CEO of Pelican Valley, Dr. Babatunde Adeyemo in Lagos by  Chief Adetola  Adeniyi at a ceremony that had in attendance notable personalities who were also garlanded with awards for their achievements? Chief Tola Adeniyi,  a renowned veteran international journalist, publisher, and columnist, in his keynote speech at the ceremony, dwelled on “The Media: The Last Estate Standing for Democracy in Nigeria.” The…

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Two Nigerians in Diaspora, Chief Olawale Olaleye and Mrs Najiyat, have mobilised the construction team to commence immediate development on their respective sites inside the Pelican Brief Estate and the Pelican’s Ecostay Smart apartments which share a boundary in Kobape area of Ogun State. Chief Executive Officer, Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, Dr Babatunde Adeyemo, who made this known during an on-the-spot assessment of developments passed a vote of confidence on his new management team. Adeyemi said: “I must congratulate and commend my new site management team for this wonderful work. The sites are extremely clean, developments are apt and rapid…

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The CEO of Pelican Valley Estate, Promoter of Pelican Valley Estate, Pelican Brief Estate, Pelicans Ecostay Apartments and Pelican’s Greenish Acres farm Estate, Dr Babatunde Adeyemo celebrated his 44th birthday with inmates in Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State and gave them bags of rice and cash as part of the celebration. The realtor firm also had a novelty match with Nigeria Correctional Center, which draws 1-1 respectively. Dr Babatunde while addressing the inmates at the correctional service disclosed that he chose to celebrate his birthday with the inmates to encourage them not to feel downcast because of where they are, but…

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Abeokuta-born Chevron multi-billionaire Realtor, Abdulrasheed Ayinde, has expressed his resolve to build a Palatial country home in the top–notch Pelican Valley Estate Kobape, Ogun State, where ‘Unusual home happens.’ The Realtor disclosed this over the weekend after inspecting his plot of land within the estate even as some United States-based Nigerian investors have also commended the Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited for the level of infrastructural developments and the establishment of Government Approved layouts in its estate in Ogun, a Southwestern State of Nigeria. Mr. Ayinde, who also has dual citizenship of the Nigerian and United Kingdom, is one of the…

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Fawaz Adebisi The Ogun State government has begun the construction of the road leading to Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, nine months after PLATFORMTIMES Newspaper reported how the road was abandoned for over 15 years in 2022. The report had in it traders, students, and residents’ complaints on how they suffered loss, missed class, and got health damages due to the bad state of the road. PLATFORM TIMES earlier reported that the road, leading to the school, formerly known as the Old Owode road, caused so much havoc on students, residents, and traders. However, the current administration, under the leadership of Dapo…

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A foremost real estate company in Ogun, Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited has been applauded by the permanent secretary, Bureau of Political and Administration, Kehinde Onasanya for complementing the state government’s efforts in jobs creation and housing developments to meet the housing needs of residents in the state. Onasanya while expressing admiration for the effort of the pelican boss Dr. Babatunde Adeyemo on Wednesday during a courtesy visit to the Pelican-Valley estate in Abeokuta, stressed that the governor Dapo Abiodun alone cannot address all needs of the people hence the reason why private sectors are encouraged to join hands to bring about rapid…

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Infrastructural decay is one of the reasons Ogun State has recorded high figures of out-of-school children. ADETUTU SOBOWALE who toured some parts of Ogun West, came across many schools that are decrepit. The road to Kakanfo, a rural community in Yewa-North Local Government is rough and dusty. As I sighted the broken-roofed school, I asked myself whether it is possible to learn in a classroom without a cover. Aside from broken roofs, the building has no doors or windows. The situation occasioned by the dilapidated school had so many times forced teachers to shut down school whenever it’s about to…

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To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

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