Periodicals
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MILITARY CLAIMS ON COUP PLOT NOT CORRECT
The Pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande has faulted the claim by the military of consultation with some of its officers to effect a change of government in Nigeria. Speaking with newsmen at the weekend in Iwo shortly after he presided over the 2017 Distinguished Role Model Award of The Wings Schools, Iwo in honour of Late Ben Adisa Akinola, Akande said the military was being economical with the truth. According to him, it was absurd for the military to lay such a claim while the perpetrators are still walking freely adding that if actually something of such happened, the military would have acted professionally.…
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BISI AKANDE’S UNHOLY THOUGHTS
Former interim chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, dropped a bomb on Monday, when he issued a statement alleging that some people close to the country’s power hub, Aso Rock, are “playing politics with the health of the president.” Chief Akande warned that those who wish to harvest political gains out of the health of Mr. President are mistaken. “This is not 1993,” he fumed. The question begging for answer from Chief Akande’s vituperations is, who are the people playing politics with the president’s health and is the president’s health condition really as bad as he tried to impress? We know that just on Tuesday,…
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‘What politicians should learn from Akande’
At 75, the Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, is a rare example of leadership. With a rich antecedent in the corporate world and politics, he remains a mentor and role model to those who strive for value. In his old age, his life preaches modesty and disdain for avarice. Akande has earned respect, not because he is wealthy, but because he has a good name. Eminent Nigerians, who showered encomiums on him during his birthday ceremony in Lagos, highlighted those virtues of statesmanship peculiar to the former Osun State governor. At the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, the venue of the event, statesmen, government officials,…
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Chief Bisi Akande: Celebrating a worthy leader at 75
Femi Orebe It is a thing of joy that we still have in Yoruba land today, a distinguished leader of the calibre of Chief Bisi Akande, This column opens up today with a portion that was guillotined from last Sunday’s article due to space constraint. It is a thing of joy that we still have in Yoruba land today, a distinguished leader of the calibre of Chief Bisi Akande, the Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress to celebrate. In an age when all manner of characters are bandied about as leaders in the Southwest geo-political zone, and when ‘leaders’ are being trashed right and left in certain circles,…
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Dignitaries celebrate APC chair Akande at 75
Leke Salaudeen It was a glorious day for the Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande as party chieftains across the country converged on Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, yesterday to celebrate his 75th birthday. The ceremony, presided over by APC leader and former military Head of State Gen Muhammadu Buhari, was attended by governors, deputy governors, members of States and National Assembly, commissioners and traditional rulers. Decked in an immaculate white dress with a cap to match–his wife, Omowunmi, sitting by his side–Akande was beaming and waiving to acknowledge cheers from the guests. Gen. Buhari described Akande as a man of unquestionable integrity “which is…
