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13/09/2024

NEWS
P.N.Okeke, Great Author of Physics Textbook will be 83 on October 30

P.N.Okeke,We benefitted immensely Sir from your Physics Textbook when we were in secondary school in the 1990s as it saved us from foreign author and complicated big Abbott text book.
You are indeed prolific writer, physicist, educator and one of our true National Hero.

You really Inspires greatness in others God bless you immensely, Happy Birthday in advance Sir!

13/09/2024

ANCESTORY

OBA GABRIEL ADEKUNLE AROMOLARAN,THE OWA OBOKUN OF IJESA LAND BELONGS TO THE PANTHEON OF THE ANCESTORS
By Femi Alufa (Babafemi Olugbenga Alufa )

His Royal Majesty Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesha land who died on 11 September 2024 after a brief illness at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife. His death was announced the following day by the Asiwaju of Ijesaland. Oba Aromolaran was a prolific writer and publisher, peacemaker and nation builder, custodian of culture and encyclopedia of history and knowledge.May his legacies endure forever as he belongs to the pantheon of the ancestors.

Ilesa , the headquarters of Ijesa sub-ethnic group of Yoruba people has its origin from Yoruba word "Ile - Esha" (A land of chosen people).Ilesa was founded by Owa Obokun Ajibogun Onida arara who was the first Owa of Ilesa who originally was a prince of Olofin Oduduwa, the legendary progenitor of the Yoruba race from Ile- Ife (the source of the Yorubas).

Before Owa Ilesa finally settled at the present site,he was formerly at Igbadae,a village of about 10 kilometers to the present site of Ilesa.The Ilesa people had formerly settled at places like Ibokun,later to Ipole and moved to Ilowa before they finally settled at the present site of Ilesa.

According to Ijesa oral traditions,Owa Obokun Ajibogun was one of the prominent princes of Olofin Oduduwa.At Old age, Olofin Oduduwa suffered visual challenges and brine water was prescribed as the curative measure.It was Owa Ajibogun who procured the sea water (brine water) for the cure of O'odua visual challenges and hence the cognomen of Owa of Ilesa as :"Owa Obokun "(Owa the bringer of sea water).The panegyrics of "Omo Obokun" now applies to all the indigenous people of Ilesa and entire Ijesa land.

Ilesa also written as "Ilesha" is the largest town and historic cultural capital of the Ijesha people, and is home to a kingdom of the same name, ruled by an Oba locally styled as the Owa Obokun Adimula.

During the last inter- tribal war in Yoruba land in the 19th century,the Ijesa people formed an alliance with the Ekiti people and other sub- ethnic groups of the North Eastern Yorubaland known as "EkitiParapo" against the Ibadan Imperialists that subjugated them at that time.
EkitiParapo War otherwise known as "Kiriji war" started in July 1877 during the reigns of Owa Obokun Bepo who was also known as Owa Adimula Agunloye .He was also one of the principal signatories of the Yoruba Peace Treaty of September 23rd,1886 during the Kiriji war years .

During the Kiriji war years, Ijesa people produced a formidable fighter and war General called Ogedengbe who fought along with the Ekiti allies like Fabunmi of Okemesi -Ekiti, Faboro of Ido- Ekiti, Fajembola Olugbosun of Oye kingdom, Olomofe Otirikijuda of Ijero -Ekiti and several other warlords.Today,a monument erected at Ereja market in Ilesa is a mark of honour to Ogedengbe Agbogungboro,the War supreme Commander of Ijesa people during the EkitiParapo (Kiriji) war years.

12/09/2024

BREAKING !
HRM Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran ,The Owa Obokun of Ijesha land joins his ancestors .
May his ebullient soul rest in peace.

11/09/2024

SEPTEMBER 11
Today we honor the memory of all those we lost on September 11, 2001. May we never forget their stories – and the bravery of our first responders and troops who sacrificed so much.

- Barrack Obama
44th President of the United States.

28/08/2024

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21/08/2024

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15/08/2024

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08/08/2024

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04/08/2024

Birthday (August 04)

Barack Obama,
44th President of the United States

Obama served as the 44th President of the United States (2009-2017). Previously he was a Senator from Illinois before a 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention cast him into the spotlight, leading to a successful 2008 presidential campaign.

His election was a watershed as he was the first African-American President of the United States. His first term was focused on dealing with economic crisis brought about by the Great Recession, signing in a number of important bills as part of an economic stimulus. In his first two years he brought in an overhaul of the healthcare system, known as "Obamacare", and became the first sitting President to support same-sex marriage. In 2009 he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Obama defeated Mitt Romney in 2012 to win a second term. In this he advocated for gun control after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre and supported legislative and judicial efforts to support LGBT Americans. After Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea in 2014 he initiated sanctions against them, and did the same in response to alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election... Wishing you a happy birthday!

Born: August 4, 1961
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

03/08/2024

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30/07/2024

Today would have been my mom’s 87th birthday. These past couple of months have been tough without her, and I am so grateful for the outpouring of love you’ve shown our family along the way. Even though she’s no longer with us, I still think she’s worth celebrating.

What I loved most about my mom might have been this: She always felt like she was enough. The tiny two bedroom walk-up apartment we used to live in; the faux chimney she would fashion for us out of cardboard during the holidays; the at-home hair-dos she would give herself using the oven and a hot comb — she was always happy with what she had.

And because she felt like she was enough, she could help others feel that too. She did that countless times for me and my brother Craig. She did it for her family and friends. She did it for the staff at the White House. She did it for everyone she knew.

So today, on her birthday, I am celebrating the immense power there was in her enoughness. And I am committing myself to carrying forward her legacy of lifting up others the best I can.

Love you, mom. And happy birthday.

29/07/2024

Fajuyi Memorial (July 29)

Lt.Col.Adekunle Fajuyi (1926-1966)

Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, BEM (26 June 1926 – 29 July 1966) was the first military governor of the former Western Region, Nigeria. Originally a clerk, the late Lt. Colonel Francis Adekunle Fajuyi of Ado Ekiti joined the Army in 1943 as a Non Commissioned Officer, and he was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1951 for helping to contain a mutiny in his unit over food rations.

He was trained at the now defunct Eaton Hall OCS in the UK from July 1954 until November 1954 when he was short service commissioned Lieutenant, backdated to March 1952. In 1961, as the ‘C’ Company Commander with the 4QONR under Lt. Col. Price, Major Fajuyi was awarded the M.C. for actions in North Katanga and extricating his unit from an ambush.

On completion of Congo operations Fajuyi became the first indigenous Battalion Commander of the 1st battalion in Enugu, a position he held until just before the first coup of January 1966 when he was posted to Abeokuta as Garrison Commander.

When Major General Ironsi emerged as the new C-in-C on 17 January 1966, he appointed Fajuyi the first military governor of the Western Region.

He was assassinated by the revenge seeking counter-coupists led by Major T. Y Danjuma on 29 July 1966 at Ibadan, along with General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, the Head of State and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; who had arrived in Ibadan on 28 July 1966 to address a conference of natural rulers of Western Nigeria.

By dusk, he was through with the assignment and was prepared to head back to Lagos, but his host, Lt. Colonel Fajuyi, convinced him to spend the night at the Government House, Ibadan.

The bloody overthrow of the civilian regime of Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa’s government had taken place six months earlier in which the Prime Minister and other top government functionaries especially of Northern Nigerian extraction were killed.

The coup (seen then as a revolution) was successful in the North but failed in the South. Ironically, Aguiyi-Ironsi who did not participate in the violent bloodletting inherited the pieces of a shattered Republic by virtue of his seniority in the armed forces.

Yet, he was a victim of the counter-coup that claimed his life alongside his courageous host, Fajuyi. Fajuyi did all he could to persuade Danjuma not to kill Ironsi but when he saw that Danjuma insisted, he told him that he could not allow him unless he (Fajuyi) was killed first. This Danjuma did before going after Ironsi himself.

“Those of us who have had the privilege of serving with Lieutenant-Colonel Fajuyi draw consolation from knowledge of the fact that his sense of honour and duty is such that he would not shrink from making the supreme sacrifice in their defence.

This brave son of Western Nigeria will for ever live in our memory as a beacon of light to generations of Nigerian Army officers and Statesmen. We will always remember him as a worthy and distinguished Yoruba Army officer whose act of bravery in war and peace are unmatched by any in the history of this nation. He was a gallant soldier, a true patriot and a most able administrator.

His outstanding military records notwithstanding, Lieutenant-Colonel Fajuyi was a man dedicated to the cause of peace and given to the spirit of tolerance and moderation in the Councils of State.

Wherever he served, within the Army or in civil administration, Lieutenant-Colonel Fajuyi’s character and authority commanded involuntary respect; he has a special place in the hearts of all of us and we will always remember him. I join with the people of Western Nigeria in doing honour to the memory of a truly great man and in giving expression, publicly, to our debt of gratitude and deep appreciation for the manner in which he conducted the affairs of this Region and for the supreme sacrifice which he made on behalf of us all. We owe him more than we can repay. May his soul rest in peace.”

Credits: Wikipedia, TRIBUTE to Lieutenant- Colonel Adekunle FAJUYI; By His Excellency Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, Military Governor of Western Nigeria. January, 1967.

29/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, CON
Leader of the 10th Senate, National Assembly, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

22/07/2024

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20/07/2024

ON THIS DAY - July 20

On 20 July,1969 the American Astronauts;Neil Armstrong and Edmund Aldrin on Apollo 11 mission walk on the surface of the moon for the first time in the history of mankind.

Neil Armstrong made his famous statement on first moon landing:"...This is a small step for a single man but a giant leap for mankind".

Among the items left on the surface of the moon was a plaque that read:

"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the moon–July 1969 A.D–We came in peace for all mankind.”

Today as we celebrate the first moon landing of July 20,1969 A.D.

We pray that the peace of God that surpasses human understanding as man landed on the moon abide with you now and forever.

19/07/2024

Ancestory Birthday (July 19)
Gbenga Nwachukwu Destiny

Happy birthday to my long-time, long-distance best friend Gbenga! I’m sending all my best wishes your way today as you celebrate your very special day!

You shine so much brightness and joy into the lives of everyone around you. Thanks for being such an amazing person and best friend, and I hope that today on your birthday, some of that brightness shines right back at you!

Wishing you a wonderful birthday and a fantastic year ahead! Thanks for being such a great friend.

Signed: Emmanuel Adegoke, Head of Research, .

19/07/2024