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AKEREDOLU: IMO COMMUNITY PERFORMS TRADITIONAL MGBAFU MKPE RITE FOR BETTY

By: GELE AGBAI The weather was clement.  There was neither rainfall nor harsh sunshine.  In spite of the heatwave being witnessed across the country since this year, the elements on Sunday, March 31, 2024 seemed to have cooperated and collaborated to make Emeabiam Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State have a conducive ambience suitable for the ceremony. Venue was the late Chief BUB and Nneoma Dora Anyanwu’s compound at Umuikea Emeabiam.  And the event was the traditional Mgbafu Mkpe ceremony of Her Excellency, Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the immediate past Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, CON who passed away in December 2023. Mr. Herbert Igbo, representing Umuegeolu Kindred, handed the former first lady of Ondo State to the immediate younger brother to the late Governor, Professor Wole Akeredolu. The handover to the Akeredolu's was the climax of the ceremony. This was after the Akeredolu's had indicated inter

UNVEILING PROPHET LANRE BADMUS: GOD'S SERVANT WHO SAW AKEREDOLU, OLUBADAN'S DEATH

  Of recent, there has been an influx of different types of acclaimed men of God who have laid claim to all shades of miracles, signs and wonders. While most of them have come up with a series of stories centred around their encounter with the spiritual realm, most of these stories have turned out to be false in its entirety. But in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, tucked in the deep hinterland of Olodo area in Iyana church is one prophet who is barely known and rarely seen but whom God has been using to propagate his gospel and deliver prophetic messages to the world for more than three decades. His name is Prophet Lanre Badmus of the  Celestial Church of Christ, Ile Anu kisu, Agbaja,Olodo, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. In 2021, Prophet Lanre Badmus during his new year prophetic declaration called on the people of Oyo state and Nigeria to rise up in prayer against the untimely death of a sitting Governor in the state which eventually came to pass with the demise of Arakunrin ROTIMI Akered

AKEREDOLU: NBA PRESIDENT LEADS NATIONAL OFFICERS ON CONDOLENCE

 By: Tolu Mustapha  The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN has led the General Secretary, Adesina Adegbite, the 3rd Vice President, Amanda Demechi-Asagba, the Welfare Secretary, Chinyere Obasi and members of the NBA on a condolence visit to the family of former NBA President and Governor of Ondo State, late Arakurin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, CON, SAN at the family’s residence in Ibadan. While condoling with the family, Mr. Maikyau noted that the former NBA President “was one of the most influential and courageous Presidents ever to lead the NBA.”  The NBA President prayed that “God Almighty will comfort the hearts of all members of his family, his colleagues and friends.”  The NBA delegation was received by Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the former governor and other members of the Akeredolu’s family.  Joining the National Officers on the visit were the Chairpersons of the Ibadan, Ikeja, Lagos, and Ikorodu Branches of the N