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Ismail Abdulaziz
Jul, Thu, 2025

Gov. Abdulrazaq congratulates Adedoyin on birthday

Birthday
Abuja, July 24, 2025 (NAN) Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara has congratulated Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin on his 64th birthday anniversary.

In a congratulatory message made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the governor acknowledged the support of the veteran journalist for his administration.

The governor, in the message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, also commended Adedoyin for his efforts to strengthen the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.

Abdulrazaq further paid tributes to the publisher for his progressive leadership role in the media profession in Nigeria and on the global stage.

A fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, the governor also cited Adedoyin’s accomplishments as an executive of the International Press Institute, Vienna, and as Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Herald Newspapers.

He prayed Allah to give Adedoyin many more years of good health and happiness. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Ismail Abdulaziz

Buhari’s death, great national loss- Adedoyin

Ismail Abdulaziz
Jul, Tue, 2025

General News

Buhari’s death, great national loss- Adedoyin

By Mufutau Ojo

Veteran journalist and former Commissioner for Information in Kwara, Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin, on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Adedoyin, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, described the passage of the former president as a great loss to the nation.

He recalled that the former president had launched a relentless fight against corruption, aiming to revitalise the economy and national institutions.

Adedoyin also said Buhari would be remembered for his legacy of public service and impact on Nigerian politics.

” I was not a fan (in fact, I was an antagonist) of General Muhammadu Buhari when he was Nigeria’s military head of the state.

” I was in the final year at the University of Lagos when he seized power in 1984.

”I was not an activist but the ‘aluta continua’ spirit drove me to be against his regime.

” The dislike was heightened by his regime’s draconian decrees (especially Decree 4 of 1984) that resulted in the jailing of journalists.

“But by divine favour, GMB got transformed into a statesman of immense national value.

“He became a national icon for his spartan lifestyle and a folk hero,” he said.

Adedoyin, a fellow of Nigerian Guild of Editors, recalled that the late president had on two occasions congratulated him.

“I hold as a trophy President Buhari’s congratulatory messages to me on the two occasions that mattered to me in 2021.

” The first, my 60th birthday in July and the second, my election in Vienna, Austria, in September into the executive board of the International Press Institute representing Nigeria and Africa.

“My election was witnessed by a Federal Government representative sent specifically for that purpose from Nigeria,” he said.

He prayed God to grant the former president Aljanah Firdaus. (NAN)

Edited by Ismail Abdulaziz

Adedoyin commends Tinubu’s reward system, hails appointment of Sanni, Olusona

Ismail Abdulaziz
May, Sat, 2025

General News

Adedoyin commends Tinubu’s reward system, hails appointment of Sanni, Olusona

By Mufutau Ojo

Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin, a veteran journalist and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has commended President Bola Tinubu for putting in place a reward system for party stalwarts.

He gave the commendation in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday.

Adedoyin was reacting to the appointment of Hajia Bilikisu Sanni and Bishop Bunmi Olusona as Executive Director and non executive Director of the board of the newly created North Central Development Commission.

The former Information Commissioner in Kwara described both appointments as well deserved.

He expressed gratitude to the president for always honouring Kwara in federal appointments and distribution of infrastructure projects.

” I don’t think we are celebrating these appointments enough.

” We should; it is not just that two Kwarans were appointed to federal positions of political significance, the appointees belong to the genre of politicians often overlooked in national appointments.

” They are homegrown, active at home and well-grounded in community development,” he said.

Their appointments, he said, came in the wake of similar federal recognition of prominent stakeholders such as former Kwara Executive Council member, Abdullateef Alakawa, and Chairman of APC in Kwara, Sunday Fagbemi.

Adedoyin said he was excited by the appointments given to home-based politicians as it was in tandem with the case he made to Tinubu as then APC presidential candidate when he visited Kwara in 2023.

He recalled that he had canvassed at his parley with APC stakeholders in Ilorin that recognition and patronage be given to stakeholders and politicians who toil at home for the party’s electoral success.

He thanked the president for responding positively to his request.

Adedoyin also thanked Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and the home leadership of the party for its unrelenting quest for a good deal for Kwara at the federal level.

” There are just so many interests at stake and fierce power play at work. This is a lesson for all of us in party politics.

” We all cannot get political appointments at the same time; yours will come in different ways,” he said.(NAN)

Edited by Ismail Abdulaziz