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Unraveling The Enigma, Prince Adewole Adebayo, SDP Presidential Aspirant And His Rich Profile

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April 2, 2022

Omooba Adewole Adebayo cannot be missed in a horde. The immensity of his numerous aptitudes and the effervescence of his charm stands him out at every gathering. One can hardly meets a more confident man, an individual who cherishes the life of the mind, invests in its cultivation and continually stands out for his application brain, lucidity and logic. He easily ranks among the most educated and able Nigerians in any field, and certainly one of the very best yet to hold public office, and one of the most committed to the public good through his philanthropy gestures in Africa and beyond. Adebayo’s talents are strengthened by a tough character built on the old values that are anchored on hard work, honesty and resilience.

This awesome talent was nurtured in Ondo kingdom and he has devoted his adult life to making it better for all. A direct descendant of Osemawe Odunola, grandson of Osemawe Lamele and direct descendant of Alaafin Onigbogi and Alaafin Sango of Oyo Ile and Elempe, Etsu of Nupe and Oba of Bini, Adewole Adebayo was born on the 8th January, 1972. After completing his Primary School in Ondo, his mind was sharpened at Saint Joseph College, Ondo and further refined at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University where he graduated with honours in Law. In OAU, not only did he run a successful law programme, but also participated in national activism as a Nigerian student.
He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2000 after completing and passing his bar exams from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos. In 2002, shortly after his return to Lagos following his NYSC in Kogi State, he joined the Tunji Abayomi law firm where he quickly rose through the ranks. Adebayo later acquired Masters of Law at the University of Jos. He participated in the activities of Nigerian Labour Congress as a Comrade and he made friends across Nigeria who admire him for his strength of character, integrity and zeal.
He later left the law firm of Tunji Abayomi for Abuja where he established his personal law firm, “Adewole Adebayo & Co., House of Law”. As the Principal Solicitor, he came into prominence as a leader in his professional field while also investing in the future of young people by employing corps members lawyers and teaching them. With seasoned lawyers as associates and partners, he has groomed many seasoned lawyers one of which is Dr. Kayode Ajulo, former National Secretary of the Labour Party.
The share breath of Adebayo’s knowledge, his broad mind, the clarity of his analysis and his competence soon brought him to the national limelight Adebayo became known as a young man who handles every difficult task with aplomb.
The same qualities that had enabled him to succeed during the Obasanjo’s administration eventually brought him to international limelight as many international businesses and conglomerates began to entrust him with the legal fate of their firms. A member of the International Bar Association, Adebayo later returned to school in the United States of America, completing the New York Bar Exams in flying colour. Today, his practice cuts across all the continents of the world.
Adebayo is licensed in California, New York and courts of the United States. He has substantial law practice experience in UK, Europe, Australia. He is a Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitration Nigeria, Singapore and United Kingdom.
Adebayo is the Chairman Blueprint Global Group Washington DC. Board Adviser of US Black Chambers of Commerce. Board Adviser, National Black Chambers of Commerce USA. He is also President and Board Chairman of several corporations in the US, Nigeria and East Africa.

A farmer and chairman of Agbede Agric Projects, Adebayo is the Chairman of Sai Phytochemicals producers of Sailin drugs for treatment of sickle cell anaemia in India and Nigeria. As the Chairman of Africa Dialogue Mission (ADM), Adebayo was in 2006 appointed by the United Nations Organisation and ECOWAS as Commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Liberia
Adewole, a passionate son of the soil, decided in 2016 to relocate his businesses to his hometown of Ondo City in order to contribute to the development and growth of the town and the state as a whole. In December 2016, Adebayo held a one-week retreat at his country home in Ondo kingdom. It was at this retreat that the objectives and mission statement of KAFTAN TV was birthed. KAFTAN TV is headquartered in Ondo with additional offices in Lagos, Abuja and Washington DC in the United States of America.

KAFTAN TV broadcasts on StarTimes, Ben TV and Lyngsat. It has been able to reach a wider audience across more than 20 African countries where StarTimes broadcasts, reaching an audience of over 6 million homes with news in business, politics, sports, entertainment and global trends.
Having achieved this milestone, Adewole Adebayo decided to put the local audience into consideration with the introduction of KAFTAN TV Yoruba and KAFTAN Hausa. Already, KAFTAN News channel is available on Channel 480 on StarTimes Dish platform and on Channel 124 on the Antenna for all StarTimes bouquets. The Yoruba channel can be viewed on Channel 132 DTT while DTH users will see it on Channel 482. KAFTAN TV launched its Hausa channel on November 8th, 2021. KAFTAN TV Hausa Channel is also running nationwide on channel 142DTT and 414DTH on the StarTimes platform.

KAFTAN TV has produced 1,022 corps members in its three stations in Ondo, Abuja and Lagos. The company has successfully retained 103 corps members. On November 18, 2021, NYSC recognised KAFTAN TV as the Best Corps Employers in Ondo zone.
Adebayo extended the training given to corps members to the Ondo Youth in February 2021, after realising that most Ondo indigenes were not benefiting from the TV training. He partnered with the Ondo Ekimogun Youth to begin broadcast training for the youth in the community. So far, 59 Ondo youths have graduated from the program, and five of them have been offered full-time employment by KAFTAN TV.

Adebayo now sponsors over 500 young Ondo students in Nigerian tertiary institutions, in addition to numerous students from other towns and states who he sponsors in school. In addition, he has financially empowered hundreds of women in Ondo Kingdom. He does this without making a fuss about it.
Adewole Adebayo is a recipient of many awards in recognition of his service to his State, community and to humanity. In March 2021, he was recognised by the Ondo State Government as the indigene who pays the highest personal income tax to the Ondo State Government.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a man of gravitas and substance, a proven leader who has produced human resources that has helped the country and the community, a man of the future who has succeeded in bringing thousands of youths out of employment pool, a man who has continued to give children from poor homes hope of a better tomorrow by using his personal resources to cater for their personal and academic need, a man has succeeded in producing high calibre professionals. I present to you an institution and authority whose alumni is a very rich alumnus, Prince Adewole Adebayo.

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Trump Threatens To Unleash ‘Hell’ On Hamas

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October 4, 2025

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US President Donald Trump has given Hamas until 2200 GMT on Sunday to accept his 20-point plan for peace in Gaza, warning the Palestinian militant group faced “all hell” if it did not agree to the terms.

The US leader set the deadline — which would fall at 1:00 a.m. Monday in Gaza — after an official for the Islamist movement told AFP earlier on Friday that the group still needed time to study the proposal to end nearly two years of devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

“If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

The proposal, backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages within 72 hours, Hamas’s disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

That would be followed by a post-war transitional authority headed by Trump himself.

“Hamas is still continuing consultations regarding Trump’s plan… and has informed mediators that the consultations are ongoing and need some time,” the official said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly on the matter.

On Tuesday, Trump gave Hamas “three or four days” to accept his plan, which has been welcomed by world powers, including Arab and Muslim nations.

Mohammad Nazzal, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said in a statement Friday that the “plan has points of concern, and we will announce our position on it soon.”

As Hamas mulled Trump’s peace plan this week, a Palestinian source close to the group’s leadership told AFP on Wednesday that the Islamist movement wanted to amend some clauses, including the one on disarmament.

Hamas leaders also want “international guarantees” for a full Israeli withdrawal and that no assassination attempts would be made inside or outside Gaza, the source added.

Another source familiar with the negotiations told AFP that the group was split over Trump’s plan.

Structurally, the group’s leadership is divided between officials based in the Gaza Strip and those abroad, particularly in Qatar.

Much of Hamas’s leadership has also been wiped out in Israeli attacks throughout the war.

The source told AFP that “the first (opinion) supports unconditional approval, as the priority is a ceasefire under Trump’s guarantees, with mediators ensuring Israel implements the plan”.

“The second has serious reservations regarding key clauses… They favour conditional approval with clarifications reflecting Hamas’s and the resistance factions’ demands,” the source added.

Hugh Lovatt, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said “ultimately it’s not just about convincing Hamas leadership in Doha, but also the leadership in Gaza, as well as Hamas members and fighters in Gaza.”

“Additionally, Hamas must then be able to convince other factions in Gaza,” he added.

The war was triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 66,288 Palestinians, according to health ministry figures in the Hamas-run territory that the United Nations considers reliable.

Their data does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but indicates that more than half of the dead are women and children.

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Israeli Forces Strike Gaza Despite Trump’s Ceasefire Call

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October 4, 2025

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Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday that Israel carried out dozens of attacks on Gaza City despite US President Donald Trump’s appeal to end bombardments after Hamas accepted a ceasefire deal.

“It was a very violent night, during which the (Israeli army) carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City and other areas in the Strip, despite President Trump’s call to halt the bombing,” civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP.

Bassal, whose agency is a rescue force which operates under Hamas authority, added that 20 homes were destroyed in the overnight bombardments.

“The situation is very serious in Gaza City,” Bassal said, adding that his teams were not able to reach all the casualties due to the “presence of tanks and the ongoing bombardment”.

Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military said it was “checking” reports of overnight bombardments on Gaza City.

Gaza City’s Baptist Hospital said in a statement that it received casualties from a strike on a home in Tuffah neighbourhood, including four dead and “several wounded”.

Nasser Hospital in south Gaza’s Khan Yunis said two children were killed and eight people were wounded in a drone strike on a tent in a camp for displaced Gazans.

The peace plan for Gaza, presented by Trump this week and backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages within 72 hours, Hamas’s disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Hamas said on Friday it was ready to release hostages held in Gaza under the Trump plan, but wanted negotiations on the details and a say in the future of the Palestinian territory.

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Prosecutors Seek 11-year Sentence For Diddy, Citing ‘Lack Of Remorse’

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October 3, 2025

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Prosecutors urged a federal judge Friday to sentence Sean “Diddy” Combs to more than a decade behind bars for his conviction on two prostitution-related counts, saying the music mogul had shown a lack of remorse.

“This is not a person who has accepted responsibility,” prosecutor Christy Slavik told the New York court at Diddy’s sentencing hearing.

“His remorse was qualified. It’s as though he thinks the law doesn’t apply to him,” Slavik said in arguing for an 11-year prison sentence for the 55-year-old hip-hop innovator. ” “His respect for the law is just lip service.”

Combs’s lawyers have asked the judge for a 14-month sentence, which would effectively be time served.

Slavik said Combs had booked speaking engagements in Miami next week in anticipation of a light sentence, which she called “the height of hubris.”

Judge Arun Subramanian for his part said federal sentencing guidelines suggested a prison term of between six and seven years although he has the latitude to impose more or less.

The judge also noted an apparent lack of remorse, saying Combs has “challenged his factual guilt full-throatedly.”

Combs was expected to address the court at the sentencing hearing after submitting a letter to the judge on Thursday pleading for mercy and saying he had “lost my way.”

Following two months of often searing testimony, jurors in July rejected the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering against Combs, sparing him the prospect of life in prison.

Combs’s mother and six of his children were in court on Friday and have submitted letters to the judge in his support.

In his plea to the judge, Combs apologised for his conduct, saying he was “scared to death” to be away from his family and vowing he “will never commit a crime again.”

“I lost my way,” he wrote. “I got lost in my journey. Lost in the drugs and the excess.”

Combs’s former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, asked the judge in a letter of her own to consider “the many lives that Sean Combs has upended with his abuse and control.”

– ‘Humbled and broken’ –

Ventura, the 39-year-old singer known as Cassie, testified for days while heavily pregnant.

She described in wrenching detail physical, emotional and sexual abuse she suffered while in a more than decade-long relationship with Combs.

Ventura and another woman, identified as Jane, said they were coerced into performing so-called “freak-offs”: sexual marathons with hired men that Combs directed and sometimes filmed.

“The entire courtroom watched actual footage of Combs kicking and beating me as I tried to run away from a freak off in 2016,” Ventura wrote.

“People watched this footage dozens of times, seeing my body thrown to the ground, my hands over my head, curled into a fetal position to shield me from the worst blows,” she said, noting she has nightmares and flashbacks “on a regular, everyday basis.”

Ventura said she and her family had left the New York area for fear of “retribution” from Combs if he is released.

The defense didn’t deny Combs’s sexual activity but insisted it was consensual.

They also didn’t deny Combs’s years of violence against both romantic partners as well as employees — but they said it didn’t meet the legal threshold for the grave charges he faced.

Jurors took their side.

The conviction on lesser if still serious counts stemmed from a federal statute that makes it illegal to transport people across state lines for prostitution.

Combs has been incarcerated in Brooklyn for more than a year.

He said his time in prison has left him “reborn.”

“I have been humbled and broken to my core,” Combs wrote.
AFP