{"id":10403,"date":"2024-10-19T22:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T22:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=10403"},"modified":"2024-10-19T22:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T22:03:54","slug":"the-eagleonline-editor-loses-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/19\/the-eagleonline-editor-loses-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eagleonline Editor loses dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A renowned businessman, community and religious leader in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Alhaji Abdul Ganiyu Balogun, has passed on.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was contained in a press release, signed by the deceased son, Tajudeen Balogun, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Balogun, who lived a fulfilling life of 95 years, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2024, after a brief illness in Abeokuta.<\/p>\n<p>He was laid to rest the same day at his Iyanbu residence, Obantoko, Abeokuta, in accordance with Islamic rites.<\/p>\n<p>The late Alhaji Balogun hailed from the esteemed Adelanwa family of Oja-Agbo, Gbagura, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>A prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist, Alhaji Balogun was a leading wool and sleep solutions merchant in Kemta Oloko, Abeokuta.<\/p>\n<p>Until his passing, he actively participated and contributed to community development initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Balogun is survived by Kudirat Omolade Kolajo, daughter and (retired School Head); Tajudeen Balogun (Deputy Editor, The Eagleonline newspaper), Lukmon Balogun (businessman), and other children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by:<\/p>\n<p>Tajudeen Balogun<br \/>\nSaturday, October 19, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A renowned businessman, community and religious leader in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Alhaji Abdul Ganiyu Balogun, has passed on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10405,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403\/revisions\/10405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}