{"id":77383,"date":"2025-10-24T13:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77383"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:32:39","slug":"tinubu-hails-business-icon-kessington-adebutu-at-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/24\/tinubu-hails-business-icon-kessington-adebutu-at-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Hails Business Icon Kessington Adebutu at 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated businessman and philanthropist Sir Kessington Adebutu, fondly called Baba Ijebu, on his 90th birthday, describing him as a national icon and model of service to humanity.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, Tinubu praised Adebutu\u2019s journey from humble beginnings in Iperu-Iremo, Ogun State, to becoming a trailblazer in Nigeria\u2019s business and philanthropic landscape.<\/p>\n<p>He lauded Adebutu\u2019s impact through Premier Lotto Limited, operators of the Baba Ijebu brand, and his foundation\u2019s contributions to education, healthcare, and youth empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu also highlighted Adebutu\u2019s cultural influence as the Odole-Oodua of Ile-Ife, commending his integrity, generosity, and commitment to uplifting lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChief Adebutu\u2019s legacy of enterprise, compassion, and service will endure across generations,\u201d the President stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated businessman and philanthropist Sir Kessington Adebutu, fondly called Baba Ijebu, on his 90th birthday, describing him as a national icon and model of service to humanity. In a statement on Friday, Tinubu praised Adebutu\u2019s journey from humble beginnings in Iperu-Iremo, Ogun State, to becoming a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":77384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77385,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77383\/revisions\/77385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}