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By Yinka Fagbile A note of caution has come for Oluwatobi Amusan, the new world record holder in the 100-meter hurdle at the ongoing World Athletic Championship in Oregon, USA.  As Nigerians all over the world keep celebrating Amusan for winning the gold medal and a whopping sum of $100,000, the last may not have been heard about what next may follow. Due to Tobi's stellar performance, Dr. Yussuf Datti Baba Ahmed has warned the new world record holder to be careful and mindful of the envious western world at this period who may want to disrupt her successful career by subjecting her to all forms of drug testing due to her unbelievable attainment which shocked the world. Datti Baba Ahmed, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in forthcoming Nigeria's 2023 General Elections says on his tweeter handle monitored on Tuesday:  "Tobi Amusan should be careful even with the water they will give her in the next coming days, she mustn’t even take any medicat...

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State says the state currently has about seven million registered voters. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. According to him, if the number of new registrants so far in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration is added to those in the register of voters before in the state, the number will be about seven million. In Lagos State as of Monday (July 18), those who registered online are 640, 560 but many of them have not completed registration. Those who have completed the registration are 451, 156. “The total number of registered voters in Lagos State before the commencement of the ongoing CVR is 6,570,291, and if we add the new registrants, we have about seven million registered voters,” Agbaje said. He, however, said the ongoing CVR had not ended and the commission was still capturing more people before deadline on Jul...

By Yinka Fagbile The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwunsi, on Friday, installed Erelu Abiola Dosunmu, the Erelu Kuti IV of Lagos, as the Yeye Oodua and Queen Mother of the House of Oduduwa. By this feat,  Erelu Dosunmu has, therefore, succeeded late Mrs. HID Awolowo, wife of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo who last held the title. The coronation and installation ceremony which was held at Ile Nla Auditorium, Arole Oodua Palace, Ile Ife, also witnessed calls by the traditional ruler on the need for Yoruba sons and daughters to close ranks, and display love, and unity towards one another irrespective of their religious and political leanings. In a release by Otunba Moses Olafare,  Director of Media and Public Affairs to the Ife palace, Ooni Ogunwusi justified the emergence of Erelu Kuti, adding that it was a unanimous decision of the Ife Traditional Council and major stakeholders of the Oodua race, citing character, personality and wealth of experience of ...

By Yinka Fagbile The South West Zonal Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress and former Executive Director at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Chief Mrs. Kemi Nelson has died. Kemi Nelson, according to multiple sources has been battling with an undisclosed ailment for some time before her demise on Sunday, family sources have confirmed. Until her death, she was a very close ally of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and a member of the Governance Advisory Council, the highest decision making body of the Party in Lagos State. She is survived by three children. Details later…

By Yinka Fagbile The Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and Kadri Obafemi Hamzat Health Mission International (BOSKOH HMI), has stated that it will commence the 4th edition of its annual medical outreach programme in July tagged “JIGI BOLA RELAUNCH”. The BOSKOH HMI, an initiative of the Lagos State Governor and his Deputy, is a free medical and health awareness mission that provides for access to healthcare, including surgeries, eye, ear, and dental, as well as general wellness checks for Lagos residents especially those who are unable to afford them owing to financial impediments. Except for the year 2020 owing to the COVID-19 menace, it is reported that over 200,000 residents have benefitted in the past including people who got counseling, treatments, and health education during the “Healthy Bee” project as well as 85 successful cataract surgeries at the Mushin General Hospital. These previous outreaches also involved free surgical intervention, ENT surgery, orthopaedic surgery, ...

By Yinka Fagbile The Lagos State Government will on Wednesday, 20th of July, launch the  upgraded Lagos Smart Identity Card (LAG ID CARD) thus, replacing the Lagos State Resident Identity Card popularly known as LASRRA Card. In a release on Tuesday, the state government, says the formal launch will be done by Lagos Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Police College, Ikeja. The General Manager of LASRRA, Mrs. Ibilola Kasunmu,  in the official release says "the launch will happen simultaneously, across the five divisions of the state". This includes Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lsgos Island and Epe. It would be recalled that the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA) had earlier announced the upgrade of Lagos State Resident Identity Card (LAG ID) for residents in the state to a smart card embedded with more features and functions that enable the cardholders to enjoy and have access to faster and better services from the Lagos State Government. The new mu...

Reports have indicated that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for the 2023 polls, Bola Tinubu has confirmed Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. The Vanguard and News Agency of Nigeria also reported in their bulletins on Sunday that the vice presidential candidate will be unveiled to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the leader of the party in his hometown in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday (today). President Buhari has been in Daura since Friday for the Eid-el Kabir celebration. Source: Sunday Vanguard

By Ochogwu Sunday The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has commenced the distribution of over 33,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for newly registered voters in the state. Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner made this known on Wednesday in Lagos. Agbaje told newsmen while handing over PVCs to registered voters at INEC offices in Somolu and Kosofe local government areas that the PVCs were for those who registered between June 2021 and Dec. 2021. He urged the affected persons to approach INEC offices in the 20 local governments between 9am and 3pm from Monday to Friday to collect their PVCs. According to him, there is no collection of a PVC by proxy, every applicant must appear physically to collect the card. He said the Commission, in an effort to prevent the PVCs from falling into the wrong hands, would take the data and photographs of those collecting their PVCs. “PVCs for registered voters in the state are ready and we ha...

...Vows to Punish Environmental Offenders  The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has destroyed over 600 handcarts seized from illegal cart pushers across the State, bringing the total number seized and destroyed to about 1000 in less than two months since the clampdown commenced.  Speaking on the exercise, the MD/CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, noted that the seizure and subsequent destruction of the carts clearly demonstrated the position of the Lagos State Government on solid waste management.  He said the agency would continue to enforce the present administration’s zero-tolerance for indiscriminate dumping of waste being perpetuated by cart pushers, adding that LAWMA is making tremendous progress and would not relent until illegal cart pushers are completely removed from the State. The CEO, who was represented by the Executive Director of Finance, LAWMA, Mr. Kunle Adebiyi, stated that the continuous exercise will serve as a deterrent to others who are pl...

Lagos Fires Judge Who Dissolved Marriage, Impregnated Complainant’s Wife The Lagos State Government on Monday says it has fired a customary court judge, Mr Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, who allegedly dissolved a marriage between a couple and impregnated the wife of the complainant, Olayemi Ayeni. Ayeni in a now-viral video was seen recounting his tumultuous ordeal in the hands of Adeyemi, whom he claimed made his life a living hell. According to him, he had a major dispute with his wife and mother of his kids, Doyin Rukayat Okunnubi, in whose business he had invested N5 million. The romance became sour when her business flourished and his wife allegedly became rebellious. The man further accused his wife of infidelity which prompted him to sue to seek a resolution to the crisis. He said the judge who presided over the marital fracas engineered their divorce and subsequently impregnated his wife. “I had an issue with my wife, she moved out of the house, she rented an apartment very...

By Yinka Fagbile July 4, 2022. The Tinubu Support Organisation has disclosed it's preference for Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai as the best option for Vice President to the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu. The Director General of the Organisation, Aminu Suleiman made this known in a Channels Television video which has gone viral on mainstream and the  social media. Suleiman said after due consultation with critical stakeholders in the party and the northwest, the TSO came to realisation that El-Rufai would be the best choice for running mate. In his words, "We are glad that APC has many outstanding individuals but having access to all options, it is the view of TSO that APC candidate for Vice President should be chosen from Northwest, the single largest voting block in Nigeria " "It is our view that person that can be best complement to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. We are recommending t...

By Yinka Fagbile The Federal Government of Nigeria is proposing an offer that will put an end to the Academic Staff Union of Universities' ongoing strike in the country. This move was disclosed by the National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Erinjogunola Dayo Israel on Monday after series of talks and meetings with key stakeholders in the education and labour sectors, including the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, and the Presidents of ASUU and National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) respectively. In a release by Israel, he said a proposal is being put together by the federal government and would be forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and approval during the week. He further assured Nigerian Students and the youths that consultations are still ongoing by him and his committee of youth leaders to find a common ground for stakeholders to yield to popular demands so that students of tertiary institutions in th...

The Media office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disapproved of the reports circulating in the media linking the Flagbearer to a meeting with Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike in France, describing it as fake news. In a press statement released on Friday by the Media Aide to Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, he said it became important to set the records straight as no encounter in such regards took place. Rahman said: "It has become imperative to set the record straight. Although Asiwaju Tinubu is presently in France, he didn't have any meeting with Governor Wike whether in that country or anywhere whatsoever". Read full statement below;  PRESS STATEMENT  Asiwaju Tinubu’s Supposed Meeting with Governor Wike in France, is Fake News We have seen a viral social media post made by one of the chieftains of All Progressives Congress in Lagos State and media reports emanating from same about a supposed meeting in ...

By Yinka Fagbile  The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State has debunked earlier reports in some online news media that delegates from Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State did not vote for Asiwaju Tinubu at the just concluded APC presidential primaries held in Abuja.  Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi made this remark at the commissioning and handing over of the Department of State Security (DSS) building project facilitated and constructed by the state government in Alimosho area of the state. He said the trio of Abdullahi Enilolobo, Hon. Jimoh Ajao and the Chairman of Mosan/Okunola LCDA all delivered their votes to Bola Tinubu. Ojelabi said he needed to clarify the wrong impression circulating on the social media and to disabuse the minds of the unsuspecting public and party members. "I took sixty national delegates to the national convention and three came from Alimosho Local Government" "I want to tell you categorically that all the sixty...

By Yinka Fagbile  Street urchins popularly known as area boys on Sunday attacked a bus conveying journalists on the entourage of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, smashing it's screens and windows. The incident occured on Lagos Island, immediately Tinubu, in company of prominent politicians across the country in his entourage left the place of Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos, where he had gone to pay homage. Asiwaju Tinubu was arriving Lagos for the first time, twelve days after he won the APC primaries held in Abuja to emerge as presidential candidate of his party. According to eye witness reports, two journalists sustained severe injuries while others did not leave unscathed when the popular area boys attacked their vehicle, throwing stones and other dangerous objects. Ojo Majority News could not confirm as at press time the reason for this attack or whether it was politically motivated. 

The Special Adviser on Transportation to Lagos State Governor, Hon. Toyin Fayinka, on Tuesday visited the Mandate Group to seek support for his House of Representatives ambition in 2023. Leader of the group in Mushin & Odi Olowo LCDA, Hon. Prince Bayo Osiyemi, while receiving Hon. Fayinka said the Special Adviser has always lived a life full of humility. Prince Osiyemi also described Hon. Fayinka as a team player and a loyal party man in politics over the time, recalling the experiences of the zero party era till the current political climate. On his part, Hon Toyin Fayinka said the visit was in continuation of his consultation with party stakeholders and to seek their support and prayers as he has resolved to contest for the position of House of representatives, Mushin Constituency 2. On a closing note, questions were meant to be asked but surprisingly, no one has any questions, rather they are full of accolades and commendations for Hon Toyin Fayinka for the hands of ...