Author: TheLagosianMagazine

A former Media Adviser to Late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Dr Festus Adedayo has revealed how he benefitted from the former Governor of Oyo State’s policy of being ‘stubborn’. Adedayo made the revelation on Tuesday while featuring on Parrot Xtra Hour On Radio, a weekly radio show anchored by Olayinka Agboola broadcast live on Space 90.1fm, Ibadan, the capital city of the state. The popular columnist said he was almost dropped from the team that worked with ex-Gov Ajimobi during his first term in office. According to the experienced journalist “Governor Ajimobi had gone to see his political mentor, Alhaji Lam…

As part of a challenge series on past great Nigerian soccer personalities, Odolaye Baa Waki Aremu reminisces on the cerebral BABA ELERAN, perhaps the greatest soccer fan ever made in these climes. Enjoy. They say I am crazy. In a way maybe I am Ibadan-kind crazy. The type of craziness that follows a logic to a point and depart from it when such logic expires midway. The chronic bipolarity of that city lives with me and within me forever and ever. For example I don’t understand how Lagosians could choose to sheepishly follow one Jagaban to the end of time.…

The Federal Government has lifted the ban on interstate travel. The ban was imposed as part of efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 across the country. The announcement was made today, Monday, by the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha during the daily press briefing of the task force. Mustapha told the nation that President Muhammadu Buhari decided to approve the move after the PTF submitted its 5th Interim Report to him on Monday. The President’s approval also reportedly included, barring some some modifications, the extension of…

A couple of days back, one of Prophet T.B Joshua’s disciples, Prophet Chris in one of the very popular Synagogue Church of All Nations’s interactive prayer sessions was seen on live TV praying for a Cameroonian doctor who was on quarantine, having been diagnosed with Covid-19. The man was visibly in pain and he exhibited signs of deep distress. BELOW ARE SCREENSHOTS OF THE PRAYER SESSION ON LIVE TV BETWEEN PROPHET CHRIS AND DR. KAMENI “Be restored right now!” Chris prayed, touching the live TV screen while the afflicted Cameroonian doctor responded with repeated, but belaboured ‘Amens” due to the…

By Ismail Omipidan The Government of the State of Osun on Sunday confirmed 10 new Covid-19 cases in the State. The new cases are from contact tracing of previous cases in Osogbo and Ilesa. This is even as the government has cautioned residents and citizens against spreading false information, saying contrary to the rumour making the rounds, there were no fresh cases in any of the hospitals in the state. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, made these known through a press statement in Osogbo on Sunday. He revealed that with the latest development, the number of confirmed…

The remains of late Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, erstwhile Governor of Oyo State have been interred in his Ibadan home. The ceremony was conducted by noted clerics, watched by close family members. Below are pictures from the solemn ceremony.

By Babatunde Odubanwo The death of foremost politician and seasoned administrator, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, is the end of an era within the Nigerian political space. No doubt, the demise of this distinguished Nigerian leaves a vacuum in public administration throughout Africa. To a keen observer, the passing on of this colossus to the great beyond on a Thursday, a day regarded in the Yoruba orient belief as ‘’Ọjọ́bọ‘’ loosely translated as the day of creation suggests that the erstwhile Oyo State governor lived a fulfilled life. Though, his death no less underscores the essence of our mortality, Abiola Ajimobi was…

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has commiserated with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on the death of his immediate predecessor, Senator Isiaka Ajimobi. Ajimobi died last Thursday at the age of 70. He had been battling with Covid- 19 complication before his death. He praised the deceased for his nation building efforts and contribution to the development of Oyo state. He prayed to God to grant him Al- Janah Fridau.

By Dele Oyewale The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has expressed his determination and readiness to stop looters who have been stealing from the country, saying no amount of blackmail and mischief will deter him. He made the vow on Thursday, June 25, 2020 while receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory Council, who paid him a solidarity visit at the Corporate Headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja. According to Magu, the prospects of Nigeria are great and must not be allowed to be wasted or stolen…

Liverpool FC this evening were confirmed the champions of the season’s Premier League. This is the happy culmination of a thirty year wait for the trophy that they last won in 1990. This year’s silverware marks the nineteenth time the club have won the ultimate competition in British football. The Lagosian congratulates all Liverpudlians.