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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ìn a broadcast today has warned Lagosians about an imminent spike in the Covid-19 cases as we count down to Christmas and the New Year. Below is the text of the Governor’s address: Address of Governor Babajide Sanwoolu to Lagosians WE CANNOT AFFORD TO RELAX THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 Dear Lagosians, Compliments of the Season. Regarding my health, I am glad to inform you that I am getting better by the day, and all will surely be well. I thank Lagosians for their prayers and overwhelming kind thoughts. I am, indeed, very grateful. I have just risen…

By Brian Campbell One year removed from his two-fight series with Andy Ruiz Jr. which included the first loss of his pro career in June 2019, Anthony Joshua emerged a safer and more calculated version of himself in Saturday’s return. That doesn’t mean, however, that the unified heavyweight champion couldn’t deliver the boom. Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) recorded four knockdowns against a determined mandatory challenger in Kubrat Pulev (28-2, 14 KOs) en route to an impressive ninth-round TKO in front of 1,000 fans adhering to COVID-19 protocols inside London’s Wembley Arena. Although it was clear Joshua, 31, hadn’t forgotten about…

By Our Correspondent Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s Ambassador to US, is dead. Nsofor was a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He was 85. His death was confirmed by the presidency in a statement by President Buhari made available to The Lagosian. According to the statement, President Muhammadu Buhari “expressed heartfelt commiserations with the family, friends and associates of Nigeria’s Out-going Ambassador to the United States, Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor over his demise.” Below is the full statement from the presidency. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt commiserations with the family, friends and associates of Nigeria’s Out-going Ambassador to…

By Comrade Isa Tijjani The use of raw power to settle personal scores against ones perceived enemies, is a dastardly but palpable contemporary political reality. Our own nation’s political landscape has not been devoid of this aberrant behavior. Even though, our democratic dispensation is still in its infancy, yet it could be seen as being fully replete with these clearly very unpleasant but ubiquitous phenomena. Just when broad sections of our country are savoring the constitutional order and the rule of law which were being ushered by the dawn of democracy in our great nation, a very hard to bear…

Fashion always tells a story and if we read the subtle cues of design, we can figure out what a garment is really saying. While puff-sleeve dresses started out strong for 2020 — the cape dress is posing some serious competition. The cape dress; worn by the likes of Meghan Markle and many other A list celebrities is exceptional extraordinaire. This defiant design detail had been all over this year’s red carpets and events before the pandemic and it is still a rave of the moment even now that virtual awards ceremonies are the order of the day…the new normal. The Cape design in its adorning uniqueness is…

By Zailani Bappa The great people of Bakura have finally spoken. It is the voice awaited nationwide to decide who owns Zamfara politics today. It all started like a teaser. The Bye-election in Bakura Constituency slated for end of last October was ordinary to the ordinary Zamfara person. It is one of 24 such unit elections in the state in terms of Democratic representation. However, every cloth has its own tailor. The People’s Democratic Party in the State had the seat before it’s representative died. (May his soul rest in perfect peace). In ordinary parlance, the election to fill into…

Paolo Rossi, the star of Italy’s 1982 World Cup-winning team, has died at the age of 64. The news was announced in the early hours of Thursday morning by Italian TV channel RAI Sport, for whom Rossi had been working as a pundit. “A very sad news: Paolo Rossi left us,” RAI Sport presenter Enrico Varriale tweeted. “Unforgettable Pablito, who made us all fall in love in that summer of ‘82 and who has been a precious and competent workmate at RAI in recent years. RIP dear Paolo.” Shortly after the news broke, Rossi’s wife, Cappelletti Federica, posted a photo…

The Centre for Public Accountability CPA, has described as a bad omen for free and fair election, the desperation being exhibited by the All Progressives Congress APC, ahead of the bye election into the Bakura constituency of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, scheduled for Saturday December 5, 2020. CPA in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Olufemi Lawson says it was reacting to the constitution of a 20-man election campaign Council by the APC National secretariat, which has 3 serving Governors, Senators, members of the House of Representatives and others as members. The APC had in a statement…

By Opeyemi Salami My body is designed with pores, cavities and openingsThat tell me the story of the worldAnd teach me about my base desires. I have relied on the wonders of the five sensesSince I was below six and soundly sensible.After sixteen, another growing sense came to the scene- Different… with its depth, felt, but its location unknownThe Sixth Sense was treacherous and daringInterfering with my thoughts,Overriding the judgement of other senses. Sometimes I feel it crawl up in my skinGiving me dreamy visions and watery mouth.I wonder if it dulls my primary sensesOr gives them a new consciousness.…

The Chairman of the Oyo State Independent Electoral commission, Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju has emphatically stated that he is of the belief that the state’s Governor Seyi Makinde will not wish to manipulate the fast-approaching local government elections in the state. He submitted that the governor has never hidden his determination to ensure that the polls are conducted freely and fairly. Aare Olagunju, who just got named as one of those to be sworn in on December 14, 2020 as Senior Advocates of Nigeria revealed all these while featuring on a weekly radio show, ‘Parrot Xtra Hour on Radio’ anchored…