Author: TheLagosianMagazine

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.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the death of the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi as a great loss to his family, the people of the Oyo State and the country as a whole.  The Governor added that he is saddened by the loss.  Sanwo-Olu, in a statement, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile on Thursday, said Ajimobi’s shocking demise, after all efforts by medical professionals to stabilize him, when he took ill, has opened a deep sore in the hearts of millions of Nigerians, who looked up to him as…

By Gboyega Akosile Proverbs 22:29 states “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” This biblical verse is the true reflection of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, who clocks 55 today. Without any iota of doubt, the 55th birthday of Governor Sanwo-Olu is worth celebrating considering how he has made meaningful impacts in private and public sectors, especially in the last one year of his administration as number one citizen in the Centre of Excellence. Mr. Governor believes that an occasion of one’s birthday, especially a milestone…

President Buhari has apparently decided to obey his office’s interpretation of the law in the matter of the authentic Acting Chairman of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. He has consequently pitched his tent with the embattled Victor Giadom. It would be recalled that the issue of the true Acting Chairman of the party has been a volatile matter of controversy in recent days with many party gladiators laying claim to the position after the suspension of the substantive chairman, Adams Oshiomole. The action of the president as evident in the above tweets by his spokesman, Garba Shehu seems…