Author: TheLagosianMagazine

In the build-up to the 2015 general elections, the country was divided right down the middle. On one side were the Jonathanians, who supported the then incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan, and wanted him to continue in office for another term of four years. On the flip side were the Buharists (I was one, and remain one of them) who wanted the then former military head of state, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, elected civilian President. It was a pitched battle. O le ku, ija Ore (apologies to non-Yoruba speakers. The war was robustly fought, and won by the Buharists. That was…

By Deyemi Saka “Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims’ houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God’s covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure…

Liverpool have finally claimed their trophy! And it came in big style with a thrilling 5-3 win over rivals Chelsea. The win serves as a befitting finale to an extraordinary season in which the Merseyside team shown like a million stars. The Lagosian celebrates with the champions with these memorable pictures from Liverpool.

Dismisses Claims That Prof Akintoye Is Leader Of Yoruba Frontline activist and Publicity Secretary of pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin has pronounced that President Muhammadu Buhari’s much talked-about anti-graft war has collapsed and failed. Odumakin made this pronouncement while featuring on Space FM Ibadan’s programme, Parrot Xtra Hour on Radio, anchored by Olayinka Agboola, on Tuesday. The frontline activist said that the five-year anti-corruption war of Buhari ‘wombled and fumbled’ until recently when everything came to the open on how corrupt the system has been. Said Odumakin “those inside know that there is no anti-corruption war. Those in the…

Ismaila Isa Funtua, President Buhari’s close ally and alleged member of the Aso Rock power players has died. He was said to have lost his life to cardiac arrest on Monday, today. Believed to be one of the unseen hands behind the Buhari Presidency, the late Funtua was a one time Managing Director of Democrat Newspapers and a former boss to the late Abba Kyari, erstwhile Chief of Staff to the President. Fungus hailed from Buhari’s home state, Katsina and had been a long term close associate of the President. He was the Chairman of Bullet, a big time Construction…

The dramas and intrigues and, of course, a dose of national tragedy and near tragedy continued today at the Committee Room of the House of Representatives where alleged financial malfeasance by the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC is being investigated. First came the resignation of the Reps Committee Chair, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, replaced by his Vice in Acting Capacity. Though this was not unexpected, it did not reduce the dramatic atmosphere. Then came the shocking collapse of the Acting MD of the NDDC while he was being grilled for what many have described as alleged monumental mismanagement of resources at…

COVID-19 PATIENTS FROM COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD TESTIFY TO INSTANT HEALING AFTER INTERACTIVE PRAYER SESSIONS ON TV Through a split-screen technique and montage of scenes from diverse nations, the world watched with bated breath as individuals and families suffering from sundry ailments come on air, asking to be prayer for on TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations’ (SCOAN’s) Emmanuel TV. Word had most certainly gone round the world that TB Joshua’s SCOAN and its TV Channel, Emmanuel TV have in these perilous times again become the new Jerusalem for afflicted people seeking succour. In the past month, many people…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has finally exposed the killer of 24 years old Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot. The Spokesman of the Air Force Ibikunle Daramola, revealed the killer’s identity during a press briefing a short while ago. Daramola told the world that the driver of the car that ended Tolulope Arotile’s life is one Nehemiah Adejoh whom he confirmed as an ex-classmate of the deceased. According to Daramola’s statement on the Air Force’s preliminary investigation, “Mr Nehemiah Adejoh, Mr Igbekele Folorunsho and Mr Festus Gbayegun, drove past her in a Kia Sorento SUV, with Registration…

The supreme leadership of the Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide in affiliation with Yoruba Council of Women Worldwide and Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye has lent its voice to the call for an investigation into the death of Air Force Officer, Tolulope Arotile. Below are extracts from the Press Release signed by Aare Oladotun Hassan, President of the Council and made available to us this afternoon. Yoruba Youths Query Scenario Surrounding The Death of Tolulope Arotile: Demands For Forensic Investigation. “The supreme leadership of the Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide in affiliation with Yoruba Council of Women Worldwide and Igbimo Apapo…

Suspended Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has assured that, despite his travails, he would not say anything to malign or disparage the Federal Government much as he still considered himself an integral part of it. In a statement released by Magu’s lawyer this afternoon, Magi said he held President Buhari and the Chairman of the panel probing him, Justice Ayo Salami in high esteem. Below is the text of the statement by Magu’s lawyers: Our client appreciates the panel for ordering his release from custody even if the panel indicated it never ordered his detention at anytime in…