Author: TheLagosianMagazine

A parley was held On Friday the 8th of February between Community Media from across Lagos State and Babtunde Olalere Gbadamosi (BOG), the Gubernatorial Candidate for Lagos State under the Action Democratic Party (ADP). Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi was born in England to the illustrious Gbadamosi family. He later returned to spend his childhood years in Ikorodu, Lagos where he hails from. He is a successful property merchant with a commitment to providing quality homes to Lagosians. He is Chairman of the prestigious Amen Estate in Ibeju Lekki. He is also the owner of Redbrick Homes International Limited. The purpose of…

In a apparent move to shore up the personnel strength of the counterinsurgency frontier forces in the North Eastern State of BORNO, the state Governor, Kashim SHETTIMA has recruited 500 more local hunters. In a brief ceremony recently in MAIDUGURI, Governor SHETTIMA, while commending the men for their patriotism, enjoined the recruits to engage the enemies with total commitment to the cause of freedom and peace. The recruits later swore oaths of allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria conducted with both the Quran and the Bible. The recruits belong to both the Islamic and Christian faiths and were drawn…

After multiple meetings between ASUU and the Federal Government, both parties have reached an agreement. The agreement was signed by the leadership of ASUU and the Federal Government. The lecturers, however, promised that they would resume strike if government reneged on the Memorandum of Action (MoA) just reached. This will come as good news to students all over the country who have been eagerly awaiting a deal between ASUU and the Federal Government. The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) had vowed to disrupt the election if the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of…

Uber is using speedboats to beat traffic jams in Mumbai, one of the world’s most congested cities and Uber’s biggest market in Asia. The company launched its Uber Boat service on Sunday. Uber users can now book boats between three destinations on the city’s waterfront. Boat rides start at 5,700 rupees ($80) for a six or eight-seater boat and go up to 9,500 rupees ($132) for larger vessels that can accommodate 10 riders. The company will only accept bookings for an entire boat, not individual seats. Uber Boat is already available in Croatia and Turkey.

According to reports reaching The Lagosian, the Cambodian police have arrested two Romanians and three Nigerians found with almost 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of methamphetamine. The drugs were found on one of them as he boarded a flight to Hong Kong at the airport in Siem Reap in northeastern Cambodia. The Deputy National Police Chief, Mok Chito, said police on Wednesday found the drug in a backpack belonging to Romanian Narcis-Manuel Olaru. The drug was in a form known as crystal meth or ice. The other members of Olaru’s gang were arrested after he told police where they lived in…

As expected, Lagos is agog with a last minute mad rush by eager Nigerian citizens for Permanent Voter’s Cards. Trust many Nigerians, they would not go out for things until it gets to deadline hours. That’s exactly what is at play today at various collection centre’s across Nigeria. It’s indeed a mad rush for the cards without which no prospective voter can exercise his or her civic rights. When our correspondent visited the IKEJA Local Government collection Centre this morning, it was indeed battle royale as officials struggled to control the surging crowd. The situation was at best rowdy and…

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading carrier, has announced a major restructuring of its United States network to offer passengers travelling between Africa and the U.S. the best possible connectivity and the shortest routes. It plans to introduce three flights a week to the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, in addition to its flights to the city’s Newark International Airport. Four of its daily flights to New York, four will be through Lomé, Togo, to Newark Airport and three via Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to JFK, starting June. The introduction of flights to JFK is seen as a bid to…

According to a patent first spotted by Patently Mobile, which was filed in February 2017 and granted yesterday, the stylus would be able to wirelessly send any images back to the phone or tablet, potentially making use of the Bluetooth support that was added with the Note 9’s S Pen stylus. Samsung’s patent specifically mentions that the stylus’ camera includes an “optical zooming function.” Detaching the camera from the phone would also give you more flexibility with how you take your photographs — allowing you to take them from higher or lower vantage points while using the phone’s display as a viewfinder.…

The price of Oil fell below $62 dollars per barrel on Wednesday after a report showed a rise in U.S. crude inventories. Last week, U.S. crude inventories recorded a 2.5 million barrels increase, according to the American Petroleum Institute, and gasoline stocks also increased. while concerns about the impact on global supplies of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela faded. Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell to 61.49 dollars a barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell to 53.11 dollars. The U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company could further curb supplies, although we have yet to see any significant price gains.…

The Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki is confident that the PDP will be victorious in the coming February 16 election. Yesterday, he said that with the multiple endorsement of his party’s presidential candidate by a coalition of Pan-Nigerian political and socio-cultural groups, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s victory is on the horizon. Saraki, who is the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council spoke while reacting to the joint endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Pan-Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF), Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Afenifere, and Ohanaeze Ndigbo. He further stated that Nigerians…