Author: TheLagosianMagazine

On this day, I join with all Nigerians in commemorating Democracy Day. The book of the life of this nation has many chapters already written and many more yet to be written. One of the most profound and inspiring accounts that shall be written of our nation’s history will be the chapter on how we moved from the darkness of authoritarian military suppression into the light of democracy and the establishment of popular government based on the sovereign will of the people. On this memorable day, we mark, with respect, and honor the sacrifices that have allowed democracy to come…

It has been reported that a detachment of the Anti-riot squad of the Nigerian Police in Lagos has dispersed the protesters at the Gani Fawehimi Park in Ojota area of Lagos. This development comes on the heels of the stern warning issued a day before the planned protest in which the police noted that there won’t ‘’allow a repeat of the endSARS protest in Lagos. According to eyewitness, the police stationed their patrol vehicles along the Ikorodu road axis of Lagos thereby debarring entrance of protesters from accessing the protest ground in Ojota. The sources stated that no less than…

ITS JUNE 12!… HAPPY BIRTHDAY KASI! I have said it before that I am very unlikely to do anything for money that I will not do for free. Work for me is the essence of living which is probably why about 80% of my time I spend doing things which I cherish for which nobody pays me a penny. A good example is “Saturday Breakfast with Tony Okoroji”. For more than eight years, I have written and published about 1000 words on Saturday Breakfast every Saturday, come rain come sunshine. While the column is syndicated widely, nobody has ever paid…

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY ON 12TH JUNE, 2021 Fellow Nigerians, I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria. 2. As with all democracies we will always be going through improvement processes in our desire to reach the goal of a mature democracy, a strong, evolved and integrated nation state to be reckoned with globally.…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN, BELOVED PROPHET T.B. JOSHUA. “His life was gentle; and the elementsSo mixed in him, that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!”William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar MANY THANKS, PROPHET, FOR A GREAT LIFE, FULL OF IMPACT. APPRECIATION FROM THE PUBLISHER AND ENTIRE TEAM AT THE LAGOSIAN MAGAZINE

The Synagogue Church of All Nations SCOAN has officially announced the passing of its founder and Senior Prophet, the great TB Joshua. In a statement sent to us this evening from the Church Headquarters in Lagos, the church promised to announce the day for the burial in due course. Below is the text of the statement: “We wish to officially announce the passing away of Prophet T.B. Joshua. He slept in the Lord on Saturday June 5, 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria. The church is currently working on the funeral programme, which will be communicated to you as soon as possible.…

In line with the recent ban on giant microblogging site, Twitter, by the Federal Government of Nigeria penultimate Friday, there have been fresh orders given to the other social media operating in the country. The regulatory agencies saddled with such constitutional prerogative to implement policies of this nature is the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). NBC on Thursday, June 10, 2021 issued a notice to all social media in the country to obtain its operating licenses. By this new directive, social media apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok etc. are required by law to do accordingly. This was made…

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari will be on live TV today for a media chat. The interview which airs on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) makes the second of such media parley involving the President and the press. This comes barely 24 hours after the first major interview since he assumed his second term in office as President of the ‘’Giant of Africa’’ country. In a statement by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, emphatically stated that the interview which airs from 8:30pm would be revealing. He wrote: “President Muhammadu…

There were several banners and posters raised up by pockets of volunteers and organisers at the Walk against Drug Abuse and Cultism in Bariga. The charity walk, was tagged ‘’MY BARIGA MY PRIDE – a community organizing project founded to help redeem image of Bariga. Under the auspices of MY BARIGA MY PRIDE INITIATIVE in collaboration with the GREAT IMPACT BAPTIST CHURCH, a collective of youths living in the Bariga took to the street on a scorched Sunday afternoon of June 6, 2021. ‘’MY BARIGA MY PRIDE’’ which has since become synonymous with recent socio-political development in Bariga is aimed…

BETWEEN T.B. JOSHUA AND KRIS OKOTIE by Femi Fani-Kayode. “Africans do not celebrate great men. They rather take delight in celebrating mediocre men. Africans happily destroy great men and if possible look for their mistakes to nail them. So sad that they destroyed Prophet T.B. Joshua on a daily basis. Finally he has left them and what he was doing, they can’t do! Evil continent!”- Prophet (Dr.) Emmanuel Badu Kobi, Glorious Wave Church International, Accra, Ghana. Prophet Emmanuel Kobi has spoken the truth and he has spoken for millions. I commend his courage. Sadly Pastor Kris Okotie of Household of…