Author: TheLagosianMagazine

He belonged to the first generation of Nigerian poets. In a field populated by greats like Christopher Okigbo, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Wole Soyinka, John Pepper Clark, Dennis Brutus, Mazisi Kunene, Aime Cesaire and many others, he held his own ground, delving into the vast repertoire of his ijaw tradition to fashion a poetry deep and alluring. The story ended today with the passing of Gabriel Imomotime OPARA at the age of 97. Gabriel Imomotimi Okara was born on 24 April 1921in Bumoundi, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. According to Wikipedia Okara was renowned as the first Modernist poet of Anglophone Afric.…

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared Ademola Adeleke as winner of the September 2018 election in the state. The 3-man tribunal upheld the the petitions filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke and the PDP, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the September 2018 governorship election. The tribunal had earlier dismissed the objections of the APC. It said Adeleke’s petition has merit. The PDP and Adeleke had filed a petition asking the tribunal to declare that he polled the highest lawful…

Two days ago, Nigerian footballer, Alex Iwobi came under fire for being disrespectful to a fellow black man during Arsenal’s last Europa game. In the video that immediately went viral, Iwobi was seen covering his nose in disgust and backing away when the other black player tried to speak to him, insinuating the man has mouth odour. In his response, Alex Iwobi had a chat with famous Arsenal fan, Kelechi Anyikude on Snapchat where he explained that the player was cussing at him, his mum and putting up the middle finger at him.

In the video, Yemisi Iginla says that the woman who gave birth to a child for her husband, known as, Prophetess Stella, told her to share her husband with her. After that, she got the number of the said woman and she says Stella began to “condemn” her everyday. She said showed a screenshot of what appears to be Stella’s WhatsApp status. She read the contents of the status, “An AS and AS genotype can never be, thus a misplaced marriage”. She also said her husband, Pastor Joshua Iginla, never told her about the relationship with Stella and she found…

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A young boy is seen in the video posted on Instagram by @kanyewestafrica showing great football skills.

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Rabiu Bichi Chairman, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to declare the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Abba Kabir winner to avoid the eruption of violence. The PDP chairman made the warning on Monday while briefing newsmen on the suspension of the governorship election result collation by the INEC. According to Bichi, “the election has been won by our candidate, therefore, the INEC should declare our candidate as the winner because we have scored the highest votes. “We have no problems with the recalling of the Nassarawa results, but we should be…

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who was re-elected into office, is seen in the video posted by Punch Nigeria. She sits beside a voter and asks him if he voted for Buhari, and when he replies in the affirmative, she says “How I go Know?” and then she says “Igbo, we no dey trust una again”. This may be due to the overwhelming support shown in the Eastern part of Nigeria to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP during the recently concluded Presidential elections.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu, has appointed DSP Bala Elkana as the new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State. The new PPRO who took over from CSP Chike Oti, today, 11/03/2019, enlisted into the Nigeria Police in 2003. He holds a Bachelors degree in Law (LLB), Master’s Degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA). He had served in different commands and held various positions, including Operations Officer, Divisional Crime Officer, Divisional Police Officer, Community Policing Officer. In addition to all these positions, he was the police public…