Author: TheLagosianMagazine

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the presidential and parliamentary election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, in a press briefing currently ongoing said the results being announced by INEC are inflated in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. According to Secondus, the results have been fraught with “irregularities” and therefore, “incorrect and unacceptable.” According to him, “Our collation centres have the original results from all the polling units in the country. That is from where are going to reclaim our results,” he said. “The…

The Nokia 9 PureView has five rear cameras and that doesn’t even seem like that big of a deal. The anticipated Nokia 9 PureView is HMD Global’s newest and boldest flagship phone under the Nokia brand the Finnish startup acquired several years ago. A word of warning: HMD says this phone is a “limited edition,” being offered in a limited run. But it should be coming to the Nigeria (the phone costs €599, or $699, roughly converting to N249,000). It’s five Zeiss camera lenses, but it looks like seven in a ring, like a spider’s eyes. Three are 12-megapixel monochrome cameras, two…

Two legends of African music, ageless Nigerian superstar, Sir Shina Peter’s and Congolese soukous sensation, Awilo Logonba are billed for a scintillating outing together on Banking Holiday, May 27th at the Indigo Arena in London. The two Legends are coming together for 1 night of unforgettable entertainment with a catalog of hit songs and successful career spanning a combined 80 Years. Considering the pedigree of the duo, fans of music would surely have a good time. The event is hosted by Nollywood Superstar Sola Sobowale and a Surprise Co-Host.

Senator Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, has challenged Sahara Reporters to release the source of the unofficial election results that formed the basis of a report that is live on their website. In the report, Sahara Reporters alleged that Smart Adeyemi is leading in five of the seven LGA’s especially in Lokoja and Koto while Dino Melaye leads in Mopamuro LGA. The report also says that Smart Adeyemi is leading by 20,000 votes. Senator Melaye released his video to debunk the news and challenge its authenticity. He also claims the report is part of a master-plan to unseat…

The centre was established in 1990 to serve as biodiversity conservation icon and environment education centre. The facility was built by the Chevron Corporation for the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), as a reserved sanctuary for the rich flora and fauna of the Lekki Peninsula. The company has since provided annual funding for the management of the centre. In order to start the conservation project, three potential areas were surveyed in 1987 by NCF technical team in partnership with the defunct Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative. Thereafter, Lekki area was chosen to establish the demonstration site for the conservation…

Dubai is one step closer to its target of becoming the most visited city in the world with 15.92 million international overnight visitors in 2018. “Exposing our industry to new potential in order to convert a higher share of the dynamically evolving global outbound travel market has helped steady Dubai’s base tourism volumes throughout last year,” Almarri said. “Our strategic investments, innovative destination promotion programmes, responsive federal policy reforms, and long-term global partnerships – all backed by the tremendous support of our stakeholders across the government and private sector – continue to yield strong results as we ramp up efforts…

The video, posted on twitter by @Kofi_Bartels, shows thugs destroying ballot boxes in Okota, Lagos.

The video posted by @itz_laolao shows the aftermath of the attack on the Ago Palace Way polling unit by thugs.

The video posted on Twitter by @SaintOraye shows people who appear to be soldiers walking on the street in Akuku Toru LGA in Rivers State as the sound of gunshots is heard in the background.

Bangladeshi Security forces foiled a hijack attempt on flight BG147 by a 25-year-old man on Sunday. All passengers on board the Bangladesh Biman plane which was bound for Dubai from Dhaka plane are safe. “We have successfully rescued everyone,” said Air Vice Marshall Mofid, after security forces stormed the plane and arrested the man. Mofid told reporters that the hijacker claimed he had a pistol. The country’s civil aviation chief Nayeem Hasan earlier said the suspect had claimed to have a bomb. “From the talks and dialogue we have with him, it seems he is psychologically deranged,” Hasan said after…