Author: TheLagosianMagazine

President Muhammadu Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to win the 2019 Presidential elections. He recently received his Certificate of Return from INEC and there have been celebrations on-going in parts of the country as his supporters and allies prepare for the next 4 years of his government. President Buhari seems to have passed the celebratory phase; he spoke about the challenges that lay ahead when members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) paid him a congratulatory visit yesterday. Among those present at the meeting were the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF) Boss Mustapha,…

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Festus Okoye, the INEC commissioner for information and voter education has revealed in a statement that some of INEC’s staff were abducted and raped during Saturday’s elections. In the statement on Friday, Festus Okoye said while the elections were generally peaceful, there was “high level of violence” in some places, he also noted “the subjugation of some of our electoral officials to threats, harassment, intimidation, assault, abduction and even rape.” “The Commission condoles with the families of its ad-hoc staff who lost their lives while on this national assignment, as well as other Nigerians who died in the course of…

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By Dolapo Omole-Ohonsi Honourable Beni Lar, one of the longest serving members of the House of Representatives has been returned the National Assembly by her people. Hon. Lar of the PDP polled 53,726 votes to defeat Bako Nandang of the APC, who scored 27,353 votes for Langtang North/Langtang South Federal Constituency in the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. This will be her 4th term in the house, a record achievement as no other females representative has been able to hold on to their seat for that long. Beni Lar is the first daughter of Solomon Daushep Lar (April…

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“Poor people get beliefs from the family: ‘You cant get rich, who do you think you are?!'” The Jesuits said it all: “Give me a child until its 7 and I will show you the man”. Whatever you struggle with, its because there’s a program in your mind that does not support what you’re doing. You have to override it. The only way to override a mind older than 7 is repetition. That’s how you train your subconscious mind. That’s how you learn to drive till you no longer have to think of it. Either that or hypnosis.

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U.S. President Donald Trump cut short his nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because the two sides could not agree on sanctions. The summit was held in Hanoi, Vietnam and was to conclude with a signing ceremony for an agreement between the two nuclear powers. Instead, the White House announced on Thursday that there would be nothing to sign. “It wasn’t a good thing to be signing anything. We had some options, and at this time we decided not to do any of the options, and we’ll see where that goes.” Trump said in a news conference. “Sometimes you have to walk, and this…

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