Author: TheLagosianMagazine

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso triple jumper Hugues Fabrice Zango’s disappointing first two jumps in the final in Tokyo left his family watching live at home in Ouagadougou stressed and fearful that he could miss out on a medal – his country’s first ever at the Olympics. Urging him on from their sofa, Zango’s father, brother and sisters erupted in joy when he leapt 17.47m on his third run, propelling him briefly into second place behind Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo. Zango eventually finished third behind Pichardo and China’s Zhu Yaming, who jumped a personal best of 17.57m to claim the silver…

Some of the Africa’s leading lights in business, politics, innovation, leadership and the economy have been slated for honour and celebration at the forthcoming FORBES Best of Africa Award which will hold at the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) Leadership and Philanthropy round table on Friday (tomorrow) at about 5pm through virtual meeting. The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), who will be represented by the Minister of Trade and Investment Otunba Niyi Adebayo, will deliver the goodwill message during the event. The development was disclosed in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday…

“Despite FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi having reached an agreement and the clear intention of both parties to sign a new contract today, this cannot happen because of Spanish La Liga regulations on player registration. As a result of this situation, Messi shall not be staying on at FC Barcelona. Both parties deeply regret that the wishes of the player and the club will ultimately not be fulfilled. FC Barcelona wholeheartedly expresses its gratitude to the player for his contribution to the aggrandisement of the club and wishes him all the very best for the future in his personal and…

It is being reported that Justice Ladiean Akintola of Oyo High Court has granted an ex-parte motion restraining the Department of State Security (DSS) and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Malami from either making an arrest or blocking the bank account of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho. We earlier reported that the legal team of Sunday Igboho led by Chief Yomi Aliu filed an earlier motion at an Oyo High Court seeking that for a court injunction restraining the DSS from further harassing Sunday Igboho as well as seeking N500 billion damages for invasion by security operatives on…

One of the headlines that shook the media space is that of an information made available by the US Department through one of its agencies, the Federal Bureau of Information (FBI) alleging that a Senior Ranking Police Officer, DCP Abba Kyari was connected to a $1.1m fraud deal involving Abbas Ramon popularly known as Hushpuppi and his international cybercrime syndicate. It would be recalled that Hushpuppi was arrested in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and has since faced several trial in the United States of America, the country where his crime originated from. Following the allegation by the FBI, the…

Musician Davido has stirred reactions online when he shared a chat with one of his children, Hailey. Hailey, 4, sent her father series of messages that showed that the young girl is just trying to figure out how to use the smartphone device of her mother. A happy father, David, sent a message back to his active daughter who equally sent back a message to her receptive father. Davido later went on to share a screenshot of the message between him and his daughter. Davido has been in the news for quite some time now for issues outside his obviously…

The Big Brother Naija house experienced a twist to the reality show. As expected, such dramatic overtures make the TV show interesting and more engaging. Rumours of relationship, contest and the fight for the big 90-million-star prize for the winner amongst other house tasks is the reason for the months-long show. Already, the emotions are getting high in the house. After a Truth or Dare game, Liquorose challenged Pere to ask Maria out. In her words,” Maria likes the attention you are giving her.” With such motivation, Pere gingerly approached Maria’s bed to profess his affection for her which was…

Sensational Yoruba movie actor, Adebayo Salami popularly known as Oga Bello has announced the death of his beloved mother earlier today. The famed actor and movie producer of note in an emotional tribute to his matriarch wrote: “From Allah we all came, To Him we shall all return “ In another post, Oga Bello paid homage to his mother stating: My mother, my first teacher.My mother my food bank.My mother, my Jewel. Maami Ayoka, you left at a very “tender” age.You lived wellYou made life tremendously worth living.Oh Allah, bless the soul of my motherOh Allah, forgive the sins of …

Nollywood veteran actor, Funsho Adeolu, is over the moon as his son graduates from Secondary School. The King of the screen proudly took to his social media page to share the good news with the world with the caption: Congratulations my son and my proud wife. A thankful heart to God. The news was well received by his teeming 388,000 Instagram followers as well as colleagues such as Adediwura Blark, Akin Olaiya, Ronke Oshodi Oke, Agbor Rykardo, Jigan Babaoja, Benita Okojie, Jumoke Salami, and Bukola Arugba all felicitated with the star actor. The multi-talented act is married to Victoria, his…

Nigerian Female wrestler and representative at the Tokyo Olympics, Blessing Oborududu made headlines days ago after she scored a high point to qualify for the final rounds of the female wrestling games. Source: Getty Images At the final rounds in which she was up to USA’s Tamyra Marianna, the Nigerian resilient fighter pulled up her last strength to ensure that she brought the gold medal home. After a hard-fought contest against Marianna of the US, Blessing of Nigeria lost by 4-1 in the finals of the 68kg category rounds. However, the 32-year-old is a recipient of the Silver Medals.