Author: TheLagosianMagazine

By Dele Momodu Fellow Africans, please, permit me to make an open and audacious declaration today. No Professor of Business Management or Mass Communication could have published Ovation International successfully for the period of time that we have done. I apologise if it sounds immodest but that’s not my intention. It is a fact that’s solidly backed by 25 years of an epic journey and with the sight of many would be competitors sadly falling by the wayside within a short time of debuting. One of the most frequently asked questions everywhere I go is how have we managed to…

By Tony Adams His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State this evening received the newly elected executive of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) led by Professor Benjamin Okaba. Prof. Okaba, who hails from Kpakiama in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State emerged new INC President in a very transparent election conducted via electronic voting during the National Convention in Yenagoa. “I am indeed the happiest man today, that out of this electoral process, we have a brand new executive of INC. There is a hand of God in your election. It was God’s own design using everyone…

By Noah Pitcher YouTube recently made the decision to terminate the channel of prominent Nigerian pastor and televangelist TB Joshua, claiming that his content repeatedly violated the company’s hate speech policy pertaining to discrimination based on sexual orientation. In a statement made Wednesday to Today News Africa, a YouTube spokesperson Ivy Choi said TB Joshua’s channel, which had amassed over 1.8 million subscribers and 600 million views, repeatedly violated community guidelines pertaining to hate speech. In particular, she was referring to videos in which the prominent pastor claimed to cure congregants of their homosexuality. “In accordance with our long standing…

Following the increased state of insecurity in the country, Catholic Priest of Adoration Ministry, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka has called on the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails to resign. He made the call during a recent church service where he lamented over the security challenges of the country. Mbaka said that it was sad how Buhari could maintain grave silence in the midst of the killings and deaths in the country, insisting that he may have lost touch with realities. He said “Nigerians why are you crying? We are crying because our leaders have failed…

By Temitope Adefolaju Soberly, liberty begat our realityIn reality, the supposed unity standsOnly as a fantasy, speaking franklyOh! How they plead and bleedFor only those they prey on?Freedom fighters’re disarmedBy dripping honey from looters’ bounties. Castrated youths seek to birth the futureAgonizing mothers keep the urnsOf children’s cremationMen, alive but lostSeek finding selves in drinking to stupor. Locked in a cageMany dance to the music of freedom”Liberty! Liberty!!” They call as a friendWhile no strategy to outlive their poverty is drawnIndependence gained, freedom lost! Either Con or SaintEach draws his fame and fettersHowbeit shall you answer the call for rebirthFor…

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been strongly admonished to depend solely on God for divine guidance and approval for a second term in office. The admonition was given by Olayinka Agboola, the Publisher of Parrot Xtra Magazine and PMParrot.com in an open letter he addressed to the number one citizen of Osun State. Read the full text of the letter here: Open Letter To Governor Adegboyega Oyetola Of Osun State Mr Governor Sir, Ramadan Kareem. I greet you with sincere sense of respect as a true-born son of great Yorubaland. Congratulations on your achievements so far as the…

Nigerians call out Keyamo for what they call a childish action Others think Idris Abdulkareem deserved the exposure The Minister of State for Labour, Mr. Festus Keyamo has responded to the viral JAGAJAGA RELOADED song by Idris Abdulkareem in which the musician allegedly exposed the minister as “chopping” in the current government. In a ten paragraph Facebook post, Keyamo vehemently and deviously exposed his past conversations with Idris in an obvious attempt to demystify and whittle the effect of the hard hitting song that has put the Government on the spot. Meanwhile thousands of people have responded to the post…

By Femi Ogun The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, approved the release and handing over of 10 brand new, 56 seater buses to Public Servants in different arms of Government, as part of his commitment to ease transportation challenges encountered by workers in commuting to and from their homes to various offices. The Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, while presenting the 10 new sets of buses at the Lagos House Ikeja, stated that the kind gesture of Mr. Governor is a follow up to the 35 buses allocated to the Centralised Staff Bus Scheme (CSB) a…

Tears flowed in torrents today in Lagos as the late Civil Rights Activist, Yinka ODUMAKIN was laid in state. We bring you pictures from the event.

By Babatunde Odubanwo The world, especially the British Royal Family today bid farewell to Prince Philip, beloved husband of Queen Elizabeth for 73 odd years! In a solemn ceremony at the famed Windsor Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland, the legendary Greek immigrant who won the heart of the future British sovereign and for more than seven decades served as her source of strength was laid to rest. Babatunde Odubanwo, a royal watcher pays tribute to the iconic royal. The gleaming sun of Prince Philip: a leading world leader, war veteran, respected statesman, Father to millions of Britons, a humanist, prominent member of…