Author: TheLagosianMagazine

President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2021 budget estimate to a joint session of the National Assembly. The proposed expenditure is put at N13.08 trillion with a crude oil benchmark price of $40 per barrel. The budget contains recurrent expenditure of N5.65 trillion, personnel cost of N3.76 trillion and Debt Service of N3.12 trillion. Statutory transfers has been put at N484.4 billion while Pension, Gratuities & Retirees Benefits was put at N500.19 billion. A projected inflation rate of 11.95 per cent and GDP growth rate of 3.00 per cent was considered.https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html The president budgeted N128 billion for the National Assembly…

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” Louise Glück was born 1943 in New York and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Apart from her writing she is a professor of English at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. She made her debut in 1968 with ‘Firstborn’, and was soon acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature. She has received several prestigious awards, among them the Pulitzer Prize (1993) and the National Book Award (2014). Louise Glück has…

The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau, according to a statement signed by Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani, Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government Affairs. Bamalli succeeds HRH Alh. (Dr.) Shehu Idris who died on Sunday, 20th September 2020 after reigning for 45 years. Alh. Bamalli is the first emir from the Mallawa ruling house in 100 years, following the demise in 1920 of his grandfather, Emir Dan Sidi. Until his appointment as Emir of Zazzau, Alh. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli held the title of Magajin Garin Zazzau…

By Olayinka Agboola Mr POTUS sir, My name is OLAYINKA AGBOOLA, a journalist, publisher and broadcaster from Nigeria, Africa. I am at present being treated as a REAL victim of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at one of Africa’s best tertiary health care institutions, the University College Hospital, here in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State (of Nigeria). I really got compelled to send you, Mr POTUS, this message because of the current discussions concerning your supposed COVID-19 status. As far as I am concerned, you really do not know what the dreaded disease is all about. If you did,…

….Gets N5Million, New House Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appointed Olamilekan Moshood Agbelesebioba, popularly known as LAYCON, winner of the just concluded Big Brother Naija, as the Youth Ambassador of the State. The State Government also donated N5Million and a three bedroom bungalow to the New Youth Ambassador Below is the text of the statement by the Governor: We have appointed the winner of the Big Brother Naija Lockdown, @itslaycon Youth Ambassador of Ogun State in addition to house and cash gifts. I relayed this development today, when I played host to Olamilekan Moshood Agbelesebioba AKA Laycon in…

Legislators of the Lagos State House of Assembly have approved the sum of N153 billion requested by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the completion of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit( LRMT). The sum is expected to be used for the construction and completion of the Red Line and the Blue Line respectively. The amount was approved in a unanimous vote by the House following the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance submitted by its Chairman, Hon Rotimi Olowo. Recall that on Monday, September 14, 2020, Governor Sanwo-Olu had approached the House for the approval of the amount…

Olamilekan Agbelese, aka Laycon, has emerged winner of Season 5 of the blockbuster reality show, Big Brother Naija. The show came to an explosive climax this evening. He won the show by a wide margin, scoring 60% as against his nearest rival, Dorathy who polled a puny 20% ahead of the other three finalists. With this victory, the cool-headed Laycom who wowed millions of viewers with his calm under fire and admirable demeanour is now the proud owner of cash and other add ons totalling N85million. His musical career is also guaranteed to receive a huge boost having garner millions…

By Rauf Aregbesola My sojourn in Kaduna in the 1980s, first for my youth service and later for a paid employment, will remain ever memorable. This is because it was there that I found the love of my life, Iyaafin Sherifat Abidemi Aregbesola. I was a dashing young man with long hair and ideological fire burning in my soul. I had been caught in the throes of the ideological fervour of the time. I left The Polytechnic Ibadan fired with idealism and was prepared to change the world. People of my generation actually were fiercely nationalistic. They wanted the best…

Due to the unexpected simultaneous surfacing of the two ‘Black Swans’ in 2020; COVID-19 and the international oil crisis, one might feel what trends could possibly surface in fashion if at all there’s going to be any. Nonetheless, the fashion world keeps up at its trends. So I bring to you THE EVOLVING FASHION TRENDS IN WEDDINGS FROM 2020. China is a leading supplier of wedding gowns. As much as 80% of the world’s western-style gowns are produced there, according to the American Bridal and Prom Industry Association. Many factories in China have remained closed this year as the country attempts to…

•Lagos Governor Hands Over 51 Vehicles, Eight Houses To Judges The effort to build a strong and formidable judiciary in Lagos State is on course, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said. The Governor pledged that no arm of Government in the State will be deprived of requisite tools to perform its statutory duties, reiterating his administration’s continued support to the judiciary and raise the bar of legal practice in line with global standards. Sanwo-Olu made the pledge at the Ikeja High Court while handing over 51 Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and eight houses to judges of the State High Court. It…