Author: TheLagosianMagazine

By Babatunde Odubanwo The death of foremost politician and seasoned administrator, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, is the end of an era within the Nigerian political space. No doubt, the demise of this distinguished Nigerian leaves a vacuum in public administration throughout Africa. To a keen observer, the passing on of this colossus to the great beyond on a Thursday, a day regarded in the Yoruba orient belief as ‘’Ọjọ́bọ‘’ loosely translated as the day of creation suggests that the erstwhile Oyo State governor lived a fulfilled life. Though, his death no less underscores the essence of our mortality, Abiola Ajimobi was…

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has commiserated with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on the death of his immediate predecessor, Senator Isiaka Ajimobi. Ajimobi died last Thursday at the age of 70. He had been battling with Covid- 19 complication before his death. He praised the deceased for his nation building efforts and contribution to the development of Oyo state. He prayed to God to grant him Al- Janah Fridau.

By Dele Oyewale The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has expressed his determination and readiness to stop looters who have been stealing from the country, saying no amount of blackmail and mischief will deter him. He made the vow on Thursday, June 25, 2020 while receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory Council, who paid him a solidarity visit at the Corporate Headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja. According to Magu, the prospects of Nigeria are great and must not be allowed to be wasted or stolen…

Liverpool FC this evening were confirmed the champions of the season’s Premier League. This is the happy culmination of a thirty year wait for the trophy that they last won in 1990. This year’s silverware marks the nineteenth time the club have won the ultimate competition in British football. The Lagosian congratulates all Liverpudlians.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the death of the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi as a great loss to his family, the people of the Oyo State and the country as a whole.  The Governor added that he is saddened by the loss.  Sanwo-Olu, in a statement, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile on Thursday, said Ajimobi’s shocking demise, after all efforts by medical professionals to stabilize him, when he took ill, has opened a deep sore in the hearts of millions of Nigerians, who looked up to him as…

By Gboyega Akosile Proverbs 22:29 states “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” This biblical verse is the true reflection of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, who clocks 55 today. Without any iota of doubt, the 55th birthday of Governor Sanwo-Olu is worth celebrating considering how he has made meaningful impacts in private and public sectors, especially in the last one year of his administration as number one citizen in the Centre of Excellence. Mr. Governor believes that an occasion of one’s birthday, especially a milestone…

President Buhari has apparently decided to obey his office’s interpretation of the law in the matter of the authentic Acting Chairman of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. He has consequently pitched his tent with the embattled Victor Giadom. It would be recalled that the issue of the true Acting Chairman of the party has been a volatile matter of controversy in recent days with many party gladiators laying claim to the position after the suspension of the substantive chairman, Adams Oshiomole. The action of the president as evident in the above tweets by his spokesman, Garba Shehu seems…

THE BOARD, MANAGEMENT AND THE EDITORIAL TEAM OF THE LAGOSIAN MAGAZINE CONGRATULATES AMBASSADOR WALE OJO-LANRE ESQ ON HIS APPOINTMENT BY GOVERNOR KAYODE FAYEMI AS HIS SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON TOURISM MATTERS. THE LAGOSIAN BELIEVES THAT THIS APPOINTMENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS TOUR OF DUTY AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF EKITI STATE COUNCIL OF ARTS AND CULTURE IS A GREATLY BEFITTING ONE, PUTTING A SQUARE PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE. AMBASSADOR OJO-LANRE’S YEARS OF STERLING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA CANNOT BE QUANTIFIED. WE COMMEND THE GOVERNOR FOR THIS VISIONARY APPOINTMENT AND WE BELIEVE, KNOWING OJO LANRE, THAT EKITI WILL BE BETTER…

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By Our Correspondent There have been volumes of conflicting opinions on what might have happened and led to the gruesome murder-suicide that occurred in Lekki Lagos on the night of June 21. The question on every lip is, how did it happen and what might have led to this final act of appalling pogrom? What happened in the final minutes that so escalated the argument and eventually drove a man to making a gory mincemeat of his partner? The initial story was that the man, one Chris Ndule murdered his partner, Ms Olamide Omajuwaa Alli because of paternity issues around…