Above is the Peoples man, Senator Dino Melaye
Saraki on blue native dress
Saraki with victory sign
Month: September 2018
AMBODE AT JIM OVIA’S BOOK LAUNCH
…Urges Successful Entrepreneurs To Inspire Younger Generation
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday highlighted the contributions of the Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia to the accountancy and banking professions, calling on leading entrepreneurs in Africa to take time to expose the younger generations to their inspiring story with the view to showing them how to become successful business owners.
Governor Ambode, who spoke at the public presentation of Africa Arise and Shine, a book written by Ovia, said it was important for successful entrepreneurs like the author of the book to tell the story of how they were able to navigate the business climate to inspire others who look forward to be like them.
PLANE CRASH
Nineteen people were killed on Sunday when a small plane crashed into a lake in the centre of South Sudan, while four survived, a regional official told AFP
Regional information minister for the Eastern Lakes state Taban Abel Aguek said a plane, carrying 23 people, had crashed in the central town of Yirol as it came into land.
“The number of people we have confirmed dead is 19 people and four people survived,” said Abel, adding that two children were among the survivors as was an Italian citizen.
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He said the Anglican Bishop of Yirol, Simon Adut, was confirmed among the dead.
The pilot and co-pilot, a staff member with the International Committee of the Red Cross, a Ugandan who runs a private clinic in Yirol, a government official and two army officers were also confirmed dead.
“The whole town is in shock, the shops are closed, some people have taken their relatives for burial. It is a commercial plane that crashed,” Abel told AFP.
Photo from Rotimi Ogidan
Lagos NUJ SEC members’ endorsement of Waheed Odusile “Consolidation 2018” as Lagos NUJ Candidate for National President of NUJ… the need to consolidate on his achievements over the past years prompted this endorsement. One good term they say deserves another…
Chairman Lagos NUJ, Doctor Akinreti explain that Odusile has represented Lagos Council fantastically and deserves NUJ Lagos support.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I would not be seeking this nomination if our country is working. I am very sad that 11 million Nigerians have become unemployed since May 29, 2015
Atiku
Picture of the day
… Consequence of driver that sleeps on wheel.
WILL LEAH EVER REALES?
Today, Thursday the 6th of September, 2018, makes it 200 days that Leah Sharibu is being held by Boko Haram terrorists for refusing to accept Islam and renounce her Christian faith.
At the protest, Pastor Omokri who led some of the protesters said it is not a crime to remain a Christian. He said the continued abduction of Leah Sharibu is anti-Islam and that Sharibu, whom he said is a very bright student, should be in school and not with the terrorists. He therefore called on the Boko Haram sect to release her immediately. The protesters also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to negotiate the release of Leah Sharibu.
Also, the Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake who is also staging a sit-in outside the Nigerian High Commission in central London to put pressure on the Nigerian government, told CNN that his protest will last 200 hours as Thursday marks 200 days since Sharibu, who turned 15 in captivity, was taken.
According to him, “There cannot be a clearer example of someone whose human rights are being ignored than that of Leah who is being detained just because she has maintained her Christian faith,” Brake said in an email interview with CNN.
Recall that the Boko Haram terrorists had freed the other schoolgirls, numbering over 100, who were kidnapped alongside Sharibu but refused to release Leah because she refused to accept Islam and renounce her Christian faith.
Most of the students abducted from their boarding school in Dapchi village, Yobe State were released after four Weeks
PDP PRIMARIES : ATIKU ASK LAGOS FOR SUPPORT
A former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has solicited the support of delegates from Lagos State for his presidential ambition ahead of People’s Democratic Party primary later this month.
Speaking with the delegates, Alhaji Atiku who conceited that it was a deliberate plan in the 2003 General Election for PDP not to win Lagos among other Southwest states apologized for the misdeeds.
He explained that Lagos was left out due to his political relationship with the then chieftain of Alliance for Democracy, Chief Bola Tinubu.
The former Vice President said if the party made him its flag bearer for next year’s General Election, he would ensure that the country was restructured within six months in office.
Earlier, the Director General of Atiku Campaign Organization, Otunba Gbenga Daniel told the party members that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar had the capacity to get Nigeria out of its present problems pointing out that he was competent and willing to serve.
The Party Secretariat adorned with various flyers to welcome him while various groups dressed in different attires and t-shirts to show their solidarity with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who is among the twelve individuals vying for the position of President on the platform of the PDP.
Wahab Akinlade
LAGOS STATE SET FOR WORLD COCONUT DAY
The Lagos State Government in collaboration with the African Coconut Heritage Initiatives is set to host the 7th edition of the Coconut Heritage Festival tagged ‘AGUNKEFEST’ in commemoration of the 2018 World Coconut Day as listed in the State’s calendar of cultural events released earlier in the year.
The event is scheduled to hold on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at the Suntan Beach Front, Badagry.
In a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Arts & Culture, Mrs. Aramide Giwanson, the State Government said the objective of the celebration was to provide an avenue to create awareness on the array of invaluable economic, health and environmental benefits that coconut offers amidst cultural manifestation.
“In addition, the festival intends to draw global attention and beam searchlight on Badagry division of the State thereby showcasing its rich cultural and traditional values to attract both domestic and international tourists to the division.
“The celebration is also in line with the State Government’s vision and commitment to develop every division of the State, as well showcase its cultural and economic potentials to the world,” Giwanson said.
Activities lined-up to celebrate the one-day programme, according to the statement, will start with a symposium in the morning on the theme of the celebration – “Harnessing Coconut Production for Economic Empowerment and Tourism Development in Lagos State,” which will be delivered by an authority in the coconut industry, Dr. Charles Aisagbonhi, the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Institute of Oil Palm Research Benin, Edo State.
This will be followed up with a grand finale ceremony, where all stakeholders in the industry and coconut value chain will exhibit their products, and the day’s event will be rounded up with cultural displays and entertainment amongst different communities in the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development areas in the State.
The festival, which made its debut in 2009, is meant to annually celebrate coconut in reminiscence of the first coconut plantation in Nigeria established by the Roman Catholic Mission on the Topo Island in Badagry in 1876.
100 Migrants missing off the coast of Libya
The Libyan Navy on Wednesday said as many as 100 migrants have gone missing after their boat sank off the coast of Libya
The Libyan coastguard rescued 17 people from the boat that sank off the town of al-Khoms east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the navy said on its Facebook page.
The survivors clung to the wreckage of the vessel until they were saved.
“Unfortunately, there are a large number of missing people ranging…
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