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It was an undiluted joy and jubilations at the Palace of Olota of Ota, Oba Abdulkabir Adeyemi Obalanlege when about 25 pupils from different Goverment Secondary Schools across Ado/Ota Local Government Area, received an educational sponsorship letters from a non-governmental group known as OTA GRAVITY GROUP. The schools were: Iganmode Grammar School, Ansarudeen College, Anglican Grammar School, Sango-Ota High School, and Lafenwa High School, Ota. It was gathered that the group, Ota Gravity Group (OGG), also visited the Chief Imam of Ota, Sheik Buhari, who recently lost his house and other valuable properties to a fire incident and they pledged to be part of rebuilding efforts of the edifice. To this effect, architectural design and perimeter fencing have commenced to give the Chief Imam a befitting apartment. It was further learnt that OGG has also pledged to support the Kabiyesi Olota’s pet project & initiative known as the Foundation for Economic and Developme...

The relationship between Nigeria and the United States of America can be said to be as old as the country. United States of America and Nigeria are known to be close to the extent that the two countries have bilateral relationships that have been beneficial to the two nations over the years and so it is more beneficial for the two countries to be friends than to be enemies. While the US dictates the pace in America and in the entire world, Nigeria is a powerful country in Africa, in black nations and its the most populous black country in the world. So, the latest reports indicating that President Donald Trump of the United States of America planned to impose travel ban on the country got to many people as a big surprise. Reports had it that  Donald Trump planned to add Nigeria and six other countries to his travel ban - which could extend to more non-Muslim-majority nations. Currently, travel is banned from Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen - all but ...

When President Muhammadu Buhari got into office as President for the first time in 2015, he promised to give Nigerians the best and work with the best set of people that would join him to move Nigeria forward. This, he did with the appointment of people with the ability and capability to make changes and one of the stars of his government then was a former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, who was given three portfolios of Power, Works and Housing. However, after emerging victorious in the 2019 General Elections, President Muhammadu Buhari felt he needed to make some changes and rejuvenate his government for better performances. Indeed, it was believed that the tenure of Mr. Fashola led to some progress in the power sector, but it appeared Buhari decided to relieve him of some workload and limit him to the Ministry of Works and Housing. With this, a new person was appointed as the Minister of Power in person of Engineer Sale Mamman. Many Nigeri...

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has called on journalists covering the Assembly to be united so that they could achieve much in the New Year. Obasa spoke through the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Publicity, Strategy and Security, Hon. Tunde Braimoh at the annual Get Together/New Year Programmes of the journalists covering the House. The event held at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Centre, Behind MKO Garden, Alausa, Ikeja on Friday 3rd January, 2020. The Speaker told the journalists, who operate under the auspices of the Lagos State House of Assembly Correspondents Association (LAHACA) that it was a good thing to work together as an indivisible entity. Tunde Braimoh thanked the Organising Committee for the event, adding that it was not easy to serve and that when one does it is a thankless job.  "Togetherness in a forum like this is mandatory by G...