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  Ahead of the Supreme Court judgment in Kogi State, Primate Ayodele has hinted victory for the governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Supreme Court had fixed Monday, 31st Of August, 2020 to deliver judgment in the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Wada and his party. Mr. Wada and the PDP are challenging the re-election of the governor, Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16, 2019 governorship election. However, Primate Ayodele explained that though the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are struggling with, at the end of the day, APC will become victorious ‘In Kogi State, the PDP and APC are struggling but at the end of the day, Yahaya Bello and APC will win it’’ Furthermore, Primate Ayodele reinstated his prophecy on Abia State which he made earlier this week.  In his prophecy, he made it known that if APC wanted to be delivered in the s

Elderman Folarin Coker, who died on 12th August, 2020 came, saw and conquered. The world has indeed lost a colossus, a man of integrity, a go-getter, a man of many parts, who served his state and his fatherland to the best of his ability. While some believe that Lagos State, Nigeria and Africa have lost a big fish, some are of the opinion that Elderman Folarin Coker is like a typical actor, who must have left the stage when the ovation was loudest. A selfless man with a large heart, Chief Folarin Coker left his footprints on the sand of time and the name of Baba Eto of Lagos would continue to ring a bell in many generations to come. Legendary Chief Nathaniel Coker was born on 22nd July, 1923 at 28 Joseph Street, Lagos, Nigeria to a Christian family. When it was time for him to find a life partner, Chief Folarin Coker got married to former Miss Larvinia Apinke Vanghan. Baba Eto attended CMS Grammar School, Lagos from 1934-1941. The respected elder statesman later attended the University

Principals of secondary schools in Lagos State have been charged to utilise the increased running cost for schools to provide conducive environment for learning. Chairman of the State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Hon. Yinka Ogundimu stated this during the committee's visits to some schools in the state on Thursday 27th August to ensure compliance with COVID-19 protocols in the on-going West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The committee started the tour, which will take it round the six districts in the state, with  Education District 1 in Agege on Tuesday 25th August. The visit to Education District 6, Oshodi under the Tutor General/Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Okelola Oludara began on Thursday. Speaking at Ijeshatedo Senior Grammar School, Okota where they were received by the Principal, Mrs. Olayemi Olowogboyega, Ogundimu said that the environment was too bad for students, and that it was not well kept.  "We have done something about the run

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly committee on Education on Wednesday moved to more private and public schools under Education District 1 in Alimosho and urged the State Ministry of Education to conduct on the spot assessment of some public schools in the area due to infrastructural decay.  The Chairman of the House Committee on Education, Hon. Yinka Ogundimu gave the directive on Wednesday during a tour to schools in Lagos to assess the level of compliance to COVID-19 protocols as students are writing this year's West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).  The Committee observed infrastructural decay at State Senior College Ipaja Road, Alimosho and Orisunmbare Senior High School, where students were writing their WASSCE exams under the shed.  In his comments at Orisunmbare  High School, Ogundimu said, "There are a lot of limitations in the school and we cannot blame the Principal. The situation is pathetic and the classrooms are not conducive for

In its effort to curtail the spread of Coronavirus among SS3 students writing the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Education on Tuesday commenced visitation to selected schools in the state to ensure strict compliance to COVID-19 guidelines. The Committee was led on the visit, slated to last two weeks, by its Chairman, Hon. Yinka Ogundimu representing Agege Constituency 2. Ogundimu informed the schools visited that the purpose of the visit was to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state by ensuring that the schools complied with the protocols for the prevention of the spread of the Pandemic during the WASSCE exams. Part of the observation of the committee in most of the schools visited was that the bags of the students were packed together instead of being spaced, while they were writing the examination.  Some of the things the committee looked out for were physical distancing in the sitting arrangement

The Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has declared that nothing will distract him from making education one of the major priorities of his government.    The Governor made this revelation to newsmen in Gusau the state capital over the weekend.   Matawalle recalled that it was obvious that the rural areas and nomadic settlements had been relegated educationally and economically and this situation created an avenue for high rate of crimes.    This, he said informed the government’s decision to provide schools, clinics and earth dams in the rural areas, which he said eventually led to the idea of Rural Grazing Areas (RUGA) as one of the solutions.   Matawalle said that he saw the need not to use unnecessary force only in battling crimes in the state but by also providing schools and upgrade education to engage the youths positively.     “We took schools to the nomadic Fulani settlements and to boost the morale of the teachers across the state.   "My government, as

The remains of the late Baba Eto of Lagos, Chief Nathaniel Folarin Coker, who died on 12th August, 2020 at the age of 97 would be committed to mother earth on Friday 28th August, 2020 at 11am. According to the burial arrangements released on behalf of the family by his son, Folorunsho Folarin-Coker, the Christian wake keep for the late Barrister, Pioneer Lagos State Civil Servant, Public Servant, Educationist and Patriot to the core will hold on Thursday 27th August by 4:30pm. All obsequies are scheduled to be streamed live on Zoom, YouTube and Facebook. The Facebook account was given as: http://bit.ly/ChiefFolarinCokerFB, while the YouTube account is: http://bit.ly/ChiefFolarinCoker The elder statesman is survived by an only child and son, the Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mr. Folorunsho Folarin-Coker, daughter-in-law, Aisha Folarin-Coker and five grandchildren. The grandchildren are; Feyintola Folarin-Coker, Folayinka Folarin-Coker, Feyiseye

Th e leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has set a huge world record with the simultaneous release of a compendium of more than 10,000 fulfilled prophecies and the 2020/2021 edition of his annual book of prophecy titled ‘Warning to the nations’.   The event which held on Saturday, 22nd of August, 2020 in his Lagos church had dignitaries from different walks of life in attendance, it also had several media practitioners who graced the record breaking launch.   The compendium contains 10,000 fulfilled prophecies of the man of God from 1994 till date while the newly released 2020/2021 Edition of the Warning to the nations is a 376-paged book that contains divine revelations, warning, prophecies to Nations, world leaders, corporate organizations, individuals, to mention a few.   Also, the 2020/2021 Edition of WTNs is the 26th edition, which according to many, has served as a divine guidance to countries, Presidents, individuals, organizations, since its ince

Primate Elijah Ayodele of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Isolo, Lagos has said that Companies And Allied Matters Act (CAMA), which was recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari will not stand and it is another battle against the church. Primate Elijah Ayodele, renowned for his predictions over the years, spoke as he addressed the press on Saturday 22nd August, 2020 in his church premises during the presentation of his book; "A Compendium of Ten Thousand & More Fulfilled Prophecies 1994-2020" stressed that it was very impossible to see the success of CAMA. According to the respected cleric: "the government wants to fight God, when they have not found solution to Nigerian problems.  "CAMA Law is dead on arrival. I can fast for 300 days to fight the government over the law. We need the people who understand and know the rules and rudiments of issues to rule the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). "Church is not enterprises and it is not Plc. We col

  The r ace to fill the vacant position of Kosofe Constituency 2 in the Lagos State House Of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Bye Election has taken a new dimension. Sources revealed that the leaders of the party summoned the leading aspirants for the position to a meeting on Saturday and told them to stepdown for each other for a consensus candidate for the election slated for October 30th. It was learnt that aspirants failed to reach an agreement on who should fly the party's flag. They were said to have argued that they had all laboured for the growth and development of the party one way or the other and that it was late for them to give up now. One of the leaders who spoke on a condition of anonymity, disclosed that the party might end up settling for the Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party and a leading aspirant, Hon. Abiodun Musiliu Salami as its candidate considering his long years of service to the party in the constituency and th

The Coalition of Friends and Supporters of Buhari (CFSB) has warned Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum and his aides over any attempt to sabotage President Muhammadu Buhari's insurgency war with their campaign of calumny against the military.     According to the pro-Buhari group,  Nigerians would reject any move to blackmail or ridicule the military and the president's insurgency war.    CFSB made this disclosure in a statement signed by its Director of Media, Audu Atumeyi, on Thursday.    The group said it is gradually becoming a pattern for Zulum to accuse the military of wrongdoing without the necessary facts and evidence to back it up.    In the statement, CFSB outrightly denied his latest claim that troops engage in fishing business in Borno, describing it as untrue.    "The allegation about troops engaging in fishing business is totally untrue as no military top commander control their postings and therefore cannot afford the luxury of investing in ventures lik

Chief (Elderman) Nathaniel Folarin Coker, father of Mr Folorunsho Folarin Coker, the Director General of Nigeria Tourism Development Commission (NTDC) is dead, The death of the elder statesman was announced in a statement released by the family and signed by the NTDC boss. Read the statement below,………   Announcement Chief (Elderman) Nathaniel Folarin Coker OON The Baba Eto of Lagos, Bobagunwa of Igede-Ekiti, Retired Pioneer Permanent Secretary Lagos State Nigeria (22-07-1923 to 12 -08- 2020) A life beautifully lived! It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of appreciation to Almighty God that we announce the translation to eternal glory of our beloved father, grandfather, uncle and patriot Chief (Elderman) Nathaniel Folarin Coker OON. He died comfortably and peacefully in his sleep in Lagos on the 12th of August 2020 at the ripe old age of 97 years. His was a life so beautifully lived which deserves to be beautifully remembered. He dutifully and meritoriously served his state and cou

An Islamic advocacy group, Community of Muslim Professionals (CMP), on Thursday, warned the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, to desist from sowing the seeds of religious friction in Ogun State in the bid to promote his own brand of irredentism. CMC described Akintola as a well-known rabble rouser fond of hiding under the guise of Islamic rights advocacy to promote division, sectionalism and religious strife, adding that Muslims in the state, being responsible and progressive individuals, had not at any time given him a mandate to act as their spokesman. In a statement issued by its Secretary,  Alhaji Saliu Adewusi in Abeokuta, the state capital on Thursday, CMP said it took strong exception to the libelous allegation by the MURIC director that the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, had sold the state to Christians. Describing the allegation as patently false and provocative, CMC said a careful study of the appointments made by the governor

Global Peace Ambassador and investigative journalist, Mr. Jackson Ude, who exposed the theft and illicit sale of 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude off the coast of China for $2.5billion has disclosed that he has received several death threats from persons he described as “known and unknown.” Mr. Ude, a Nigerian-American resident in New York, had recently used his newspaper, Pointblanknews.com and his Twitter handle @jacksonpbn, to expose a mind-blowing surreptitious sale of stolen Nigerian crude by highly placed government officials under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The crude oil was allegedly stolen in instalments under the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan administration by officials of the state-owned Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the then minister of Petroleum, Deziani Alison-Madueke and top officials of the Presidency. The journalist, who had under his belt credit for exposing different financial crimes in Nigeria’s opaque public sector twitt