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10/07/2025

Olowu urges full participation in Lagos LG Polls.

Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on Mineral Resources, Hon. (Engr.) Abiola Okanlawon Olowu has called on the people of Lagos State, particularly the eligible voters to come out en-masse and vote candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 12, 2025, local government election in the state.

Olowu said the call became necessary in view of the crucial role local governance plays in the development of any nation and local government as a critical facilitator in the state and national development.

He said full participation of the electorates in local government election contribute largely to national development because of the belief that the grassroots is the most critical part of the country where people can easily feel the presence of government.

The special adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Mineral Resources explained that for the APC to consolidate on the gains of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to the grassroots level, it beholds on the electorate to come out and vote en-masse for all the party candidates in the council polls. He noted that the local government level is not only the closest government to the people but possesses the capacity to be more impactful in fulfilling the wishes and aspirations of the people at the grassroots.

Olowu urged individuals to strive to leave enduring legacies through positive impact in the election, assuring that all the APC candidates are equal to the task of delivering the good dividends of democracy to their door-steps if voted to govern at the grassroots.

09/07/2025

Hon. Olowa unveils Manifesto of Vision, Continuity.

In an epochal event that marked the commencement of a new chapter in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government development, Hon. Sesan Abdullahi Olowa, the executive chairman of the local government has unveiled the Manifesto of VISION AND CONTINUITY, a visionary plan aimed at propelling the local government’s socio-economic growth and transforming the lives of the citizens.

Unveiling the manifesto designed for his administration second term in office, Hon. Olowa expressed his commitment to achieve global best practices in line with the sustainable development goals. He emphasized that the VISION AND CONTINUITY Agenda and its economic blueprints have been holistically crafted to address the challenges faced by the local government while fostering sustainable development.

He said the past four years afforded him the priviledge to serve as the executive chairman during which the administration sown the seed of progress, nurtured hope and built a firm foundation for a better, brighter, more prosperous Ibeju –Lekki.

According to him,” Today, I stand before you not merely to seek reelection, but to reaffirm a shared commitment to consolidate the strides we have made and to chart a bold and new frontiers in our collective development journey.

As Lagos is Rising, we are making Ibeju-Lekki Great for everyone because we believe that the only way to rise is togetherness.

Olowa told the people that the next phase of his administration if elected would focus on deepening the already built impact by expanding access to opportunities, accelerating infrastructure renewal, empowering the next generation and integrating innovation and sustainability across all phases of governance.

The executive chairman said that the manifesto is not just a document but that it is a contract of convention and purpose which reflects shared vision and outlines a realistic, people centred agenda designed to uplift all corners of ibeju-Lekki Local Government.

He said, “ With your renewed mandate, we will go further, we will go faster and we will go smarter ensuring that no one is left behind”.

Hon. Olowa charged the people of the local government to stand together with the present administration in Ibeju – Lekki to finish what the government started four years ago, and to scale new heights, stressing that the journey continues and the future awaits.

He said as we look forward to the next four years, our vision is clear and resolute to consolidate the foundational progress the administration had achieved, nothing that he envision a local government where governance is inclusive, where every voices, regardless of background or status, contributes meaningfully to the decision making process.

He told the people of the local government that every initiative would be people centred, climate conscious and future focused maintaining that as a forward thinking administration its mission remains to provide effective grassroots governance that promotes sustainable development, equitable resource distribution and responsive public service delivery for all residents of the local government while also fostering economic growth and environmental stewardships.

09/07/2025

Council Boss pledges commitment to community development if..

The Executive Chairman Lekki Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Hon. Engr. Rasaki Bamidele Kasali has reassured the people of his administration’s commitment to sustaining good governance and accelerating infrastructural development across the communities within the council area, if given the opportunity to serve for another four year term.

Kasali stated this during his campaign tour to wards and communities under the local council development area, in preparation to July 12, 2025 local government election in the state.

He noted that his first tenure was marked by impactful, people oriented policies which include the construction of 100meter Idata Jetty road, reconstruction of Okunraye open fish market, , rural electrification as well as the upgrading of education standard, through reconstruction and renovation of primary schools classrooms among host of other projects.

The chairman told the people that if elected, his second term would focus on consolidating achievements and initiating legacy projects that would redefine the socio-economic landscape of the local council development area.

According to him, critical areas such as road rehabilitation,youth empowerment, primary health care improvement and education infrastructure are key focal points in his second-term development agenda.

“We are poised to raise the bar of governance and bring development closer to the grassroots in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Kasali stressed.

Hon. (Engr) Rasaki Bamidele Kasali secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for his second term bid in the recently concluded party primary held in May 2025.

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29/06/2025

Baba Omi Receives Accolade from Breaking Guinness World Record.
...Hits 161 Hours of Non-Stop Radio Program Presentation.

A popular presenter on GUTS Fm Radio Sation, in Epe, Lagos-Ogun boundary, Omisope Olaniyi popularly known as Baba Omi as successfully broken the Guinness World Record as the first presenter to run marathon non-stop program for 161 Hours in one week.

This is just as the pragmatic radio presenter continues to receive accolades and commendations from his teaming listeners, and members of the public as a trail blazer and first of his kinds in Radio Program Presentation, not only in Nigeria but the entire world.

Baba Omi who said his 161 Hours non stop presentation on the GUTS FM 104.9fm Station, was based on determination, faith,and perseverance noted that he had build a different dimension in real time to the world of radio program presentations in contemporary world broadcasting to the admiration of thousands of listeners.

According to the General Manager of GUTS 104.9fm, Mrs. Tawa Yusuf, 161 Hours Marathon presentation on the radio station is a monumental feat. It takes courage and determination to embark on such mission which as never happen worldwide.

"This is a Guinness World Record by any standard and I thanked God for successfully seeing Baba Omi through,the Chairman Guts Communication, Chief Oluwatoyin Ganiyu stated".

He said that with the broken of Guinness World Record, Nigeria and indeed Africa have shown to the world that the Continent is a force to reckon with in radio program presentation.

Pictorial: Guts 104.9FM

27/06/2025

This is a rude shock to the entire Muslim Ummah!

13/06/2025

Arewa Women Leader, Breaking New Grounds In Lagos East District.

FOCUSED, intelligent, hardworking and blessed with ingenuity to achieve uncommon feats , Hajiya Amina B. Yakubu, the Arewa Women Leader, in Lagos East Senatorial District, is a versatile and enterprising politician who has shown the stuff she is made of through her various initiatives and visionary leadership that has positioned hers a force to reckon with in Lagos politics.

Her latest initiative ‘’WAZOBIA PLATFORM’’ an all- encompassing umbrella political body for Hausas, Igbos, Yorubas and Fulani with a view to supporting and encouraging aspiring politicians to various political offices , not only in Lagos East Senatorial District, but Lagos State as a whole has been instituted in the district, by the indefatigable Hajiya Amina Yakubu .

The platform which is to be launched in Lagos East Senatorial District in no distance time, is aimed to offer uninhibited support to the All Progressives Congress (A P C) as a political party, mobilize the people of Lagos and residents of the senatorial district, irrespective of social, religious, and gender status to continually gives massive support to the party before, during and after elections in all the local government areas of the district.

Apart from that, the main objective of the WAZOBIA PLATFORM Hajiya Yakubu said was to sensitize the people of the local government areas of the Senatorial district of their responsibilities towards the development of the state, because of the belief that local government areas under each district are the most critical parts of the country where people can easily feel the presence of government .

The platform will also afford the various tribes in the body the opportunity to identify areas of their contributions to the development of the All Progressives Congress ( A P C ) and also help them to relate with one another as one indivisible entity towards promoting the development of Lagos East Senatorial District and Lagos States in general.

12/06/2025

EDITORIAL

TODAY IS DEMOCRACY DAY, ODE TO PROMISES

TODAY IS DEMOCRACY DAY’ Four simple words that set the Nigerian nation alight and a new course of nationhood, after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election widely believed to have been won By the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, but annulled by the military Junta, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (rtd). A nation still struggling to take charge of its life, future and destiny. A nation free to dream dreams, big dreams of greatness in the country of free nations. Few occasions could be more exhilarating, fewer still could be more memorable.

Those four words rang in the hills of the plateau and in the rain forest of Ondo. They rang in the near arid lands of the north and in the rain soaked lands of the south. ‘’ Today is democracy day’’ All Nigerians looked forward to it as we celebrate the strength of democracy and our journey together towards unity and faith, peace and progress.

It has been 32years since the enthronement of a democratically civilian government, following the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election. Since then we have had four civilian Presidents from Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to Muhamadu Buhari but nothing was working until May 29, 2023 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came on board with his Renewed Hope Agenda, which is gradually transforming the six-geo-political zones to the enviable status Nigerians have been yearning for.

A few years after Nigeria returned to civilian rule, we were embroiled in one crisis or the other ranging from insecurity to kidnapping, unemployment political and economic problems, natural disasters among other. But as violent and as threatening as the series of crisis was, it was no more than the teething problem, to which all nations are entitled.

However, two years at the helm of the nation’s affairs. Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda has not done much to address these ugly trends.

Apart from infrastructure development ranging from roads construction and reconstruction, commissioning of buildings to flagging- off of projects in the geo-political zones. Much have not being done in the areas of insecurity, of lifes and wanton destruction of property across the nation.

As president Tinubu continued with the second phase of his first tenure in office, Nigerians are impressing it on the legislative and the executive arms of government that it is their social responsibility to build a solid political foundation for us to have a political stability in the country, devoid of insecurity, economic hardship and unemployment.

‘’Today is democracy day’’, 32 years after the ugly incidents that brought about the declaration of June, 12 day as a public holiday, the four memorable words got stuck in the throat. The eyes water. The heart beats the beat of anxiety. The minds reel in the vertigo of confusion. A lump grows in the throat. Because promises were not kept. Hope was not realised. The present is a jumble of incomprehensibilities. The future is a nightmare of uncertainties. Few nations have done greater damage to themselves.