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The Lagos State Government has instructed Pre-Primary and Primary schools in the state to vacate on Friday , December 6, 2019 for the first term 2019/2020 and resume on January 20, 2020 for second term 2019/2020 session. The adjustment in the academic calendar was announced by the state government through the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, in a circular signed by Mrs. M. A Folami, Acting Director, School Support Services for Executive Chairman, SUBEB, on November 27, 2019. According to Mrs Folami, the measure has become necessary because the Public Pre-Primary School and Primary School Head Teachers and Teachers would be attending Eko Excel Pre Service Professional Development and Technology Training programme between December 2019 and January 2020. In the circular, the SUBEB Acting Director said, "I’m directed to inform you that the Commissioner for Education has approved that the Y2019/2020 Academic calendar for Lagos Pre-Primary and Primary schools be

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has bemoaned the government of Benin Republic for its notoriety regarding bilateral relationship between the two countries. President Obasanjo made this known on Tuesday, in Addis Ababa while speaking on the margins of Policy Dialogue of African Business Associations on Implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreements. Obasanjo, who chaired the CoDA Board of Directors, disclosed that Nigeria had for long been enduring the practice which undermined its economic well being, but the neighbouring country is not willing to yield. He said, “It happened when I was President of Nigeria. I called the then Benin President, Nicephore Dieudonne Soglo, to let us meet at any of our border posts over the issue. "We eventually met at Badagry (in Nigeria), where we agreed that Nigerian Customs would be stationed in Benin. “They (the Nigerian Customs) are still there. We don’t have issues with goods manufactured in Benin they ar

Oredola Adeola| It was a night of unusual spiritual reawakening , as a Nigerian monarch, HRM Oba Rev. M.S Akindele, the Olu of Owode Yewa, Ogun State led thousands of worshippers in a worship song at Pattern of Good Work Ministry's Anniversary of Concert of Praises and Worship 7.0. held at the Eternal King School, Alagbado, Lagos, Nigeria on Friday, November 22,2019. Oba Rev. Akindele during the worship session sang Travis Greene's "Narekele mo" popular worship song, bringing down the presence of Almighty God and winning souls for Christ. In his short message after the worship session, the monarch told the thousands of worshippers that God only inhabits that praises and worship of those who sings to Him in truth and in spirit, quoting John 4:24. He said, " Your heart is the biggest praise instrument to God. It must be in constant alignment with God Almighty for your praises to be accepted. According to the Olu of Owode Yewa, 'When we pray , God

In the annals of history of the prophetic ministry, both in the days of the Bible and in our present days, events all point to the fact that God still speaks to his true prophets. There are all sorts of folks going about town with all kinds of appellation. They do all sorts of things bringing disrepute to the name of God and specifically to the prophetic calling. God is not happy with this class of folks. However, the proof that the original of a thing is in existence is mostly validated by having the counterfeits around. If you see the counterfeits, that shows that the original is in existence, you don't counterfeit, counterfeits, you can only make a counterfeit of the original. The above sums up the prophetic ministry of *The general overseer of Shiloh word chapel Abuja* Prophet I O Samuel (JP) God's word says, who is that prophet that speaks and it comes to pass when the Lord has not commanded or spoken it? ( Lamentation 3.37). Again, it is clear from the script

Oredola Adeola| The Lagos State Government has blamed the current terrible state of the traffic situation in the state on the “daily influx of people” from other parts of the country into the state. Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, Commissioner for Information and Strategy made this statement on Wednesday, noting that the discomfort of Lagos commuters and motorists is temporary and they would soon get some relief. Omotosho said that the government didn’t set out to inflict any pain on Lagosians with its road repair efforts and that it had called on the contractors to speed up work on the road. He said, “The Lagos State Government has noted the discomfort commuters and motorists have been experiencing since the beginning of the massive road repairs under ‘Operation 116’ across the State. “There is no deliberate action to cause Lagosians any pain; the present situation is temporary. The contractors are speeding up their jobs and they are being encouraged to work at night where possible, even

Oredola Adeola| Actor Lateef Adedimeji, Damilola Ogunsi, MTV Presenter, Sammy Walsh, MOB Foundation , Da Cakes Master are some of the biggest winners at the just concluded Moreklue All Youth Award, MAYA Awards Africa held at the Lekki Events Center , Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday, November 17, 2019. Lateef Adedimeji emerged as the Best Actor with his role in Borokini, a longest and biggest Yoruba telenovela the country produced by Rare Edge Limited. Another actor, Damilola Ogunsi, fondly called " Goldfish" emerged as Best Actor. Music artist Emex EOT, emerged as Industry Cynosure. Seun Oke's Da Cakes Master won award for the second time in a roll as confectionery brand of the year, while Olowoshibi emerged as Culinary brand of the year. Thread & Feet won award as the footwear brand. Mariam Onikijipa Belgore MOB Foundation won award in the humanitarian of the year. MTV Base's delectable VJ, Sammy Walsh, emerged as TV personality of the year. Hon.

Oredola Adeola| Nigerian gospel singer, Sinach, recently became a mother after five years of marriage to Pastor Joe Egbu. Pastor Chris Oyakhilome disclosed this at the just concluded Love World International Music and Arts Award (LIMA) held in Lagos at the Loveworld Convocation Arena on Sunday. The 46-year-old music minister received $100k (N36.2m) after winning the 2019 Song of the Year Award with her hit song "There’s An Overflow" , being the most distinguished award of the evening and the zenith prize. The song of the year was selected out of all winners in the best song category, Recall that she emerged as the 'Songwriter of the Decade’ at the first edition of LIMA Awards in 2016, Pastor Oyahilome while acknowledging her music success said, "Thank you for that song, we are all excited with what the Lord has done in your life, of course in the life of many others standing with you here we just love you. And I told them, you just had a baby! so everybody

Oredola Adeola | The 7th edition of the Abuja Jabamah, is set to take place on Monday, November , 18, 2019 at the Exhibition Hall of the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja. As part of activities lined up for the event, leading tourism personalities in Nigeria will be inducted into the Tourism 100 Club. Recall, that Travellers Magazine, had last year unveiled a list of 100 tourism personalities in Nigeria who have made a mark through their contributions to the development of tourism in Nigeria and they cut across sectors including government, hospitality, tour operations and the media. According to the magazine's publisher, Ikechi Uko, "In 1998, the Travellers magazine published its first compilation of the Nigerian Top 100 Tourism Club and the compilation served the industry well as it was a database of 'who is who' in tourism business in Nigeria." "Twenty years after, an update was needed and we came up with the list of Top 100 tourism person

Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Police have announced the resumption to office of Hakeem Odumosu popularly called "Tango One", as new Commissioner of Police in the state. This was disclosed in a press statement by the Lagos State Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana. He said that posting was contained in a statement dated 14th November, 2019 signed by the Force Secretary. According to him, "The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu NPM, mni has ordered the posting of CP Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu to Lagos as Commissioner of Police. He revealed that, CP Odumosu is taking over from AIG Zubairu Muazu mni who was recently promoted from Commissioner of Police to Assistant Inspector General of Police and posted to Force Headquarters Abuja as AIG in charge of Counter Terrorism Unit. CP Hakeem Odumosu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Bachelor of Law degree and Master Degree i

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged Lagosians and the general public to stop addressing him as Excellency instead of Mr. Government. He made this statement on Wednesday in Lagos . In the statement announcing his decision to drop the title, “Your Excellency”, Governor Sanwo-Olu said" In the last five months that he has been privileged to exercise the mandate freely given to him by the great and hardworking Lagosians. He said " It has come to my consciousness to review certain features of citizen-government relations which impede the genuine expression of the democratic spirit of our society and the meaningful exercise of the sovereignty of our people. The office of the Governor has been celebrated as the paragon of excellence, a temple of perfection and a throne of purity. This demi-god mystique spreads over the entire machinery of the executive arm of the government, symbolising an authoritarian disposition on the governed. "It has deformed the