Epe-City News Blog

May 29th Inauguration: Oladunjoye Felicitates President Bola Tinubu, Governor Sanwoolu, Anticipates Transformational Leadership.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Lagos East Vice-Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Barrister Olayinka Oladunjoye has congratul...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the dissolution of his cabinet in preparation for the swearing in ceremony on 29th May, marking the start of second term administration of Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat in the state. Sanwo-Olu’s decision, meanwhile, did not affect government appointees whose tenures were yet to expire as guided by relevant laws of their establishments. The Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, made the announcement on Wednesday through a circular with No. 046. MORE DETAILS SOON

By: Shakiru Fashina  The Speakership race for the Lagos State House of Assembly has taken a new dimension as Honourable Abiodun Tobun, Epe State Constituency I,  declared his intention to run for the Speakership seat to challenge the incumbent, Rt Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa. Obasa who represents Agege constituency, became the first lawmaker in Lagos State to be elected for six consecutive terms. He first came into the House in 2003 and he has been there till date while he was elected Speaker in 2015. After the 2023 general elections and Obasa was reelected to serve for the sixth term, his returning as Speaker of the House, thegazellenews.com revealed. According to investigations by thegazellenews.com, Tobun informed his colleagues including the incumbent Speaker of his intention to run during the induction ceremony for newly elected members which took place at Marriott Hotel, GRA, Ikeja last week. "While many were surprised, some of the lawmakers weren’t. Speculations that Tobu...

By; Dr. Abdulkareem Onakoya (PhD, FNIMC), Department of Political Science, Lagos State University of Education, Oto-Ijanikin (Epe Campus), Lagos state, Nigeria, onakoyaa@lasued.edu.ng, Tel:- +2348026621805. 22nd May, 2023. In 1964, a Kenyan novelist and writer, James Ngugi popularly called ‘Ngugi wa Thiongo’o’ published his first novel titled: WEEP NOT, CHILD to epitomise his concern about the colonial rule and their excesses in the black continent using some happenings in his home country, Kenya to air his views.  The 144-page book was virtually committed to the enormous threats to the lives of the ordinary people and the great inhumane treatments they were exposed to by the colonial masters. Long before then, an American Poet, Walt Whitman dropped the epitaph which suggested that the endurance of a ‘suffering child’ in the face of severe tribulations could be short-lived if necessary measures are put in place. In his poem, he saged; ‘Weep not, child’ ‘Weep not, my darling’ ‘With ...

Chef Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has urged people who are seeking to beat her 100-hour record time for the "longest cooking marathon by an individual" to wait until she receives her certificate from Guinness World Record. The chef made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s  ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Tuesday. Baci broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual with a 100-hour record time, surpassing the current world record holder, Lata Tondon, an Indian chef who achieved the feat in 2019 with 87 hours 45 minutes record uninterrupted cooking. She said, “If people are trying to break the record so soon, it means that I have been able to achieve, if not a little bit, an entire goal and dream. “So in the normal human sense of it, please they should just wait for me to collect my certificate first. So that they can actually break the record because again people say they want to break Hilda’s record but what tha...

Veteran Yoruba actor, Prince Adewale Adeyemo, died on Monday morning after a brief illness. The news was announced by fellow actor, Kunle Afod, on his Instagram page. Sharing a picture of the deceased, Afod wrote, "Hmmmm God you know best RIP Prince Adewale Adeyemo. "He passed on early hours of today after a brief illness. God will comfort all his family, friends and colleagues." This comes hours after the Yoruba movie industry held a night of tribute for late Murphy Afolabi, who passed on May 14, 2023. Credit: Instagram| kunleafod -- Follow for breaking news and videos.

  Ahead of the Presidential inauguration of the President-Elect, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the President of Epe Ogunmodede Club, Lagos, Barrister Omodele Ibrahim has urged the former Lagos State Governor to resuscitate national orientation programs that will further entrench patriotism among Nigerians.  The legal luminary who spoke in Epe over the weekend averred that the critical role of national orientation to cement patriotic values is practiced globally and is potent in advancing Nigeria, the Giant of Africa's progress and international influence. He disclosed that as the nation ushers in a new era under the leadership of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, calls for the revival of national orientation programs have grown louder. Recognizing the indispensable link between patriotism, national development, and globalization, he opined that citizens of like minds like are hopeful that the incoming administration would prioritize initiatives that reinforce nation...

The majority leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has withdrawn from the race for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. He made this known in a statement shared on his Twitter page on Thursday. He said, “My dear compatriots, I write to formally announce my withdrawal from the race for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. "Throughout the campaign, I have been humbled and grateful for the support, encouragement, and solidarity I received from many of you. I want to express my sincerest gratitude to each one of you for your trust and confidence in me. “However, after careful consideration and reflection, I have come to the difficult decision that it is in the best interest of our party and the House as a whole for me to step down from pursuing the Speakership at this time. I believe it is crucial for us to maintain unity and focus on the greater objectives that lie ahead. “I want to emphasise that this decision is not a r...

A 24-year-old pregnant woman, Abigail Eguta, has been arrested in Anambra State for allegedly brutalising her seven-year-old nephew for eating fish and failing to recite the English alphabet.  This was made known in a post shared by the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare Anambra State on Facebook. The woman was apprehended after concerned neighbours took the victim, identified as Sunday, to the office of the state women and social welfare commissioner, Ify Obinabo, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.  Sunday is said to be the son of Eguta’s biological sister who she brought to live with her barely a year ago.  The boy, whose body is dotted with scars of previous injuries allegedly inflicted on him by his guardian, had been out of school for a long time. guta claimed she beat the boy for eating the fish she bought for Sunday meal. She also confessed to beating him on Monday, for not reciting the English alphabet correctly, adding that it was the main reason she wounded him. "I am ...

………Celebrates Hon. Kamal Ayinde Baiyewu  A bi-annual monitoring visit to Eredo LCDA was made earlier today by the Local Government Service Commission (LGSC), a statutory authority that is generally concerned with issues connected to staff welfare, recruitment, deployment, promotion, punishment, and removal from service. Those in the delegation of Mr. Kamal Ayinde Baiyewu (Chairman) visiting the People's Council for the biannual tour include Engr. Biodun Orekoya (Commissioner I), Hon. Akeem Bamgbola (Commissioner II), Mr. Ahmed Seriki (Commissioner III), Hon. Taofeek Adaranijo (Commissioner IV), and other permanent secretaries and directors. The commission team was led by the highly celebrated chairman, Hon. Kamal Ayinde Bayewu, who commended the staff and management team for their dedication and commitment based on the recommendation of the executive chairman of the council. He recalled that when they visited last year, the council chairman promised to do better on staff welfare. H...

  Femi Otedola, billionaire businessman, on Tuesday morning, went down memory lane on his relationship with Tony Elumelu and his plans for Transcorp before he opted out because his bid was rejected. Otedola noted that he offered to acquire Transcorp Plc for N250 billion and take the company’s market capitalisation to N2 trillion but his bid was rejected. Recently, Otedola acquired a 5.52 percent stake in Transcorp Plc to become the second largest shareholder of the company, but then sold out his entire holding to Tony Elumelu, the chairman of the group. Elumelu had said he welcomed Otedola’s investment in the company and looked forward to working with him, adding: “He’s my very good friend. In fact, I only follow two people on Instagram, my wife and Femi Otedola… that shows the level of friendship we have.” However, In a press statement by Otedola, he spoke for the first time on the events surrounding his bid to take over the company. “In 2005, while Tony was the Managing Director ...

  A 69-year-old man named Babatunde Fabiyi was part of the candidates who wrote the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, with the aim of studying medicine at the University of Lagos, information obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed. Our correspondent gathered that Fabiyi, who picked UNILAG as his first choice, picked the Lagos State University popularly known as LASU as his second choice with the same aim of studying medicine. The examination body noted that the sexagenarian picked the Yaba College of Technology as his third choice to study science laboratory technology. JAMB, in its comments, noted that “The sexagenarian, who hailed from Egbado-North, Ogun State, sat the UTME at Centre 457, Nubi Private School, Okota, Lagos State. The centre’s examination officials, in their various submissions, indicated that Mr Fabiyi was a model candidate as he not only came to the centre early enough but also followed all the instructions given to...

The Lagos State Government has approved the deployment of an e-call up system for the Lekki-Epe Free Trade Zone corridor to avert severe congestion caused by articulated trucks accessing the Port corridor. The State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde made this known at a Stakeholders’ Meeting held recently which had in attendance top government functionaries from the Ministry of Transportation, representatives of Lekki Worldwide Investment Limited, Lagos Free Zone, Lekki Deep Sea Port and Messrs. Call up Technologies. Explaining the State Government plan, based on the urgent need to implement a sustainable, effective and technology-driven solution of truck movement in the Lekki-Epe Corridor, Oladeinde disclosed that the application of an e-call up system will help synchronise the movement of trucks assessing the Lekki Deep Seaport and other industries within the corridor, starting from Eleko junction to Lekki Free Trade Zone. The Transport Commissioner also shared ...