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  Inauguration of the cameras atop 3rd Mainland Bridge. (C) LagosGov There is a trend going on now in Lagos state , Nigeria . For those who are wondering, I have to add "Nigeria" because there's Lagos in Portugal , and our own Lagos is actually named after the Lagos of Portugal when Portuguese explorers first landed here way before the British  colonialists, thank you very much. As I was saying, in our Lagos , Las Gidi , things are turning and turning around for the good, best will stretching it by far. But, for the good. Those of you who love flying, not driving, but flying at break neck speeds when certain roads are free must soft-pedal compulsorily now.  The notorious 3rd mainland bridge which is quite infamous for @bductions and r00beries have been revamped. The crucial bridge linking Lagos mainland to Lagos Island has now been fitted with high resolution cameras for 24/7 security and monitoring.  So, sisters and brothers, no more flying with speed on the br...

        Bunmi Akinnaanu Adeoye   Bunmi Akinnaanu Adeoye popularly called Omije Ojumi , d11ied, January 12, to great shock and disbelief among her fans.  What happened? She's young!! Well, Akinnanu’s passing comes months after she appealed for prayers and divine healing while battling a severe leg ailment. In a viral video at the time, the Omije Ojumi hitmaker was seen seated with her leg stretched out as a pastor prayed for her. The late singer began her music journey at the age of 10,  in a church choir. She sang a section in an album produced by ECWA Challenge Mushin in 2004/5: "Omije Oju mi n beere aanu re baba!" (my bitter tears earnestly pleads for your mercy, Father!) struck emotional chords and resonated round many Yoruba-speaking churches and homes in Nigeria and worldwide. After her education and a stint in banking, she left her career to pursue gospel music full-time. Many thought she had recovered. Until the jolting news from a family memb...

  An apple does not fall far from the tree, so the cliche says. In this case, beautifully too.  How else can one describe the enviable and laudable strides that the children of the late JC and Dora Akunyili         Dr. Ijeoma Akunyili   (c)Google  making in the United States? Dora was the extremely bold, cerebral, hyper intelligent and irreplaceable DG of NAFDAC in Nigeria who boldly stated down the face of bullets in her efforts to rid Nigeria of counterfeit drugs and commodities . This is literally, an assassin's bullet pierced the head tie she had on while in a car, missing her scalp by nano inches. Her late husband was similarly the most heavily guarded scholar in Nigeria because the counterfeiters who could not bribe the incorruptible Dora went after her husband. Many times, assassin's went after her husband at University if Nigeria where he lectured.  Her last child was kidn@@ppd ,whilst being driven back from his school at a point. T...

 That Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her husband, Ivara , lost their infant son on January 6 is no longer news.     Chinamanda and her husband, Ivara.  (c) Google  The internationally acclaimed Nigerian author and her medical doctor husband were in the country for the Christmas and new year festivities.  That Chinamanda accused Euracare and Atlantis hospitals of negligence leafing to the death of Nkanu has also gone viral.  She and her husband has arranged for Nkanu to depart Nigeria for America where doctors and specialists at John Hopkins Hospital were nervously awaiting the sick baby.  But, they took Nkanu to Atlantis and Euracare hospitals for treatments that will stabilize him for the li g flight back to Washington DC . There were doctors prepared to accompany him on the flight.  But, sadly and painfully, Nkanu died. Chinamanda blames the anesthesiologist at Euracare for the damning negligence leafing to the loss of her son....

Jibril, and the Spanish police officer    (c) Google  Who do you blame? The good Samaritan who returned the money? Or the Spanish authorities?  Let's deep dive into this. Jibril is a Nigerian immigrant in Valencia, Spain. Few days ago, Jibril was strolling sling the streets of the city when his legs bumped against sonething..on closer inspection, it was an envelope. Closer scrutiny of the envelope reveals it contains €4,250, over one million naira,  What to do now? After a few minutes of introspection, Jibril decided to take the envelope containing the money to the police. With no hesitation, he did so and handed it over to Spanish  police officers. The officers and other onlookers were surprised. Pleasantly so. In this harsh moments of global economic adversity, such honesty is rare. Thereafter, the police officer in charge then asked Jibril for his documentation in order to file legal papers regard6his find. It was at this point that Jibril was disco...

 Maintaining a cellphone is becoming an expensive acquisition nowadays.       Petrus, middle, in 2025.   (C)Google  Though, obtaining a cellphone in Nigeria started out being very expensive. In 2002, it costs N18,000 to purchase an Econet sim , and N20,000 to get its MTN equivalent . That's minus purchase of a cellphone to operate the sim. The cheapest phone in Nigeria then was Sagem at N10,000. And, it was a per.mijute billing of N50 per minute.  Later, GlLO's entrance into.the telcos marker crashed the price to over second billing, not minute and almost literally gave its sins away for free. That's the Golden Era of telcos in Niger.is.  With the advent of internet services and smartphones, cellphones added new functions of as messing the Internet at a cost.  This use to be cheap. But, its cost has spiked in recent years to an all time high in 2025.   Petrus, middle, with his innovative phone invention in 2016. (C)Google So, ...

 What's with foreign clubs, personalities and celebrities and our Nigerian pidgin?  Moses Akor of Seville scored his first goal for the Super Eagles recently at the ongoing Africa Cuo of Nations, (AFCON) and here's how his club celebrated his win: "We mount"! Seville FC said in its congratulatory post. The club could've used standard English but it would have lost its sweetquaint Nigerianess, that Naija flavour. Nigerian pidgin Sweet no be small. 

  Anthony Joshua ', the world's heavyweight champion, is not having the best of times. As we all know this is understandable following the sudden and tragic death if Sina and Lateef , his conditioning coach and physical trainer respectfully, in a car crash in the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway , Ohun state , December 29.   AJ, flanked by two family members each for Sina and Lateef                Source: Anthony Joshua's Instagram  He broke his silence with an Instagram post two days ago with a picture of him and the families of the dead. He captioned it " Brother's Keeper " with a broken heart emoji and a helmet.. The emotional and painful anguish AJ is feeling now is mixed with despair. His morale has suffered a hit so much that he has informed his family that he's considering retirement from boxing .  This news is further turmoil for AJ's fans worldwide who share in his grief and now, dampened over his consequently retirement ...

      President Captain Ibrahim Traore. (C) Google  Thousands of Burkinabe residing in Ouagadoug , Burkina Faso 's capital, took to the streets late on Saturday, January 3, to defend the attempted overthrow of the government the country led by its President, Captain Ibrahim Traore . Residents trooped to the streets late on Saturday night following reports of an attempted coup against the country’s military-led government. Demonstrators assembled near the presidential palace in the capital in the dead of the night, which is early hours of Sunday, January 4. They vow to defend President Captain Ibrahim Traoré from external forces which were seeking to destabilize his administration. According to reports, the purported coup plot was co-ordinated from Lomé in neighbouring Togo . Reportedly, former transitional President Paul-Henri Damiba is its mastermind. But, the coup attempt to was thwarted on the night of Saturday, January 3, 2026, through a joint exercise by Burki...

 AJ, centre, flanked by two family reps from each friend flanking him Source: AJ's Instagram  This is the image in the first social media post that Anthony AJ Joshua made following the tragic deaths of his two childhood friends in a tragic car accident on Lagos -Ibadan Express way, Ohun state, Dec. 29. The two families are represented to the left and to the right of AJ in the cemtre.. AJ simply wrote: "My brother's Keeper" with broken heart emoji.

 At the height of the $exusl harr@ssment charges levelled against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghabmn, the senator representing Kogi Centra in the Nigerian Senate ,this is were heated.  Issued got so scorching that the federal government filed cyber bullying and defamation suit against the senator at the Federal High Court in Abuja . This follows numerous allegations sheafe apart from the $exual h@rr@ssment charges, which includes threats to her  life by Akpabio, and Yaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi state .  But, now, the tide has turned. Mega  Mode Media notices a warmth in relations among the hitherto warring parties. Senator Natasha invited Akpabio to the recent commissioning of her constituency projects , and he also exchanged banters on the floor with his former accuser.  Now, the federal government has dropped the charges against Senator Natasha. However, there are deeper undertones to the development .Billi...