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  • Olumakaiye to Sanwo-Olu: remember the downtrodden

    Diocesan Bishop of Lagos Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion Rt. Revd Humphrey Olumakaiye has advised Lagos Governor-elect Babajide Sanwo-Olu to tackle unfavourable economic situation impacting heavily on the downtrodden.

    He asked Sanwo-Olu to alleviate their sufferings to earn the favour of men and God.

    Olumakaiye the charge at the thanksgiving service for the governor-elect and his wife, Ibijoke at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Okepopo, Lagos.

    Also at the service were immediate Bishop of Lagos and Dean, Church of Nigeria Emeritus Most Revd. Adebola Ademowo, Deputy-governor, elect, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and his wife, Oluremi.

    He also advised the governor- elect to tackle traffic congestion situation, which he described as annoying and disturbing with its negative impact on the economy.

    While assuring Sanwo-Olu of the church’s continued prayer and support for the incoming administration, he urged him to serve the people of Lagos State diligently, selflessly and with total dedication.

    This, he said, would also make the people to follow and honour him.

    “During his campaign, he came for prayers and today, he has come to give thanks to God that saw him through the period of elections and my counsel to him is that he should not forget the good Lord Who made it possible.

    “I have known him to be a committed child of God in God’s vineyard and this virtue must have led to his being given this opportunity by God to lead his people in the State and my counsel is that he should serve the people with integrity of heart, carry the party members along in all his programmes as a tree cannot make a forest and to know the fact that good leadership commands absolute followership.”

    Olumakaiye told Sannwo-Olu to respect everyone under his leadership and not to forget those that helped him to get to power.

    To be successful, the cleric said the governor-elect must do the right things, moment by moment, day by day and distance himself politicians after self- interests.

    Olumakaiye charged Sanwo-Olu to be strong and courageous, obey all the laws of God, respect the Word of God by reading it and make it his guide as well as cultivating a life of praying.

    The governor-elect coveted prayers of Christians in the state for the incoming administration, saying he knows that to whom much is given, much is expected.

  • NANS congratulates Buhari, Tinubu on victory

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos state chapter has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and National Leader of the All Progressives Party (APC) for the resounding success at last Saturday’s presidential election.

    It said Buhari’s victory was more than deserving praising Tinubu for his strategic efforts in the re-election bid.

    Chairman of the association, Comrade Busari AbdulQowiyy, in a statement, wished the President “success and strength in continuing to perform the important duties of his position.”

    He added: “The trust placed in you (President Buhari) by students will undoubtedly be a source of great inspiration to continue the good work started in building up the well-being and unity of our country and its people and maintaining the security of our nation.”

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    He expressed optimism the cordial relationship between Tinubu and Buhari would keep the state as an ally of the federal government.

    “I am deeply confident that under the leadership of our mentor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lagos state will remain close allies deeply committed to protecting the interest of your administration and working together for the success of the country at large,” he said.

    The NANS chairman also congratulated the former Lagos state governor for engineering a second term victory for the incumbent government.

    He urged students to troop out next weekend to vote Babajide SanwoOlu, the gubernatorial candidate of the APC.

  • Women in Lagos have rejected Atiku, Agbaje – APC Women Leader

    Women Leader of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas has declared that the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje have been rejected by women in the state.

    Speaking to newsmen on the backdrop of the 2019 General Elections yesterday, Okoya-Thomas said she would not relent in her efforts of mobilising the women in the state to support the Presidential candidate of the APC, President Muhammadu Buhari and its governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu.

    Okoya-Thomas, who was a member of the Federal House of Representatives for three consecutive terms, told journalists that all hands were on deck in Lagos to ensure victory for the APC in the elections.

    According to her, the women in the party and the generality of the women in the state are prepared to cast their votes for the APC in the forthcoming general elections.

    “We the women in Lagos State are fully prepared for the 2019 general elections. I can assure you that I have been mobilising the women with my team to ensure victory for the APC across board in the elections.

    “Nigerians have realized that the APC has all it takes to move the country and the state forward more than it has done in the past.

    “Our women are fully ready for the elections and I can tell you that no stone would be left unturned to ensure victory for APC both at the federal level and in the state in the forthcoming general elections,” she said.

    Okoya-Thomas emphasized that the APC had laudable programmes for market women, professionals, artisans, civil servants, housewives, widows, young women and others, adding that the party would not disappoint on its “Next Level agenda.

    The Women Leader stressed that the party had been demonstrating its love for the women with its “Trader Moni” Project, which she said is being applauded locally and internationally, and that the best was yet to come for the womenfolk under the APC.

    She further said that the party would continue to give the women more representation in the government both at the state and at the federal levels, and that she would work with the state government, under the leadership of Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu, to promote the cause of the women and ensure gender equality in all ramifications.

    Okoya-Thomas, who commended President Buhari for his concern for the women, revealed that the party has agreed to give the women all the necessary support and protect them against all forms of all violence.

    She then used the opportunity to urge the women and all Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and cast their votes enmasse for the APC.

    Read Also: PDP, Atiku know Buhari is honest – Osinbajo

    Meanwhile, Okoya-Thomas has demanded a written apology and retraction from Thisday Newspapers over a false and malicious publication against her by the newspaper in its publication of Sunday 6th January, 2019.

    This was contained in a letter dated Monday January 7, 2019 written by the lawyers of Okoya-Thomas, GMO Legal, Solicitors, Advocates, Notaries located at Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lekki, Lagos.

    The letter, which was addressed to the Managing Director, Thisday Newspapers Limited, 25, Creek Road, Apapa Lagos, was entitled; “False and Malicious Libel of Omoba Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas-Letter Before Action.”

    The letter was signed by Mr. George M. Oguntade (SAN) and both the Editor of Thisday Newspapers, Mr. Bolaji Adebiyi and the writer of the story, Mr. Adebayo Adeoye were copied.

    The said offensive publication appeared on page 62 of Thisday The Sunday Newspaper of Sunday 6th January, 2019 under the caption “About Jumoke Okoya-Thomas and Her Wild Lifestyle.”

    The letter states; “By the publication, our client has been portrayed as a person who indulges in excess consumption of alcohol and acts irresponsibly publicly. The publication further portrays our client as a violent and aggressive person, who engages in scuffles and aggressive conduct.

    “Its publication was calculated to injure the sterling reputation of our client in the eyes of right thinking members of the society, especially given her position as a prominent politician and role model,” the counsels wrote.

    Thomas also demanded, through her lawyers that the publication should “immediately cease and desist their unlawful defamation of our client and provide us with a prompt written assurance within 48 hours of receipt of this letter that you will cease from further defamation of our client.”

    The counsels however, advised that if the publication did not comply with the request contained in the letter, Okoya-Thomas would immediately proceed to court against the newspapers to seek inta alia declaratory and injunctive relief as well as monetary damages and costs.

  • Between a Babajide Sanwoolu and a Jimi Agbaje

    I had always looked at Mr Jimi Agbaje, the serial contender from the Peoples Democratic Party stable for the Lagos State governorship seat, from afar as a complete gentleman whose style of politics is to be separated from the mundane and the murky.

    Perhaps I was mistaken. His tweet in reaction to the APC governorship candidate, Jide Sanwoolu’s recent television interview on TVC, acknowledged by many, including Dr Kunle Olajide, the secretary general of the Yoruba Council of Elders, who described the performance as simply outstanding and brilliant, made me to start rethinking that, like a local musician once sang, to prostrate is not necessarily a hallmark of good character, and that in spite of the famed attribute of a Naaman, he was indeed a leper!

    I will not dignify Mr Jimi Agbaje with a recall of how he put his tweet in the social media. It suffices to say that the way Mr Sanwoolu reacted to his political rival’s ‘put down’ comment on him, clearly proved the point that there’s a world of difference between men and boys, and that regardless of the age difference that is in favour of Agbaje, this young man known as Jide Sanwoolu is miles ahead in comportment and maturity. Will the pollsters agree with me that whether or not Jimi Agbaje improves on the style evidenced in his tweet to Sanwoolu’s interview, for this one, he’s some point down in his public rating?