Former Director General of Lagos State Safety Commission, Hakeem Dickson and General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency(LASEMA), Adeshina Tiamiyu, have been commended by Safety stakeholders across the country for their outstanding performances while in office.
They spoke at a gathering by Health and Safety stakeholders to honour the two outstanding performers in the Lagos Safety/ Emergency agency.
Friends and well-wishers showered praises on Dickson, former Surulere Local government chairman, for setting standard for agency.
Dickson, who recently bowed out of Safety Commission, said: “I appreciate the Lagos State Government for the opportunity given to me to overseen the affairs of the Lagos State Safety Commission for the past two years and 11 months.
“The initiative to create a Safety Commission that regulates the affairs of Health, Safety, Environment and well being must remain of top value and must continually be recognised.
“I sincerely appreciate the organisers that came together to ensure this gathering is successful, as all resources that must have been put together cannot be ignored.
“My passion for Health, Safety, Environment and Well being was established when I became the Director General of Lagos State Safety Commission, I was groomed and tutored by every professional, Practitioners, my Staff, Conferences, Seminars and Training. It was a remarkable journey, and I must tell you, this is a career you do not retire from.”
Tiamiyu also expressed gratitude to the state government and everybody that supported his administration.
“It was a wonderful experience for me, and I must appreciate the fact that I have a wonderful and understanding boss behind me who believes in my ability and worked as a team.
“I am really honoured by this gathering full of successful professionals from the Safety industry. I am proud of this successful team.
“What I did in LASEMA was to provide the leadership quality, and allowed my team to do the work, so, today the glory is for everybody because I couldn’t have done it without them.
Ex-Director of Exxon Mobile, Chief Kofi Sagoe, said: “Both of you are great achievers, the Lagos State government can never forget so soon, you have raised a bar and your performances will speak for you long time in the country.
“I will like to thank you for taking the responsibility above what you think. Hakeem and his team, well done. We have to get emergency going, it safes life.”
Chairman International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM Nigeria), Dr Eugene Itua recalled how he opposed the appointment of Dickson as Director General of Safety Commission.
He said: “I was one of the people that endorsed Dickson rejection letter on his first appointment into the agency, but today, Dickson has proved to be an achiever through self-discipline, humility and a motive to learn.
“This man has done a great job, he created a conducive atmosphere of welcoming everyone. He’s not just a leader but a visionary leader who always makes himself available to everybody as long as Safety is concern.”
National chairman Nigeria Institute of Safety Engineers, Engr. Adeyemi Oyedepo, commended Dickson ” for his excellent performance in Lagos State.”
Chief Executive Officer, Dangerous Good Management (DGM Nigeria) Dapo Omolade confessed that he drafted the Dickson letter of rejection when Dickson was appointed but he has since been proved wrong.
Africa’s first practical school of integrated brand experience and idea management, Orange Academy, which focuses on on shaping local minds that will build global brands, will hold this year’s art of positive thinking exhibitions and annual immersion ceremony with the theme: Footprints.
It will hold on September 15 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.
The ceremony will afford the academy the opportunity to showcase some of the students’ creative works done for social causes.
The immersion is an annual rite of passage for every graduating brand experience specialist and an induction into the Art of Positive Thinking (APT) through the exhibition of creative works by students who will conscientise the public on topical societal issues.
At the event, graduating students are expected to exhibit some of their creative works focused on ‘fake news’, as a part of the APT initiative.
With well over 5000 alumni scattered within and beyond Nigeria, Orange Academy, in technical partnership with CoolBrands House of the Netherlands, has for over a decade been at the forefront of discovering, nurturing and positioning bright minds for Nigeria’s commercial arts industry.
Orange Academy spokesman Femi Odukoya said: “Our annual immersion ceremony is in recognition and celebration of our students after experiencing the IBX curriculum, which is to enable them find a voice of their own. It is in the same vein that we also choose to reckon with messages and communication that have left an indelible mark in the annals of our history. This year’s Art of Positive Thinking is to further emphasise the adverse effect of promoting news or information that is not verifiable or credible in our polity.”
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has fixed September 23 to 27 for the inauguration of the Legal Year 2019/2020.
This followed the resumption of the judges of the high courts of Lagos State from a seven-week vacation, which ended on Monday.
In a statement, the chief judge said the new legal year would begin with a special prayer service scheduled to simultaneously hold at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina and Lagos State Central Mosque, Nnamdi Azikwe Street, Lagos on September 23.
The statement said a ‘Summit on Criminal Justice Sector’ will hold the next day at the City Hall, Lagos.
There will be medical screening exercise for judges and workers of the Lagos Judiciary simultaneously at the Ikeja and Igbosere high courts on September 25 and 26.
The new legal year week will be rounded off on September 27 with a legal year ball scheduled for the City Hall.
There are so many celebrities in the Nigerian movie industry who are still not married at 40 years and above.
While some deliberately choose not to tie the knot, others have tried and failed.
Although not married, these women are doing greatly in the entertainment industry.
Here is our list of eight female celebrities who are unmarried at 40 and above
Eniola Badmus (42-yr-old)
Eniola Badmus
Eniola Badmus who turned 42 on Saturday, September 7, 2019 was born in Lagos Nigeria . She had her basic and secondary school education in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state.
She proceeded to the University of Ibadan where she studied Theatre Arts and then Lagos State University where she graduated with an M.Sc degree in Economics
This single actress came into limelight in 2008 after she featured in the film Jenifa, a very successful seasonal show whose main character is played by another popular Nollywood actress Funke Akindele.
Rita Dominic (44-yr-old)
Rita Dominic
Rita Dominic is an award-winning actress who was born on July 12th, 1975.
44-year-old Dominic, was born in a royal family of Nwaturuocha, and was the youngest of four children.
She graduated from the University of Port Harcourt, where she studied Theatre Arts.
Her first movie “A Time to Kill” came out in 1998, and since then Rita Dominic has acted in more than 100 Nollywood productions.
She co-stars with all the most popular Nollywood actors, like Ramsey Nouah, Stephanie Okereke, Mike Ezuruonye, Ini Edo, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Olu Jacobs, and many others.
There were a lot of reports and photos of Rita Dominic getting married.
However, a majority of the photos which the media use as evidence are simply photos from movies , where Rita Dominic plays a bride.
In real life, she is still single. The actress confessed that she wants her future husband to love her for who she is and not because she is famous, and revealed that she would never marry someone because of his riches either.
Kate Henshaw is one of the most popular and talented actresses in Nollywood.
She was born in Cross River State and the oldest of four children. After completing her primary and secondary school in Lagos and Calabar, she spent one year at the University of Calabar reading remedial studies, and then majored in Medical Microbiology at the School of Medical Lab Science, LUTH (Lagos University Teaching Hospital) in Lagos. Henshaw worked at the Bauchi State General hospital. In 1993 Henshaw auditioned for the lead role in the movie When the Sun Sets and was handed the role. This was her first appearance in a major Nollywood movie.
However, not much has been said about her relationships, she was once married to Rod Nattal back in 2000 and the two split. She’s been unmarried ever since then.
Eucharia Anunobi (54-yr-old)
Eucharia Anunobi
Popular Nollywood actress Eucharia Anunobi is a movie producer and pastor.
She was born on May 25th, 1965. Currently, Eucharia is 54 years old. Her birthplace is Owerri, Imo State.
Anunobi has a degree in Mass Communication from the Institute of Management Technology in Enugu.
She further got another education in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she studied the English Language.
Her first prominent role was in the series “Glamour Girls” in 1994. Acting turned out to be the occupation of her life, and she starred in more than 90 other movies, which include her most famous productions “Abuja Connection”, and “Letters to a Stranger”. Now, she serves as a pastor at the church in Egbeda.
Anunobi is not in a relationship. She got married to her first husband, Charles Ekwu, in 2000, but they divorced in 2006. Unfortunately, in August 2017, Anunobi’s son passed away at 15.
Genevieve Nnaji (40-yr-old)
Ace actor, producer and movie director Genevieve Nnaji was born in May 3, 1979.
In 2005, She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in making her the first actor to win the award.
Nnaji was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria, and grew up in Lagos. She is the fourth of eight children, she was raised in a middle-class family; her father worked as an engineer and her mother as a nursery school teacher. She attended Methodist Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), before transferring to the University of Lagos, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative arts. While at the university, she began auditioning for acting jobs in Nollywood.
However, recently, a picture of herself and Lynxxx surfaced online which has sparked loads of questions and guesses, Genevieve does not really disclose her personal life to the media often.
She has a daughter, Theodora Chimebuka Nnaji, whom she gave birth to when she was 17 years old.
Bimbo Akintola (49-yr-old)
Bimbo Akintola
Bimbo Akintola was born on May 5th, 1970 in Ibadan, Oyo State. She dreamed about acting from the young age and successfully completed the Theater Arts program at the University of Ibadan.
The debut movie of Bimbo Akintola was “OWO BLOW”, where she starred together with Femi Adebayo. This movie came out in 1995. Her next big work was “Out of Bounds.”
Critics and fans highly praise the talent of Bimbo Akintola, and she has been awarded multiple times for her ability to portray any character on the screen.
Despite her career successes, Bimbo Akintola was never married, and she did not have any children.
She is strongly against the social stereotype that every successful woman should have a man by her side.
She sees nothing wrong being single and encourages women who want to have biological children to have them regardless of their marital status, as she believes that single mothers can successfully raise their children if they are emotionally and financially stable.
Bukky Wright (52-yr-old)
Bukky Wright
Bukky was born on the 31 March 1967 to a Christian father and Muslim mother in Abeokuta.
She attended the University of Lagos, earning a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
She began her acting career in 1996. She has featured in several Nollywood movies of Yoruba and English languages, including Wale Adenuga’s Television series Super story. Besides acting, she runs a Fashion house and Clothing line, B Collections and a beauty spa, B Wright.
Bukky’s marital life has been a subject of controversy.
Bukky Wright’s first husbands was Gboyega Amu, the marriage brought them, two children. But for some reason, the union was broken, and the actress started a relationship with Rotimi Makinde.
After few years Bukky Wright reportedly began dating famous journalist Femi Davies. The relationship ended after a year, and she moved on.
Bolaji Saheed, a music promoter, reportedly became the fourth husband of the actress, the marriage also ended. After that, she met her fifth husband, US-based Adewale Onitiri, this marriage recently crashed.
Faithia Williams (50-yr-old)
Faithia williams
Faithia Williams popularly known as Faithia Balogun was born on February 5, 1969
She was born in Ikeja in February 1969. Her ancestry is from Okpara, Delta State.
She attended Maryland Primary School and Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School in Lagos state, where she obtained the West African School Certificate before she proceeded to Kwara State Polytechnic where she received a diploma certificate.
She has starred, produced and directed several Nigerian films over the years. In 2008, she won the Africa movie Academy Award for the Most Outstanding Actress Indigenous and her movie Iranse Aje won the best indigenous film of the year.
She was formerly married to veteran nollywood actor, Saheed Balogun.
Their marriage hit rock bottom few and she has remained unmarried ever since.
A kidney patient, Mrs Ijeoma Okwara, has cried out once again for financial support to undergo a renal transplant in a hospital in Mumbai, India.
Her pathetic story was first published by Saturday Nation on August 10, wherein the estimated cost of the surgery was put at N11 million.
In the report, the mother of three, a native of Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, said she had spent all her life savings on hospital bills and had no money to pay for the transplant.
A medical report issued by the Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, Lagos, revealed that 34-year-old Ijeoma was brought to the hospital on February 18, 2019 ‘’with history of easy fatigability and elevated blood pressure.
‘’History, physical examination and laboratory investigations were in keeping with chronic kidney diseases in a known hypertensive patient.
The report added that she had been placed on hemodialysis twice weekly with oral medications including anti-hypertensive, subcutaneous erythropoietin and iron sucrose.
She however disclosed that a sum of N500,000 had been realised from donations from kind hearted Nigerians following the publication.
The distraught Ijeoma who thanked those who had donated so far towards her treatment further solicited donations to enable her meet up with the cost of the transplant.
‘’ So far, what we have been realise so far is N500, 000 out of N11 million requested for the transplant by an Indian hospital. I thank those who have taken out of their hard earned money to contribute to my treatment, and I also want to further call on them and others not to abandon me as I still need over N10 million to add to the amount realised so far in order to pay for the renal transplant. May the good Lord bless them as they do,’’ she said.
Donations can still be forwarded to a Zenith Bank account number 2254452857 with the name Okwara Jane Ijeoma.
She can also be reached on her mobile phone number- 07064821249.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency (PPA), Mr. Fatai Idowu Onafowote, has said the agency has begun the implementation of e-Tendering, e- Publishing/Notification, e-Bidding and e-Award modules of e-Procurement Solution.
The implementation of the four new e-Procurement Solution Modules, he said, began with three ministries – Health, Education and Works and Infrastructure.
Onafowote added that the introduction of the e-procurement solution modules was aimed at enhancing transparency, accountability and contributing to the ease of doing business by existing and potential contractors of the government and its MDAs.
With the implementation of the e-Procurement Solution Modules, registered and would-be contractors, he said, no longer have to visit the ministries for papers submission, “because a platform for official communication and interaction to facilitate the procurement process has been provided online.”
Onafowote said some of the procurement officers had undergone the requisite training to ensure a seamless implementation of the new policy, while others would also be exposed to similar training in due course.
Rotary Club, Onigbogbo has donated some items to the health centre in Onigbogbo, Lagos State. Items donated included mosquito nets, vaccines, fridge, plastic chairs, pillow cases and a scale for weighing.
Making the presentation, the club’s President, Olajide Ajayi, said the aim was to augment what the government allocates to the health centre, adding that it would help boost its service delivery.
Rotary International District 9110 Governor, Dr. Jide Akeredolu, said the materials were donated by the club members who tasked themselves. He said before such presentations, the club would have done needs assessment to enable it know what a particular community needs. He thanked the club for focusing on one of the major areas of Rotary, which is healthcare provision.
He advised nursing mothers to ensure that their children were immunised, warning them that some physically challenged have the problem because they were not immunised when they were babies, which exposed them to polio. Dr. Akeredolu announced that Nigeria had been declared free of polio, a deadly disease that Rotary has been fighting to eradicate over the years, advising all mothers to continue to embrace immunisation to avoid a recurrence.
In her response, Mrs. Abioye Ayodele, a staff nurse/midwife, who represented the head of the health centre, Dr. Folashade Tawak, thanked Rotary Club for its gesture.
also during a visit by the Rotary team to the regent of Onigbogbo, High Chief Tajudeen Ajao Irawo, the monarch praised the club for its humanitarian efforts. “All Rotary clubs are good, but that of Onigbogbo is very good,” he said.
To commemorate Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s 100 days in office, the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) has screened no fewer than 6000 people for HIV.
The exercise was carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday in six locations in three local government areas – two locations in Amuwo Odofin, two in Ajeromi Ifelodun and two on Lagos Island. Also included in the medical test are blood sugar and blood pressure.
LSACA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Oluseyi Temowo said the next step after people had known their status is to link them to facilities where they could access free treatment in public hospitals.
Benefits of the exercise include pre-testing counseling as well as post-test counselling, which seek to address emotional disturbance that often comes up during HIV screening programmes, he added.
He said those who were screened also went home with compensatory (OTC) drugs, such as pain relievers.
“The essence is to ensure we make an impact among the populace. As an agency, we come around in different locations in Lagos for people to check their HIV status. Globally, the song is now that people must ensure that they know their HIV status by 2020. That is, 90 per cent of people that are positive must know their status by 2020. Then 90 per cent of such people must be on treatment because there are free drugs in our hospitals. That is why we are encouraging people to come out to check their status,” he said.
The LSACA boss said Lagos has covered 73 per cent in its HIV screening, and that the next phase of 17 is what remains to be achieved between now and next year.
With this pace, he said he was confident that Lagos was on its way to eradicating HIV/AIDS by 2030.
An estate agent, who allegedly defrauded 262 prospective tenants of N65 million at Alapere, Ketu, Lagos, will be prosecuted, Attorney-General and Justice Commissioner Moyo Onigbanjo (SAN) has said.
He said in a statement on Wednesday that he has taken over the prosecution of the agent.
Lagos State Government in the statement titled: “Beware of fraudulent estate agents/developers”, advised residents to be careful by making enquiries before concluding property transaction with an agent.
The statement said: “The Office of the Attorney-General/Commissioner for Justice is concerned about the increasing incidence of fraudulent offences of obtaining money by deception committed by fraudsters disguising as property developers and estate agents.
“A complaint has reached our office concerning an estate agent alleged to have fraudulently received N65 million from 262 prospective tenants at Alapere, Ketu.
“The Office of the Lagos State Attorney- General took over the prosecution of the case against the estate agent on September 3 and he shall be prosecuted.
“The public is warned to be meticulous by making enquiries before concluding any property transaction with an agent.
“In view of the prevalence of these dubious schemes as evidenced by the growing number of cases being handled by the state regarding victims defrauded of millions of naira by estate agents under the guise of letting out non-existing houses in Lagos, the public is assured that the government is committed to protecting the rights of citizens who fall victim of such fraudulent act, while the perpetrators will be prosecuted.
“The Justice ministry will collaborate with the police formations to ensure such ongoing cases are investigated and reports are forwarded for prosecution.”
A 19-year-old ticket vendor, Emmanuel Abraham, on Wednesday appeared at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing a pair of trousers from a man bathing.
The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing a four-count-charge bordering on conspiracy, breach of the peace and stealing.
He, however, pleaded not guilty.
Prosecuting Sergeant Kenrich Nomayo alleged that the teenager entered the bathroom of Mr. Adewale Adewumi while he was bathing and stole his trousers worth N3,000 from where he hung it.
Nomayo also alleged that the defendant entered the room of Adewumi’s co-tenant, Mr. Samson Ajuwon, and stole iPhone 6 worth N45,000, a Tecno phone valued at N8,000 and another phone worth N40,000
He added that the teenager stole a Nokia phone worth N5,000, another Tecno phone valued at N7,000 and N180,000 cash.
The prosecutor said the defendant committed the offences with others at large on August 28 at 7am, at 13, Oredola Street, Ifako Ijaiye, a Lagos suburb.
He alleged that the defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by illegally squatting in an abandoned building, smoking a substance suspected to be Indian hemp and posing threat to the community.
Chief Magistrate Mrs. T. A. Ojo ordered that the defendant be kept in police custody.
She gave the order after the defendant told the court that he was not aged 19 but 15.
The alleged offences contravene sections 168, 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
