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The official invitation for the Coronation of The King and The Queen Consort has been revealed. Designed by Andrew Jamieson, the invitation features the motif of the Green Man, an ancient figure from British folklore, symbolic of spring and rebirth, to celebrate the new reign.  Buckingham Palace is pleased to share the invitation for the Coronation, which will be issued in due course to over 2,000 guests who will form the congregation in Westminster Abbey. It is also announced today that eight Pages of Honour have been chosen to attend Their Majesties during the Coronation Service. The invitation for the Coronation has been designed by Andrew Jamieson, a heraldic artist and manuscript illuminator whose work is inspired by the chivalric themes of Arthurian legend. Mr Jamieson is a Brother of the Art Workers’ Guild, of which The King is an Honorary Member. The original artwork for the invitation was hand-painted in watercolour and gouache, and the design will be reproduced and printe...

Shocking story of how National Hospital Abuja killed my son — Bereaved Monarch 5 April 2023  My son, Prince Pharm. Obinna Emeka, registered pharmacist and writer was knocked down by a vehicle on April 1, 2023 at about 7.10pm at Kubwa. He was taken to Kubwa general hospital immediately and there was no medical doctor to attend to him for close to 3 hours before one doctor came and referred him to National Hospital. At National Hospital, the doctors insisted that he would not be attended to until they had his full body scan and x-ray. The body scan and x-rays Machines in the National Hospital were not working and have not been working for close to two years. He was taken to private hospital to obtain the full body scan and when my son, Pharmacist Obinna Emeka, was brought back to National hospital, it took the hospital medical team close to two hours for documentation before he was taken in for medical attention. At this time, his veins have collapsed. The medical team after watching...

 Full list of Forbes’ 25 world billionaires in 2023 American business magazine, Forbes, in its 2023 list of 25 richest people in the world, featured Bernard Arnault on the No. 1 spot, followed by Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk. In its previous list in 2022, Musk was on the No. 1 spot. Forbes described the drop of Musk from the top spot as ” this year’s second-biggest loser”, adding that “Elon Musk, had it worse.” Musk lost his title of the world’s richest person after his pricey purchase of Twitter, which he funded in part by the sale of Tesla shares, helping to spook investors. Musk, who is worth $39 billion less than a year ago, Is now No. 2. For Jeff Bezos, fortune knocked him from number. 2 in the world in 2022 to No. 3 this year as Amazon shares crashed by 38 per cent. Also, among the top 25, two billionaires  — Zhang Yiming, Changpeng Zhao lost their spots and were unable to make it on the list for this year. Yiming, the founder of Tik Tok-parent Bytedance, d...

Temper Justice wth mercy- Obasanjo writes UK govt over Ekweremadu's conviction Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has waded into the legal travails of a former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in the United Kingdom over crime of conspiracy to harvest the organ of a 21-year-old Nigerian. In a letter dated April 3, 2023 and addressed to the Chief Clerk of the Court titled ‘Re: Ike Ekweremadu’, said even though the Enugu West Senator’s action was condemnable and unacceptable, he has contributed his qouta to the socio-political development of Nigeria, and that the UK government tempers justice with Mercy. The former President said the UK government should consider Ekweremadu's past records of good deeds and the plight of his ailing daughter before serving any punishment on him and his wife. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta will be sentenced on May 5 after they were convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verd...

While enforcing the existing ban on the use of motorcycles in parts of Lagos State, Police Officers of Isolo Division came under attack from motorcycle riders at Cele bus-stop, resulting in the death of one Police Inspector & serious injury to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO). Two suspects have been arrested while forty-one motorcycles were impounded. The Lagos State Police Command will not be deterred from carrying out its mandate of enforcing duly established laws. law-abiding, as riders and passengers alike arrested on prohibited routes will face the law.  Above all, any form of attack on Police Officers will no longer be tolerated!. One more photo below. 

Jamaica has said that it wants to buy cars from Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing. Esmond Reid, the Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria, talked about this plan on Saturday during a tour of the IVM plant in Nnewi, Anambra State. He said, “For us, it’s a great chance to see cars being made here in Nigeria, which is one of our southern brothers. “It is also a chance to be able to discuss commercial opportunities for sourcing vehicles from Nigeria. “This is my first visit. I will go and consult with my stakeholders back home to look at the timeline and determine the negotiations and engagements and when we will start the business of sourcing the vehicles.” One more photo below. 

BUILDING CONTROL AGENCY REMOVES ILLEGAL STRUCTURE UNDER POWERLINE The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has removed an illegal structure built under a Powerline adjacent Hamed Adebowale Street, Aguda area of the State. According to the General Manager of LASBCA, Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, the building under the powerline is a disaster waiting to happen because of the electromagnetic waves from it which may cause a fire outbreak hence the need for its removal. Oki stated that the State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law does not permit owners/developers to construct buildings under high-power electricity cables and it also specifies the distance that should be observed between a property and a public utility such as the PHCN Power lines.  He reiterated the State Government’s commitment to safeguarding the lives and properties of Lagosians through thorough identification of illegal and non-conforming structures in the State, especially structures built under high...

PRESIDENT BUHARI INAUGURATES NATIONAL COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT NIGERIA STARTUP ACT 2022, ASSURES TECH-SAVVY YOUNG NIGERIANS OF FUNDS, TAX BREAKS Ø  NIGERIA PRODUCES FOUR OF SEVEN UNICORNS IN AFRICA VALUED AT OVER $7.5BILLION President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated the National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship with the mandate to guide the implementation of the Nigeria Startup Act (NSA) 2022. Speaking at the inauguration of the 14-member Council chaired by him, the President directed the Secretariat, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), to ensure faithful implementation of the Act, which provides incentives and support for start-ups, including tax breaks and access to funding. The inauguration preceded the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and had members of the Digital Innovation Council in attendance. The President noted that Nigeria has been at the forefront of the remarkable growth of startups in Africa, with Nigerian s...

EFCC to Probe Fake $6m Intercepted By Customs The Lagos Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ACE 11 Michael Wetkas, has assured the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, of further investigations into the fake $6m seized by its officials at the Seme Area Command. He gave the assurance on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 while receiving the fake $6m during a media briefing organized by the Customs Area Controller, Seme, Badagry, Comptroller Dera Nnadi. Wetkas who thanked the leadership of the NCS for the sustained collaboration between the two agencies, assured of even greater support  in the  fight against corruption and fraud-related offences. Speaking earlier Nnadi said: “The Seme Command, in the first quarter of 2023, recorded milestones in its anti-smuggling operations. “Some of the anti-smuggling landmarks by the Command include the seizure of fake $6m USD equivalent of N2.763bn at the exchange rate of N460.52, which will be handed over to the EFCC today.”...

Portable Celebrates Release from Prison, Shares Food Items to Fans.  Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, recently took to the streets to distribute food items to some residents of Lagos State. The Zazoo crooner shared videos of philanthropic gestures via his Instagram page. In the videos, the singer was seen distributing food items such as rice, bread, and drinks amongst others to some of his fans. He also shared footwear and other non-edibles with the less-privileged. His generous act is coming barely 48 hours after he was freed from detention. Recall that Portable was arrested by police operatives on Friday after failing to honour invitations extended to him and was arraigned in court on Monday on a three-count charge bothering on assault and theft of musical equipment. However, he was granted bail in the sum of N800,000 for the three charges with two sureties in like sum, by an Ogun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ifo. The Magistrate ordered t...

WHITNEY ADENIRAN: LASG PLACES CHRISLAND SCHOOL ON PROBATION  The Lagos State Government has placed Chrisland High School, Ikeja, on probation for one academic session to monitor adherence to safety policies and guidelines.   The State Commissioner for Education Mrs.Folasade Adefisayo disclosed this on Tuesday while giving an update on the recent meeting between the management of Chrisland Schools and government agencies under the Lagos State Joint Task Force in charge of the implementation of the child protection and safeguarding policy. The meeting, which was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Lagos State Safety Commission and Office of Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency and others which made up the Joint Task Force, directed Chrisland to delineate leadership functions as well as strengthen risk and safety management in all schools under its jurisdiction.  Also, the Lagos State Ministry of Education h...

LASTMA RESCUES 10 ACCIDENT VICTIMS AT ADENIJI-ADELE, LAGOS. Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Tuesday rescued 10 severely injured accident victims at Adeniji-Adele junction inward Obalende by Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. According to Adejunwon Olalekan, a LASTMA Officer who led the rescue operations, it was an accident caused by a commercial bus. He said preliminary investigation revealed that the said bus lost control as a result of over-speeding and somersaulted leaving 10 passengers with severe injuries. He explained that the rescued victims were immediately rushed to Marina General Hospital by the LASTMA personnel on duty in the axis for urgent medical treatment.  Olalekan also revealed that the Bus involved in the accident was immediately removed from the road to avoid impeding the free flow of traffic and handed over to the Policemen from Adeniji-Adele Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigations. Meanwhile, the Special Advis...

 Kidnapped Wife Of Ogboni Leader Returns, Says Dead Husband Rescued Her From Forest One of the kidnapped wives of the Ogboni Aborigines leader abducted has regained freedom. She explained that her late husband appeared to her in the forest to rescue her. Kidnappers had early hours on Monday raided the Imesi-Ile residents of Oba Ogboni Agbaye, Abdullahi Olakisan while he was away in Osogbo, abducting his two wives. Olakisan while returning from a search mission for his wives along with a policeman and another woman was involved in an accident and three of them died. Speaking with newsmen after the woman was found, a relative of the deceased and Coordinator, Kiriji Heritage Defenders, Dr Ademola Ekundayo disclosed that the wife escaped from the kidnapper’s den early hours on Tuesday. According to him, the woman was found along Ikoro-Ekiti in Ekiti state after wandering in the forest through the night. He added that the victim told him, that her late husband, whom she was not aware of...

 Court Suspends Labour Party’s National Chairman, Secretary, Others April 5, 20230 A Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued an order restraining the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure; National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. Others stopped from parading themselves as national officers are the National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu and the Treasurer, Oluchi Opara. Justice Hamza Muazu issued the restraining order while ruling in ex-parte application argued by a James Onoja. In an application, Onoja told the court how the restrained National officers allegedly forged several documents of the FCT High Court to carry out unlawful substitutions in the last general elections. Among the documents were the receipts, seal and affidavits of the Court to carry out criminal activities. The Senior Counsel also tendered several documents, confirming to the Judge that the Chief Registrar of the C...

WANTED; The Edo Police Command has  placed a Sum N5 million Naria reward for information that would lead to the arrest of Rachael Iyonmana, a Canada-based Nigerian lady, over accusations of cyberbullying/stalking, defamation and impersonation. “On January 11, the Commissioner of Police received a petition from the chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe, reporting  the alleged offence of cyberbullying/stalking and defamation of character, against one Rachael Eboni Osazee Iyonmana,” he said The police spokesman said the command had written a letter to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Force CID Annex, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, but while the police were on her trail to effect the arrest, intelligence revealed that the suspect was in Canada. Mr Nwabuzor said the suspect opened multiple Facebook accounts, using the petitioner’s photographs and full name on Facebook, and used demeaning, derogatory language to defame the petitio...