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 INSECURITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, ENERGY AND MORE ...  The government of Nigeria had been alerted by the world bank, given certain indices that culminated to aggravate the poverty level in the country include inflation, insecurity, unemployment and many more. Eko-Odeyale Bolaji thought it wise enough to look more inner rather than outside our country, a citizen could not think beyond now. It is what is realizable today that is important now.  Electricity, Covid-19, and other worrisome features must be tackled to reduce poverty in the country.  Analysts are worried about the complaints of SMEs in the country, this is closer to the masses, farming had been obstructed, therefore bringing into existence unavoidable reduction in food supply in the country.  Every sector of the economy is affected. A lot needs to be done now. 

 IFA OF THE YEAR 2021/2022 FROM OKE-ITASE, ILE-IFE, STATE OF OSUN, NIGERIA. Eriwo ya! We greet you all in the name of Olodumare, Orunmila and all other Orisa. We also extend the greetings of Araba Agbaye (the permanent Chairman of the Council of Araba/Oluwo, the pillar of the International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR)) to you all in this season of the World Ifa Festival. With combine efforts of Board of Ethics and Scripture and the Council of Elders of ICIR, we the members of Publication Committee of the Oke-Itase 2021/2022 Organising Committee set up by the International Council for Ifa Religion are hereby presenting verses of the Ifa of the year recited with inspiration by the priests on the mat in the early hour of Sunday, 6th June, 2021, which stands as the first day of the year in Ifa calendar system. The Odu Ifa that came out for this year is OSE-OKANRAN (OSE on the right, OKANRAN on the left). The Odu came with Ire Aiku (Longevity) and ebo is recommended. Ifa Priests from...

 As Received...  Senator representing the Osun Central senatorial district, Dr Ajibola Basiru, said on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the powers to revive the old grazing routes, anywhere in the country. The lawmaker also said he wonders if the president has been receiving correct legal advice from the attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami. Basiru, who holds a doctoral degree in Property Law, said he spoke to The Punch in his capacity as the senator representing the Osun Central Senatorial District, and in his personal capacity because the upper chamber had yet to take a position on the matter. The lawmaker said the issue of grazing routes was not known to the Nigerian constitution and that Buhari did not have any power to direct the implementation of any law that was alien to the country’s legal books. He explained that the gazette that Buhari was referring to was a product of a decree promulgated in the northern Nigeria in the 1960s. He argued tha...

 The sight of hooliganism has been the order of the day in Lagos Island for the past four days. Nnamdi Azikwe street has witnessed killings, maiming, , extortion and day light robbery by factions of hoodlums in the area.  The police had done what could be termed dispersion through coercion but to no avail. OP MESA operatives did a lot to stop these bad elements in the society, but they reappear to torment the residents while they attack rival groups in the locality. We implore the state government to give directives to the local government authorities and local vigilantes to work together to avert loss of lives and properties of innocent Lagosians.  The markets in Lagos harbour decident elements, this we believe should not be residence to humans but a market place.  Life in the markets should be looked into by Lagos state government.  Lagos state government has spent so much to keep Lagos upgraded but must protect all we have committed to make it a mega city. Fi...

 *Announcement!!!*  This is to bring to your notice that the Lagos Ibadan Train Services would now be available in the mornings from Monday, 14th June 2021. The updated time table for *Monday to Friday* is as follows: • Lagos to Ibadan: 8.00 am from Mobolaji Johnson Station. • Ibadan to Lagos: 8.00 am from Obafemi Awolowo Station at Moniya. • Lagos to Ibadan: 4.00 pm from Mobolaji Johnson Station Alagomeji. • Ibadan to Lagos: 4.00 pm from Obafemi Awolowo Station at Moniya.  **Saturday Schedule* : • Lagos to Ibadan: 8.30 am from Mobolaji Johnson Station at Alagomeji  • Ibadan to Lagos: 8.30 am from Obafemi Awolowo Station at Moniya • Lagos to Ibadan: 6.00 pm from Mobolaji Johnson Station at Alagomeji  • Ibadan to Lagos: 6.00 pm from Obafemi Awolowo Station at Moniya  What this means is that LITS is now available in the mornings from Lagos on Monday through Friday. Please Note: Alagomeji, Agege, Kajola, Olodo, Papalanto, Abeokuta, and Moniya are now the stop ...

NAFTHALI BENNETT IS NEW ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER... Naftali Bennett is an Israeli politician serving as the 13th prime minister of Israel since 13 June 2021. . He served as minister of Diaspora Affairs from 2013 to 2019 and as minister of Defense from 2019 to 2020. Nafthali have since been sworn in and had embarked on meeting with the cabinet. This is his first assignment after been sworn in.  Naftali won by 60 votes to 59 votes of Nethanyahu. More news as events unfold.

 *ARE*ARE YOU A BIAFRAN?* READ THIS👇👇 I want to remind you that those who ARRESTED and SENTENCED *ISAAC ADAKA BORO* to death for declaring NIGER DELTA REPUBLIC were neither Hausa-Fulanis nor Yorubas, but two supposed brothers of his and BIAFRANS named *ODUMEGWU OJUKWU and AGUIYI IRONSI*.  For declaring Niger-Delta Republic, IRONSI, the then military head of state, ordered OJUKWU to get ISAAC BORO arrested for treason. OJUKWU, fought ISAAC BORO for 14 days within which he used federal might of “ONE-NIGERIA” to kill 150 soldiers loyal to Isaac Boro, caught ISAAC BORO, stripped him naked and sent him over to Lagos where IRONSI charged him to court and within just 2 months, got him convicted at the Supreme Court for treasonable felony of trying to break away from AZIKWE’s one Nigeria, got him sentenced to death by hanging.  While IRONSI and OJUKWU did all that to ISAAC BORO, they left untouched their own Igbo brother soldiers who planned a coup with which they killed Innoce...

 SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY ON 12TH JUNE, 2021 Fellow Nigerians,  I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day.  It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria. 2. As with all democracies we will always be going through improvement processes in our desire to reach the goal of a mature democracy, a strong, evolved and integrated nation state to be reckoned with globally. 3. In the last two years we have witnessed and overcome a good number of testy challenges that would have destroyed other nations especially relating to our collective security. 4. The indefatigable CAN DO Spirit of the Nigerian has sustained us and would keep pushing us to put these challenges behind us. 5.  Unfortunately some of these challenges came in the shape of violent ...

 During the Presidential exclusive interview on NTA on Friday 11th June, 2021, PMB reiterates that there are no more vacancies in government ministries, parastatals and agencies. In this wise all youths should brace up and live up to the task ahead, the should desist from burning of infrastructure and killing of security operatives in the country.  PMB also said that, investors will rather move away from the country instead of investing in Nigeria which in turn brings opportunities to the teeming population.

 

As received: The Lagos-Ibadan rail line is a double-track standard gauge rail, the first of its kind in West Africa. It is the first part of a new 2,773km Lagos-Kano standard gauge line. The newly introduced train provides fully air-conditioned train services. It is important to note that wearing a face mask, and having an Identification Card – Passport, National ID, Work ID, or Voters’ Card – is compulsory to buy a ticket at the counter. Currently, there are two stations in operation; the Mobolaji Johnson Station, Alagomeji bus stop Ebute Metta, Lagos State and the Chief Obafemi Awolowo Station, Moniya, Ibadan. There is also 5 minutes stopover at Prof. Wole Soyinka Station, Laderin, Abeokuta. Travellers going to Abeokuta will alight and while those going to Ibadan/Lagos will also join the train. The train departs from Chief Obafemi Awolowo Station, Moniya, Ibadan at 8:00am and arrives Mobolaji Johnson Station, Ebute Metta, Lagos State at 10:41am.   Also, the train departs Mobolaji...

As Received...  SECURTY TIPS  Listen to the news regularly The country is going very difficult and unsafe. Presently there are calls from foreig/n concerns to declare Nigeria a failed state. This is because of the level of insecurity present in the country presently. We all need to be concerned about our safety. Do not say it can never happen to me. No one is safe. Relatives of the President had been kidnapped. Men of God, Security men etc. No one is safe nowhere is safe.  Let us try and observe strict security protocols together with our prayers. So I direct you all never to stay out of the house late. Come back home latest 6pm Do not attend church program beyond 6pm. Whatever they're doing if they don't close by 6pm, please I authorize you to leave and start coming back to your house. Do not travel in marked vehicles. For example, vehicles bearing names eg CAC, New Covenant Church, University, company etc. Do not travel in groups. If you are to go for a program, move al...

 

 The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos Command have sounded a note of warnings to teeming youths in the state to shun the purported protest of June 12.  The state commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu have therefore stationed men of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in strategic areas of the state. All parents are advised to keep their wards under watch so as to be kept away from being part of protest, to avert confrontations with the security operatives.   

 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Former Head of states Abdulsalam Abubakar, Ooni of Ife, Sultan of Sokoto and Clerics and many more met in Abuja on Thursday 10th of June, 2021 in a close door meeting that has its agenda, based  on insecurity and more.

 Nigeria has moved ahead of laxity by commissioning of the Lagos - Ibadan railway project for commercial use.  The President, was in Lagos on Thursday 10th of June, 2021 flanked by ministers and other aides to commission and put in place more infrastructures in order to improve the commercial status of our dear country Nigeria.  The President also commissioned the security gadgets that was delivered to the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos Command.  The Deep Blue project was commissioned by PMB in Apapa to facilitate and to ease maritime activities towards economic gains. In his speech, PMB reiterated that he is still standing on the instruction of shoot at sight of those illegally carrying AK47 and other assault weapons. Present at these commissioning are, the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Kings and other dignitaries.