Category: Arts & Entertainment

Family, Friends Celebrate Disciplinarian, Dutiful Wife, Alhaja Erogbogbo At 70

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Kunle ADELABU The family of Erogbogbo from far and near as well as friends, associates and well wishers gathered at the Government Reserved Area (GRA) home of Engr. Lookman Erogbogbo to celebrate his wife, Alhaja Olajumoke Erogbogbo, as she joined the Septuagenarian club. The celebration that held on Sunday, March 31, 2019. The radiant celebrant was seen everywhere with smiles on her face as she moved around to acknowledge greetings and cheers from her family members and important guests who had all come to rejoice with her. Many family members…

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Madam Isikalu Celebrates 60th Birthday In Grand style

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Wale JAGUN Children of Mrs Adetola Adunoluwa Isikalu threw a colourful and well-attended bash, that would be remembered for a while,  to celebrate her 60th birthday recently. The venue of the memorable celebration was the serene and exquisite Midas Place Event Centre located at Raoni bus stop, along Ibeshe road, Ikorodu. Scores of eminent guests and dignitaries were on ground to honour the celebrant, who is the mother of Mr Bolaji Isikalu, a young entrepreneur, online investor and IT guru who recently wedded his long time friend and companion in…

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Stakeholders Urge Government To Invest More In Tourism In Ebute-Iga, Ikorodu

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Kunle ADELABU & Mariam AKINLOYE -Ebute-Iga Introduces Founder’s Day, Launches Logos – Masquerade and Historical Museums in pipeline -Commendations trail initiatives as prominent individuals were honoured The Lagos State Government has been urged to support the tourism development drive of the people of Ebute-Iga and the entire Ikorodu division. Eminent individuals and stakeholders in Ikorodu made the clarion call at the grand finale of 2019 edition of the Ebute-Iga Liwe festival held at Sea Coach Terminal, Ebute-Iga, on Saturday, March 23, 2019. In its quest to further preserve the history…

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Ebute-Iga Celebrates Over 500 Year-Old Liwe Festival

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Kunle ADELABU The 2019 edition of the Liwe festival in Ebute-Iga community in Ikorodu West Local Council Area (LCDA) was celebrated amidst boat voyage, prayers, merriment, pomp and pageantries on Friday, March 22, 2019. The traditional festival, which is gradually attaining tourism status, has been in existence for over 500 years and has annually been celebrated ever since. As early as 6am on that day, Alashe of Ebute-Iga and Chief Executive Officer, Origin Zoo and gardens, Prince Abiola Kosoko, traditional chiefs and people of Ebute-Iga had started gathering at the…

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TEXT OF KEYNOTE ADDRESS OF MR STEVE AYORINDE, COMMISSIONER FOR TOURISM, ARTS AND CULTURE AT THE 3RD NIGERIAN TRAVEL AWARDS ORGANISED BY JUMIA TRAVELS ON MONDAY 11TH MARCH, 2019, AT THE JUPITER HALL, FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON, LAGOS

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I am delighted to be in your midst today at this auspicious occasion, which is the third edition of the Annual Nigeria Travel Awards organized by Jumia Travel. Before I go further, please permit me to first express my sincere appreciation to the management of Jumia Travel for this privilege to deliver the Keynote Address at this year’s ceremony. It is indeed a great honour to speak to the topic: ‘’Lagos as a model for tourism growth in Nigeria’’. Let me also on behalf of the Lagos State Government and…

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March With Da’Fresh 2: Afropop Artiste Sets To Thrill Fans At Birthday Gig

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Wale JAGUN The rising afropop/highlife crooner, Da’Fresh Olorin, is set to thrill friends, fans and admirers at the second edition of his annual birthday gig tagged, “March with Da’Fresh”. This year’s bash tagged, “Hood Invasion”, is billed for Heritage Hotel via Legacy Hotel, Jesus Court Bus stop, Gberigbe, Ikorodu, on March 24. The event will commence with glamour carpet by 7p.m. while the event proper starts by 8:30p.m. Da Hood Invasion is scheduled to feature various entertainment performances ranging from Hip-hop lip sync, Hip-hop live performance, Highlife band performance, comedy…

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Guinness Record Holder, Olawunmi, Ready For 30-Day Reading Contest

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Bayode Treasure Olawunmi, the Nigerian holder of the 2018 Guinness Book of Record in Marathon Reading Aloud Contest, said at the weekend that he was gearing up for the July reading contest which would last for 30 days. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that he would contest against six other Nigerians. ”I am optimistic that I will emerge the winner and retain the existing record again,” he said. Olawunmi described the reading contest, held on Feb. 26 and March 3 2018, as harrowing because he…

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FG Approves Treatment For ‘Baba Suwe’ At LUTH

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Ailing Yoruba actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly called ‘Baba Suwe” was on Friday admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos State over an unknown ailment. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Bolaji Amusan, the National President, Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Producers Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), disclosed this in Lagos on Friday Amusan popularly known as ‘Mr Latin’ as his stage name   said that the development was as a result of the approval of the association’s appeal  to the Federal Government to foot the medical…

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Presidential Election: Be Peaceful, Orderly, Ambode Urges Lagosians

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With barely 48 hours to the much anticipated Presidential and National Assembly elections across the country, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has urged residents in the State to conduct themselves peacefully at the polling units and shun any act of violence or misconduct that could threaten the exercise. Governor Ambode, in a statement on Wednesday signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, said the nation was on a threshold of history as the outcome of the election would be a defining moment in Nigeria’s political and economic…

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Olamide drops new song ‘Woske’

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Yahoo Boy No Laptop (YBNL) record label boss, Olamide has released his first single in 2019, tiled, ‘Woske’. Olamide who had a successful 2018 with series of club bangers like, ‘Science student’, ‘Motigbana’ and ‘Poverty die’ dropped the new song on Friday, February 8. The song was produced by Killer Tunes. The rapper cum singer makes a smooth bouncy tune which undoubtedly has a dance routine for it as he mimics Michael Jackson on his cover. Olamide started pursuing his music career in 2000.He released ‘Eni Duro’ in 2010 under ID Cabasa’s…

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