DOTMAN DJ TOUGH HIT GOLDMINE AS LABO ENTERTAINMENT SPLASHES MILLIONS ON THEM

 

Days back,fast rising label, Labo Entertainment Limited unveiled its first two acts,Dotman who has over 5 popular singles that is enjoying good airplay in radio and television stations across the nation. Dotman is a Nigerian-born singer and songwriter. He signed his first major record deal in 2015 and made his debut in 2015 with two well received singles,"Yes Melo"and "Fine Girl”.

He gained major recognition after internationally renowned Nigerian singer, Olamide, signalled an interest in the remix of "Yes Melo". After this streetanthem was released,Dotman gained greater admiration and respect amongst his fans, peers and the wider global entertainment industry. He was highly sought after within the industry for collaborations too: he has worked on joint projects with international acts such as Mr Eazi, Davido, Kelvin Florez, Dj Moh Green, Dj Maphorisa, DjTunez,DjMemhpis, Wolf gang and Afro B, Young Paris to name a few, with other projects in progress.

The Untold Story Of Olabisi Akanbi (LABO) And Lafaith Property Ltd

 Olabisi Akanbi is the president and founder of Lafaith Property Ltd(an indigenous construction company in Lagos Nigeria ) and one of the emerging civil construction company in Lagos.Born and raised in Lagos Nigeria, he has been a keen participant in the emerging property market boom in Lagos today.

Lekki Shootings:.Olowu of Kuta calls for probe of Amnesty International's claim

The Olowu of Kuta in Ayedire Local Government area of Osun state, Oba Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama has called for a probe of the Amnesty International for announcing that it tracked troops of the Nigerian Army from Bonny Camp to the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20.

Olowu of Kuta asks North East elders to demand emergency rule

 

The Olowu of Kuta in Ayedire Local Government area of Osun state, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama has asked political leaders and elders of the North East to demand from President Muhammadu Buhari the declaration of a state of emergency in Borno State as a way of clearing out terrorists from the state, the traditional ruler made the call during a stakeholders meeting with leadership of various cso's in Lagos. 

#EndSarsProtest : LBSL REACTS TO VIRAL VIDEO .... SAYS LBSL Buses not used by Thugs

 

Contrary to the narratives being circulated across social media in respect of a bus belonging to Lagos Bus Services Limited, (LBSL) captured at the Secretariat Bus Stop this morning.

Hauwa Allabura's The Eve screens on Netflix October 12

 The Eve, the debut movie of director and producer, Hauwa Allabura, is set to join the exclusive list of Nigerian movies on Netflix as it becomes available on the global streaming platform on Monday, October 12.

Produced by Allabura's Cut24 Productions, The Eve is a romantic comedy written by the trio of Tunde Babalola, Tosin Igho and Martin Adieze. Rapper turned director, Igho also directed it.

The movie features a sterling cast including Beverly Naya, Meg Otanwa, Ronke Oshodi,  Hauwa Allahbura, Adeolu Adefarasin and Kunle Remi. Others include Ghana's' Mawuli Peter Gavor and comedian John Okafor (Mr Ibu)

It centres on a young man, Funso (Adefarasin) and his bride-to-be, Yewande (Naya) set to marry in a few days. Before the D-day, three childhood friends of the groom decide to treat him to a blissful bachelor's Eve on a beautiful island. Sadly, things go south during the getaway with the couple needing to reassess their stance amidst the actions of other parties.

Insiders Reveal That Ondo Deputy, Agboola Ajayi Gets N3.6 Billion to Sabotage Akeredolu

… Teams Up With PDP, Jegede

Emerging facts have confirmed that Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi is now working against his own interest and that of his new political party, the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Saturday’s election as part of a larger plan to sabotage the chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and state governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu.

STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN (DR) IDAHOSA WELLS OKUNBO ON HIS HEALTH

My attention has been drawn to a rash of social media posts concerning my health and the inhuman manner in which it is being orchestrated to look as if it was as a result of the outcome of the September 19, 2020 Edo State Governorship election in which I publicly supported Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

FG Prioritises Security in Railway Transport Sector, Introduces Scanners

 

With the inauguration of the Warri Itakpe rail station in Agbor, Delta State, due in a few days, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transport, Honorable Rotimi Chibuke Amaechi have prioritised the security of passengers and others with the introduction of top notch security baggage scanners in railway transportation across the country. 

Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo Congratulates Obaseki

 

In the past three months, pitched battles have raved in the airwaves, in towns, in the streets, in villages and in every hamlet across Edo State for the governorship seat at Osadebey House. 

Edo 2020: Before You Cast That Vote Today By Olusegun Odulana-George

If ever a single snapshot told a complete story, the outcome of the Edo Governorship Debate organised by Channels TV last Sunday and capped by “The Conversation” by the Arise News Television a few days after, would have been enough to call today’s governorship election in Edo State a walkover for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressive Congress, APC. 

Facebook Announces its New Office in Lagos, Nigeria

  

 As part of its continued commitment and ongoing investment in Africa, Facebook today announced it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria - its second office on the African continent. Aimed at supporting the entire Sub-Saharan Africa region, the office is expected to become operational in H2 2021 and will be the first on the continent to house a team of expert engineers building for the future of Africa and beyond.

Buratai Defends Buhari In Osun

 

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen TY Buratai has defended President Muhammadu Buhari's policies and efforts at ensuring that the nation enjoys peace and security.

Remembering Ize-Iyamu’s Class Act at Debate By Derinsola Simeon

Electoral debates are oftentimes about gauging which candidate connects more with voters while presenting policy alternatives to undecided voters. In the end, debates are potential stimulants to the strengths or weaknesses of a candidate.

STOP PRESS: NIGERIA @ 60 LOGO NOT PLAGIARISED

The attention of Chain Reactions Nigeria, The Temple Management and TBWA Africa have been drawn to an unfortunate conversation in some sections of the online media regarding the recently unveiled logo for the Nigerian Diamond Jubilee Celebration (Nigeria at 60) by President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR). 

Fraud In the Osadebe House By Emmanuella Bakare

More than 72-hours after a foremost whistle-blower and anti-corruption crusader, Dr. George Uboh, chairman of George Uboh Whistleblowers Network (GUWN), issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to answer allegations of monumental fraud levelled against him, it has been pin-drop silence from the governor and his otherwise voluble aides. 

Shaibu’s Irredeemable Reputational Damage By Osagie Osunbor

In politics, reputation is everything. Political reputation is less what political figures say or do; it is more about what the people see when they see a politician. Conversely, a politician’s character is an incredibly important feature of reputation formation or destruction – as the case may be – in political circumstances. So, it is important to remember that actions will always be louder than words. 

This Election Is Truly Ize-Iyamu’s to Lose By Teniola Williams-Balogun

One does not need to be clairvoyant or partisan to project that the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s to lose. The available accretion of variables makes such projection almost indubitable. 

This does not in any way negate the fact that it will go down in the state’s history as one of the most keenly contested governorship elections, because of the antecedents of the two leading candidates, the peculiarities of their emergence and what they are promising the people. 

' I prefer to do quiet philanthropy' Captain Hosa

At the Philanthropic Roundtable and Forbes Africa Awards 2020 presentation held virtually last Friday, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Marine Security Ltd. emphasized that giving to the poor and expecting accolades was not the type of philanthropy he would like to be associated with. Captain Okunbo, who was the first of the recipients to speak on their activities before the worldwide audience, said he prefers to do ‘quiet philanthropy’, unlike the noisy one associated with foundations that people set up to drum up publicity about themselves.

George Uboh, Issues Press Statement On Alleged Financial Infractions By Edo State Governor Obaseki

 REPORT ON EDO STATE GOVERNMENT BANK STATEMENTS FROM 2015 TO 2019 ISSUED BY GEORGE UBOH WHISTLEBLOWERS NETWORK (GUWN) THROUGH PRESS STATEMENT ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

George Uboh Whistleblowers Network (GUWN) is in receipt of bank statements from 2015 to 2019 belonging to Edo State Government. We are not unmindful of the fact that there is election around the corner-in a few days-in Edo State. As a Civil Society Organization, we are non-partisan. However, for sake of public interest, we analyze any information sent to us from whistleblowers, some anonymous as in the present case. After analyzing the information, we disseminate to the public whose interest we serve.

See attached letter below:

Uboh GUWN press release Edo Obaseki

PHOTOS AS DUX OIL DEDICATES OYO STATE OUTLET

 

PHOTOS AS CAPT OKUNBO WINS FORBES BEST OF AFRICA AWARDS

 

Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, Chairman, Ocean Marine Solutions Limited, being presented with Forbes Best of Africa Award, by Mrs. Olayinka Fayomi, Chairman, Foreign investment network in Abuja…Weekend

What Buhari Must Do Before Edo's Election Olutomiwa Alfred

 

The September 19th governorship election in Edo State comes with a lot of promises and perils for the political legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari. Lest he is unaware, his claims to a lasting, positive legacy for the All Progressives Congress, APC, are dependent largely on the outcome of the Edo, nay Ondo elections. Alas, it is almost common knowledge that, where he is not directly affected, President Buhari can be patently detached while maintaining a Grand Canyon of distance. 

In Edo, the Violent Can’t Take It by Force!

 By Olusola Ajani

 From the creeks, cities and hinterlands of Edo State, there are muffled but menacing echoes of violence as the September 19th governorship election draws nearer. The on-going campaigns are pockmarked by tense and occasionally violent altercations between supporters and critics of the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki and his main challenger, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, which have renewed concerns about the spectre of violence in Nigeria’s politics. 

PRESIDENT BUHARI CELEBRATES SGF BOSS MUSTAPHA AT 64

 

President Muhammadu Buhari joins governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and Federal Executive Council (FEC) to celebrate with Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha, on his 64th birthday, Sept 4th, 2020.

A man without blemish... Captain Wells Hosa Okunbo. by Rt. Hon Bright Omokhodion

Captain Hosa Wells is a consummate philanthropist and a household word in Edo state, emanating largely from his deep impart on the lives of the common man and corporate institutions in the society. Captain Hosa Okunbo is one exceptional Benin man that has used his God given talents, time and treasury for the emancipation of the common man. He's the hero of the unsung Nigerian who has no godfather to pillar his desires.

Seven Deadly Sins of Obaseki By George Ibiyinka

Amid the din and dingdong of electioneering, the promises and propaganda of a starry-eyed era and the generous exchange of money for prospective votes as September 19 draws closer, the people of Edo State need some reality check – a deliberate and sustained reminder of the head-spinning and harrowing catalogue of cruelties, crises and crimes foisted on them by a self-serving governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

IT IS NOT TRUE! OMSL DIRECTORS REFUTE ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF $18M DOLLARS BY CHAIRMAN

  

 

Our attention has been drawn to a malicious and spurious publication by a one-man blog (nurajos.blogspot.com) on alleged schism in the board of OMSL over alleged mismanagement of $18m (Eighteen million  dollars).

141m Africans benefit from improved agricultural techniques — AfDB

 President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina says  141 million people have benefitted from improved agricultural technologies to enhance food security in the last five years he assumed office.

Adesina made this known during the opening of the bank’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held virtually on Wednesday.

Okunbo: The Ace in Edo’s Hole By Abdulahi Taminu

 

The volume, velocity and variety of campaigns of calumny against Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, a billionaire businessman and philanthropist, in the last few weeks, underpin the consensus among the elite and the average electorate in Edo State, that having wilfully taken on some of its illustrious sons, Governor Godwin Obaseki is an ill wind that blows no one any good and should be voted out of Government House by September 19th. Obaseki does not deserve pity of any kind, really. 

Forbes Best of Africa For Idahosa Wells Okunbo And Others

 

September 11, 2020 will mark an auspicious day for the Chairman/CEO of Ocean Marine Solutions Ltd, Captain Dr. Idahosa Wells Okunbo. He will be honored alongside prominent African business leaders such as: Dr Adeduntan Adesola, Managing Director First Bank Plc and founder and executive chairman of Online Integrated Solutions Ltd, Mahmood Ahmadu, for the Forbes Best of Africa awards.

Gov. El-Rufai hails Peace Accord in Zangon Kataf

 Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has hailed the peace initiative spearhead by community leaders in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area and pledged government support to ensure lasting peace in the area.

$6.15bn grant will improve electricity supply — minister

 

Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman says the 6.15 billion dollars (about N2.373 trillion) recently secured by the Federal Government for the power sector will improve electricity supply in the country.

Mamman said this in a statement issued by Mr Aaron Artimas, his Special Adviser on Media and Communications in Abuja on Tuesday.

The minister who assumed office on Aug. 21, 2019 was speaking on the occasion to mark his one year in office.

Mamman said  that he was grateful  to the President who had continued to discover and inject new talents into the country’s leadership.

According to him, to date, 6.150 billion dollars have been secured for infrastructural development and earmarked for  critical projects.

Giving a breakdown of the fund, the  minister said
3.2 billion dollars was secured from Siemens,  and 1.6 billion dollars from donor agencies for the Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme (TREP).

The minister said 1.7 billion dollars was secured from the World Bank,  African Development Bank (AfDB), and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Giving further breakdown of the fund, he said that 550 million dollars was earmarked for the Nigerian Electricity Project (NEP), a rural electrification project being funded by the World Bank and AfDB.

Mamman said with the fund, the ministry has begun implementing critical infrastructure to transform generation, transmission, and distribution of 25,000 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity by 2025.

“The Siemens project will raise power to 7, 000MW in the first phase which just began, focusing on quick wins for both Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN ) and the Electricity  Distribution Companies (DisCos).

“The expected projects under the Siemens deal include 105 substations rehabilitation, 70 new substations, manufacturing and installation of 35 power transformers and installation of 3,765 distribution transformers.

“There will also be over 5,000 kilometres of transmission lines to be constructed.

According to Mamman,  under his supervision, TCN is also implementing the 1.6 billion dollars Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme (TREP) with funding from development partners like World Bank, AfDB, and JICA.

He listed the key projects impacted by the fund to include Alaoji-Onitsha and Kaduna-Kano power line among others.

According to him, work is ongoing to complete the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant worth 1.2 billion dollars aimed at generating 700MW.

Mamman said that the Zungeru project had attained 73 per cent  completion presently.

“The 3050MW Mambilla hydropower project is expected to increase the national grid by 30 per cent. It is worth 5.7 billion dollars with 85 per cent  funding. With 4.85 billion dollars from China while the Federal Government  is providing 850 million dollars funding.

“The main construction works include four large dams: Nya, Sumsum, Nghu, and API Weir in Taraba state.”

Mamman said that the government had also finished the 40MW Kashimbilla hydropower plant in Taraba.

“We are currently working on the development and expansion of transmission lines to evacuate power from the project site to areas of distribution.

“There is also the 40MW Dadin Kowa hydropower plant in Gombe State, while overhauling the 240MW Afam Power Plant.”

According to the minister, the Federal Government is working to increase energy access for an estimated 80 million Nigerians that are without electricity access through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA),

He said that the ministry was also mapping out unserved clusters to provide a digital database of the distribution grid system.

“We have secured 550 million dollars from the World Bank and AfDB for off-grid electrification being used to power universities and rural areas.

“With the mini grid regulation, access to electricity is improving through REA. “As at 2019, we had four million off-grid connections.

“We aim to add another five million in the next 18 to 24 months under the recently approved Economic Sustainability Programme,” he said.

The mnister noted that efforts were ongoing to close the gap between generation capacity and distribution as a means of reducing losses with individual capacity.

He said that  the sector was already contending with a huge loss of more than N254 billion from unutilised power.

“Just on August 18, TCN achieved an unprecedented peak distribution of 5,420MW of power to the DisCos, being the third of such milestones.

“This is coming even as the ministry has attained a 24 hour transmission period as against the previous eight to 10 hours per day.” he said.

NiMet predicts thundery, rainy activities Wednesday to Friday

 The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thundery and rainy activities from Wednesday to Friday.

NiMet`s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja predicted cloudy skies over Borno, Adamawa and Taraba on Wednesday, with chances of thunderstorms over parts of Kano, Kebbi, Yobe, Gombe and Bauchi States in the morning.

According to it, there are prospects of thunderstorms over the northern region to affect parts of Maiduguri, Taraba, Adamawa, Bauchi, Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto States in the afternoon and evening hours.

”The north central cities are expected to be cloudy in the morning with chances of rains over parts of Plateau, Kwara, Abuja and Niger axis.

”Progressing into the day, there are prospects of moderate rains over Plateau, Kogi, Kwara and Benue States.

”Cloudy morning is expected over the inland and coastal cities of the south with prospects of light rains over places like Enugu, Anambra, Ebonyi, Cross River and Osun States.

”During the afternoon and evening periods, there will be cloudy atmosphere over most parts of the region with light rains expected over Enugu, Abia, Edo and Rivers States,” it said..

According to the release, there are prospects of thunderstorms over Sokoto, Katsina, Kano and Kaduna States on Thursday with cloudy skies over the north-eastern region in the morning.

NiMet predicted isolated thunderstorms over Adamawa, Sokoto, Kano, Katsina and Gombe States during the afternoon and evening.

The agency envisaged cloudy morning over the north central region with chances of rains over Abuja, Kwara and Nassarawa States.