Nigerian Traviation

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has disclosed that the total number of cases in the country is 22, 614 with 7, 822 and 549 recoveries and deaths respectively. 

In an official tweet by the NCDC on Thursday, 594 new cases of novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) 

 Lagos state lead the way with a whopping 159 cases from the 594 new cases added on Thursday.

The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has congratulated Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on his 55th birthday.

NGIJ, in a statement by its Congress Chairman, Mr Israel Bolaji, on Thursday extolled the boundless energy and relentless focus the governor brought into leadership.

“The Guild affirms the Governor’s uncommon zeal, commitment and courage which has seen him bring his rich wealth of experience garnered for decades to bear in the management and administration of the state, which has translated into various laudable initiatives and programs just after one year in office.”

“His leadership style and attitude assures Lagos residents and indeed many Nigerians of a better future as he gradually executes and actualises his agenda for a greater Lagos, bringing significant growth and development to the state, especially across the key sectors.

As the Governor turns 55, we recognise with a great sense of admiration, his role as Incident Commander with his management team, in stemming the ugly tide of Covid-19 in Lagos to assure public health, safety and wellness.

The NGIJ acknowledges how Mr Governor brings competency and effectiveness to the public service and is driving remarkable policies and development agenda.

We view him as an icon and role model for the young people and leaders and urge him to finish strong.

United States of America Labor Department has said that One million and five hundred workers filed new claims for state unemployment insurance last week, reported Thursday, the 14th week in a row that the figure has topped one million.

An additional 728,000 filed for benefits from Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, a federally funded emergency program aimed at covering the self-employed, independent contractors and other workers who don’t qualify for traditional unemployment insurance.

The total number of people collecting state unemployment insurance is 19.5 million, down from nearly 25 million in early May.

A Popularly known cross dresser, Idris Okuneye fondly called Bobrisky has said her body is only for the billionaires. 
Bobrisky made this known via his Instagram handle@bobrisky222 recently.
“When I told you guys that my body is meant for only billionaires you think I am joking.

“Only haters will say I am not fine” He said. 

Three white men have been arrested in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was chased while jogging in Georgia over murder charges.

The men — Gregory McMichael, 64; his son Travis McMichael, 34; and their neighbor William Bryan, 50 — were arrested and charged last month with murder and other charges in connection with Mr. Arbery’s death.

Nigerian Traviation recalled that this unfortunate event prompted nationwide protests and indignation, particularly after a graphic video of his Feb. 23 killing was released online.

I am still looking for any National or State Chairman of any political party whether ruling or not that has completely solved all the problems in the party. Even if the party is just a week old.

The Chairman has been a tireless campaigner and mobilizer for the party. He has steered the party through difficult elections. His contributions should not be undervalued now that the bulk of elections are behind us. 
To do so would be an act of ingratitude.

The [coup] plotters launched their attack solely because they perceive the chairman as an obstacle to their 2023 ambitions.

In a well-structured society, people come to understand that the time for politics is seasonal; it is periodic. The responsibilities of governance are what are perpetual. Many of our politicians sadly have inverted this reality.

We even had a National Deputy Secretary improperly calling for an NEC meeting on the basis that he believed himself to be the acting National Chairman. 

Clearly, this man would not have summoned the temerity to make such a move had he not been instigated by powerful individuals, whom he thought would reward or, at least, protect him for committing the wrongful act.

We must rally around President Buhari. Instead of everyone saying they are working for the party and nation but going their separate ways based on their selfish designs, we must help him build a stronger national consensus on policies that will ensure safety and bring greater prosperity.

Many of us expended sweat, tears, toil and sleepless nights to build this party. Our personal sacrifices were not insignificant. We built this party not simply as a vehicle for personal ambition. We built the party because we saw it as perhaps the only enduring hope to bring progressive governance to this nation. 

Those who now seek to abuse the party by using it as their personal device do it great harm. They should not be allowed to sacrifice this collective enterprise at the altar of their self-aggrandizement. 

To be an APC member means more than merely carrying a membership card. It means to believe in a set of ideals and principles geared to our highest purpose as a party and a nation. – 

ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU (BAT)

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences in (Enforcement) Unit (Task Force) today arraigned a fake female house agent, Mrs. Bukola Ayorinde, at a Lagos Mobile Court over fraud in Ikorodu.

Speaking on the arraignment, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi stated that her arrest was effected after series of complaints from members of the public over some fake house agents obtaining a large sum of money from them and absconding.

He explained that the Agency acting on a petition received from one Mrs. Olusola Ola-John, her latest victim, who claimed she was defrauded of the sum of N250.000 over securing an apartment for her aged mother at Millennium Estate Igbe in Ikorodu by the suspect.

According to him, after a thorough investigation, it was discovered that the suspect was the same person who had been defrauding innocent members of the public claiming to be house agent around Ikorodu axis.

“The suspect was charged for ‘Conduct Likely To Cause Breach Of Peace, Cheating and Obtaining N250.000 Under False Pretense’ before Chief Magistrate Abimbola Oshodi-Makanju of the Lagos State Mobile Court sitting at Bolade in Oshodi.

Mrs. Bukola Ayorinde, however, pleaded ‘guilty’ to the three-count charge which necessitated an adjournment to Friday, 26th of June, 2020 for a ‘fact and sentence’ judgment by the Magistrate”, Egbeyemi disclosed.

While appealing to members of the public to be wary of these criminal elements when securing accommodation in any parts of the State, the Chairman confirmed that it was in line with the directive of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu that the suspect be charged to court for prosecution.

Adebayo Taofiq,
Head, Public Affairs Unit,
Lagos State Task Force.

According to the World Economic Forum, women are seen as the future of Africa, being one of the largest contributors to economic growth and having the highest entrepreneurship rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. Interestingly their contributions are not fully maximized as there are vast potentials not harnessed due to barriers such as finance, manpower, skillset, technology and more. Access Bank’s W Initiative offers women across various segments opportunities to new markets, access to affordable finance and capacity building programs in addition to a wide array of financial and lifestyle offerings.

Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton was the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry offered by the Access Bank W Initiative. The program in its maiden edition provided financial grants worth N9Million to the top 3 applicants with a free mini MBA certification for 50 women entrepreneurs in Nigeria. This it did in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a member of the World Bank Group). This year, the program is being extended to 6 other African countries where Access Bank’s W initiative has its presence. These countries are Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia, Sierra-Leone, Gambia and Congo hence the tag name “Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Africa”.

The Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Africa is targeted at women above the age of 18 years who have been in business for at least one year.

Speaking on the initiative, Ayona Aguele-Trimnell, Group Head, W Initiative Access Bank stated that the Pitch-A-Ton is an expansion of the Womenpreneur Business Workshop, under the Bank’s women proposition. She further commented “Having had a successful program last year, we are really excited to take it a step further by extending this opportunity to more women entrepreneurs trying to power the wellbeing and growth of their societies. This time around, we will provide up to N9 million financial grant and a unique capacity building program aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs.”

Access Bank has been a leading advocate for women’s economic empowerment in Nigeria and this is the key motivation for the W Initiative which caters to the women economy particularly in the areas of capacity building and creating networking opportunities for women” she added.

Ada Udechukwu, Head, Women Banking, explained the mechanics for participation: “Interested persons who meet the criteria are required to fill an online application. The five hundred candidates selected from this pool will then send in a sixty seconds video pitch which will be screened by a credible panel of business experts to select fifty finalists.”

The Pitch-A-Ton is designed as a 3-month virtual Programme incorporating pitching sessions and an 8-weeks intensive mini-MBA online training and business coach in collaboration with the IFC. Also, as part of the graduation requirements, the fifty finalists will pitch their businesses, infusing learnings from the mini-MBA and will stand an opportunity to win financial grants up to N5 million.

Call for entries will commence in June 2020 and end August 2020, more information can be accessed fromwww.womenpreneur.com.ng

This is to inform friends, families, professional colleagues and political associates of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu that no congratulatory advertisements should be placed in newspapers to celebrate his forthcoming birthday.

The Governor wishes to continue his tradition of reaching out and sharing love with the needy in the society.

Mr. Governor believes that an occasion of one’s birthday, especially a milestone such as the age of 55, should be a day to reflect on one’s purpose of existence in life and, this according to him, is “to serve the humanity”.

Apart from the outreach, Mr. Governor is scheduled to spend the better part of the day to attend to many important State matters.

The Governor thanks his numerous supporters and well wishers, who may have planned to celebrate with him in one way or another as he turns 55, advising them to use same resources to touch the lives of the most vulnerable people in their spheres of influence.

He said: “the best birthday gift anyone would give me at this period is to identify those at the bottom of the pyramid wherever they reside, lift them up by putting smiles on their faces-that way, you would have lifted my heart too.”

Finally, there is no plan for any form of celebration other than what has been stated above.

Thank you.

GBOYEGA AKOSILE

CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has remanded two cousins- Olamilekan (Goke) Oke 33 and Akande Adeyinka 27 over alleged rape and murder of one Bernadette Tohouo- Tohouo 44, the Hungarian wife of a Cameroonian, Gildas Tohouo-Tohouo, the managing director of Maersk Nigeria Limited.

They were remanded at the Ikoyi correctional centre in Lagos.

The duo, who resides at 22 Elepe street, Ikorodu and 12 Odunlami Street Shomolu respectively, were arraigned before Justice Modupe Nico-Clay.

Justice Nico- Clay, remanded the defendants after they had taken their plea.

The defendants are facing eight count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, unlawful assault, robbery, armed robbery and rape, preferred against them by Lagos state government.

The Lagos state prosecuting counsel Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, who led the Director of Public Prosecution DPP, Mrs Adeyinka Adeyemi, told the court that the defendants conspired to commit the alleged offences on December 8, 2019.

He said that the incident took place at about 7:30pm, at flat 7A, No 1, Lugard Avenue Ikoyi Lagos.

Onigbanjo  said “Olamileka (Goke ) Oke , on December 8, 2019, at about 7: 30pm, unlawfully had sexual intercourse with one Bernadetta Tohouo- Tohouo aged 44”.

The prosecutor further told the court that the defendants unlawfully killed one Bernadetta Tohouo- Tohouo by suffocating her to death with a small pillow.

Onigbanjo SAN, said that the duo attempted to unlawfully kill one Gildas Tohouo-Tohouo, by stabbing him severally on the neck, head and back with a knife and dagger.

He said that the defendants unlawfully assaulted Gildas Tohouo-Tohouo and caused him harm, by beating him severally with hammer on his head.

Onigbanjo told the court that the defendants whilst armed with a knife and dagger robbed one Gildas Tohouo –Tohouo and Bernadette Tohouo- Tohouo, of several properties including foreign currencies in different denominations.

Others are two iphones, two bottles of wine, two wedding rings and one engagement ring.

The AG, also alleged that Olamilekan (Goke ) Oke  raped, the victim, before she was killed.

According to him, the offences committed are contrary to and punishable under Sections 233, 230, 173, 299, 297 (2) (a) 411, of the criminal laws of Lagos state of Nigeria 2015.

However the defendants who are technician and printer respectively, pleaded not guilty to the charge against them.

The first defendant was represented by a counsel A.O. Odusanya, from the Office of the Public Defender OPD, while Mrs L.Y. Salau and I. T. Akingbade, from Legal Aid Council LAC, appeared for the second defendant.

Onigbanjo, however, urged the court for a date to commence trial.

Consequently, Justice Nico- Clay adjourned the case till June 30, for trial.