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Gbenga Omotoso Hosts Community Media Practitioners

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Gbenga Omotoso Hosts Community Media Practitioners

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Tuesday, net with members of the Association of Practitioners of Community Media (APCOM), who were on the visit to push continued engagement with the Lagos State Government.

The APCOM team, led by its National President, Abayomi Adejumo, said the visit was also an opportunity to discuss participatory journalism in communities as a means to advancing democratic benefits to the citizens.

The Commissioner admitted that Community Media Platforms particularly newspapers are major outlets for news across the globe,noting that funding has been a major impediment to the success of Community Newspapers, but few Community Newspapers have been able to sustain themselves through creative ingenuity.

Mr. Abayomi revealed that funding had been a major bottleneck to the consistent publishing of Community Newspapers. He also sought the support of the Ministry for its programs and projects as an association.
Mr. Gbenga encouraged members of APCOM not to rest on their oars.

The acting Public Relation Officer of APCOM, Mr Oloyede of AgegeTv Online delivered the vote of thanks on behalf of the association, thanking the Honorable Commissioner for his kind gesture and for giving members of APCOM the audience which he believed is the beginning of a healthy and symbiotic relationship between the Lagos State Government and the Association of Practitioners of Community Media of Nigeria (APCOM).

The twilight of the meeting was the induction of the Honorable Commissioner as an Honorary Patron of the Association.

At the visit, the Commissioner was also joined by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr Olumide Sogunle, the Director of Public Affairs, Adesegun Ogundeji and other members of Staff.

Other Community Media Practitioners also present at the meeting were, Mr Oloyede Kolawole of AgegeTv Online, and Mr Wale Adeleye of Grassroot Times.

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NYSC Awards Ifako-Ijaiye Council Chair Most Supportive Chairman In Lagos

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Prince Usman Hamzat

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday, awarded the chairman, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government, Prince Usman Hamzat, the most supportive council chair in Lagos State.

The event, held at Adeyemi Bero Memorial Hall, Alausa, Ikeja, was part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the scheme.

The Coordinator of NYSC Lagos State, Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa, said some notable dignitaries had distinguished themselves distinctly in giving requisite support to NYSC in Lagos State, singling out Prince Usman Hamzat.

The award presentation to the Hamzat was witnessed by the Governor of Lagos State, represented by his Special Adviser on Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Hon. Mobolaji Ogunlende; the representative of Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General YH Ahmed alongside other dignitaries.

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Another Okada Rider Stabbed To Death, Motorcycle Stolen In Ifako-Ijaiye

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Three weeks after a motorcycle rider was robbed of his motorcycle (Okada) by suspected armed robbers and shot dead in the process, another rider has been killed while his motorcycle was stolen.

IfakoIjaiyeNews can authoritatively report that around 6 am on Sunday morning, a commercial cyclist known as Idowu (yellow) was stabbed to death at the entrance of Aliu Street, Toko Taya Bus stop, Àgbàdo road.

According to an eyewitness who spoke to IfakoIjaiyeNews under the condition of anonymity, the late Idowu struggled with the robbers and in the process he was stabbed in the neck and bled to death.

The deceased body was taken to the Red House police station while efforts are being made to contact his family.

 

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‘My Mother Poisoned My Sister, Asked Me To Rape & Suck Her Private Part For Ritual, Man Confessed

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'My Mother Poisoned My Sister, Asked Me To Rape & Suck Her Private Part For Ritual, Man Confessed

A 29- year- old notorious Yahoo boy, identified as Amos Olalere, has confessed to killing his younger sister with the help of his mother for money ritual purposes.

The suspect was apprehended by detectives of the Lagos State Police Command during a stop-and-search operation carried out along Itamaga, Ikorodu Road, in Lagos State.

According to Daily Independent, during interrogations, the suspect said that his mother asked him to kill his younger sister after a herbalist told them that he has to sacrifice one life which has to be a sibling to him for ritual so he can succeed in his Yahoo business.

The young man said ” My mother took me to a herbalist who told me if I want to be successful in the Yahoo business, I will have to sacrifice one life and that person must be my sister which I love so much.

My Mother Gave My Sister Poison To Drink, Asked Me To Rape & Suck Her Vagina  For Ritual Purposes - News Mirror

After hearing from the herbalist it took me months before I could carry out the act where my mother was also encouraging me to kill my sister so they can be rich.

My mother planned the entire incident, by going out to buy poison that she will put in my sister’s food.

The herbalist also instructed that I must sleep with my sister, suck her vagina after she was dead then threw her into the river for the ritual procedures to be completed.

They connived together and carried out the act but were arrested along Ikorodu road on their way to dispose of the deceased’ s dead body.

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