Thursday, 10 November 2016

21 CHIBOK GIRLS FREED SAYS THEY WERE NOT RAPED BY BOKO HARAM!!!

some of the girls free last month
 The 21 Chibok school girls freed by Boko Haram militants last month say they were not abused or raped during two-and-a-half years' captivity in northeast Nigeria, a source close to the presidency said on Wednesday. Many girls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group have been used as sex slaves, fighters and even suicide bombers, according to rights groups including Amnesty International. But the 21 freed girls said the militants treated them well while they were held captive ...  DO YOU BELIEVE THAT???

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

THE KING OF MONEY

Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan
So much has been written and said about Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, from his love for the oil business to his $1m wristwatch, his queen-type Rolls Royce and his very expensive out of the world palace, yet nothing has been said of how the Olugbo has helped placed Ugbo kingdom to vantage recognition. 

In March 2014, world’s foremost money magazine, Forbes, named Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan as the richest Nigerian King with an estimated net worth exceeding $300m, this acknowledgement helped triggered some form of curiosity as regard The King and his kingdom; and historians and Journalists ever since discovered how much their pen loved “Ugbo Kingdom and Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan’.

 A primary setting in the popular Moremi legend, Ugbo Kingdom is a town in Ilaje local government area of Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, with fishing and farming as the dominant occupation. The Olugbo ( King of Ugbo) is a First class Yoruba Monarch who rule over many smaller communities from OdeUgbo, their ancestral power seat.

The current Olugbo, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan was born in 1950, to the royal family of Sir Frederic Adetolugbo at Ugbo.  Obateru started Obat oil in 1981 with the vision to build a corporation of great reckoning. Today, Obat oil owned one of the largest tank farms in Africa with over 50 gas stations across Nigeria, with a refinery in the offing. 

Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan is noted to love the splendorous lifestyles as rumors of his diamond laced shoes and other accessories have being the toast of many journalists.

TALKING ABOUT QUEEN GUSHI..




Queen Sekinat Elegushi
Gone are the days when traditional First-ladies comes ‘out-of-date’ and goes un-reckoned, today these African Queens are as beautiful, gorgeous, industrious and attractive like diamonds in the sun. 

Oba Saheed Elegushi and Olori Sekinat 
Talking about diamonds and the African pride, Queen Sekinat Aramide Elegushi, the wife of the king of Ikate-Land in Lekki Peninsula, sure exudes these characteristics and more. 
Always one to keep out of the spotlight except when she is beside Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, but like the gold fish that has no hiding place, LEKKI PEOPLE magazine reporter sighted the gorgeous queen at a recent event organized by the international Women’s society, IWS, Ikate where she was a key-note speaker at the graduation ceremony of 112 participants in the society’s skill acquisition scheme.

Apart from donating Trophies and gifts to spice up the event, Queen Aramide, a rising figure of gender empowerment and a key supporter of the International Women society, enjoined the graduands never to stop learning as skills learnt is bound to come handy during life’s  tough moments.

She said, “You may have graduated today from this program but you will never graduate from learning. You will go through many ups and downs but it is the skills you have acquired that will be the pillar you can always lean on.” Talking about beauty and brains…

Her husband, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, popularly called King Gushi by praise-singers, is the Oba of Ikate land and he is among the wealthiest and most flamboyant kings in Lagos state. Until his installation on 27th April 2010, he was a big player in the real estate sector of Lekki Peninsula and has served as a top official in the Lagos State government from 2003 to 2010, when the demise of his father called on him to serve the people of Ikate land as the youngest king in Lagos state.

Tuesday, 11 October 2016

LAGOS STATE READS RIOT ACT TO BUILDING DEVELOPERS, CONTRACTORS!!!

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday read the riot act to developers and 

contractors alike, saying that the Government would no longer tolerate flouting of building 

regulations in line with its resolve to restore confidence in the building control and supervision 

process to ensure a safer Lagos. He said that much as his administration is addressing the challenge of housing deficit, the issue of safety concerns in the building sector was also top priority.  

Governor Ambode, who gave the warning at the celebration of 2016 World Habitat Day organised by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development with the theme, ‘Housing at the Centre’, held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa, said that Lagos State will create an additional 187, 500 new houses in the next five years which would go a long way to reduce the housing deficit estimated at 2.5 million in the state.


Friday, 7 October 2016

President Barack Obama has said that he and his family will remain in Washington, D.C., after they leave the White House in January so that his youngest daughter, Sasha, can finish school. And it looks like the Obamas have settled on a neighborhood.
Obama and first lady Michelle will lease an 8,200-square-foot mansion in the Kalorama neighborhood of D.C., according to Politico. The residence is reportedly owned by Joe Lockhart, Glover Park Group co-founder, and his wife, Giovanna Gray Lockhart, the Washington editor of Glamour.

Bruno Mars Releases '24K Magic,' His First Solo Song in Four Years

He's back! Bruno Mars released "24K Magic," his first solo song in four years, on Thursday, October 6. The song is the title track from the singer's upcoming third studio album, due out November 18. It's his first album since 2012's Unorthodox Jukebox.

Mars, 30, whose last music release was the megahit "Uptown Funk," which he collaborated on with Mark Ronson at the end of 2014, also dropped a music video for the new song on Thursday night. The colorful clip features a "what happens in Vegas ends up in this music video" theme.

7 PERSONS KIDNAPPED IN SCHOOL!

On Thursday 6th of October 2016, the ugly incidence of Kidnapping rocked the nearby town of Epe when around 8:15am, a group of assailants stormed the premises of Igbonla Senior and Junior Model College, Epe Town, Kidnapping some students and teachers of the Secondary institution.
Although it was not made very clear how many people were kidnapped, however insiders within the School told LEKKI PEOPLE Magazine that five students and two teachers were abducted. According to a student who witnessed the attack, four men and a woman armed with guns came into the school premises and forcefully took an assistant principal and five students at gun point, while shooting into the air to scare away everybody.


In a chat with LEKKI PEOPLE, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni assured that the rescue operation had commenced already and promised the parents and families of the victims that in due time they will be reunited with their families.

ONIRETE’S FIFTH CORONATION ANNIVERSARY: SEN GBENGA DANIEL REFLECTS ON LEGACY

  Former Ogun State Governor highlights enduring development initiatives and renewed prospects for the Olokola energy and maritime projects...