CHIEF BISI ONASANYA @ 60: LEKKI PEOPLE MAGAZINE CELEBRATES AN ICONIC FINANCIAL GURU

That Mushin Connection

One of the densely populated sub cities in the sprawling Lagos dream, is recently known for its rowdy environ and restless youths, so therefore, couldn't have had a quick attestation to its verifiable contributions to the development of some of Africa's finest accountants, economists and corprate moguls. Nonetheless, this was where Chief Olabisi Stephen Onasanya, astute banker and renowned financial technocrat, spent a chunk of his boyhood, and had his early education. Born on August 18th 1961 in the famous city of Ibadan, to an accountant father of Ijebu extraction, as he passed through the rigors of elementary education at the Anglican Primary School Mushin, and afterwards to the midst of the youthful flock at the famous Eko Boys high School also at Mushin, perhaps, there were noticeable signs that annotates his brilliant and studious mind, but nothing could have betrayed the sky reaching potentials embedded in the young man, and neither was there any omen to foretell that the decisive hand of destiny has chosen to plant his foot-print on the indelible path of great achievers. Looking in the rearview In the early 80's, at the young age of 22 and a chartered account with an extraordinary flair for numbers and financial forecasts, Bisi Onasanya was already distinguishing himself from his peers, heading into his dream life with the right job at hand, and more juicy offers coming from the budding financial sector. However, it was at the age of 24 in the year 1985 that he took two bold steps that laid a solid foundation for the man he would become. The first was choosing to pursue a career in the banking sector, and the second was a decision many men of his age and social status wouldn't dare to take ... Read full story here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ETKTYEZIOdv7hiJOoI-1w1-AJ8mx-BF/view?usp=drivesdk

This Platinum Easy Credit Solutions App can Turn your airtime to CASH

Imagine you want to top-up your airtime with N3,000, and you mistakenly added two extra zeros and you were credited with N300,000 airtime, how do you convert the excess Airtime back to cash? Again, let's take a look at a second scenario. You want to share your airtime with someone on another network - is that possible?

These situations above are some of the everyday challenges that can be easily solved with the PLATINUM EASY CREDIT MOBILE APP, a new product from the stable of Lekki based Finteçh Company PLATINUM EASY SOLUTIONS LIMITED. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Easy Solutions Ltd, Mr. Babalola Hammed Olasumbo, the Platinum Easy Credit Mobile App is a product that emerged from many months of research and hardwork, with à deliberate intention to ease cash flow and make one of the most common commodity which is Airtime- a legal tender. "With Platinum Easy credit mobile app oñ your phones you can convert your Mobile credits to cash in your account within à few minutes. You can also share airtime across networks - for instance from Glo to MTÑ OR AIRTEL, and so on. The Platinum Easy Credit Mobile App also make it easier to pay for all your bills and subscriptions including Electricity subscription for both prepaid and postpaid, cable TVs (Gotv, Dstv, Star times), and mobile data subscription. The official launch and unveiling of the mobile app took place at the Abacus Hall, Oriental Hotel, LekkiEpe Expressway. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi was among the dignitaries present at the event.

LEKKI PEOPLE MAGAZINE, MAY EDITION

BABAJIDE SANWOOLU 2 Years In Office: A sneak-view of the Man and the State

An alumnus of The John F. Kennedy School of Government and the London Business School, his sterling academic qualifications padded with an excellent professional career, made BOS as good as any crop that could possibly ascend the Alausa hot seat, but it was not without a good measure of hard work that the governor was able to prove his capacity to successfully lead the state towards its grand agenda to become a leading future city. Although, the Governor of Lagos State Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu has ridden on the toughest storms since he took over the helms of affair as the chief executive officer at the Centre of excellence. Nevertheless, as he rides past the two years mark on the hot seat, his administration has been hailed not only for its proactive approach to governance but also as the best workers friendly government ever seen in recent times. Years in Office download free copy : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HBzdw_TkTzkNMKy2MjtWFZjOoeJewIFO/view?usp=drivesdk

LEKKI PEOPLE MAGAZINE ANNIVERSARY EDITION OUT!

With a vision to revive the print media as a classic item, LEKKI PEOPLE magazine celebrates excellence in People and also promotes Culture and Tourism in Lagos and beyond.

Since September 2014, it's been published bimonthly, in A2 sized art paper, with over 5000 complimentary copies of every edition given out across the country.

To celebrate its 3 years anniversary, the Lekki based media well known for its punchline interviews with society bigwigs,

released a special September edition comprising the best of its cover interviews since it began publication.

Weekend blues: How my Husband became my Wife..

When I was a teenager, I met the

person who would become my husband who would later become my wife.

Our first meeting took place in our high school psychology class and we soon became friends, talking a lot on the phone, as teenagers did back then. We dated briefly, but our relationship was short lived.

After some time apart after I went off to college, we reconnected, and after that, it all happened quickly: Our relationship bloomed, we fell in love, and we moved closer to one another to be together. After three years, I was proposed to. I knew this was who I was supposed to marry because we had split up once and gotten back together, unable to be apart.

But when my spouse came out to me as transgender, and later made a gender transition, my world was thrown upside down

There was a lot that changed but what I didn’t anticipate were the questions and public scrutiny that would surround my sexuality. I had only ever identified as straight, but by staying in a marriage with a trans woman, this identification was challenged.

According to gay people, I had to identify as a lesbian in order to validate my wife’s gender identity. But according to the court of public opinion on the internet, by doing this, I would single-handedly prove the conservative opinion that gay people can change their sexuality — that being gay is a choice.

Straight people just had questions; they could not wrap their heads around how I could be attracted to the now-feminine body of my wife when I was, for all intents and purposes, only attracted to men.

So what am I, and where do I stand? What does this say about the nature of sexuality? Is this about love, or is sexuality truly fluid and our physical attractions change over time?

Well, I don’t have all the answers, but I’ve been forced to dig deep and make evaluations both of myself and of society as a whole. And as a result of much introspection, I am beginning to look at sexuality as more fluid than people seem to realize it is.

I have a friend who identified her whole life as a lesbian, but fell in love with and married a man. I know a person who, after divorcing her husband, ended up in a relationship with her best female friend. I have multiple friends who left heterosexual marriages when they realized they were gay.

I know other women like myself whose spouses’ transitioned genders, and who stayed post-Gender Confirmation Surgery. I can’t speak to their experiences or sexuality, but I can say that I personally stayed because I loved my husband and I knew I could love my wife as well. My spouse, regardless of gender, makes me laugh, is kind to others, is politically active, shares the same political opinions as me, and has the same geeky loves as I do, including, but certainly not limited to, Harry Potter, Star Wars, andDoctor Who. We had a great life together and a beautiful son.

I didn’t want to leave. And so, I stayed.

Physical differences in my wife are becoming more apparent by the day. At first it was the removal of hair, the application of makeup, and the growth of her head hair. Then came the changes of medical transition: the growth of breasts, the development of hips and a waistline, and the softening of her facial features.

Through these changes, I’ve remained attracted to my spouse. I find her new look to be beautiful in the way I have always been able to find other women beautiful, but the attraction is deeper since we have an emotional connection as well. The fact that I love her and care about her deeply translates into physical attraction; our love was always more than skin deep. I joke that I married her so that my children would have her eyes, and that is one part of her physical appearance that has not changed. She still has those beautiful blue eyes, with those gorgeous long eyelashes.

There was a time when I mourned the loss of her more manly features — even her chest hair, which ironically prior to coming out I was not a huge fan of — but that longing is gone.

I don’t understand why or how I still find her sexually attractive; all I can say is that I do. It does not mean I find cis women appealing in the same way, which is why this attraction may stem from the love I had for my wife prior to transition.

Staying with a trans woman means going against what we are taught by society about sexuality and gender. In an ideal world, people would fit nicely into one category: gay, straight, bisexual . . . but they don’t. I learned this the hard way, by being thrust into the world of unknown sexuality.

And now, having explored my sexuality in an entirely new way, I wonder: If people were not put into these boxes — if people truly were able to enjoy what they do and love who they love regardless of gender identity or sexuality — what would the world look like? Would it be a better place? Would everyone be happier?

At the end of the day, all I know is that sexuality is deeply personal and private. I know that I now identify as queer, and that no well-defined box can contain me.

And, really, that’s all anyone needs to know.

LEKKI GARDENS: LAGOS STATE CONTINUES BATTLE.

Yesterday 3rd of July 2017, the Lagos state government continues the prosecution of the management of  Lekki gardens estate limited over a six storey building under construction by the real estate giants in Lekki peninsula,which collapsed on march 10, 2016, killing about 34 people.

Among the people arranged yesterday before an Igbosere high court, are the company's front man and Managing director Richard Nyong, Executive Director, Mr Sola Olumofe; the firm’s contractor, Odofin Henry Taiwo; Omolabake Mortune, Omotilewa Oluwatosin Joseph, Lekki Gardens, Get Too Rich Investment Limited and HC Insight Solution Limited.

Mr Nyong was arraigned alongside others before Justice Sybil Nwaka over alleged negligence resulting in the collapse of the building. The defendants are facing six-count charges for failure to obtain building approval for the collapsed building and involuntary manslaughter, offences contrary to and punishable under Section 75 (1) of the Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law of Lagos State 2010, and Section 229 of Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 respectively.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, while their legal counsel which includes Bode Olanipekun (SAN), pleaded the court to allow the defendants to continue to enjoy its existing bail.
Finally, the court ruled that the defendants should continue to enjoy their bail conditions while the case was adjourned till October 26 and 30th, 2017.

RAMAADAN KAREEM: When Alaafin of Oyo conquered dance

          

In the final climax of the Ramadan celebration, the people of Oyo state were trilled by the royal dancing steps of no other person but the Alaafin of Oyo himself, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III.

The highly regarded monarch was very elated with the success of this year's Ramaadan celebration, that he could not resist the well blended melody of the talking drums and sekere which greeted his return  to the palace after the general prayers held at the Muslim praying ground at agunpopo, Oyo State.

He used the occasion to call on all Nigerians from all tribes and religion to embrace peace and brotherhood. LEKKI PEOPLE MAGAZINE.