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One of Nigeria’s foremost communication experts, Richie Dayo Johnson is dead. He died in London today, after a heart attack.

He was 60 years old. He would have been 61 on 22 July.

RDJ as he’s fondly called was a highly-sought after MC and toastmaster. He was an alumnus of University of Teesside, Middlesbrough and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a certified coach and an accomplished toastmaster.

RDJ worked and spent years in Europe as one of the key strategists and presenters on Radio Kudirat – the voice of democracy during the military era.Richie Dayo Johnson (RDJ).

He later came to Nigeria to work with TVC and Radio Continental.

Johnson is survived by his wife and three adult children.

A delegation of Oyo State government led by Governor Seyi Makinde’s deputy governor, Engr. Raufu Olaniyan, Barristers Abiodun Abdul-Raheem and Seun Ashamu, commissioners for land and energy respectively; were turned back from entering the Oluyole residence of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi, venue of the 8th day Fidau prayer for the deceased.

Security details attached to the venue were said to have resisted efforts to enter the venue, as they almost engaged in open confrontation with security details attached to Olaniyan.

Two Chinese nationals were arrested and paraded by the Police in Abuja today for locking up their eight Nigerian staff in an apartment for the past four months.

According to International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), a team of six police officers from the FCT Divisional Police Command in Utako swung into action, following a tip-off by a radio listener who called in during the “Berekete Family” programme of the Human Rights Nigeria and raided the residence of the Chinese nationals at No. 117 Jabi area, Abuja.

At the time of this report, it’s still unclear the kind of services the eight Nigerians rendered to the Chinese couple. However, it is apparent they were domestic staff of the couple.

One of the women among the eight rescued Nigerians said they were not allowed to move out of the mansion. She complained that the couple refused allowing her to go for treatment even when she was very sick. She added that if any of them goes out, a certain percentage of their salary would be deducted.

Another man among the group who gave his name as Alex said he worked as a driver for the Chinese couple. He added that he and the seven others have been working as domestic staff of the Chinese couples since the outbreak of Covid-19 in February.

Another worker who did not reveal his name said that 3000 was deducted from his salary because he stubbornly went out to fill his pension form.

All the staff agreed that they were not given food by the Chinese nationals aside their salaries.

ICIR observed that during the arrest, only two Chinese were arrested although there were four of them sighted in the house.

The Chinese couple were calling a particular person as they first refused going with the policemen. However, they succumbed as the person over the phone instructed them to go with the policemen.

Recall that six days ago, the Nigerian Police in Kano State had rescued more than 109 workers who were locked in.

26-day-old premature twin sisters have been mauled to death by their family dog, in Brazil.

Mother Elaine Novais, had struggled to conceive for nine years. She had gone to briefly talk to a neighbor and left her twins baby in her room.

Mother of twins Anne and Analu heard a sound coming from a room at their home in Brazil and found their family dog attacking her daughters and tried to save them but it was too late,

Ibrahim Odumboni, acting managing director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has alleged that some contractors were involved in sharp practices.

According to the Nigerian Tribune, Odumboni said the government approved N25,000 for each sweeper in the state, but the contractors shortchanged them and paid as low as N5,000.

He said an audit embarked upon by the state showed that some of the contractors padded their bills with ghost sweepers and supervisors.

“Our operation is such that we delineate the twenty councils and thirty-seven development areas in Lagos into routes. These routes are, in turn, contracted out to mangers or contractors if you like. They are the ones who hire the sweepers and the supervisors directly,” he said.

“Our own role is to pay them and carry out oversight to ensure services we pay for are rendered. In this particular instance, what happened was that reports reaching us indicated that the contractors were not meeting their obligations to those they hired.

“Aside that, at our end, we discovered that the bills being submitted by the contractors were shooting up as the months rolled by. I think Mr Governor was not happy with the situation. I was asked to take over in May. By the time I took over, only two months were being owed the contractors contrary to the stories being peddled around that the government was owing six months or so.

“Of course, the audit carried out revealed a lot of things. We found out that a good number of the contractors were involved in sharp practices by padding up their bills with ghost sweepers and supervisors. Worse still, they were underpaying them. Some contractors were paying the hardworking sweepers N5,000, N12,000, N15,000, N18,500 monthly whilst the state approves N25,000 for each sweeper and N40,000 for supervisor. That has vindicated Mr Governor.”

Odubomi said Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of the state, has been vindicated.

He said the state would work on putting an end to the situation and ensure that scarce resources are put to use.

Street sweepers in the state have carried out demonstrations to protest owed salaries.

This is wickedness of the highest order from the contractors. May the Lord judge them all

The Lagos State Government on Monday said plans are underway to establish a Radio Station solely dedicated to education of pupils and students in the State.

This, according to the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, will go a long way to ensure sustainable access to educational contents by students in view of the challenges thrown up by Covid-19 pandemic.

Adefisayo disclosed this at Lagos House, Marina during the official presentation of 5,000 transistor radios by Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) in partnership with the Office of Lagos State First Lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu to the Ministry of Education.

The radios are to be distributed to pupils and students across the State, especially in the hard-to-reach areas to ensure access to programmes already dedicated to education on some radio stations.

This presentation is part of efforts to ensure that no child is left behind in the access to quality education in Lagos State on account of Corona Virus and other challenges which have brought about temporary closure of schools.

The King Ogunremi Foundation is non-profit organization, we have been in existence since May of 2018.

The organization was founded by Mr King Ogunremi, a UK based Master Barber whose love and passion to see people live their best lives founded this organization as a channel to help reach out to as many people as possible.

We have four major we event

PROJECTS/EVENTS

1.       Barbers Connect: This is annual event organised to connect and train aspiring barbers, give them tool for the trade and also help them to create platforms where they can showcase their skills to the world.

2.       Makoko Give Back Initiative: The give back initiative of the King Ogunremi Foundations centres around rural communities, it is an outreach that seeks to provide primary health care, and scholarships for kids whose parent cannot afford them the opportunity.

3.       Widows Assist Program (WAP): The Widows Assists Program is a long term project targeted to empowering widows. What we intend to do with this program is to provide aids, primary health care and support for both the aged and young widows.

4.       Passion to Profit: Our goal here is to create platforms for young and enterprising individuals in their preferred sector and to develop a curriculum to teach, mentor and empower them with the right skill set that help them compete in their various field.

VISION

To become an organization with global standards and international reach in order to improve lives the world over.

MISSIONS

Our Mission is to prepare and inspire new generation of global youth for constructive engagement and empowerment for sustainable future in the service of humanity through collaborative partnerships by providing programmes and workshops on how to become entrepreneurs.

Prepare and develop global youth to appreciate and imbibe the values of creativity, innovation, hard work, service and entrepreneurship in barbing business.

Develop collaborative partnership programs with other organisation and non-governmental organisation for the central purpose of harnessing efforts of youths to become self-reliant and independent through skills acquired in our workshops and programmes.

Provide leadership platform to spread change among the global youth and encourage them on how to be useful and productive to themselves and the society instead of being idle and lazy.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

The Aims and objectives for which the KOF is established are:

To improve the quality of the knowledge and skills pass on to the beneficiaries in ways that can make them entrepreneurs as well as empowering those who have little or no opportunity with learning basic technical/vocational skills.

To foster collaborative plans with other organizations, bodies or individuals with similar cause as laid herein.

Email: kingogunremifoundation@gmail.com

www.kingogunremifoundation.org

Contact Address;

Olalekan Olaleye Close

off Abiodun Onitire,

Abule Egba,

Lagos, Nigeria

Nigeria: + 234 803 3992 884

UK: +44 7429 393803

attached here is the ever Barbers Connect held in Okoko alongside Ace Comedian Akporo.

Nigerian man stabs his wife to death and then commits suicide in their home in Lekki

A Nigerian man simply identified as Femi, stabbed his wife to death, and thereafter committed suicide in their home in Victory Park estate in Lagos state on Sunday, June 21.

According to residents of the estate, the couple moved into the estate three weeks ago with their two young children. Not much was known about the couple but just a day before the murder-suicide, they were spotted jogging together on Saturday night June 20.

However, on Sunday, the man who is said to have always questioned the paternity of their second child, stabbed his wife to death, and then took his own life.

A neighbor who spoke on condition of anonymity to LIB, said

On Sunday afternoon, neighbors close to the couple’s apartment heard loud music emanating from their home and this lasted for many hours.

The neighbors went to the estate office to complain about the loud music and insisted the estate officials go there and caution the couple.

The estate authorities went to the couple’s compound to appeal to them to turn down the volume of the music coming from their apartment.

They however met with the wife’s sister who was downstairs with the couple’s children. The sister immediately went upstairs so she can inform her sister and the husband about the complaint laid by the estate authorities. She knocked several times but got no response.

After waiting for so long, the sister and the estate officials decided to pull the door down. They were greeted by a horrific sight.

Apparently, the man had killed his wife. It is believed it was pre-meditated because when they got into the room, they saw different kinds of knives there. The woman’s legs and hands were bound and her mouth shut with a cellotape. The husband used a clipper to shave her hair, stabbed her head, her eyes, stabbed her multiple times with different knives.

The scene was nothing short of a horror movie.

After stabbing his wife to death, the man committed suicide by drinking sniper”

Spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana who confirmed the incident to LIB, said

It is true. Homicide detectives have sealed up the place. They have commenced investigation. The corpse of the man and the woman have been moved to the hospital for an autopsy.

Two kitchen knives were found there and two bottles of Sniper. The woman had injuries from stabbing while foams were coming out of the man’s mouth who is suspected to have taken those Snipers.

Investigation is ongoing”

Late Ibidun Itua Ighodalo’s daughter, Keke paying tribute to her mother at her night of tribute.

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May you continue to find peace with your maker Ibidun Itua Ighodalo.

The service of hymns for Mrs Ibidunni Olajumoke Ighodalo held on 17th of June 2020.

Here are pictures from the event.