Can you recite the national anthem ? watch the video as some lagosians recite the national anthem 😂😂, Eyes Of Lagos Tv reports,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgxdVZrX6fY


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCGuNQ3jmYI

Lagos Tenant in shock after his landlord invaded his home to pass toilet pipes from two other apartments through his apartment. Eyes Of Lagos tv reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv9xVqg9JKU

Can you walk naked for 5million Naira ?

Hilarious reply ..this will crack you up nigerians dey suffer watch clip below;

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Tinubu asked to release photos taken with investors in France

The president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has been challenged to share photos of his meetings with the investors he purportedly met in France.

Tinubu raised dust when he left Nigeria about 10 days ago for France.

The trip came barely two weeks after he returned to Nigeria from his post-election break, which lasted for about one month.

On May 10 when the president-elect jetted out of the country, there were speculations that he had travelled out again on medical grounds.


But his aide, Tunde Rahman, said in a statement that the former Lagos State Governor left the nation to carry out some tasks without pressure. makesense pm reports,

Rahman said Tinubu would use the opportunity to fine-tune the transition plans, programmes and his policy options with some of his aides.

He added that Tinubu would, during the visit, engage with investors and other key allies.

As the president-elect returned on Saturday, Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, requested photos of the investors Tinubu spoke with while in Paris.

According to him, there were no meetings between Tinubu and any investors in France.

Instead, Bwala disclosed that the Jagaban only met with politicians and lobbyists from Nigeria.

“Now that he (Tinubu) has finished his so-called official visit to meet with investors, etc, I dare them to release the photos of those meetings.

“I bet you if they release the photos, the foreign investors would turn out to be Nigerian politicians and Nigerian lobbyists from Nigeria,” he posted on Twitter.

Recall that Tinubu last week met with former Kano State Governor and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in France

https://makesensepromotions.com/tinubu-asked-to-release-photos-taken-with-investors-in-france/

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Tribunal: Why Atiku’s application for live coverage must be rejected – Tinubu

President–elect, Bola Tinubu, has said the live broadcast of the Presidential Election Tribunal is an abuse of the court process.

Reacting to an application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Tinubu urged the tribunal to discountenance such a move.

He prayed the court to refuse the application on the grounds that “the court is not a rostrum or a soapbox and not also a stadium or theatre. It is not an arena for ‘public’ entertainment.”

In a counter-affidavit filed by his counsel, Wole Olanipekun, the President-elect argued that the application was not within the tribunal’s jurisdiction.

He stressed that the issue Atiku raised touched on policy formulation.

“The application also touches on the powers and jurisdiction invested in the President of the Court of Appeal by the Constitution, over which this honourable court as presently constituted cannot entertain.

“The application touches on the administrative functions, which are exclusively reserved for the President of the Court of Appeal. The application is aimed at dissipating the precious judicial time of this honourable court.

“The said application does not have any bearing with the petition filed by the petitioners before this honourable court. It is in the interest of justice for this honourable court to dismiss the said application filed by the petitioners,” he said.

https://makesensepromotions.com/tribunal-why-atikus-application-for-live-coverage-must-be-rejected-tinubu/

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Eze Ndigbo arraigned for terrorism in Lagos

The Lagos State Government has arraigned the Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos, Frederick Nwajago, for alleged terrorism.

He was arraigned before the state high court sitting Tafawa Balewa Square on nine counts, in which he was accused of “attempt to do acts of terrorism, participation in terrorism, meeting to support a proscribed entity, attempt to finance an act of terrorism and preparation to commit an act of terrorism, preferred against him by the state government.”

Makesense Pm reported that Nwajagu was arrested on April 1 following a viral video, in which he threatened to invite members of the  Indigenous People of Biafra to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people living in the state.

In the49-second viral video,  Nwajago was heard saying, “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have to mobilise for that. We have to do that. We must have our security so that they will stop attacking us at midnight, in the morning, and in the afternoon.




“When they discover that we have our security before they will come, they will know that we have our men there. I am not saying a single word to be hidden

had earlier been taken before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, which made an order that he should be remanded in the prison custody.

He was on Tuesday taken before Justice Yetunde Adesanya, where he was arraigned by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.

A Deputy Director in the Ministry of Justice, Jonathan Ogunsanya, who represented the Attorney General of Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo, told the court that the Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate violated the provision of sections 403(2) and 12(c), 18, 21, 29 & 12(a) of the Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022.

When the charges were to him, the defendant, however, pleaded not guilty.

The judge adjourned till July 4 for commencement of trial.

. I am not hiding my words, let my words go viral. Igbo must get their right and get a stand in Lagos State.”

However, the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, reacting to his statements, said the command would resist IPOB presence in the state.

https://makesensepromotions.com/eze-ndigbo-arraigned-for-terrorism-in-lagos/

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Davido celebrates as Supreme Court upholds Adeleke’s election victory

Nigerian Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has reacted to the victory of his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke at the Supreme Court.

The apex court on Tuesday upheld Adeleke’s victory in the July 12, 2022 governorship election in Osun State. Makesense pm reports,


Reacting to the judgement via his Twitter handle, an elated Davido wrote, “We go Dey shock dem like high tension!! @AAdeleke_01.”

Recall that Davido had taken to social media to seek God’s intervention in the court ruling.

Hours before the judgment was delivered, Senator Adeleke wrote, “God is going to win today.”

Davido replied, “Amen unc. we got this!”

https://makesensepromotions.com/davido-celebrates-as-supreme-court-upholds-adelekes-election-victory/



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What Bola Tinubu Must Do To Nigeria – Pastor Adeboye

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Worldwide, has urged Nigeria’s next president, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to make the country better.

In a sermon on Sunday, Adeboye urged the former governor of Lagos State to realize Nigerians’ desire for a brand-new country that they could be proud of. Makesense Pm reports,

At the RCCG Headquarters, Throne of Grace, Ebute-Metta, on Sunday, the General Overseer addressed the congregation on the theme “It is set time,” saying that the incoming administration should not only carry out the pledges it made during the campaign, but also address all the issues impeding the peace and advancement of the nation.

Adeboye, represented by the Pastor in Charge of Region One, who also doubles as Special Assistant to the General Overseer (Administration), Pastor Dele Balogun, said that when anyone holds on tenaciously to God to change their situation, God has no option than to answer and fix the problem, as long as the individual meets His condition of new life in Jesus Christ.

According to him, there could not be a better time for Nigerians to experience their own set time of the country than now, after many years of suffering and enslavement.

LET US PRAY FOR THE INCOMING GOVERNMENT THAT GOD WILL SUPPORT IT AND GIVE IT THE GRACE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

THANK GOD THE PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS PROMISED TO FIX NIGERIA. IF GOD HELPS HIM, NIGERIA WILL PROSPER IN HIS HANDS, HE SAID.

https://makesensepromotions.com/what-bola-tinubu-must-do-to-nigeria-pastor-adeboye/

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I was born blind actually- Singer, Chidinma reveals

Nigerian singer and songwriter turned gospel minister, Chidinma Ekile, has revealed that she was born blind.

Chidinma, who quit secular music to become a gospel artist in 2021, made this revelation in a video on her YouTube page.

“I was born blind actually, I did not open my eyes at all, and that became a challenge. My parents tried all that they could to get me to see,” she revealed. Makesense Pm gathered that,


According to her, her parents eventually turned to God after medical efforts proved abortive, and miraculously, she gained her sight.

She further added that after gaining her sight, her mum made a deal with God without her knowledge and dedicated her to Him.

Without my knowledge, my mum made a deal with God,” she added.

Chidinma Ekile gained prominence after emerging as winner of the reality TV show, Project Fame, in 2010.

https://makesensepromotions.com/i-was-born-blind-actually-singer-chidinma-reveals/

Ronke Oshodi Oke narrates how daughter's friends allegedly poisoned her

Nollywood actress Ronke Oshodi Oke has accused her daughter's college of negligence, as she recounted in a video posted on her Instagram page how her daughter was poisoned, possibly by her friends or roommates.

Three weeks ago, at 3:45 am, she received a distress call informing her that her daughter had been hospitalised after drinking hypo. Upon arrival, Ronke found her daughter in distress, crying and appearing dishevelled.

Although it is unclear how her daughter came to drink hypo, Ronke suspects that her friends or roommates were attempting to poison her. Ronke explained that she had purchased a non-transparent water bottle for her daughter to take to school, which she drank from using a straw, making it possible for her to be poisoned.

She said in Yoruba, "About 3 weeks ago, they called me around 3:45 am to say that my daughter Jummy drank hypo. I went to the school, and I met her crying; she wasn’t herself. It seems like her friends kept hypochlorite in her water to kill her. They poured it inside her bottle, which I gave her. I intentionally do not want to mention the name of the school because I don’t want to ruin it."

The actress did not disclose the name of the institution but warned them not to harm her children, stating that she would not take it lightly if there was a repeat occurrence.

https://makesensepromotions.com/ronke-oshodi-oke-narrates-how-daughters-friends-allegedly-poisoned-her/

14-year-old kills eight children, security guard in Serbia school shooting

Eight children and a security guard have been confirmed dead after a 14-year-old boy opened fire in a school in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital.

Veselin Milić, Belgrade police spokesperson, said the suspect called authorities to turn himself in and waited in the schoolyard to be arrested.

Milić said the head teacher called the police on Wednesday morning to say a child had entered the school with a weapon and started to shoot and officers were immediately deployed.

Several children and staff including a 53-year-old teacher were wounded.

‘IT WAS A PLANNED ATTACK’

Milić said the attacker planned the shooting a month in advance.

The shooter, on his way into the school, left his bag where he prepared four Molotov cocktails, the spokesperson added.

The gun recovered from the scene was a 9mm taken from his father’s flat.

He said the 14-year-old drew up a plan of the school entrance and exit – found on his desk – and designated priority targets.

The shooter, according to police, also strategised on how to get into particular classrooms and how to kill each child by classroom number.

Milić said the attacker may have chosen the history classroom, where the shooting happened because it was near the entrance.

“The sketch looks like something out of a video game or horror film,” the spokesperson said.

Branko Ružić, Serbia’s education minister, expressed shock over the incident which occurred in a country where mass shootings are extremely rare. Makesense pm rreports,

He said Serbia is “sadly in this part of the world where things like these are happening more often”.

“There is evidently a cancer – the influence of the internet, video games, western values,” the minister said.

“It’s obvious to all of us that we need short-term solutions and systemic change.”

Three days of mourning have been declared across Serbia.

https://makesensepromotions.com/14-year-old-kills-eight-children-security-guard-in-serbia-school-shooting/

‘Lamidi Apapa, Other Agents Sponsored To Distort Everything’ – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25th election, has claimed that the party’s leadership squabble is the result of individuals who have been paid to destabilize the party.

Makesense PM reports that Peter Obi during an interview on ARISE TV on Monday to celebrate Worker’s Day, insisted that Julius Abure is the chairman of the Labour Party.

He insisted that there was nothing wrong with the party and that the leadership crisis was the result of hired individuals causing confusion in the party.

According to the former governor of Anambra State, he has never interacted with the factional chairman, Lamidi Apapa, since he rose to prominence.

He added that, despite the paid agents’ infiltration of the party, the party is still intact and attempting to bring everyone back.

He said;

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE LABOUR PARTY.

IT IS THE SAME RASCALITY THAT IS GOING ON ALL OVER THE PLACE; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LABOUR PARTY IS BARRISTER JULIUS ABURE.

YES, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PAID; PEOPLE ARE HIRELINGS; THEY HAVE BEEN PAID TO DISTORT THINGS AND EVERYTHING. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE NEVER MET MR. APAPA, AND SUPPOSEDLY YOU CAN SAY THAT I AM A MEANINGFUL FIGURE OF LABOUR PARTY AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

SO I HAVE NOT MET THE OTHER PARTY CHAIRMAN, AND HE IS NOT LOOKING FOR ME. THERE WAS A PURPOSE. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSACTIONAL POLITICS WE PRACTISE, WHERE RATHER THAN SPENDING OUR ENERGY AND TIME TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, WE SPEND OUR ENERGY AND TIME TRYING TO DO THE WRONG THING. PAYING PEOPLE TO DO THE WRONG THING BECAUSE WE LIVE OFF THIS CONFUSION.

BUT THAT NOTWITHSTANDING, WE ARE EVEN TRYING TO BRING EVERYBODY, EVEN THOSE WHO SAY THEY HAVE PAID YOU; MAYBE YOU HAVE DONE THE JOB THEY WANT YOU TO DO; COME LET ALL OF US BE A FAMILY.

YES, BECAUSE THOSE WHO LIVE OFF THE CONFUSION WHO WERE ALREADY IN THE OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT GO AWAY, TRYING TO CREATE CONFUSION EVERYWHERE. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO KEEP QUIET.

DON’T THINK THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO AWAY; NO, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. BUT IF WE KEEP DOING THE RIGHT THING, EVENTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO WIN.

Lagos govt demolishes illegal structures on Lekki coastal road

The state government disclosed that the coastal road is to serve as an alternate route to motorists along the axis when completed.

The demolition exercise, led by the Chairman of the agency, Shola Jejeloye, followed eviction notice served on the illegal occupants who had constructed makeshift structures, some of which were constructed right under high tension cables running through the area.

Jejeloye explained that the shanties, which had earlier been mapped out by the state government served as a haven for criminals who make use of such locations as hideouts to carryout there nefarious acts.
He said: “This is the third major enforcement we are carrying out in this very location as we were here two years ago and even last year. Makesense Pm reports,

“Some of the kiosks are built under the high tension cable which is very dangerous.
“It would have been a more serious incident if not for the quick intervention of the Lagos State Fire Service who put out the fire which started off from the shanties.

“Gross disregard for safety precautions would always give room to unsafe conditions that is why we have to put an end to it.

“We will not rest on our oars till criminality is stamped out and the environment is free from activities that could lead to avoidable loss of lives and property.”

https://makesensepromotions.com/lagos-govt-demolishes-illegal-structures-on-lekki-coastal-road/

Bus Evacuating Nigerian Students From Sudan Catches Fire

A bus conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, caught fire in the early hours of Monday.

“One of the buses conveying some 50 Nigerian students from Sudan with a tag number (Katsina 1) heading to Port Sudan as part of the second batch of FGN evacuation got damaged due to excessive heat from one of the vehicle’s tyres.

“Dr Hashim Idris Na’Allah, the chairman of the Nigerian Elders’ Forum in Sudan, was one of the passengers in the said bus, which contained a total of 50 students (49 males, 1 female).

“The incident happened around 2:30am Sudan time.

“The driver stopped the bus near an RSF checkpoint, just before the tire exploded causing a fire to start.

Forty out of the 50 passengers were later distributed to the other buses evacuating the students, while the remaining passengers spent the night where the incident happened alongside the driver at the RSF checkpoint. Makesense Pm reports,

“The students said the RSF really did their possible best to help the passengers and offered them with cups of tea in the morning before they left,” Sani Aliyu, who is in Sudan disclosed.

However, they have continued their journey. Over 1000 Nigerians are being evacuated through the Port Sudan route following the difficulties faced in getting the first batch of evacuees across the Egypt borders.

The stranded Nigerians have spent five days at the borders as the Egyptian officials denied them access into the country where flights are already waiting to airlift them to Nigeria.

https://makesensepromotions.com/bus-evacuating-nigerian-students-from-sudan-catches-fire/

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Egypt finally opens borders to Nigerians after Buhari’s intervention

According to the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Egyptian borders were opened to the evacuees after President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention with the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this in response to a report about NIDCOM's earlier update that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) were ready to bring home Nigerians caught in the Sudan crisis but the evacuees were refused entry at Egypt's Aswan border.

In a tweet on Monday, May 1, 2023, the agency said, “The Egyptian border still not opened for our students, but the Nigeria Airforce is ready, the NAF C 130 landed in Aswan Airport, and they say “We will not leave without our students”

Six hours after, the agency tweeted that the North African country eventually opened its border to Nigerians after President Buhari’s intervention. Makesense PM reports,

“With the intervention of President Buhari, Egypt has finally opened its border to Nigerians fleeing Sudan. With an Airforce plane already on the ground in Aswan, Egypt, the processing of the first set of evacuees will begin” the tweet reads.

Following the opening of the border, the stranded Nigerians will be airlifted back to their country.

https://makesensepromotions.com/egypt-finally-opens-borders-to-nigerians-after-buharis-intervention/

Tottenham Hotspur Players To Reimburse Fans Who Watched Sunday’s 6-1 Defeat

Tottenham Hotspur players have offered to reimburse fans for match tickets purchased for the 6-1 loss to Newcastle United on Sunday.

Tottenham Hotspur were down 5-0 after 21 minutes of play as the 6-1 thrashing at St. James’ Park dragged Spurs’ top-four ambitions back with a 6-point gap from fourth-placed Manchester United.

After the humiliation, interim manager Cristian Stellini was fired and replaced by Ryan Mason, a former assistant to Antonio Conte and Stellini in an interim capacity.

Mason will take charge of Tottenham’s upcoming home game against Manchester United, their top-four rivals, on Thursday. Makesense Pm reports,

Tottenham Hotspur players issued a joint statement ahead of the Premier League must-win match to apologize for the humiliating defeat to Newcastle and to announce their willingness to reimburse club fans who attended the league game at St. James’ Park on Sunday, April 23.

The players’ statement read;

AS A SQUAD, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, YOUR ANGER.

IT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH. WE KNOW WORDS AREN’T ENOUGH IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS BUT A DEFEAT LIKE THIS HURTS.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, HOME AND AWAY, AND WITH THIS IN MIND, WE WOULD LIKE TO REIMBURSE FANS FOR THE COST OF THEIR MATCH TICKETS FROM ST JAMES’ PARK.

WE KNOW THIS DOES NOT CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY AND WE WILL GIVE EVERYTHING TO PUT THINGS RIGHT AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED ON THURSDAY EVENING WHEN, AGAIN, YOUR SUPPORT WILL MEAN EVERYTHING TO US.

Source : https://makesensepromotions.com/tottenham-hotspur-players-to-reimburse-fans-who-watched-sundays-6-1-defeat/?amp=1


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I was a dancer, poverty made me become a singer – Asake

Nigerian singer, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake has revealed that poverty made him consider a career in music.

The 24-year-old said he was originally a dancer but added singing because dancing couldn’t fetch him enough money.

He revealed this in a recent interview . Makesense Pm reports,

The ‘Mr Money With The Vibe’ crooner said his early exposure to music by his dad also made him develop an interest in singing.

He said, “My parents used to play me a lot of classical Songs. They love listening to songs. The kind of father I have is the one that will wake up in the morning and have one cigarette then loud music.

“At the end of the day, I feel like I can actually sing. Then I added music to it. Maybe because I know how to dance then I know how to bounce on music. I actually don’t want to be a musician in the first place. I just wanted to dance. It feels like water. I love everything that comes with dancing.

“But at the end of the day, after dancing I fell in love with having money too. Then I started thinking about it, is dance going to give me the kind of money I want?”

https://makesensepromotions.com/i-was-a-dancer-poverty-made-me-become-a-singer-asake/

Nawa oh! Video trends as lady becomes paralyzed for life during the milk crate challenge (Video)



A video of a lady engaging in milk crate challenge is making the round on social media and by extension generated mixed reactions among netizens.

Undoubtedly, milk crate challenge has been one of the trending conversations online, while many of the videos shared widely online have been of violent falls, a few have highlighted people who were able to conquer the Milk Crate Challenge without toppling over. One woman successfully climbed a pyramid while wearing heels.

Also, falling during the challenge has led to a variety of injuries, including dislocated shoulders and rotator cuff tears, ACL tears, meniscus tears, broken wrists and even spinal cord injuries.

In the video making the rounds online, a lady participated in the milk crate challenge and by extension resulted in almost a dead end for her.

When the lady gets to the middle of the milk crate challenge, she absolutely loses her control then falls from the top of the quite long crate to the ground state.

Upon falling on the ground, the lady fainted and the people recording had to stop the content they are creating then rushed toward her.

However, information that hits the internet confirms that the lady has been paralyzed for life following broken spinal cord. Makesense Tv reports,



See reactions below;

alma_encantadora: I really hope she’s alive, the way she fell looks like it was her lower back that potentially broke (lumbar vertebrae), with the way she fell she could definitely have a severe concussion, paralysis ,which hopefully it’s not that severe but who knows, not to mention how they grabbed her afterwards is so dangerous, if u think someone is severely injured do not move them from the area they got injured, if u move them the wrong way even if ur trying to help you can cause more damage or worse

toknowme.istoloveme: This is not funny…like at all. I hope she is ok.

msjaymelee: How are there so many people in these comments laughing about how she’s likely dead or paralyzed?? Jesus. Empathy really is few and far between.

canna_queen_genetics_co: Wtf is wrong with you people. This video is of someone’s daughter, mother , sister , friend who was tragically hurtt or . And yall getting a laugh… I’m disgusted , as should you be.

mari_makesithappen: It be stuff like this that really has me question if social media is even worth it. The videos are bad but the people, realizing that there are multitudes of people on this planet that are not only apathetic but find this funny is disturbing AF. Man I tell you it’s so bad I never though I would wish ignorance to protect the bliss in pretending humans ain’t like this. This is loaded too much. Snoop please put some context cause just sharing got me like what is you doin unc? Is this a Social experiment to see how many of your fans are indifferent and cruel? Can you give those that care a health update at least? Dammet Maine…

famousanita: Went straight to the mannequin challenge quick.

christina1986_36: I don’t see anything funny in this post. My stomach hurts when I see this. Those challenges are so dangerous and not funny at all! I hope and pray that my son is wiser than this. Communicate with ur kids!

erikaalexanderthegreat: Stop this foolishness

jacob__bina: This is moast stupid game ever. This is not how the Masls piramid works

https://makesensepromotions.com/nawa-oh-video-trends-as-lady-becomes-paralyzed-for-life-during-the-milk-crate-challenge-video/

FG plans to increase tax on tobacco products to 50 per cent — Official

The Federal Government says it will increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent ad-valorem to 50 per cent as part of measures to control tobacco smoking in the country.

Head, Tobacco Control Unit, Noncommunicable Disease Division, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Mangai Malau, disclosed this on Tuesday at the National Tobacco Control Budget Advocates Meeting in Abuja.

Malau presented a paper titled

“Overview of Tobacco Control Funding/Budgeting in Nigeria: Why Tobacco Control Budgeting and Funding?

He said that presently, the Federal Government imposed a 30 per cent tax on tobacco products but its target was to increase to 50 per cent in order to meet the World Health Organization standard.

According to him, funding for tobacco control must come majorly from taxation and there is also a need for relevant stakeholders to apply tax measures rightly if they are to address the issues of tobacco control in the country.

“In effectively controlling tobacco and tobacco products in Nigeria, funding is a critical component. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control recognises this and clearly stipulates in Article 26.

“It states that parties shall provide financial support in respect of its national activities intended to achieve the objective of the Convention, in accordance with its national plans, priorities and programmes.

“It is also important to state that funding is a major provision of the National Tobacco Control Act.

“Section eight of the Act, provides for the Tobacco Control Fund, which shall be used to fund tobacco control activities programmes and projects,” Malau said.

According to him, this meeting is therefore important as it will seek for better funding for tobacco control, in order for Nigeria to meet the objectives of the WHO FCTC and the NTC Act.

He said, “Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke is a leading cause of mortality, morbidity, disability and impoverishment in the world.

“It is the greatest risk factor for non-communicable diseases like hypertension, stroke, cancers, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.

According to him, WHO said: “tobacco causes more than eight million deaths annually around the world, with more than seven million of those deaths as a result of direct tobacco use.

“And about 1.2 million resulting from non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.

He said that tobacco smoke contained over 7,000 chemicals, of which hundreds were toxic and about 70 are known to cause cancer.

“Also, there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke and even a brief exposure can be harmful to one’s health.

“Concerned about the threat from tobacco, Nigeria signed and ratified the WHO FCTC, in 2004 and 2005 respectively. In 2015, the National Tobacco Control Act was enacted and its Regulations was passed in 2019,” he said.

In his remarks, the Chairman of Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA), Mr Akinbode Oluwafemi, stressed the need for Civil Society Organisations to advocate for more budgetary allocation for tobacco control in the country.

Oluwafemi urged CSOs to begin the budgetary advocacy in July when the government’s ministries, departments and agencies would commence the 2024 budgets presentation and defence.

According to him, it is also important that CSOs form alliances while carrying out the advocacy.

https://makesensepromotions.com/fg-plans-to-increase-tax-on-tobacco-products-to-50-per-cent-official/

Husband tackles Lagos hospital as wife dies after childbirth

A man, Jeremiah Akinsetemi, has accused the management and medical practitioners at the Faith-Hills Specialist Hospital of negligence resulting in the death of his wife, Rachael, who got delivered of a baby at the hospital in the Egbeda area of Lagos State.

Makesense gathered that Akinsetemi, who works at a factory as a technical operator, returned home from work on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, and met his nine-month pregnant wife writhing in labour pain and rushed her to a nearby hospital.

Akinsetemi said while at the hospital, some medical practitioners assessed his wife’s condition and admitted her to facilitate the baby’s delivery.

He said, “I met the doctor who directed us to the gynaecologist. We also met with the hospital’s MD who asked us to do a scan and the result indicated that she was 40 weeks plus some days and she was placed on observation in the hospital.

“Later on, they said my wife’s cervix was not open yet and that it has to be open for her to give birth. To soften her cervix, they inserted something inside her but her cervix did not open.

“But the gynaecologist, while assessing her condition, did some calculations and said she was just 40 weeks and told us not to allow the hospital to put pressure on us to do a Cesarean section and that some women give birth two weeks before or after.”

The bereaved husband said things, however, took another turn when the Managing Director of the hospital, said there was a need for a surgical operation to be performed on his wife for the sake of the baby, adding that because of the gynaecologist’s advice, he left the hospital and took his wife to the Faith-Hills Specialist Hospital.

He said, “When we got there, they placed her on observation till the following day. In the morning, I returned home to do something when the MD of the hospital called to inform me that they would need to operate on my wife because her cervix was not opening despite being in labour.

“I discussed it with my wife, told her they are professionals and that since her cervix was not opening and she is feeling pains that deprived her of sleeping, I needed to sign the papers. I signed the papers and in less than 10 minutes, she delivered by herself without the surgery.

“I met them cleaning up the baby and also observed that my wife was bleeding and they were transfusing a pint of blood into her. But as I saw the rate at which the blood was flowing into my wife, I asked the nurse if that was the only pint of blood the hospital had and she said yes.”

Akinsetemi said the medical practitioners told her that they already called the blood bank for more blood, adding that when they could not get any blood, he informed his neighbour, Rolint Ugele, who is a universal donor and he agreed to donate blood for his wife.

He said, “But the hospital doesn’t have what they can use to collect the blood and screen it. Later on, they said the bleeding had stopped and that my wife was fine. I started informing people that she had given birth but suddenly, I saw the doctor and nurse rushing in and out and when I asked what happened again, they said the blood was gushing out again.

“The pint of blood they were giving her had finished and blood was rushing out. I complained and they said she would be fine and that they had called for an ambulance. When the ambulance came, we carried her into it as she was on oxygen. But before we got to Ayinke House in LASUTH, she stopped breathing.

“My wife gave birth around 10am, and after putting her corpse in the mortuary, I returned to the private hospital around 8pm for my newborn who was not given anything to eat other than the glucose. I took my baby away but before I left, I said if my wife did not give birth herself, they planned to operate her with only a pint of blood and with no ambulance on the ground, what would happen if there was an emergency?”

The Managing Director of the Faith-Hills Specialist Hospital where Rachael delivered her baby, Dr Lilian Obianuju, while reacting to the development, said Rachael presented at the hospital with a reduction in fetal movement, adding that despite informing her and her husband that a Caesarean Section was needed to be performed to bring out the baby and save her life, the couple declined and left the hospital on February 10.

She said, “They requested for discharge and we told them the implication of their action and she was discharged and we still gave her a one-week appointment to return for a follow-up but they never showed up until after eight weeks with a history of labour pain.

“When they returned, I was around that night and I told the husband that his wife needed to have an emergency CS done that night but he refused and told me that the hospital they came from gave them an option of CS and that he tore the consent form and brought the woman back here.

“He left that night, and in the morning, around 6am, we did a scan and the person that did the scan said the baby was not doing well. I had to call her husband to come and carry the wife if he would not consent to the CS. I have my evidence and in the process of trying to prepare for the CS, the woman delivered and whatever that happened from where she was coming from, I do not know and it is only the husband that can answer that.

“When the woman delivered, her blood was not clotting and I don’t know what they had done where she was coming from and we had to get blood urgently to transfuse her, placed her on oxygen and referred her to LASUTH and that was what happened.”

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Nigerian singer, Anthony Victor, aka Victony, has disclosed that he was in coma for three to four days after he was involved in an auto crash in 2021.

Recall that Victony in 2021 narrowly escaped death in a ghastly car accident that left one dead and three injured. The accident kept him on wheelchair for about a year.

Recounting the tragic experience in the latest episode of the Tea with Tay audiovisual podcast, the ‘Soweto’ crooner said he remembered leaving the club.

He said, “Just leaving the club, on our way back, I slept off. I was tired. That was like my first time outside up to that time. So, I slept off.

“When I woke up, I was in the hospital with my dad. I was like ‘what’s happening?’. Because my parents didn’t know I was in Lagos. So, I was like ‘why is my dad here?’ And he told me I was out for like 3 or 4 days.”

He said when he came back from coma, he was told that another car hit their vehicle from the back.

“I heard that the impact was from the back like another car hit us. The driver and the other guy at the front they were totally fine. We were two at the back, two at the front. So, the one beside me [at the back] he died while I broke my legs,” Victony recalled.

https://makesensepromotions.com/i-was-in-coma-for-4-days-singer-victony-recounts-near-death-accident/

Charly Boy takes a swipe at Wole Soyinka over his comment about obidient , saying he is so disappointed in him for supporting a criminal and he is acting like a boy . Eyes of Lagos reports,

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My rift with Wizkid lasted 12 years — Davido

Nigerian music superstar, David Adeleke, better known by his stage name, Davido, has revealed that his Afrobeats colleague, Ayodeji Balogun popularly called Wizkid spoke to him on the phone every week after the death of his son, Ifeanyi.

Davido made this known in an interview on the Morning Show on Hot 97FM, New York, which was shared on Saturday.

He stated that he and Wizkid had a 12-year rift and that they only began talking after his son died.

Speaking in the video, he said, “With Wiz, over the years we had a rift, for 12 years we had a rift up until recently he chatted up and I am seeing the positivity.

“I am seeing the change in the industry a little bit because everybody is calming down, especially with my situation; the tragic situation that happened, he called me every week since it happened,” he added.

Recall that Davido and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland, lost their only son, Ifeanyi in November 2022, shortly after his third-year birthday.

It was reported that the boy drowned in a pool at his father’s house in Banana Island and was rushed to a hospital at Lekki where he was pronounced dead.

https://makesensepromotions.com/my-rift-with-wizkid-lasted-12-years-davido/

Two escape death as truck rams into 3 vehicles on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway

Two persons escaped death by whiskers when a truck rammed into three vehicles at Ijako Market on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway in Ogun State.

The Owode-Ijako Unit Commander of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, Temitope Oseni, said the accident, which involved seven people and four vehicles, occurred inbound Sango-Ota, Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Thursday at about 8.35 a.m. Eyes Of Lagos rpeorts,

Oseni explained that an Iveco truck, with registration number: DED 266 DC lost control due to speeding and rammed into three other vehicles: a Honda Pilot SUV, marked: APP 654 HA, Nissan Primera car, marked: EH 462 MK, and a Mazda bus: marked APP 392 DJ, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Oseni said that two persons sustained varying degree of injuries, while five others escaped unhurt.

“The injured persons have been taken to Diamond Hospital at Ijako by TRACE personnel and good Samaritans for intensive treatment,” she said.

The TRACE unit commander further said that the affected vehicles had been towed off the road to ease free flow of traffic.

She advised drivers of articulated trucks and other motorists to desist from excessive speeding, especially during this Easter period, to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.

Oseni also warned motorists against reckless and dangerous driving that could lead to avoidable crashes and mishaps.

https://eyesoflagos.com/2023/04/08/two-escape-death-as-truck-rams-into-3-vehicles-on-lagos-abeokuta-expressway/

Lagos: Gunmen kill policeman, steal two rifles

A yet-to-be-identified Assistant Superintendent of Police has been killed by gunmen along Ikorodu-Ijebu-Ode Road, in the Imota, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Eyes Of Lagos gathered that the gunmen carted away two rifles, as the deceased policeman’s colleagues scampered to safety.

According to Eyes Of Lagos, a source in the area said the policemen were carrying out an operation on the highway when the gunmen shot at them on Thursday.

The source explained that the attack happened around 7.30 pm on Thursday, adding that the situation caused tension and affected vehicular movements on the highway.

“Yesterday (Thursday), armed men attacked some policemen at a point along the Ikorodu-Ijebu-Ode Road, Imota, and shot a policeman to death.

“We gathered that the policeman that died was an Assistant Superintendent of Police and the gunmen also stole two rifles. The policemen were on the highway when the gunmen attacked them around 7.30pm,” the source said.

Eyes Of Lagos reported that while other policemen who escaped from the scene had reported back to the station, the whereabouts of one of the armed policemen was still unknown.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, yet to respond to calls and a text message sent to his mobile phone as of the time of filing this report.

https://eyesoflagos.com/2023/04/08/lagos-gunmen-kill-policeman-steal-two-rifles/