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  By Lanre Adewole  There is a Yoruba proverb that plays around the surname of leading human rights advocate, Mr. Femi Falana. It surmises that one should first face his face, before peeping into others’.  I see the Falana gbo tire (Falana, mind your business) wisecrack as a derivative of the admonition of Jesus in Matthew 7, particularly the portion that charges us to remove the log in our eyes before attempting to remove the speck in our brothers’.  Today, I’m returning to Ijesaland on this page as a selfless obligor to her development.  That doesn’t mean I do not expect gain from this intervention. But it’s not the type man gives. My reward expectation is rooted in Psalm 133:6, with Ulesa simply exchanging for Jerusalem.  My birth place, where I also began life and still connected to up to this very moment, has a long association with hard work and prosperity.  Àjàpá (itinerant trading) and oso’malo (traditional debt recovery of literally sitting on...

  Tonic FC of Ikorodu has emerged champion of the fourth edition of the annual 1XBET Cup, defeating other grassroots teams to win the 2026 competition. The tournament, which featured more than 100 grassroots teams and football academies, ended at Inspire Sports Arena, Cappa, Oshodi on Saturday, attracting sports enthusiasts, former internationals, corporate stakeholders and community leaders. Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, commended the organisers for providing a platform for discovering and nurturing young football talents. Ighalo said grassroots competitions were essential to identifying emerging players and preparing them for professional football and future national assignments. He stressed the need for increased investment in sports facilities across communities and local government areas to engage young people positively. “We need more sports facilities in our communities and local government areas to encourage young people to participate in sports. “Football prov...

  Sanitation  The Lagos State Government has urged residents to desist from dumping refuse into canals and drainage channels, warning that the practice could worsen flooding and undermine environmental sanitation efforts. The Head of Service, Mr Bode Agoro, gave the warning during the October edition of the state’s monthly environmental sanitation exercise. "This is seventh exercise since its resumption in March, I'm urging local government chairmen and their executives to mobilise residents towards maintaining clean and healthy environments. "Environmental sanitation should be a continuous responsibility rather than an activity restricted to designated sanitation days," Agoro said. The head of service expressed concern over the indiscriminate dumping of refuse observed in some canals during the exercise. He said the Ministry of the Environment had been notified to clear the affected canals, adding that plans were also underway to reconstruct one of the canals ...

    ​‌‌​⁠‌​‍⁠⁠‍‌‍‌‍‍​‌‌‌​ Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Dr Obafemi Hamzat at the presentation of the KOH Manifesto Campaign Theme Launch at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, on Friday      Continuity           By Aderonke Ojediran and Oluwatope Lawanson  Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has endorsed his deputy, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, as an experienced successor capable of sustaining the state’s development agenda.     Sanwo-Olu said Hamzat’s extensive involvement in governance had given him an understanding of Lagos’ priorities and challenges.     He spoke on Friday at the presentation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate’s manifesto and campaign theme in Lagos.     The governor described Hamzat as a trusted partner whose loyalty, experience and contributions had strengthened their administration over the past seven years.     He...

  The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Presidential candidate, Mr Adewole Adebayo, has pledged to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria to zero if elected, promising increased investment in basic education and measures to address insecurity. Adebayo made the pledge in a statement issued by Mr Mark Adebayo, Chief Media and Communications Adviser to the Adebayo-Bugaje Presidential Campaign Council, on Thursday. He said his administration would declare a state of emergency in basic education and dismantle systemic barriers preventing millions of Nigerian children from accessing classrooms. The candidate expressed concern over Nigeria’s out-of-school children crisis, calling for urgent interventions to improve enrolment, school attendance and the quality of basic education across the country. According to the campaign group, available estimates put Nigeria’s out-of-school children population at about 18.3 million, comprising approximately 10.2 million primary school-age c...

   Products of the Headwaters Squash Academy have recorded impressive performances at the recently concluded West African University Games (WAUG), winning a total of eight medals across different categories. The outstanding athletes include Desmond Iguodala, Anthony Monday, Friday Daniel and Happiness Daniel, who represented their respective institutions at the games. Desmond Iguodala of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) won gold in the mixed doubles and silver in the singles event, while his schoolmate, Anthony Monday, also of OAU, claimed silver in the doubles category. Friday Daniel of Benson Idahosa University (BIU) clinched gold in the doubles, silver in the mixed doubles and bronze in the singles event. In the female category, Happiness Daniel of OAU won silver medals in both the singles and doubles events. Reacting to the development, the Founder of Headwaters Squash Academy, Mr Seun Peters, described the performance of the players as a source of pride and fulfilment. Pe...