Heritage Update

  The member representing Surulere Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliott, has said if youths are given the opportunity and an enabling environment, they will excel The lawmaker, who was answering questions from reporters at the Surulere Farmfair organised by the Coalition of Youths and African Farmers, and powered by him, said: “Endsars has taught us that we should start laying more emphasis on the need of youths and their plight.” He said the Farmfair, which was the idea of youths, had shown that once given the right platform, youths could do anything. “They can perform wonders, they just need an enabling environment, which is what I have done here,” Elliot said. He urged the Ministry of Agriculture and agencies under the ministry to start looking at how people can start having systemic farming in their homes. The event, holding at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, started from December 18 and will end on Thursday. Among the organisations trading at ...

Popular Nigerian singer, Mr Eazi, has revealed that he was late to his first meeting with Femi Otedola where he was to introduce himself as his daughter’s boyfriend. This was made known in a podcast released on Christmas day by the lovers who have been dating for four years According to Mr Eazi, Femi Otedola had to comment about his lateness. He said, “One thing that I can definitely remember was that my hair was pink or purple, and to be honest, at the time, I only had tracksuits and we were going somewhere. So, I remember I got pants and a shirt, and I had these Gucci shoes. I probably never wore them again after that day. “For me, I actually thought it was a big deal meeting him because it was the first time and we were having dinner at a nice place. That is one of the few times where I have respected dress codes to go to a restaurant. I just wanted it to be smooth and cool. I think I was there a little bit late and your dad mentioned it.” Speaking about that day, Temi noted that sh...

  A former student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has written a pre-litigation letter to film producer and director, Kunle Afolayan, accusing him of profiting from her experience at the school by making it into a Netflix movie titled, ‘Citation’ and failing to give her credit. The ex-student, Mrs. Utitofon Ekanem, who was Miss Utitofon Hanson at the time, told newsmen that she endured sexual harassment from an associate professor at the Political Science Department, Dr. Sunday Akindele between 2004 and 2007. She said Akindele was subsequently dismissed by the school authorities while she was celebrated as the first student in the history of the school to get a lecturer dismissed for sexual harassment. Ekanem, who is now a teacher, told newsmen that after the release of a Nigerian movie titled, ‘October 1’, she reached out to the Afolayan, who was the director of the movie, and broached the idea of producing a movie about sexual harassments in higher institutions and to...