It is like a dream come true that Festac and its residents and people living in its environs can have a mall like Festival Mall and a standard shopping Complex like Shoprite Festac just at their doorstep.
Welcome to the Grand opening of Shoprite at Festival Mall Festac Town , Amuwo Odofin
All road led to Festivall Mall,Cars trooping in and out in their numbers ,people strolling in and out. Finally Shoprite Festac fully opened its doors to Residents yesterday , August 27 2015 and it held a grand opening which was a massive turnout.
Welcome to Festival Mall
Everybody was so eager to see the long awaited Shoprite they have been waiting for all these while.
Welcome to the first in The series of FESTAC ICON, and to start this series Festac is celebrating an award winning singer-songwriter, producer, Entrepreneur. He is 2face Idibia.
2face Idibia, born as Innocent ujah Idibia on 18 September 1975 in Jos and he hails from Benue State. He was born to a middle class family but little did anyone know that he would be a musical Icon in future. His mum was a teacher.
Finally the proposed Festival Mall which we all have been dreaming of is opening in less than 72 hours. With the opening of Festival mall comes the long awaited Shoprite which is what is actually ready to be launched.
Before taking a taxi cab its is of utmost importance to consider your safety and well being before boarding. Festac residents have fallen prey to some activities that threaten their safety.
So here are some few Tips To Note BEFORE YOU RENT A CAB
1. Negotiated Fare
Before you board the taxi cab always agree on a fare. Negotiate properly and i don’t advice you to pay the fare till you get to your destination.
Before you even put in your bags know exactly how much the fare would be as i wouldn’t like you to learn lesson in a hard way.
Festac Town is one of the oldest and biggest residential estates in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole. Unfortunately , moral decadency has been forgotten and the large town is rapidly becoming a haven for prostitution, In the beginning it wasn’t so.
Festac Town is a Huge Residential estate , and can be said to be a country of its own. I love Festac town as that was where i grew up . So i would be sharing with you 5 unique things about Festac Town that i am sure you know about.
Check out 6 Unique things about Festac here:
Festac is not only for Just the Rich or Just for the Poor. Festac is a place where both the rich , poor and middle class live. There is not really a segregation but definitely can tell from afar the class of each individual depending on their lifestyle. In Festac, both the rich and the poor find a place of shelter. There is no pronounced disparity in class although one can tell from the various houses and lifestyles who actually wealthy and who is not so well to do.Read More »6 Unique Things About Festac Town
Sad news reaching festac online , a pregnant woman, Chika Elekawachi who was recently beat up by Policemen has lost her baby,according to Daily Sun.
Chika Elekawachi was allegedly brutalized by some policemen on the 19th of July 2015 to the extent of stripping her naked just because she was accused of resisting arrest. The policemen who were attached to the Satellite Police Division in Lagos then dragged her to the police station.
Chika Elekawachi In tears on news of the death of her baby
In a bid to Saving her life , her family members rushed her to the Safe Hands Hospital, old Ojo road, Amuwo, Lagos, after she allegedly passed out at the police station. the doctor on duty, Okoawo Innocent, who spoke on behalf of the management, admitted that Chika was rushed into the hospital half conscious.
Unfortunately , Chika started bleeding around 11pm on Monday 27th July 2015 and was rushed to emergency delivery . Although the baby was delivered on Tuesday 28th of July alive and premature but was already weak as a result of the delay to be put in an incubator and less than 48 hours after The little one who died at Outreach Hospital in Festac town, Lagos
The officers involved who were seen going about their normal duty were immediately arrested and detained. Even they believed that Chika Elekawachi was pretending to be in labor until proven wrong by the doctors.
On the cause of death, Dr Efunbu Dosekun of Outreach Hospital, who spoke with Saturday Sun, explained that the baby had breathing problem which they battled all through the night to control.
“It is rare for a premature baby to survive because there must have been a problem that led to the child being born earlier. When he was rushed in to our hospital, we did all we could to save his life. “The best thing is for the family to go for an autopsy to have a clear understanding of what really happened. Chika’s placenta detached from the baby and the unborn child was breathing on its own inside his mother’s womb. We thank God that Chika did not bleed to death before the doctors on duty discovered that”, she stated.
Chika’s family memebers have cried out to the public over what they described as an attempt by the police to sweep the matter under the carpet.
Saturday Sun gathered that Safe Hands hospital was one of the best in the area but in an attempt to please the policemen who were battling to prove that Chika was actually pretending to be in labour, they corroborated their claim.
The doctor on duty despite the bruises and the fact that Chika was brought into the hospital unconscious, said that she was perfectly okay. He even suggested that Chika should be released to her family to go home.
Chika’s relative told Saturday Sun that at about 4am on Thursday, Chika called insisting that they should go and check her baby. “I told her that it was too early but she kept insisting that I must move over to the hospital that something is wrong. It was then that my phone rang again and it was the doctor. She told me that the baby had just passed on. It is rather unfortunate,” she said.
On getting to the hospital, senior officers, including the Satellite DPO, were seen leaving after sighting the dead baby and consoling the family. He was said to have been supportive and promised that the suspects would be prosecuted accordingly. He was said to have pleaded with the family members that the police would pay the bill incurred by the family.
Confirming the incident, Lagos State Police Command spokesman, Kenneth Nwosu, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), assured that investigation was ongoing to ascertain what actually transpired. He said the suspected policemen had been arrested and were in detention, adding that they would be prosecuted according to the law guiding the force.
“The Nigerian police has a procedure which will be followed in ensuring that the suspects will be disciplined”, he added.
At around 2pm, fire started in a family building in 5th avenue P close. Men of the Fire service came after some time, also the… Read More »Fire Guts Duplex in Festac
An All Progressive Congress APC chieftain , Shalewa Daramola was yesterday shot dead by suspected assassins in Festac town Lagos.
The Late Mr Shalewa Daramola
Mr Shalewa Daramola , assistant treasurer of the APC in festac according to naij was gunned down at 3rd avenue K close , Festac Town while he and his members were sharing Sallah gifts.
