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The Happiness Center commemorates International Day of Happiness, Inducts Happiness Ambassadors
The Happiness Center commemorates International Day of Happiness, Inducts Happiness Ambassadors
The United Nations designated International Day for Happiness March 20, was celebrated in grand style by ‘The Happiness Center’ as the organization inducted its first ever Nigerian Happiness Ambassadors, as part of its activities to commemorate the day. The event which took place at the Lagos head office of the organization on March 20th, 2022, also presented an opportunity to showcase the center’s health packages to all and sundry, including the dignitaries present.
The Happiness Ambassadors inducted on that day were; Her Excellency, Wife of the Governor of Lagos State Dr Ibijoke Sanwoolu; Mr Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, professionally known as Ali Baba, a Nigerian stand-up comedian, master of ceremonies and actor; The Commissioner for Health, Honourable Akin Abayomi, and Mr Joseph Edgar, an influential writer, author and theatre producer, who maintains a weekly column, Loudwhispers. They were chosen as ambassadors as a result of their remarkable impacts in their chosen career, and how their efforts have contributed to the happiness and well-being of the people.
Located in Lagos, Africa’s holistic health and wellness center, ‘The Happiness Center’, offer services that help bespoke customers unlock their full potentials in life. It is an arm of the International Non-governmental Organization, the Art of Living Foundation, fully equipped with modern and world class infrastructure in a serene and calm environment. The Happiness Center harnesses the power of alternate medicine, herbal remedies, yoga, breath-work and meditation, with the aim of achieving physical, emotional and mental balance for individuals. It provides customized rejuvenating and therapeutic treatments by experienced Ayurveda practitioners and a team of well-trained panchakarma therapists, osteopaths, physiotherapists and Yoga experts, and it encourages a calm, focused, and blissful state of mind along with a healthy body which will help an individual rest, rejuvenate and immerse in the holistic environment of health and wellness, as part of its mission to make the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal three (Good Health and Wellbeing) possible in Nigeria.
Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of the Center, Akshay Jain said “We are well aware of the challenges associated with living and doing business in a metropolitan city like Lagos. It comes with health challenges that creep into our lives and reduces our productivity. People often get burnt out as a result of not being happy with many issues about their lives, some within and some beyond their control. We have set up this center to offer a wide range of services to enable people achieve the single most important thing the humans should strive for which is happiness. We are all in pursuit of happiness. We sleep and wake up hoping that each new day is better than the one before it, when this happens, we are happy and when the reverse is the case there is unhappiness. Stress affects the state of mind because when you are angry, you breath faster, and when you are happy, you breath gently. Anger is stress brought about by what happened in the past, while Fear is stress brought about by what will happen in the future. We believe that life should be lived as an expression of happiness, hence we try to offer solution to stress. Through the breathing and meditation exercise, the mind is relaxed”.
“We at the Happiness Center have have decided to select some high profile individuals as ‘Happiness Ambassadors’, because of the smiles they have brought in through the impacts they have recorded in their respective fields. They will be the frontline of happiness and represent our brand on days like this when we have to commemorate the International Happiness Day”, he added .
Corroborating his point, the General Manager of ‘The Happiness Center’ Francisca Ukabiala reiterates, “The Happiness Center is a timely in, and for a city like Lagos. We probably all heard the recent comments by the Governor of Lagos State on the special ticket that people who have lived in Lagos deserve to get to heaven having already lived in what in his opinion is a hellish city. We are saying that happiness is all around, it is in the energy that keeps the city moving and most importantly it is in the haven that we have created to ensure that people have greater bouts of positive energy once they walk in and out of our our doors and experience bespoke wellness services’.
The event was headlined by other dignitaries such as the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Professor Pat Utomi, notable political economist; the Chairman, Traditional Medicine Board, Professor Adebukunola Ositelu, while the Trustee of the Art of Living Foundation is expected to showcase the center’s deliberate and well-thought-out efforts to cater to health and wellness of Lagosians through alternative and natural measures with a view to easing stress and its associated challenges.
As an expression of happiness and commendation, the honourable Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced that his Ministry will be partnering with ‘The Happiness Center ‘ to host the World Cultural Day as part of the 40th anniversary of the organization ‘s existence.
The Happiness Center was commissioned in Lagos, Nigeria on November 2021, and since then 90 percent of its customers have been Nigerians, which shows that the center is not just for the expatriates but for all.
To give invitees at the event an opportunity to experience its health package, a raffle draw was conducted in which 3 winners emerged and 5 consolation prizes were won. These prizes includes Reflexology, Malma and other relaxation packages.
The Happiness center is an alternate medicine, herbal remedies, Yoga, breath-work and meditation center with the aim of achieving physical, emotional and mental balance for individuals. The center also hosts a wide range of personal and group programmes including Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda, Nutrition packages and more; all of which are handled by trained and certified experts who ensure world class standards.
PHOTO: Babajide Benson, CEO CAST PR, Akshay Jain, MD The Happiness Center, Francisca Ukabiala, General Manager The Happiness Center at the 2022 commemoration of the International Day of Happiness
Member of the Board of Trustees, The Happiness Centre, Dinesh Rathi, Customer Engagement Manager, Chisom Onuoha, The Managing Director, The Happiness Centre, Akshay Jain, The General Manager, The Happiness Centre, Francisca Ukabiala, One of the Therapists, Chisom Opoke, at the 2022 International Day of Happiness
SENATOR ADEOLA YAYI REGISTERS 4000 JAMB CANDIDATES
In continuation of his educational support initiatives and following established tradition, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC,Ogun West) has successfully paid for and enrolled 4000 indigent students for the 2026 Joint Admission Matriculation Board(JAMB) examination.
According to a release e-signed and made available to members of the League of Yewa-Awori Media Practitioners (LOYAMP) by High Chief Kayode Odunaro, Media Adviser to Senator Adeola and shared with (your mediu), the programme financed by the senator under the “SEN YAYI FREE JAMB 2026” ended on Saturday , February 21, 2026, with a total of 4000 candidates successfully enrolled with their PINs provided.
Commenting on the success of the programme, Senator Adeola said the programme is another leg of his personal educational empowerment for indigent but brilliant citizens preparatory to his scholarship and bursary facilitation for tertiary education institutions’ students.
“As far as I can help it, none of our children will miss educational opportunities arising out of adverse economic predicament of their parents or guardians”, he stated.
Successful candidates cut across all the three senatorial districts of Ogun State with 2183 coming from Ogun West, 1358 coming from Ogun Central and 418 from Ogun East.
Some of the candidates that applied and are yet to get their PINs due wrong information supplied in their profiles and being underage as discovered by JAMB and other reasons are being further assisted to see the possibility of getting their PINs.
The Free JAMB programme of the Senator that has been running for years is well received by appreciative beneficiaries and their parents.
Alhaji Suara Adeyemi from Ipokia Local Government whose daughter successfully got her PIN in the programme said the Senator’s gesture was a welcome financial relief for his family at this period after payment of numerous school fees of other siblings of the beneficiary seeking admission to higher institution.
Also posting on the social media handle of the Senator, a beneficiary Mr. Henry Olaitan, from Odeda LGA said that he would have missed doing the entry examination as his guardian cannot afford the fees for himself and two of his children.
House Committee Seeks Stronger Financial Backing for Federal Character Commission
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Honorable Hulayat Motunrayo Omidiran, has reassured the commitment of her new leadership to reposition the Commission and strengthen enforcement of the federal character principle, despite prevailing funding challenges.
Hon. Omidiran made this known during the Commission’s budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Character at the National Assembly on Friday, February 19, 2026.
The Executive Chairman opened up on inadequate funding has continued to constrain the Commission’s statutory activities, including nationwide monitoring, compliance audits and enforcement measures across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
“We are focused and determined to do the work that the Constitution and the President have entrusted us with,” Omidiran stated.
The FCC Boss, however, assured lawmakers that the Commission remains resolute in ensuring equity, fairness and balanced representation in line with its constitutional mandate.
“As a Commission, it is our responsibility to engage with relevant government parastatals and ministries to secure the necessary funding we require. We believe that with consultation and collaboration, it will be a successful venture for the Commission.”
Earlier, the Chairman of the House Committee on Federal Character, RT. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, expressed deep concern over what he described as near-zero budgetary allocation to the Commission, stressing that such financial inadequacies severely undermine its operational effectiveness.
The Plateau State lawmaker assured the Commission of the Committee’s firm legislative backing in advocating for improved funding and strengthening the Commission’s capacity to fully exercise its constitutional mandate.
“We cannot reasonably expect the Federal Character Commission to enforce compliance across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies while grappling with insufficient funding,” Hon. Wase remarked.
“If we are genuinely committed to fairness, equity, and national cohesion, then we must be deliberate in adequately funding the institution established to safeguard these principles.
“As a Committee, we shall work closely with the leadership of the Commission to ensure that its budgetary provisions reflect the magnitude of its mandate. The era of skeletal or token funding must give way to realistic and sustainable financial support,” he concluded.
The budget defence session concluded on a note of renewed collaboration between the House of Representatives and the Commission, reflecting a shared determination to strengthen institutional capacity, enhance accountability, and promote equitable representation within Nigeria’s public service.
SIGNED:
Ademola Lawrence
Spokesperson,
Federal Character Commission
February 20, 2026
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APC Ethiope West Congress Turns Violent: Ibori’s Daughter Escapes Assassination Attempt; Scores Injured
*APC Ethiope West Congress Turns Violent: Ibori’s Daughter Escapes Assassination Attempt; Scores Injured
The APC Ethiope West Local Government Area Congress took a terrible turn today as scores were attacked by gun-wielding thugs allegedly hired by old PDP members that moved to APC. The congress was relocated from its original venue the Oghara Township Stadium to a new venue,Ovade, in the LGA seemingly to disenfranchise original APC members.
Violence erupted when the Member representing Ethiope Federal Constituency Rt Hon Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu daughter of the the former Governor of Delta H.E Chief James Onanefe Ibori arrived at the new venue in Ovade. Apart from clear threats to her life by thugs sponsored by the Governor of Delta State, Rt Sheriff Oborevwori and former Rep member Hon Ben Igbakpa. Her supporters were attacked with dangerous weapons, as she was denied entrance to the venue. There were several attempts on her life which were foiled by her security details. There had been intels that she would have been shot if she had stepped foots on the venue this is terrible at a time when there had been hopes of peace coming into the party with the recent meeting at Asaba , however this recent happening shows peace is still far away .
Hon Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu has appealed for calm among APC supporters and old members amidst the unprovoked attack. Several injured individuals are receiving treatment at undisclosed hospitals.
There are still reports of targeted attacks on on members of the Old APC , calls have been made to security operatives to avert such attempts.
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