{"id":19323,"date":"2025-12-25T11:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T11:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=19323"},"modified":"2025-12-25T11:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T11:09:35","slug":"lagos-island-comes-alive-as-mamaonimama-media-hosts-inaugural-christmas-fiesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/lagos-island-comes-alive-as-mamaonimama-media-hosts-inaugural-christmas-fiesta\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Island Comes Alive as Mamaonimama Media Hosts Inaugural Christmas Fiesta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Residents of Lagos Island and its environs turned out in large numbers to celebrate the maiden edition of the Mamaonimama Media Outfit Christmas Fiesta at the new Sangrouse Market.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19333 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/03ffb944-e7e9-4050-8a45-d5d729769331-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/03ffb944-e7e9-4050-8a45-d5d729769331-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/03ffb944-e7e9-4050-8a45-d5d729769331-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/03ffb944-e7e9-4050-8a45-d5d729769331-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/03ffb944-e7e9-4050-8a45-d5d729769331.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The event, tagged <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Mamaonimama Media Outfit Santa 1.0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, aimed to bring the community together, promote cultural exchange, and spread love to children and families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19327 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/02db7cba-74b1-4bb8-b0b0-b4fdc6ca006d-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/02db7cba-74b1-4bb8-b0b0-b4fdc6ca006d-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/02db7cba-74b1-4bb8-b0b0-b4fdc6ca006d-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/02db7cba-74b1-4bb8-b0b0-b4fdc6ca006d-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/02db7cba-74b1-4bb8-b0b0-b4fdc6ca006d.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Speaking on the occasion, the event\u2019s convener, Opeyemi Makinde, said the festival opened up opportunities for participants to network and make new friends. She added that all children in attendance received goodie bags containing mini flasks, fashion plates, biscuits, sweets, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19332 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bc958077-d561-4485-b9e7-0471db93984a-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bc958077-d561-4485-b9e7-0471db93984a-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bc958077-d561-4485-b9e7-0471db93984a-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bc958077-d561-4485-b9e7-0471db93984a-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bc958077-d561-4485-b9e7-0471db93984a-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bc958077-d561-4485-b9e7-0471db93984a.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The young attendees enjoyed interacting with popular cartoon characters such as Coco Melon, Ben 10, and Avatar, while also having fun on the bouncing castle and slides. Both children and parents competed in a lively dance contest, with cash prizes awarded to the winners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19329 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/90a870be-0773-4247-bbf2-9c97e67192ed-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/90a870be-0773-4247-bbf2-9c97e67192ed-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/90a870be-0773-4247-bbf2-9c97e67192ed-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/90a870be-0773-4247-bbf2-9c97e67192ed-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/90a870be-0773-4247-bbf2-9c97e67192ed.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The event was proudly sponsored by <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Lagos Island East LCDA<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> under the leadership of Hon. Muibi Alade Folawiyo, as well as TikTok fans in Nigeria and the Diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19331 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7788ee0d-70a3-4082-82c7-bbfe01e9800d-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7788ee0d-70a3-4082-82c7-bbfe01e9800d-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7788ee0d-70a3-4082-82c7-bbfe01e9800d-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7788ee0d-70a3-4082-82c7-bbfe01e9800d-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7788ee0d-70a3-4082-82c7-bbfe01e9800d-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7788ee0d-70a3-4082-82c7-bbfe01e9800d.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Members of the police, LASTMA officials, and LASTMA Ambassadors also attended, ensuring the safety and smooth running of the festivities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Lagos Island and its environs turned out in large numbers to celebrate the maiden edition of the Mamaonimama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainments-and-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19323"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19334,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19323\/revisions\/19334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}