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Ekiti, Lagos, National Politics, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, South-West, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
The controversy about the launch of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Operation Amotekun by the six governors of the South West was not unexpected. The initiative is novel and has attracted different interpretations from different tendencies and cultures. Reason: No geo-political zone has had such security arrangement, where local security initiatives would complement […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
By Raji Rasak Mr Suru Avoseh, a member, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, says no fewer than 50, 000 applicants had applied for one thousand vacant teaching jobs announced by the state government in 2019. Avoseh made this known during the New Year Party organised by the Badagry Women Development Forum on Sunday in Badagry. […]
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Budget, Headlines, Lagos
Monday, December 30th, 2019
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed N1.168, 561, 893, 990 2020 Appropriation Bill for the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on November 8 presented a budget of N1.168 trillion with the theme “Budget of Reawakening”. The passage followed the report by the joint Committee of […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, November 28th, 2019
The Lagos State Government says plans are on to register religious houses in order to ensure sanity in the state. The Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, made this known on Tuesday in Alausa, during a stakeholders meeting with the Nigeria Inter-religious Council. Akinbile-Yussuf said the registration, which was supposed to […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, November 28th, 2019
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has announced that the Federal Government will offer free train ride to Nigerians from Lagos to Abuja for the next three months. Amaechi made the announcement at the 14th edition of The Future Awards Africa (TFAA), held at The Balmoral Event Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. According to him, the […]
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Governors, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Gov. Sanwo-Olu drops ‘Your Excellency’ title By Florence Onuegbu The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-olu, has announced his decision to be addressed as ”Mr Governor” and not ”Your Excellency.” Sanwo-Olu said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos that being addressed as Mr Governor would propel his sense of responsibility to the residents. According […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has dragged the Lagos State House of Assembly to court over its ongoing probe of the ex-governor for allegedly procuring 820 buses worth over N7 billion without budgetary approval. Ambode is due to appear before the House Committee probing the allegation on Wednesday. The House had […]
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Governors, Judiciary, Lagos, National Politics, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
A Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja has ordered the Lagos State House of Assembly to halt probe of former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode pending the determination of the case filed by the former governor against the Assembly. The court adjourned the matter brought before it by Ambode, against the Speaker of the State House of […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Governors, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | October 23, 2019 – When he emerged from obscurity as the favourite of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, then incumbent governor of Lagos State, not many persons gave him a chance, least of all residents of the bustling metropolis of Lagos. He sooner became governorship candidate of then Action Congress (AC) […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | October 22, 2019 – During the Ambode administration, there was a lull in Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) officials’ harassment of the poor and hapless Nigerians trying to survive the impoverished mess that our morally bankrupt rulers made of this country by hawking in the streets of Lagos. But, […]
