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August 13, 2012

Lagos is not broke, says Fashola (but, em, it’s drowning under foreign debt)

by Stanley Azuakola Be not afraid, Lagosians, your state is not broke. That was the assurance given by the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, in an interview he granted to…

August 9, 2012

Dead on arrival: Lagos Assembly soft-pedals on cremation bill

by Isi Esene The Speaker of the Lagos Sate House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has assured Lagosians that the House will consider their wishes when deliberating on the cremation bill…

August 3, 2012

Fashola goes hard: Lagos governor signs terminator traffic bill into law

by Isi Esene The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola yesterday signed the state traffic bill in to law. The law, which appeared somewhat like the Old Testament Ten Commandments,…

August 3, 2012

Scheduled Third Mainland Bridge diversion postponed

by Isi Esene Motorists using the Third Mainland Bridge have been given another temporary reprieve as the second complete diversion on the bridge, which was meant to allow for the…

July 23, 2012

Makoko residents take grievances to Fashola

by Isi Esene In a move reminiscent of the Occupy Nigeria protests in January against the Fuel Subsidy removal by the Federal Government, the displaced residents of the Makoko Waterfront…

July 23, 2012

The Makoko demolition is an elitist agenda – Femi Falana

by Isi Esene The activist lawyer, Femi Falana has condemned the Lagos State government’s action of giving Makoko residents a 72 hours quit notice on a Friday and then forcefully…

July 19, 2012

Akintunde Oyebode: The graveyard of champions (YNaija Frontpage)

It does not matter what party you belong to or which “heavyweight” opposes your election; if you want to remain governor of your state for another four years, the easiest…

June 11, 2012

#DanaCrash: Families say NO to joint burial

by Stanley AzuakolaOne week after the unfortunate Dana Air crash which claimed the lives of over 160 people, it has been revealed that the Lagos State government gave the families…

June 4, 2012

#DanaCrash: Gov Fashola offers relief to three kids orphaned by the crash

Three kids who were orphaned by the Dana Air Flight crashed in Lagos last Sunday, have received succour from the Lagos State governor, Governor Babatunde Fashola, who took them into…

June 4, 2012

#Danacrash: Photos – President Jonathan, Gov Fashola visit plane crash site

President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Babatunde Fashola were today, June 4, at the Iju-Saga suburb of Lagos to see first-hand the carnage that occurred when a Dana Air Flight 922…

May 31, 2012

Storm is Over: Lagos State doctors reinstated

Thanks to the intervention of the leadership of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)( especially the party’s leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu), the saga over the sack of Lagos doctors may have…

May 23, 2012

“Rogues, armed robbers are in the assembly,” Obasanjo blasts legislature

by Stanley Azuakola When ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo is in the mood to talk, there is simply no stopping him. He was in such a mood on Tuesday at the 4th Annual…

May 22, 2012

Good times are here: New police minimum wage now N50,000

More money, less corruption we hope by Stanley Azuakola Police officers would soon be smiling big time; who knows, the police might finally become our friend. That’s because Acting Inspector-General…

May 17, 2012

‘Tunde Fashola: A Senior Advocate or a Senior Adversary?

I have not written to take sides with the Lagos State doctors, I have written to tell Fashola that if he refuses to reinstate these guys…

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