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August 29, 2015

Ambode promises to help take unemployed youths off Lagos streets

Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode said his administration will introduce strategies that would take unemployed youths off the streets. Ambode disclosed this while commissioning the newly reconstructed multi-purpose Onikan Youth Centre at Lagos Island on Friday. He lamented that priority attention had not been given to the nation’s youth over the years. He said,... Read More
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August 27, 2015

“I have no hand in attacks against Fashola” – Finally, Tinubu reacts

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has denied involvement with the recent public attacks against former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola. Tinubu said it was not possible for him to tear down a house he built, adding that neither his hand nor his heart is aligned with the scathing attacks of... Read More
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August 25, 2015

List of Fashola’s contracts removed from Lagos’ website

The list of contracts awarded under the administration of former Governor Babatunde Fashola, has been removed from the website of Lagos state’s Public Procurement Agency,www.lagosppa.gov.ng. The list which, can only be removed by the Lagos state government, had stated that Fashola’s administration spent N78.3m on his personal website,www.tundefashola.com, in 2014. Another dubious contract on the list, is... Read More
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August 21, 2015

Group defends Ambode about alleged N78m website fraud

A group, Lagos Indigenes Network Organization (LINO) has defended Lagos governor Akinwunmi Ambode about Fashola’s alleged N78m website fraud. Loyalists of Fashola had accused Ambode as the brain behind the revelations especially since the information about the contract was made available by the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency, an organ of the Lagos state government. LINO’s... Read More
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August 19, 2015

N78m Fashola website: BudgIT says it’s being threatened

There is so much drama surrounding former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola’s alleged N78 million personal website. Lots of news have been flying around on this issue, when a firm, BudgIT, disclosed that Fashola spent N78 million to upgrade the website. An accusation that has been causing uproar, with Fashola being dragged to EFCC over the issue. A... Read More
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August 17, 2015

Nigeria’s most fashionable governor approves Treasury Single Account

Ambode is working! Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the operation of a treasury single account in the State effective from September 1st, to ensure proper accountability and transparency in all Government accrued revenues. This is actually good news. I’ve always wondered why the government had multiple accounts for their various activities. That’s a real... Read More
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August 8, 2015

Lagos state government spent N330m to build Deputy Governor’s residence

In its contracts awarded for 2014, the Lagos state government spent an estimated N330 million for the construction of the residence of the Deputy Governor. According to information obtained from the website of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency, precisely N329,929,551 was awarded for the “Proposed Residential Developemnt for Hon (Mrs) Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire at No. 15 Cameroon Street,... Read More
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May 19, 2015

“Apparently, the PDP wants to eat its cake and have it” – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju   1. Old foes- Amaechi and Akpabio- become seat mates For the past few years, River state governor, Rotimi Amaechi and his Akwa Ibom counterpart, Godswill Akpabio, haven’t seen eye-to-eye. Several peace meetings to end the crisis in the Nigerian Governor’s forum has been derailed by the pair, who seem to always... Read More
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May 14, 2015

Obanikoro has been fingered as the man behind PDP crisis in Lagos

by Kolapo Olapoju Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Musiliu Obanikoro has been named as the man allegedly responsible for the brewing crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos state. A group within the party, Concerned Members of the State Caucus and PDP Stakeholders in Lagos, has accused Obanikoro, of sponsoring the removal of the... Read More
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May 11, 2015

Lagos PDP chairman fired

by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is really going through tough crisis and it seems to be have extended to its Lagos State chapter as its chairman, Tunji Shelle, was on Monday sacked by 34 members of the State Working Committee. He was immediately replaced by the current Secretary, Wahab Owokoniran as acting... Read More
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May 8, 2015

Forget all you’ve heard, Tinubu and Fashola have never fought (TWEETS)

by Kolapo Olapoju National leader of the All Progressives, Bola Tinubu, wants Nigerians to believe that- he’s never had any serious fight with outgoing Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola. Tinubu says they have only had “disagreements over procedures in the past.” In a couple of tweets, Tinubu made some clarifications. Between Fashola and Myself there has... Read More
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May 4, 2015

Fashola says if you cannot obey law and order, Nigeria will not move forward

by Damilola Jagun Outgoing governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola, saus that every Nigerian must obey law and order if the country is to be moved forward. At the opening ceremony of the 3rd Session of the 32nd Synod of the Diocese of Lagos, Anglican Communion, held at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, Lagos, Fashola said... Read More
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April 23, 2015

Opinion: Why the ‘state of origin’ clause must be promptly abolished

by Chris Ngwodo & Naomi Lucas …with political will, public opinion and a progressive moral consensus, we can nullify the most virulent forms of identity politics and chauvinism. Much has already been said regarding Oba Rilwan Akiolu’s recent ill-conceived statement on the voting preferences of Igbos in Lagos and they need not detain us here.... Read More
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April 17, 2015

Court says Lagos can still restrict movement on sanitation days

by Ranti Joseph A Federal High Court in Lagos has suspended the enforcement of a judgment which stopped the Lagos State Government from imposing movement restriction on citizens during the monthly sanitation exercise in the state. By implication, anyone found moving between 7am and 10am on the last Saturday of the month, either on the... Read More
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April 17, 2015

Opinion: Where Lagos stands in Nigeria’s emerging political order

by Tayo Ogunbiyi Like life itself, politics is very dynamic in nature. Sometimes politics could be both dynamic and dramatic. In politics, things happen in swift and remarkable fashions that rapidly alter the status quo in inconceivable manner. In Nigeria, the political landscape is often turbulent and unpredictable. Political shakers and movers emerge and quit... Read More
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April 16, 2015

We can’t afford to be in opposition for more than 4 years || Lagos PDP will come back stronger

by Kolapo Olapoju The Lagos State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says it cannot afford to be in opposition in the state for more than four years. The state Publicity Secretary of the Party, Taofik Gani, made the statement during the presentation of Certificates of Return to elected political office holders in Lagos. “We... Read More
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