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January 6, 2015 – The Lagos State House of Assembly today passed the 2015 appropriation of N489,689,869,621 for the state government. The budget as presented to the house by Governor Babatunde Fashola comprises recurrent expenditure of N241,977 and capital expenditure of N247,713. The House had given its committee on Economic Planning and Budget, headed by Hon. Mudashiru Obasa and other committees two weeks to work on the budget. The period was eventually extended as some ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) did not come up with the necessary papers in time. Works and Infrastructure got the highest vote of N72.250 Billion…
By Phillip Obaji January 6, 2015 – Hauwa, 16, is from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, a region blighted by years of Boko Haram insurgency. She says fear is with her daily, dictating how she lives. “I’m scared of walking along roads on my own because I don’t want to be raped for the second time,” she told me on the day I met with families affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Maiduguri. Borno State as a whole has borne the brunt of the violence that has lasted for more than five years in northeastern…
By ACHIEVER PETERSON January 6, 2015 – The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday reacted to reports in some sections of the media attributing the recent cabinet shake-up in the state to rifts between him, President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, saying he is “not at war with the President.” A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, described the reports as trivial, misrepresentation of facts and a deliberate propagation of falsehood by mischief makers, According to him, some of the reports captioned; “Bayelsa: Dickson, first…
January 6, 2015 – President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has ordered Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt star Emem Eduok out of the camp of Super Eagles’ B, preparing for two international friendly matches in the United Arab Emirates. “We are not happy with the cloud of controversy over his transfer issue and it is a terrible distraction to the team and Nigeria football generally. “Telling him to leave the camp does not mean we are indicting him. We will carry out an investigation and whoever is found guilty, be he/she an agent or player manager or…
January 6, 2015 – The Lagos State Signage and Outdoor Advertisement Agency (LASAA) has vowed to remove all political posters that have defaced the Lagos metropolis, saying the police has no right gag it from carrying out its statutory duties. Managing Director of LASAA, Mr. George Noah spoke in reaction to comments credited to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, that the police will henceforth arrest staff of the agency who attempt to remove any billboard or posters of the various political parties even if such was illegally deployed. Noah added that its activities had been non-selective,…
January 6, 2015 – Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU,Nigeria, Professor John Obafunwa today revealed that he inherited over 1, 200 cases of examination malpractices when he assumed office as VC of the university. Obafunwa who was addressing the Lagos State House of Assembly on a petition brought before it by Mr. Toviho Oluwaseyi Ezekiel, a student who was not to allowed graduate for partaking in examination malpractices in year one said Toviho’s case could not be treated as an isolated case. “It was one of the over 1200 cases of exam malpractices that we inherited and we are…
January 6, 2015 – The Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose has advised those who want to celebrate with her on the occasion of her 51st birthday to donate their gift items to the less privileged in the society. In a statement, her Press Officer, Mrs. Tolulope Ayo-Ajayi said such items should be dropped at her office inside the Government House Complex, where they would be centrally taken to different homes and centres across the state where the needy stay and where they would be given the items. Fayose also frowned at the poor quality of her photograph…
January 5, 2015 – Arsenal Football Club has confirmed that one of its forward, Lukas Podolski has completed a move to Inter on loan for the remaining part of 2014/15 season. The 29-year-old Germany forward arrived the club in summer 2012 and he has scored 31 goals in 82 appearances but he been restricted to two starts this season.
January 5, 2015 – FC Barcelona has sacked its Director of Football, Mr. Andoni Zubizarreta. In a statement, President FC Barcelona, Mr. Josep Maria Bartomeu thanked Andoni Zubizarreta for his contribution, dedication and professionalism over the last four years in his role at the head of the club’s football area. Zubizarreta resumed as Director of Football in July 2010 after making more than 300 appearances as Barcelona goalkeeper between 1986 and 1994. He was also part of the side that claimed the club’s first European Cup in 1992.
January 5, 2015 – There were indications that all is now well in Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Lagos, most especially between its governorship aspirant Mr. Jimi Agbaje and defeated former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musliu Obanikoro. Indication to this emerge on Monday evening when the former minister, tweeted that he is having lunch with Agbaje and went ahead to post on his Facebook page that he had lunch with Obanikoro. The two were friends before the PDP primaries where they sat together and agreed to congratulate whoever emerges as a flag bearer of the party until Obanikoro went to…
