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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to use the month of Ramadan to pray for unity and well being of the country. Acting Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Tony Okeke, who made the plea in his goodwill message to Nigerians called on Muslims and Nigerians in general to use the occasion of fasting to reflect on the Islamic teachings of love, peace, forgiveness and piety adding that the nation cannot make any progress unless the citizens imbibe and live by such qualities. He called on Nigerians to shun all acts of bitterness towards one another, which…
Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola have disagreed on the single tenure proposal of five or six years pending before the National Assembly for political appointees. While the professor feels that the proposal was in the best interest of Nigeria since it will provide more opportunities for those seeking elective offices more easily than the present two terms. The governor said he is not yet convinced about the single term tenure proposition, stating that the power of the electorate to say no is inherent in multi term tenures and would be removed if…
Talented music producer, OJB Jezreel who is down with a kidney problem has confirmed receipt of $100,000, about N15.8 million donated by the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. The sick artiste who made the confirmation on his social network thanked the governor for coming to his aid. “I really thank God for Governor Amaechi’s kind heart. All I can say is that God will fight his battles as he saved my life. I also thank all Nigerians from all works of life who heeded my appeal for funds to go for my kidney transplant. God bless everyone”, he said.…
Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has urged mothers and care givers to continue to avail themselves of the various preventive and protective healthcare services in the state as means of reducing maternal and child mortality. Adefulire, who gave the advice at the grand finale of the first round of year 2013 maternal, newborn and child health week in Lagos noted that the new integrated maternal, newborn and child health strategy already adopted in Nigeria and the maternal mortality reduction programme are part of strategies to tackle head-on the reduction of maternal and child mortality. The Deputy Governor…
Chairman, House Committee on Youth and Sports, Lagos House of Assembly, Hon. Babatunde Ayeni has called on the state government to ensure that facilities used for the last edition of the National Sports Festival are well maintained. The Chairman of the Committee Hon. Babatunde Ayeni gave the charge while inspecting facilities at the Teslim Elias Balogun Stadium, Lagos. The lawmaker stated that the call became pertinent as effective maintenance of the facilities would help to conserve funds that would ordinarily be spent on provision of sporting facilities during future events. Ayeni who was accompanied by other members of the committee…
After several years of planning, the retirement villa, a project spearheaded by Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) has finally been completed and handed over to stakeholders in Lagos. The villa, which is one of a kind, is part of the pet project of the wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Abimbola Emmanuela Fashola who is chairperson of COWLSO. Situated in Lekki, the structure is a beautiful edifice made up of several compartment with recreational facilities, it is a modern structure by all standard.While handing over the project, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola expressed delight that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the killing of 28 students and a teacher in Mamudo, Yobe State as a sacrilege, stressing that the forces of nature will collaborate to unearth the killers. Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Tony Okeke said the killing is monstrous, horrible and a direct effrontery to God and the height of wickedness only fit for the Devil. Okeke noted that nobody has the right to take the life of another person under any guise and charged the security forces to rise up to the occasion and ensure that the killers and their supporters…
Properties seized from Teodorin Obiang, son of President Teodoro Obiang of Equitorial Guinnea as part of money laundering investigation has fetched a total sum of $3.6 million in a public auction in Paris, France. The properties which were mainly expensive vehicles include Bugatti, Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche and Maserati, nine luxury vehicles seized from him fetched the money from the public auction. The auction was ordered by a state collection agency that would use the proceeds to indemnify the victims. According to Reuters, the cars come with leather seats with very little mileage. “I am delighted, it went really well.…
Senator representing, Lagos West, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon has said he earns only 970,000 including allowances, stressing that the rumour making the rounds that lawmakers earn so large an amount is not true but that it is part of effort to draw attention away from the executive. He ruled out any possibility of defecting to another party in the quest to actualize his dream of emerging the next governor of Lagos State. The Senator who spoke in Lagos said he was in Alliance for Democracy (AD) which later transformed into the Action Congress of Nigeria (AC) adding that he is…
Lagos was this morning thrown into commotion as torrential rain descended on the metropolis pounding the entire city from one area to the other. It was so massive that the water channels were filled up in less than 30 minutes forcing the drainage systems to empty their content on main road. What followed was vehicular traffic as many commuters were forced to either pack along the road or divert into neighbouring streets, which are few metres higher than the main road to avert being ferried away by the flash flood. Some commuters were however not too lucky as they…
