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The Lagos State Government has debunked the allegation that it has banned the operations of tricycles and motorcycles popularly known as ‘KEKE MARWA’ and ‘OKADA’ respectively. Commissioner for Transportation, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, who said this in his office at Alausa, Ikeja, added that there has never been any time that the state government had announced that it had banned tricycle or motorcycles in the state. He said that Section 3 of the Lagos Road Traffic Law 2012 stipulates that ‘No person shall ride, drive or propel a cart, wheel barrow, motorcycle or tricycle on any of the routes specified in…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has lost his father, Alhaji Ibrahim Ademola Bayo Fashola. He was 80. Fashola died in one of the hospitals in Lagos. He is survived by wives, eight children and grand children. Among the children are Arinola Fuwa, Olayinka Fashola, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Ademola Fashola, Omolara Fashola, Adewale Fashola, Ademola Fashola Jnr and Ademola Keji Fashola. A statement released in behalf of the family by Chief of Staff in the Governor’s office, Mr. Mikhail Olanrewaju Babalola said the deceased will be buried tomorrow, Tuesday, 6th of August, 2013 at Vaults and Gardens, Ikoyi, Lagos…
There was a sharp drop in the amount of money made by the highest selling film at the Box Office this week compared with the figures churned out last week. Coming at number five this week is the film Despicable Me2. Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film made a total sum of 10.39 million Dollars after an impressive showing in 3,207 cinema halls worldwide to reach that position. At number four is The Conjuring, which watered the hands of Warner Brothers with the sum of 13.66 million Dollars after featuring in 3, 115 theatres around the world. Coming at number…
Former publicity secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Mr. Joe Igbokwe has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will no longer be able to say that the party will rule Nigeria for 60 years without performance with the emergence of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Igbokwe who spoke in Lagos said PDP will now be very cautious of who is coming behind each time it takes a step, stressing that the APC will no doubt produce the next president of Nigeria in 2015. “Over the years, PDP said they will rule Nigeria for 60 years,…
Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha who was suspended by the All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA) has said that Ndigbo will secure more national positions through the All Progressive Congress(APC). Okorocha who sang the praises of the new party in a town hall meeting of Imo State Congress of America 2013 in Atlanta, USA, also reacted to his suspension by APGA, saying that the well being of Ndigbo remains paramount in all his action and would continue to take steps to assist the Igbo to regain their rightful place in the political equation of Nigeria. “APC remains the best vehicle…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has suspended Imo State Governor, Mr. Rochas Okorocha from the party just few days after the registration of All Progressive Congress (APC) by INEC, for gross anti-party activities, following his involvement with APC. APGA announced the suspension via a communiqué after an emergency meeting by the National Executive Council in Abuja. The party also resolved to dissolve the executive committee of the APGA in Imo State with immediate effect and appoint a 21-member caretaker committee to oversee affairs of the party. The communiqué signed by Chairman APGA Southwest, Alhaji Tayo Sowunmi explained that the…
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola has expressed shock and deep sadness at the untimely passage on Friday of three members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ), two of whom are from the Lagos State council in a ghastly motor accident. The journalists are Chairman, Federal Radio Corporation of NUJ chapel, Olatunde Ojenike, national Secretary of NUJ, Mr. Adolphus Okonkwo and Financial Secretary of the Lagos State chapter, Kafayat Odunsi who works with Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). They were returning from Abuja on national assignment when the NUJ 18-seater bus reportedly lost control after losing one the tyres at Ilesha,…
Mr Ayo Gbeleyi was today sworn in as Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State after his confirmation by the Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday. Gbeleye was until his appointment today Special Adviser to the Governor on Public -Private Partnerships. His elevation followed the acceptance of the resignation of the former Finance Commissioner, Mr Tokunbo Abiru who had been appointed as Executive Director of First Bank of Nigeria Plc. Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola who spoke at the Executive Council who spoke after the swearing in ceremony congratulated the appointee and appealed to his spouse for greater…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola said yesterday that only 14 rehabilitated persons picked from the streets and not 67 as reported were returned to their state of origin in Anambra State. Fashola, who made the clarification during a visit of Aka Ikenga, Igbo community in Lagos to his office in Alausa, Ikeja said what happened was indeed a very small matter that has been exaggerated to score cheap political gain. He explained that there was correspondence between the Lagos State Government and the liaison office of the Anambra State Government in Lagos on the 9th of April, 2013 from…
It is now 16 years today since the Afrobeat King, Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti better known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti passed on. He died August 2, 1997. He was 58. His late father, Reverend Oludotun Ransome Kuti was a protestant minister and a school principal. He was the first President of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, his mother Fumilayo was an activist noted for anti-colonial movement, and the first Nigerian woman to drive a car. His late brother, Dr. Olikoye Ransome Kuti announced at a press conference in 1997 that his beloved brother died of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS),…