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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),…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has described as an unwarranted precedence the media orchestration of the alleged “deportation of Igbos from Lagos” by the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi. Warning against the danger in willfully inciting the Igbo community in Lagos against their hosts who are known nationally and globally as being hospitable people, Governor Fashola, while responding to a question on the issue from media men in the course of an inspection tour of projects said deliberately fanning the embers of ethnicity would serve no good purpose to anyone. “It is a very dangerous and unwarranted precedence…
Lagos State House of Assembly’s joint Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Public Petitions and Transportation, Commerce and Industry have commenced investigation into a petition written by the Yoruba Video Films Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria(YOVIFPMAN) over act of piracy in Alaba International market, Ojo, Lagos. At the inaugural meeting, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade directed all stakeholders at the meeting to forward documents that would assist the Committee do a thorough investigation. According to him, the State House of Assembly would ensure that justice is done, urging the stakeholders to provide necessary information on the people indulging in film piracy…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola is on appraisal tour of on-going projects in the state that are at various stages of completion. The projects include Light Rail Mass Transit (Blue Line) and retrofitting of ferries at the Mile 2 Jetty. He expressed satisfaction generally for the projects, noting that although there has been some delay, there has also been significant progress in the projects. Projects inspected include the National Arts Theatre Terminus and interchange for buses and park and ride, the four-kilometre of tracks being laid from Orile to Mile 2, Mile 2 Terminal and works yard for the…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has described the just registered All Progressive Congress (APC) as the stone that will kill the Goliath. Fashola spoke today at the formal lowering of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) flag and hosting of the APC flag in Ikeja, Lagos. He said that in the past people have often said that the ACN was not large enough to confront the Goliath irrespective of the successes recorded in the party, adding that today; the APC remains the stone that will confront the Goliath. “Bad governance has continued in spite of successes we have…
Trouble makers who are bent on disrupting meetings put together by the Lagos state chapter of the actors would need to have a rethink if they want to continue to breathe an air of freedom following assurance by the Lagos State Police Command to provide security to ward off people with bad intention. Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Umaru Manko has assured the Lagos State chapter of the readiness of his men to avail security for all meetings held by the union. Chairman of the Lagos state chapter, Mr. Don Pedro Aganbi made the revelation while addressing a press conference in…