Day: August 11, 2024

Igbogbo Holds Oro Meri Festival Monday

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Jare Babatunde The second Oro festival in Igbogbo Kingdom, known as Meri, will hold tomorrow, Monday, August 12, 2024. In accordance with the tradition of the ancient town, women folks are expected to stay indoor from 11pm tonight until early morning on Tuesday, August 13, when the festival will be over. During the festival, only men are allowed to be outside, while rites and rituals are performed to cleanse the town and prayers offered for progress and peace. Oro festival usually holds twice in a year in Igbogbo, and the…

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INTERVIEW: If Well Administered, Challenges Confronting Nigeria Like Food Crisis, Insecurity And Others Can Be Solved Through The 774 LGs – Basorun Rotinwa, fmr. Chairman, LG Service Commission

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Bashorun Babatunde Tajudeen Rotinwa, was a former Chairman, Lagos State Local Government Service Commission between 2015 to 2019, under the administration of Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as the Executive Governor of the state. This was after he served as the Head of Service (HOS) for nine months under the military administration of Col. Buba Marwa in Lagos State, before the commencement of this democratic dispensation. Rotinwa had, on returning to Nigeria in 1976, got enlisted into the service of the Lagos State Government as an Inspector of Education Grade Level 1…

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LASG Introduces 25% Discount Fare On Off-Peak Travels

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government has announced that the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line will from Monday, August 12, 2024, increase its number of trips from 54 to 72 per day. The state will also upscale the number of trips on the Blue Line from 54 to 72 per day while the current schedule for Sunday operations remains unchanged. Abimbola Akinajo, Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), disclosed at the weekend that Blue Line train riders will now travel between Marina and Mile 12 in…

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