Category: Breaking News

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu Resumes, Tours Secretariat

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu accompanied by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat resumed office on Thursday by taking a tour round the State Secretariat at Alausa. He was welcomed by the excited civil servants, who hailed and praised him as he moved from one block to the other, waving at them in acknowledgement. The enthusiastic civil servants sang songs in Yoruba praising the governor, saying this dispensation will be good for all Lagosians. The governor later addressed them, promising to address all the challenges and issues facing them such…

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Sanwo-Olu Sworn-in As 6th Civilian Governor of Lagos

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Wale JAGUN Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu was on Wednesday sworn-in as the 6th Civilian Governor of Lagos State at the Tarawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria. He was sworn-in by the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke. His running mate during the last Lagos gubernatorial election, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat was sworn-in as the Deputy Governor of Lagos State. Details soon…

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Breaking: Lagos Assembly Passes 2019 Budget

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Wale JAGUN The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday evening passed the 2019 budget. The budget was presented by the Governor of the State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode in February. The total budget is N873, 532, 460, 725; capital expenditure stands at N479, 691, 073, 705 and recurrent expenditure is N393, 841, 387, 020. Members of the State Assembly passed the budget with additional N21 billion. The original budget of N852.317 billion was presented by the governor.

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Bombshell: AGF Writes INEC To Postpone Election

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The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami, has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the National Assembly, governorship and state houses of Assembly elections following the decision of the Appeal Court that all parties return to status quo in the Zamfara All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries crisis.   PM NEWS reports that the AGF gave the advice in a letter written to the INEC Chairman, Yakubu Mamood, and dated February 13, 2019. Malami cited sections 38 and 39 of Electoral (Amendment)…

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Breaking: INEC Extends Collection Of PVCs Till Monday

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has extended collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) to Monday, February 11, 2019. Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu made the announcement on Friday, at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners across the nation. The general elections are just a week away, and the electoral commission had earlier declared the deadline for the collection of PVCs to end today, Friday. The decision to extend the date was, however, reached after the RECs gave situation reports on the collection of PVCs in their respective…

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Breaking: Lagos Assembly Moves To Impeach Ambode

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Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday evening began moves to impeach Governor Akinwunmi Ambode over alleged gross misconduct. The lawmakers at its plenary on Monday evening accused the governor of committing atrocities bordering on gross misconduct and spending budget that had not been laid before the House or approved by the Assembly. Out of the 34 lawmakers who spoke at the plenary, 28 of them called for the impeachment of the governor while six others called on the governor to resign. Also, the lawmakers, through a…

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Breaking News: Asa 2018 Festival Postponed

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The organisers of the annual Asa festival have announced the postponement of the event originally scheduled to hold Friday, December 21, 2018, at the Ikorodu Town hall, Olubi, Ikorodu. In a press statement issued on Thursday by the Publicity Sub-Committee of the event, it was stated that the postponement was necessitated by developments beyond its control. The statement read thus: “The Organiser of the yearly Asa Festival regrets to announce the postponement of this year’s edition tagged Ere Osupa 2018 and earlier billed to hold tomorrow Friday, December 21, 2018.…

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Breaking: Finance Minister Appoints Mary Uduk, Ag SEC DG

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Our Reporter The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Friday approved the appointment of Ms Mary Uduk as the Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and reassigned other portfolios in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).   According to a press release signed by Oluyinka Akintunde, Special Adviser, Media & Communications to the Hon. Minister of Finance, Federal Ministry of Finance, Ms. Mary Uduk will assume the position of Acting Director-General of the Commission.   Uduk replaces Dr Abdul Zubair who was Acting SEC…

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