Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rejoiced with his predecessor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Ambode clocks 60 on Wednesday, June 14. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message, issued on Tuesday by his Media Adviser, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described Ambode as a seasoned administrator who contributed his knowledge and expertise to the growth of ... Read More »
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SANWO-OLU LEADS 10TH-YEAR REMEMBRANCE PRAYER FOR ABIBATU MOGAJI
•Says late Iyaloja-General was a woman of tremendous grace, resilience Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will join Lagosians and Nigerians on Thursday a special prayer in remembrance of the late Iyaloja-General of the Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men, Alhaja (Dr.) Abibatu Ashabi Mogaji. Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, a business magnate, frontline Awoist, and market leader and mother of ... Read More »
Boat mishap: Kwara rolls out new safety guidelines as Gov AbdulRazaq leads delegation to Patigi
• govt to give 1,000 life jackets to LG • mulls local agency to boost safe water travels Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday led a government delegation to Patigi to commiserate with families affected in the Monday night boat mishap, in which dozens have been confirmed dead. At least 106 persons, mostly from Patigi communities, have been confirmed ... Read More »
LASU TO HONOUR OBA ELEGUSHI, GBAJABIAMILA, FASHOLA, OTHERS WITH DOCTORATE DEGREES
As part of activities of its 26th Convocation ceremony, the Lagos State University will confer Honorary Doctorate Degree on Lagos first class traditional ruler, Oba Saheed Elegushi. Speaking at a press conference to announce programmes for the ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of the school, Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello stated that Oba Elegushi, amongst other eminent Nigerians are being honoured for their ... Read More »
TIME TO DE-EMPHASISE RELIGION, ENTHRONE COMPETENCE IN OUR POLITICS’ — SANWO-OLU SAYS AT JUNE 12 FORUM
•Lagos Governor leads pro-democracy campaigners in tributes, wreath laying in honour of late MKO Abiola •‘Military must never rule again’ – Activist Struggles led by pro-democracy activists three decades ago for the enthronement of civilian government in Nigeria echoed from the past, as the nation marked National Democracy Day, on Monday. In Lagos, the commemoration coincided with a two-day summit ... Read More »
Opinion!une 12, 30 years after! Hmm, how time flies Segun Sowunmi
. Time is the only commodity that man cannot waste for it is irrecoverable. Imagine a whopping 30 years have gone by since the excitement and hope of a nation around credible, free and fair elections that the day has come to symbolize, it is even more ironic that a least likely personality has given it a pan-Nigerian official recognition ... Read More »
For the Records!President Tinubu 2023 Democracy day speech
TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED Tinubu, GCFR ON JUNE 12, 2023* Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. 3. ... Read More »
Few days of Tinubu Presidency have cured Nigeria’s age-long hopelessness ___ Fagade
As Nigeria marked the 30th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election believed to have been won by the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state, Dr Abisoye Fagade, has stated that the new administration of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu would do enough to solve most ... Read More »
PDP WARNING OF ARRESTS OF LEGISLATORS-ELECT MERE DISTRACTION Femi Orebe
Our attention has been drawn to the press conference addressed by the National Publicity Director of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Debo Ologunagba over the weekend. In his characteristic manner of crying wolf when there’s absolutely none during contests for political offices, Ologunagba said attempts are in the works to “intimidate, harass and threaten lawmakers-elect” through arrests of those of ... Read More »
How to sustain gains of democracy: Kwara Gov
Kwara State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Nigerians on the 30th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, calling it a watershed event that birthed the current democratic dispensation. In a statement to commemorate the Democracy Day, the Governor said the best way to honour the heroes of democracy and sustain ... Read More »