… As Special Adviser Joe Igbokwe Leads Officials On Inspection Of Ongoing Projects �In fulfilment of its promise to start massive construction after the rains, the Lagos State Government has commenced dredging of major drainage channels and canals spread across the State. Among the drainage channels where the contractors have moved to site and commenced dredging are the Jankara/Oroyinyin/Binuyo/Adeniji-Adele Channel, ... Read More »
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PHOTOS: GOV SANWO OLU & OTHER GOVERNORS ATTEND THE NEC MEETING AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during the National Economic Council Meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, December 19, 2019. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu and Senior Special Assistant (SSA) ... Read More »
Miss Ekimogun Beauty Pageant grand finale
A Biology undergraduate of Adeyemi College of Education, Oluwatobi Joy Fadayomi, has emerged winner of the 2019 Miss Ekimogun Beauty Pageant, which held on Sunday, 8th of December 2019, at the prestigious Oba Adesanoye Civic Centre, Ondo City, Ondo. The 21-year-old emerged victorious after contesting with 16 other ladies for the crown. Miss Ruth Oluwabusolami Sanni and Miss Dolapo Rosemary ... Read More »
Emmy-Nominated Soyinka Leaves BBC.
International Emmy Awards nominated investigative journalist and pioneer editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, Adejuwon Soyinka, is set to leave the BBC in January 2020. The multiple award-winning journalist and editor, with 20 years of experience, joins The Conversation Africa as Regional Editor for West Africa, managing teams in Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal. Speaking about the move, Soyinka said he ... Read More »
PHOTOS: SANWO-OLU, HAMZAT AT 2019 CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE AT LAGOS HOUSE, ALAUSA
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; His wife, Oluremi; First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu and Commissioner for Home Affairs, Pharm (Mrs) Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf during the 2019 Christmas Carol Service at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday, December 19, 2019. Wife of first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Abimbola Jakande; Wife of Minister of Works and ... Read More »
Supreme Court verdict: Truth has finally prevailed in Oyo—Makinde
…says victory, an opportunity to keep pace of Oyo’s development OYO State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Thursday, that his victory at the Supreme Court amounted to truth eventually prevailing in the state. This was as the Governor assured the people of Oyo State that his government would develop the state in such a way that everyone would benefit ... Read More »
39 Companies express interest to construct Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge
A total of 39 companies – indigenous and international – are jostling for the delivery of the proposed Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge following the call for Expression of Interest by Lagos State government. The Expression Of Interest box was opened at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Center with 39 hard copies received while 32 of them were also submitted online as ... Read More »
Kwara gets minimum wage negotiating committee
Kwara State Government has assembled a negotiating team to interface with representatives of the labour unions over the minimum wage. The team is peopled by government officials and leadership of the labour unions in the state, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye said in a statement on Thursday. The team, according to the statement, comprises Commissioners for Finance ... Read More »
Ekiti Culture DG visits site of first plane crash in Africa
…..to be turned to a tourists’ center The Ekiti State Government is set to turn the site of the first plane crash in Africa into a tourist’s haven as a way of enhancing the socio-economic sector of Ekiti state The Director-General of the Ekiti Council for Arts and Culture, Ambassador Wale Ojo Lanre disclosed this during an inspection tour of ... Read More »
Seyi Makinde Appoints Taye Currency As SA On Culture And Tourism
The Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has appointed Fuji musician, Taiwo Akande Adebisi populary known as Taye Currency as Special Adviser on Culture and Tourism. The Ibadan-based musician made this known in a post on his verified instagram account on Thursday. The post reads “Big thank you to His Excellency Enginer @seyi_amakinde , With immense gratitude, let me use ... Read More »