Former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Lagos State, Olasupo Sasore, SAN, has indicated his intention to succeed his former boss, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, as governor of the state in 2015. Sasore Sasore was Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General during the first four years of Fashola’s administration between 2007 and 2011. The former commissioner, an experienced lawyer ... Read More »
His diminutive physique masks a razor- sharp intellect and wit. Dr Muiz Banire, lawyer, commissioner first of transportation and then the environment for 12 years under the Tinubu and Fashola administrations and now National Legal Adviser to the APC, was the guest speaker at a colloquium in Lagos in honour of Ogbeni Raufu Aregbesola. The colloquium was obviously spurred by ... Read More »
As its December 2 scheduled presidential primaries draw near, feelers from the inner caucus of the All Progressives Congress(APC) indicate that former Lagos governor,Mr Bola Tinubu has taken General Muhammadu Buhari off his radar. Tinubu has reportedly pitched his tent with the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives,Aminu Tambuwal who recently formalized his membership of the opposition party. An ... Read More »
More accolades as Uduaghan wins BusinessDay, CSR awards The strides of the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, in opening new frontiers of development in the state got more recognition as BusinessDay newspapers and SERA in its annual Corporate Social Responsibility recognition award over the weekend conferred awards on him in Lagos. For revamping the health sector in the state, ... Read More »
About 50 people were reportedly killed in a bomb explosion that rocked Senior Science Secondary School, Pokistum, Yobe state today, Monday, November 10. The explosion occurred around 8 am while the school was observing its routine morning assembly. Victims, according to reports, included students and staff of the school. According to witnesses and security officials, dozens of others injured in ... Read More »
A Delta State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sir Tony Obuh, has said he is poised to take the state to higher glory. Obuh stated this after submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms at the PDP headquarters in Abuja at the weekend. Obuh had while submitting his forms said: “I am here to ... Read More »
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State says he remains committed to promoting the development of youth whom he described as the ‘nation’s most vital and vibrant resource’. Speaking following his emergence as Best Governor in Youth and Sports Development at the 2014 BusinessDay Good Governance and States Competitiveness Award held in Lagos, Governor Ahmed said his remains committed to developing ... Read More »
Top columinist with Punch newspaper Tunde fagbenle meet with Gov Amosun recently and this is what he told him about his issue wuth his deupty It was a blazing headline on the front page of The PUNCH newspaper of some days ago (29 October): “Deputy gov sends stinker to Amosun.” It must be serious “big news” for a serious national ... Read More »
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed shock and disbelief at the defection of some of its members in Ogun State, including one of its top leaders and the former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, to another party. In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the shock stemmed ... Read More »
LAGOS—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, described the 4.8 million registered voters figure for Lagos State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as questionable even as the electoral body is set to distribute Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, to that number of people in the State starting from Friday, November 7 to 9, 2014, The Resident Electoral Commissioner of ... Read More »
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