“THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE” BEING TITLE OF LECTURE DELIVERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN ON THE BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY TIMIPRE SYLVA I think it is too elementary to attempt any formal definition of democracy. It will serve our purpose to say that it is participatory governance in the sense ... Read More »
The Presidency has condemned the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. BAbatunde Fashol(SAN) over his attack on President Goodluck Jonathan at the lecture to celebrate the 50th birthday of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipriye Silva in Abuja on Thursday. The Presidency said it was not true as alleged by Fashola that the Federal Government has been inactive for ... Read More »
The Kwara State Governor Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the authorities of Kwara State University, Malete to discontinue the payment of departmental levies and refund all monies collected so far in this academic session. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, in a statement by his senior special assistant on media and communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede, said as a responsive leader he decided to ... Read More »
Kwara state government Friday announced the immediate closure of a private hospital in Ilorin over a suspected Ebola Virus contaminations even as the government urged residents in the state not to panic noting that though the case was a global case, but that Kwara state is safe. The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Public Health,Professor Sunday Popoola,in company ... Read More »
Three major Non-Governmental Organisations, Kwara North Youth Consultative forum, The National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS), National Headquarters and Ilorin Emirate Students Union, National Headquarters, have endorsed the State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed for a second term in office. In separate statements, the organisations identified the people oriented policies and programmes of Governor Ahmed as testimonies of why he ... Read More »
There are strong indications that a former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, and his loyalists may submit a request for the registration of the Action Group of Nigeria to the Independent National Electoral Commission any moment from now. This followed the leadership crisis that has rocked the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. There have been ... Read More »
EKITI State Governor-Elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, Sunday congratulated Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola on his re-election as governor of the state and sought good working relationship with him to move their states forward. Fayose, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, described Aregbesola’s victory as a plus for democracy in Nigeria as it showed ... Read More »
PRESS STATEMENT Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the re-election of the Governor of State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as an affirmation of the supremacy of the wish of the people and reward for good governance and purposeful leadership. Governor Ahmed said this in a congratulatory message to Governor Aregbesola, adding that the Osun State Governor has ... Read More »
Gov. Fashola orders the reversal of Lagos State University fees to the sum of N25,000, after months of protests by students and lecturers in the university. Gov.Fashola gave the directive today August 7th at the convocation programme of LASU which held earlier today at the LASU Ojo campus ground. The Lagos State Government had in 2011 increased the fees from ... Read More »
Is this is a joke?… Julius Agwu has officially declared his intentions to run for governor of Rivers State in 2015. The comedian said he decided to join the governorship race after pressure from his people to lead them. The party he will contest under will be unveiled in due course he says. Read More »
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