•Launches Armed Forces Remembrance Day emblem, appeal fund Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged Nigerian Police and other security personnel in the State to work towards a crime-free yuletide season for residents by keeping the State safe during the festive season and beyond. He made the appeal on Monday while launching the Year 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day ... Read More »
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PASSPORT: DABIRI-EREWA HAILS NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE FOR CREATING DIASPORA DESKS AT AIRPORTS
ABUJA, DEC. 13, 2022: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has commended the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Isah Jere Idris on his directive for the Service to set up Diaspora Desks in all the nation’s international airports in order to have a seemless passport process for all Nigerians coming back home. In a ... Read More »
USE ARTS TO FIGHT SOCIETAL ILLS, DRIVE TRANSFORMATION, SANWO-OLU TELLS ARTISTS
…Reveals Over 3,000 Nigerians Trained Through State’s Creative Initiative …As First Lady, State Govt Hold Greater Lagos Arts Exhibition Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday emphasized the power of artworks to drive social transformation and serve as a potent vehicle for information and reorientation, calling on artists to deploy their creative skills to fight societal ills. The Governor ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU FLAGS OFF REDEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA’S OLDEST COURTHOUSE RAZED BY HOODLUMS
•Rebuild Lagos Trust Fund moves to rebuild, expand Igbosere High Court Out of the rubble of ruins, construction of a modern complex for Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has begun. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, performed the sod turning for the redevelopment of the oldest courthouse in the country, two years after the iconic colonial vestige was razed by ... Read More »
Lagos Assembly Passes ₦1.768Trn 2023 Budget
– Obasa commends colleagues for their sacrifice The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a total of ₦1,768,014,155,285 as the budget for 2023 with the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, thanking the lawmakers for their collective sacrifice and the swiftness with which the Appropriation Bill was handled. A breakdown of the approved budget size shows the sum of ... Read More »
APC Spokepersons Replies Thisday allegations of muzzling Media
NDUKA OBAIGBENA AND HIS THISDAY/ARISE NEWS’ HYPOCRITICAL GRANDSTANDING ON PUBLIC MORALITY It is laughably tragic that the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY and Arise News Television, Mr.Nduka Obaigbena, has the temerity to pretend to be a guardian of public morality in contemporary Nigerian media practice. The fact that this character is an unscrupulous hustler and blackmailer who has done tremendous ... Read More »
LET NIGERIANS BE WARY OF ATIKU ABUBAKAR’S SUGAR-COATED PROMISES, HE DOES NOT MEAN Wi LL Onanuga
RECOVER WETIN? o We need to warn Nigerians to be wary of the sugar-coated promises of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party as they embark on their inordinate and desperate campaign to gain power at all cost. A party that should be eternally shameful about its appalling record in governance between 1999-2015 is now busy rewriting ... Read More »
CATHOLIC BISHOP CALLS FOR PEACE IN IMO, CONDEMNS ATTEMPTS TO DERAIL GOV. UZODIMMA’S ROAD PROJECTS
The Catholic Bishop of Okigwe Diocese, Most Rev Dr Solomon Amatu today condemned the attack on the construction company working on Owerri- Umuahia road and Owerri-Okigwe roads which led to the killing of their security personnel. The Bishop wondered why those behind the attacks want to stop the good works of the Governor. Amatu who spoke during his sermon at ... Read More »
INFRASTRUCTURE : RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GETTING NIGERIA OUT OF POVERTY ALREADY BEING ADDRESSED, SAYS FASHOLA
· As Minister presides over 2022 EMBER Month Programme’s Press Briefing in Abuja · Confirms opening of the 2nd Niger Bridge for use during yuletide period · Also barrier and diversions to be removed from Abuja-Kano, Lagos-Ibadan Roads to ease traffic during the festival period · Appeals for patience and strict observance of the national speed limit of 100 Km ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU, ANGLICAN BISHOPS, PRIESTS BID ARCHBISHOP OLUMAKAIYE FAREWELL
•His death a great loss to Anglican Communion, says Lagos Governor Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa; the Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), The Most Rev. Dr. Henry Ndukuba, hundreds of bishops and priests, on Thursday, attended the funeral service of His Grace, The Most. Rev Dr. Humphrey ... Read More »