Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, received firsthand briefings on the level of alert from the commanders of all security formations in the State. This is coming against the background of the reported security threats to the city of Lagos. The security chiefs briefed the Governor during the State security meeting held behind closed doors at the Government House ... Read More »
Category Archives: Politics
Why i am Supporting Labour party Babatunde Gbadamosi
In 2008, I joined the People’s Democratic Party, at Ward A1, Ikorodu LGA, in Lagos State. I was a loyal member of the party, contributing whatever I could, materially, intellectually and financially, to the growth and development of the party in Lagos State and throughout Nigeria, until I took an early retirement from partisan politics in 2017. In my attempts ... Read More »
LAGOS TASKFORCE CLAMPS DOWN ON OKADA OPERATORS PLYING BANNED ROUTES
… Says Okada Passengers Risk Three Months Jail Term The Lagos State Taskforce has continued its enforcement of the ban on commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada, that ply restricted highways, particularly in the six Local Governments Areas and nine Local Council Development Areas across the State. Speaking on the exercise which took place in Agege/Fagba, Apapa and Ajah, the ... Read More »
President Buhari Mourns The Death Of Former IGP Balogun
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, friends and associates over the death of former Inspector-General of Police, Mustafa Adebayo Balogun, who died in Lagos on Thursday. The President in his condolence message also mourns with the Nigeria Police Force, an institution Balogun spent the better part of his life serving. President Buhari recalls that Balogun, during his tenure ... Read More »
Election Preparations, Deployment, Most Extensive Peacetime Mobilization, Says Yakubu
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has described election preparations, deployment and implementation as the most extensive mobilization that could happen in a country in either peacetime or wartime. Dwelling specifically on Nigeria, Prof. Yakubu averred that preparations for the 2023 General Election would involve the recruitment and training of staff and managing the logistics ... Read More »
We’d rough time with Kwara before AbdulRazaq: UBEC
• Says state now a model in funds utilisation Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) on Thursday said it had a very bad experience with Kwara State in the past over utilisation of matching grants that were meant for development of basic education. The commission added however that the situation changed with the coming of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq whose administration the ... Read More »
BREAKING: Ex-IGP Tafa Balogun Is Dead
Mustapha Balogun, a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead. Family sources confirmed the death of Balogun, who became IGP in March 2002, to… Mustapha Balogun, a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead. Family sources confirmed the death of Balogun, who became IGP in March 2002, to Daily Trust on Thursday night, but did not go into details. Born ... Read More »
DON’T GAG THE MEDIA, SANWO-OLU TELLS POLITICIANS, PUBLIC OFFICERS
• As Nge Urges Journalists to Uphold Ethics, Ensure Quality Content Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged politicians and public office holders not to gag the media, saying press freedom was important in a democracy. He made the appeal on Thursday at a workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), themed: “Journalist and Digitalisation: the imperative ... Read More »
Stop the Name Dropping,Asiwaju is for Sen Folarin not you,Kekemeke tells Adelabu
Tinubu not supporting Adelabu in Oyo – Kekemeke The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West, Mr Isaacs Kekemeke, has described as a lie the claims that the Accord Party governorship candidate in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, is enjoying the backing of the presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Kekemeke said Tinubu was fully in ... Read More »
No part of Kwara is without our good impacts: AbdulRazaq
• As Senator Ashiru presents vehicles to Kwara South APC Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday that no part of the state is without the projects or beneficiaries of various programmes of the administration — whether in road, potable water, healthcare, or social investment for the vulnerable. AbdulRazaq said residents of every part of the state can attest ... Read More »