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Sanwo-Olu Transmits 25 names of Commissioners, Special Advisers to State Assembly for Screening
Lagos News, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu Transmits 25 names of Commissioners, Special Advisers to State Assembly for Screening

In fulfilment of his election promise to accelerate his administration’s development agenda, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, transmitted a list of Commissioner-designates to the House of Assembly for ratification. The list contained twenty five names, who are to assume duty as Commissioners and Special Advisers upon ratification by the legislature. A statement by the Governor’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Sanwo-Olu carefully picked the nominees based on their cognate experience in their respective professions. The list, Akosile said, comprised names of technocrats and politicians, who understand the challenges of the state, noting that the painstaking and laborious selection process was aimed at constituting the best team that will s...
Lekki Toll: Lagos Residents, Motorists Commends Sanwo-Olu’s Decision on Electronic System
Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Lekki Toll: Lagos Residents, Motorists Commends Sanwo-Olu’s Decision on Electronic System

Residents and motorist in Lagos have commended the State Government for proposing a "touch and go" electronic payment system that will allow motorists pass quickly at the toll plaza of Lekki-Ikoyi Link bridge. It would be recalled that the  State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced that the mode of toll collection at the bridge would completely go electronic by October this year, saying that the development was part of efforts to ensure free flow of traffic within the axis. Reacting to the state government position on Friday, a resident of the axis, Mrs Bimbo Fatoki said the development was a well-appreciated one, saying the free access at the toll plazas hugely reduced travel time. “This is a welcome development and everyone is happy; kids did not get to sc...
World Population Day: Lagos Lawmaker Seeks Government Intervention on Population Control
Lagos News, News, Nigeria

World Population Day: Lagos Lawmaker Seeks Government Intervention on Population Control

A member, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu representing Eti-Osa constituency 02 on Thursday seek government intervention to control Nigeria's increased population. Yishawu made this known in a statement issued in commemoration of the 2019 World Population Day. It would be recalled that the World Population Day is observed annually on July 11. Yishawu who is the ad-hoc Committee Chairman on Budget and Economic Planning maintained that government must look for ways to control over population and address problems associated with it. According to a 2018 study, nine countries -- India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Indonesia, Egypt and the United States -- will make up more than half the projected growth of the globa...
We’re Committed to Making Ogun State  Investment Choice Destination – Abiodun
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We’re Committed to Making Ogun State Investment Choice Destination – Abiodun

The Ogun State governor, Prince  Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday said that the state is irrevocably committed to ensuring that it becomes the investment choice of the country and the world. He disclosed the position in Lagos at a programme organized by the London Stock Exchange in conjunction with PwC  Nigeria to launch a report " Companies to Inspire Africa 2019". According  to the governor, his government believed that no government has the "monopoly of funds" He explained that a consortium of banks and other willing investors had approached the state for a chance to build the largest Creative Arts and Entertainment village in the state and we obliged. "We also appreciate the fact that no government has the monopoly of funds to engender a wholesome  and sustainable development; w...
N50m Saved as AbdulRazaq Approves Completion of Secretariat Complex
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N50m Saved as AbdulRazaq Approves Completion of Secretariat Complex

....Project ready in August Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday approved immediate release of N350m for the completion of the New Kwara State Secretariat Complex in Ilorin. In a statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary said  the governor approved the fund after securing a discount of N50m from the contractors who were being owed N515m out of the N1.38bn total contract sums. The contract had been awarded by the administration of former Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed. "Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq felt a need to urgently complete the project for the use of civil servants even as he pushed for heavy discount for the state from the contractors," According to him, the idea is to save money while getting things fixed. As a result, the Governor has app...
Lagos Govt charges CBS Drivers to Obey Traffic Rules
Environment, Lagos News, Nigeria

Lagos Govt charges CBS Drivers to Obey Traffic Rules

The Managing Director of the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL), Mr. Idowu Oguntona has charged the newly trained Civil Service Staff Bus Drivers to obeyed all traffic rules in the state Oguntona, who gave the advice at the closing ceremony of the training programme for the Civil Service Bus Drivers at the LBSL Depot at Ilupeju, said that they are ambassadors of the State Government through which the commercial and private bus drivers will measure the present administration in terms of compliance with traffic laws. Represented at the event by Mr. Oluwatimilehin Olajide, Operations Manager, LBSL, Oguntona warned the drivers that the BRT corridor is exclusive for only BRT buses and not the Staff buses, reiterating that stiff penalties await any erring drivers that are caught in the corr...
Nigeria: UK Report Indicts Buhari on Killings of Thousands of Christians
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Nigeria: UK Report Indicts Buhari on Killings of Thousands of Christians

The global independent report on the persecution of Christians authored by the Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen Bishop of Truro in the United Kingdom was recently concluded and submitted to the Government of the United Kingdom. The report was concluded on July 4, 2019. In its examination of the killings in Nigeria, IT focused on the killings from Fulani herdsmen along the middle belt regions of the country. It cited the unwarranted killings of unarmed Christians by Fulani herdsmen who are often armed with sophisticated weapons. It observed that the security structure in Nigeria appears reluctant to go after the attackers. The military is more tuned to go after the victims – the report claims. The report cites that Christians are clearly suffering persecution. The report claims the Buhari ...
Put Anti-corruption Commitments into Practice – Transparency International Urges African Govts
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Put Anti-corruption Commitments into Practice – Transparency International Urges African Govts

Transparency International has urged government of Africa counties to put anti-corruption commitments into practice through investigation , prosecution and sanction of all reported cases of corruption in both the public and the private sectors with no exception. This contained in a report released by Transparency International Secretariat. Saying one in four people in Africa pay bribes to access services and the act disproportionately affects the poor and young. The report titled 'The tenth edition of Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Africa, released on African Anti-Corruption Day by Transparency International in partnership with Afrobarometer, revealed that more than half of all citizens surveyed in 35 African countries think corruption is getting worse in their country. Accor...
Sanwo-Olu Orders Investigation into Lagos Poly Crisis, Vows to Deal with Troublemakers
Crime, Education, Justice, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu Orders Investigation into Lagos Poly Crisis, Vows to Deal with Troublemakers

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, constituted a visitation Panel with a task to investigate all contentious issues that are setting the staff union against the management of Lagos State Polytechnic. Saying any member of the school breaching the peace in the school would be dealt with accounting to the law. He disclosed this in a statement signed by Gboyega Akosile, Deputy Chief Press Secretary. Sanwo-Olu ordered members of staff earlier disengaged by the management to forward their letters of appeal to the school’s Governing Council within seven (7) days for a review of the process of their disengagement, but with a condition that the appeal letters get endorsed by the Head of Service to ensure transparency in the review process. He expressed concern over the effects of ...
Breaking News: Buhari Seeks to Confirm Tanko as CJN, Urges Quick Confirmation by Senate
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Breaking News: Buhari Seeks to Confirm Tanko as CJN, Urges Quick Confirmation by Senate

Following the recommendation of the National Judicial Council that Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad be confirmed as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the nomination and forwarded same to the Senate for confirmation. The NJC had made this recommendation on Wednesday and the President's acceptance was confirmed by the Senate President who presented Tanko's name to the house for confirmation. The President has requested that the Senate make this a speedy confirmation. Source: Sahara Reporters