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LASG assures PSP operators of their job
The Lagos State Government has assured Private Sector Participation – PSP -operators of their job despite the involvement of foreign firms in waste management in the state. Involvement of foreign firms in waste management in the state was proposed by the executive arm under Cleaner Lagos Initiative which is part…
Read More »Ambode to scrap ‘Danfo’ in Lagos
Yellow busses popularly known as Danfo may be ban this year from plying Lagos roads. Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode gave the hint last Sunday at the 14th Annual Lecture of the Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) held at Muson Centre Onikan, Lagos. Ambode who spoke on the theme:…
Read More »Buhari postpones resumption, writes NASS
President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed indefinitely his planned resumption. Presidential Spokesman Femi Adesina said on his facebook wall that President Buhari informed the National Assembly in a letter written February 5, of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of…
Read More »2face makes u-turn on planned protest
Nigerian international music act, Innocent ‘2face’ Idibia, has cancelled his planned peace protest. Idibia announced the cancellation of the protest via a video click on his Instagram page, Official2baba Saturday evening. “Dear Nigerians, after due consultations, it has become clear that the #OneVoice Nigerian protest scheduled to hold in…
Read More »EFCC re-arraigns former NIMASA boss, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned before a Federal High Court, Lagos, Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Atewe, Patrick Akpobolokemi and two others over N8.5 billion fraud. Patrick Akpobolokemi, is a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). He is charged with Kime Engonzu…
Read More »Wadada clears the air on Tuface mass protest
Kora award winner and self acclaimed spiritual singer, King Wadada has said the Tuface Idibia planned mass protest is not about Tuface but enforcing good governance in the land. Nigerian international act, Innocent ‘Tuface’ Idibia aka Tu-baba had called for a mass protest to hold February 5. While the planned…
Read More »INEC: 75 associations seek registration
75 associations have applied for registration as political parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The Chief Technical Adviser to the INEC chairman, Prof. Bolade Eyinla, stated this at the opening of a two-day learning conference with the theme ‘The Regional Cost of Politics’ which was organized by…
Read More »UK government deports 41 Nigerians
41 Nigerians were on Wednesday deported by the United Kingdom for committing various immigration offences. Thisday reported that the deportees arrived Murtala Mohammed International Airport Wednesday morning onboard a chartered aircraft. They comprised 33 men and eight women. The report stated that some of the offences of the deportees included…
Read More »Kidnappers to face death penalty in Lagos
In an effort to curb kidnapping in Lagos, the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday signed the Prohibition of the Act of Kidnapping Bill into law. Ambode said, the law recommends life imprisonment for kidnapping for ransom and death penalty in a case where a victim dies. The governor disclosed…
Read More »Traffic enforcement: Lagos orders LGA officials from the road
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday banned all officials of the 57 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from controlling or engaging in traffic duties in the state. The state also cancelled all official number plates currently in use as a result of gross abuse and…
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