…Thanks Lagosians, Assures Of Smooth Transition In 2019 Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday congratulated the winner of Tuesday’s governorship primaries of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, saying it was time for the State to move forward in order to consolidate on the gains of the last three […]
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The winner of the Lagos All Progressives Congress primary, Mr.Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that he will not take the Nationa Leaders of the party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu fatherly role for granted. Mr. Sanwo-Olu in his acceptance speech also thanked the Almighty God and the people of the state saying ‘first I need to thank the […]
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Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission lacks the capacity and resources to prosecute all electoral offenders in the country. He stated this yesterday, in Calabar, Cross River State, at the opening ceremony of a two-day training workshop for staff of the commission on legal and police officers’ prosecution […]
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Each of the 12 presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will nominate four persons into the accreditation and the electoral committees in the party’s upcoming convention. PDP spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, who broke the news in Abuja yesterday, said each of the aspirants will nominate two persons to serve in the two committees. According […]
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The Police in Lagos have smashed a kidnap syndicate which specialised in abducting toddlers in Lagos and selling them to ready buyers in the eastern part of the country. Arrested, were three suspected members of the syndicate, all women, who stole a two-year-old child at 27,T est Oluwale Street, in Olodi Apapa area of the […]
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All Progresives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole has dismissed fears that yesterday’s governorship primary in Lagos State was controversial. He said the party leadership was in control of the shadow election. Speaking at the Presidential Villa after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the former Edo State Governor said: “I told the President that […]
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Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday said the party rejected Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s re-election bid because he has failed the leadership test. He said while a governor is expected to perform in office and fight the infrastructure battle, he is not expected to turn his back on the platform that […]
Read More The Federal Government is to commence test-bed trials of Radio Navigation Satellite System by the first quarter of next year. This was disclosed yesterday by Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu while declaring open the 15th ITU Resolution 609 Consultation meeting and Radio Satellite Services Symposium in Abuja. According to him, the test-bed trials would also […]
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Fellow contenders for the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential ticket have faulted the primary. The contenders under the aegis of the Coalition Of 2019 APC Presidential Aspirants in a statement made available to correspondence yesterday, deposed that the party leadership collaborated to foist Buhari on the party without interrogating his capacity to fly the flag […]
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President Muhammad Buhari has appealed to accountants and auditors in the country to assist in fighting corruption. The President made the appeal on Tuesday in Abuja at the 48th Annual Accountants’ Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Buhari was represented by the Minister of Budget and National Planning; Sen. Udoma Udo […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Tuesday, advised Nigerians to resist the proposed decision of Federal Government to hike tuition fees in public universities across the country to ₦350,000. This call was made by the Ibadan zonal leadership of the union comprising academic unions in University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, […]
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APC declares Sawoolu winner of Lagos guber primary. The chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State Chapter, Alhaji Tunde Balogun has declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu the winner of the Gubernatorial primary election, held Tuesday, across the 245 wards of the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. By this declaration, Sanwoolu has emerged as […]
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