Tag Archives: Lagos

Lagos 2023: We will review court of Appeal judgement and take necessary action- PDP

Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said it will review the Court of Appeal judgment and take appropriate action in due course. The party made this known following the verdict dismissing the petition of its governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdulazeez Adediran, against the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat.We In its ...

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Lagos Cabinet: Group threatens to stage protest

The Humanity Services Project, HSP, yesterday, urged the Lagos State House of Assembly to reconsider and approve the names of the commissioner-nominees forwarded to them by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Assembly had rejected 17 and confirmed 22 commissioner-nominees. Those rejected include Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, Prof. Akin Abayomi, Mr Yomi Oluyomi, Mrs Folashade Ambrose, Ms Barakat Bakare, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, Engr. ...

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Kogi 2023: Kogi bans campaign posters in Lokoja

Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, the State Signage and Advertisement Agency, KOSSAA, has banned campaign posters from Lokoja, the state capital, besides other guidelines on the use of campaign materials. A statement by the General Manager of the agency, Osaseyi Richard, urged all political parties, candidates, politicians and supporters to abide by the guidelines. The ...

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Lagos Assembly rejects 17 cabinet nominees

Lagos State House of Assembly, has confirmed 22 out of the 39 cabinet nominees sent recently by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening and approval. Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over the day’s sitting on Wednesday, said the confirmation followed rigorous and detailed screening of the nominees by a ad-hoc committee led by the Chief Whip of the ...

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Lagos APC appoints new Secretary as Odesanya becomes Special Adviser

The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have confirmed the appointment of a former Chairman of Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Adeola Jokomba, as its Secretary. Politico.ng gathered that  Jokomba was appointed to replace former lawmaker Hon. Olanrewaju Sunmi Odesanya, who was recently appointed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as Special Adviser, DAWN Commission & South ...

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Gov Sanwo-Olu appoints six Special Advisers

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed six Special Advisers (non-Cabinet) to serve in various capacities across ministries. The Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Barrister, ‘Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The newly appointed Special Advisers are: Dr. (Mrs) Iyabo Ayoola – Special Adviser, Central Internal Audit, Olalekan Balogun – Special Adviser, Economic Planning and Budget, ...

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Islamic leaders reject Sanwo-Olu’s commissioners-designate list

The Lagos Muslims community has rejected the list of proposed cabinet members submitted by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the state House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Addressing a World Press Conference on the Governor Sanwo-Olu’s commissioners-designate list on Tuesday in Lagos, the Convener of Joint Muslim Forum (JMF) and National Missioner, Ansarudeen Society of Nigeria, Imam Abdul Rahman Ahmad ...

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Gov Makinde appoints ex-Lagos CP, others into cabinet

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has re-appointed Mr Fatai Owoseni as Special Adviser on Security matters. Makinde announced the re-appointment on on Friday Owoseni is a former commissioner of police in Lagos state. Makinde, in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Segun Ogunwuyi, also announced the re-appointment of a former chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Oyo ...

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Alleged Terrorism: Court to begin trial of Lagos Eze Ndigbo today

A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, has adjourned till today, to commence the trial of one Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Frederick Nwajagu, for alleged terrorism. Trial judge, Justice Yetunde Adesanya, adjourned the matter, following the absence of Nwajagu’s counsel. Nwajagu, 67, was arrested in April by the Department of State Services, DSS, over an ...

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Obasa re-elected as Lagos house Speaker

The immediate past Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has been been re-elected for the third consecutive time as the Speaker. Obasa who was nominated by a member representing Ifako-Ijaiye constituency 1 at the Assembly, Temitope Adewale, was elected on opposed. The sixth term member of the Assembly was declared the Speaker by the Clerk ...

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