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Jan

10

2025

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Lagos State Governor Approves A Record-Breaking Budget Of N3.366 Trillion

Economy, Lagos, News Flash

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the 2025 Appropriation Bill into law, approving a record-breaking budget of N3.366 trillion. The budget, which is geared towards advancing the Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat administration’s developmental agenda, focuses on infrastructure, education, healthcare, and economic growth. During the signing ceremony, the governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to delivering impactful projects that improve the quality of life for Lagos residents and ensure sustainable development across the state. Gboyega Akosile, spokesman of the governor, wrote on X: “Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu today signs the 2025 Appropriation bill to law. “The budget size is N3.366 trillion meant for…

Dec

27

2024

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Senator Ndume Mocks Poverty In Southern Nigeria, Circulates Video Of Queues At President Tinubu’s Lagos Mansion

Economy, Empowerment, Gossips, Lagos

Ndume Mocks Poverty In Southern Nigeria, Circulates Video Of Queues At Tinubu’s Lagos Residence The Lawmaker representing Borno South in the Senate, Ali Ndume, has shared a video of long queues of Nigerians waiting for palliatives at President Bola Tinubu’s Lagos residence on Christmas Eve. The lawmaker posted the video on his X account on Wednesday, December 25. “Queues for presidential handouts at Bourdillon on Christmas Eve highlight a sobering reality. Poverty is a universal challenge that demands collective action and sustainable solutions,” Mr. Ndume wrote. The senator’s comment comes on the heels of three deadly stampedes during palliative distributions…

Nov

25

2024

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Lagos 2027: Seyi Tinubu’s Campaign Team Ignores Critics, Releases Biography Of President’s Son

News Flash, Lagos, Politics

2027: Seyi Tinubu’s Campaign Team Ignores Critics, Releases Biography Of President’s Son The campaign team of Seyi Tinubu has launched a biopic on the president’s son in preparation for his 2027 governorship ambition in Lagos state. A documentary of the younger Tinubu has been making the rounds on various social media platforms, over the weekend. The video highlights the president’s son’s biography, focusing on his education, career, and humanitarian activities as a Nigerian. It also documents his involvement in youth development in the country. The biopic comes on the heels of some groups’ endorsements of Seyi Tinubu as a potential…

Nov

24

2024

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Seyi Tinubu: Lagos Can’t Serve Father, Son – PDP

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Lagos, News Flash, Politics

Seyi Tinubu: Lagos Won’t Serve Father, Son – PDP The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has declared that citizens would resist any attempts to impose Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, as the next governor of the state. This statement follows recent endorsements of Seyi as a potential successor to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in 2027 by some groups. One of such groups, the Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders, issued an endorsement on Tuesday in Owerri, Imo State, suggesting that Seyi would be welcomed to run for governor in Osun or Imo states, where his family is…

Nov

21

2024

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Exercise Your Governorship Ambition In Osun – Lagos Youths Tell Seyi Tinubu

Lagos, News Flash, Politics

Exercise Your Governorship Ambition In Osun – Lagos Youths Tell Seyi Tinubu A coalition of Lagos Indigenous Youths, on Thursday, vowed to move against non-indigenes from contesting the 2027 governorship election in Lagos State. The youth group, in a statement by its president, Abdul Kareem Whyte, said it won’t allow those it described as “faceless individuals to deny indigenes of Lagos State right to govern themselves in 2027.” Reacting to a group known as the Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders, CONYL, who endorsed Seyi Tinubu for governor of Lagos State in 2027 at its Owerri meeting, Abdul Kareem said there…

Nov

09

2024

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‘Leaders Don’t Run Away’ – Fashola Advises Youth Against ‘Japa’

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education, Lagos, News Flash

‘Leaders Don’t Run Away’ – Fashola Advises Youth Against ‘Japa’ A former governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola has asked Nigerian youths to remain in the country despite economic challenges. In recent times, there has been a wave of migration by Nigerians who are seeking greener pastures abroad. “Japa” is a popular word used to describe migration in the country. Speaking on Saturday at the combined 8th and 9th convocation ceremonies of Elizade University in Ilara-Mokin, Ondo state, Fashola encouraged the youth to strive for positions of influence in the country instead of seeking opportunities abroad. He said leaders don’t run…

Oct

05

2024

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N1 Million Extorted From Youth Corp Members In Lagos Returned By Police

Crime, Lagos, News Flash

Police Return N1 Million Extorted From Corpers In Lagos The Lagos Police Command has facilitated the return of N1m extorted from three members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by four police officers in Surulere area. An X user, Oluyemi Fasipe, shared that the officers allegedly extorted N1 million from three unidentified corps members for failing to produce a physical copy of a driver’s licence, in Surulere, Lagos The corps member also said the police forced one of them to transfer his Bitcoin worth $842. Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, earlier confirmed that the officers involved in…

Sep

16

2024

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Lagos State Government Seals Cubana Chief Priest Fast Food Outlet Over Noise Pollution, Environmental Infractions

Environment, Lagos, News Flash

Lagos Seals Cubana Chief Priest Fast Food Outlet Over Noise Pollution, Environmental Infractions The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a fast food restaurant owned by Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chiefpriest, Donald’s Fast Food, located on Adebayo Doherty Street, Lekki 1, due to persistent noise pollution and other environmental violations. This was made known by the Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab, on X.com on Sunday. According to Wahab, the agency took the action after issuing several warnings and abatement notices to the establishment, which failed to comply with environmental regulations. The statement said,…

Aug

27

2024

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FG Distributes Free Cooking Gas Cylinders In Lagos

Economy, Lagos, News Flash

FG Distributes Free Cooking Gas Cylinders In Lagos The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, in collaboration with the Decade of Gas Initiative, on Monday, flagged off the distribution of free cooking gas cylinders to approximately 300 women in Lagos State. Speaking at the event held in Ikeja, Ekpo maintained that the distribution of cylinders is part of the government’s initiative to provide 1 million homes with access to clean cooking by the year 2030. According to him, President Bola Tinubu approved the initiative because he was concerned about the health of his people. He encouraged the…

Aug

07

2024

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IgboMustGo Proposed Protest Is Absolute Nonsense – Lagos Deputy Gov. Obafemi Hamzat

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Lagos, News Flash

The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has said the State government will not allow faceless people on social media to promote ethnic bigotry to divide the people of the state.Naija News reports that Hamzat, in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Tuesday, described the viral post on X ‘#IgboMustGo’, which threatened a massive protest from August 20th to 30th, 2024, as nonsense, and will not be allowed. Hamzat said the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has denounced the social media campaign and will not yield to people’s attempt to create ethnic bigotry. He said, “The issue of the Igbos, I…