The communpance of Sadiya Umar-Farouq, former minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Halima Shehu, national coordinator of National Social Insurance Program Agency, NSIPA and Betta Edu, who succeeded Farouq as minister, but currently suspended, is common knowledge to all…
Lagos-Ibadan expressway, 2nd Niger bridge will be ready for Christmas – Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has expressed optimism that the Lagos-Ibadan and the 2nd Niger Bridge, currently under construction, will be ready for this year’s Christmas. Fashola stated on Sunday this while speaking in an interview on…
Buhari allocates houses to Tunisia ’94 Eagles
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the allocation of 3-bedroom house to each member of the Super Eagles squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1994. This, according to a release by his spokesman, Malam Garba…
Tinubu requests employment slots from Fashola (Guardian)
Senator Oluremi Tinubu Monday requested for employment slots for members of her constituency from Babatunde Raji Fashola during his ministerial screening at the Senate. “Remember in your first tenure, I did not get the opportunity to get some of my…
No 20m national housing deficit in Nigeria, Fashola insists (ThisDay)
The federal government yesterday disclosed that there was no 20 million national housing deficit in the country as being raised in certain quarters. The government, however, said that though, Nigeria has housing challenges, it is a universal problem across the…
The significance of the Zik Mausoleum – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Certain issues in Nigeria must tower above partisan politics. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the only black Governor-General of Nigeria, the first President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the only Nigerian whose name appeared in a Constitution of Nigeria, among many…
Ambode urges voters to support all APC candidates, as party officially flags off Lagos State campaign
The Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday officially flagged off its campaign towards the 2019 general elections, with the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, urging voters in the State to massively support all the candidates of…
Ambode: The burden of loyalty -Kanayo Esinulo
As amiable Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State began to round up his tenancy at Lagos House in the later months of 2014, and a search for a suitable successor by stakeholders was in full gear, as in many…
* Lagos 2019: Group Mobilises 1m Votes for Ambode (ThisDay) * Lagos 2019: Ambode walks a tight rope (DailyTrust)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE JUNE 17, 2018 Lagos 2019: Group Mobilises 1m Votes for Ambode (ThisDay) As the 2019 general elections draw closer, a group, Epe Division Indigenes has endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for another four-year term in Lagos…
