Lagos: Showdown looms over 2019 budget (Sun)

Lagos State House of Assembly has insisted that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode must appear before it and present the 2019 Appropriation Bill, in line with parliamentary tradition. The lawmakers resolved that Ambode must personally present the budget, in plenary, after the…

Bus Reform Project: Lagos to roll out 820 buses in March

The wait for the take-off of the Bus Reform Project, an initiative by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration is almost over as he disclosed on Wednesday that the initiative will be rolled out by March 2019 with 820 of the…

What penalty for traffic offenders arrested by Gov Ambode

When you see some of these Lagos residents cast the stones of condemnation at the traffic offenders arrested by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday evening, you wonder if they are without sin. But that is not the…

Gbagaun…. Every day for the thief: Ambode arrests traffic offenders

Irked by the flagrant abuse of the Lagos State Traffic Laws, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday evening came down hard on some recalcitrant motorists who drove against traffic along the Muritala Mohammed Airport Road, Ikeja. Returning from Abuja where he…

*Muri-Okunola appointed as new HOS (Punch)*Why I rejected Jonathan’s $5m offer in 2015 – Hamzat (Independent)

December 30, 2018 Muri-Okunola appointed as new HOS (Punch) Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday approved the appointment of Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola as the state’s 21st Head of Service. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Habib…

What SMEs really want from Gov Ambode

If you do not ask the person wearing the shoes, you may never know where they pinch. The people who run small businesses know what they want from Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and his administrations in Lagos State. As Ambode’s administration…

Real reasons behind Oluwo’s resignation from Ambode’s cabinet by APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has said that the real reasons Mr. Olawale Oluwo left the party are different from the ones the erstwhile commissioner for energy and mineral resources provided in his letter of resignation. The…

Ambode and I have no rift between us -Sanwo-Olu

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governorship candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, has denied claims that there is enmity between him and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Sanwo-Olu made the declaration on November 21 in a series of…

Lagos car radio licence policy: To be or not to be?

When Lagos State introduced the car radio licence policy in 2017, conservative estimates put the revenue at 170 million naira. The annual car radio license policy introduced by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration is an add on levy of 500…

Buhari to visit Seme Border Tuesday with Ambode

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Republic of Benin counterpart, Patrice Talon will on Tuesday perform the official hand-over of the new Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Border Posts at Seme-Krake and Neope-Akanu in Badagry. In a statement signed…

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