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Kunle Adelabu Lagosians have been enjoined to vote for the re – election of the incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo – Olu, to sustain the tempo of developments in the state. A former Chairman, Kosofe Local Government, Barr. Adedeji Muyiwa, made the clarion call, while also stating that a change in administration which may mean abandoning of ongoing projects, and should not be encouraged. The ex-Council boss, who has since left active politics for professional engagements, made the appeal at Mende, Maryland on Thursday, when he…

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Kunle Adelabu The Community Initiatives For Igbogbo Development (CIIDU), a body of professional sons and daughters of Igbogbo Kingdom in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, who are facilitating developments for their community, has felicitated the elected Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District and representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, on their re-election. While Sen. Mikhail Adetokunbo Abiru was re – elected and returned for the second term to represent the people of Lagos East, Rep. Babajimi Benson won his re-election bid for the third term as…

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Wale Jagun Primate Charles Odugbesi, a former State Scribe of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has charged the council Chairmen and Councillors across the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas in Lagos, to ensure that the incumbent governor, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo – Olu is returned as winner of the forthcoming Governorship election. Odugbesi, who was also the former State Secretary of the Action Alliance (AD) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), warned that the council bosses, councilors, and other political aides at the council level should be…

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Kunle Adelabu The Supreme Court has ordered that the old N1000, N500 andN200 notes rem legal tenders till December 31, 2023, contrary to the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex court which gave the ruling today, also nullified the new naira notes redesigned as illegal.  The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-member panel of Justices, held that the old Naira notes be used alongside the redesigned currencies.  In his lead judgment, Hon. Justice Emmanuel Agim, condemned disregard of the…

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Mariam Akinloye The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has mourned the passing of Olori (Amb.) Muyibat Olayinka Oyefusi, wife of the Late Ikorodu monarch, Oba Salaudeen Afolabi Oyefusi. Abiru, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr. Enitan Olukotun on Friday in Lagos, described the death of Olori Oyefusi as a great loss to Ikorodu division and Lagos State at large.He said the Late queen was an astute corporate secretary and entrepreneur who left…

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would open a new chapter of leadership in Africa. Sanwo-Olu, said that Tinubu contested and won a fiercely-fought democratic battle, stressing that the victory reflected the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate’s belief in deepening democracy in the country. He said this in his congratulatory message on Wednesday after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 Presidential…

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