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Just In: Council Scribes In Lagos Elect New Officers

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Kunle Adelabu Secretaries to the Local Government (LGs) and Local Council Development Area (LCDAs) across the 57 Councils in Lagos State, under the aegis of Scribe 57 Forum, have elected new Executive Council members. At the election, which took place at the Bagauda Kaltho Conference Centre, Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday, August 5, 2022, Comrade Akeem Dauda, Secretary to the Ikeja Local Government, was elected Chairman of the Forum, while Barr. Ade Ayeni, SLG, Igbogbo-Bayeku LCDA, emerged as the General Secretary. The two of them were inaugurated immediately,…

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Abiru Felicitates Hon Abiola Olowu On His Appointment As Special Adviser

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Jare Babatunde The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has congratulated Hon (Engr) Abiola Okanlawon Olowu (OKL) on his appointment as Special Adviser on Commerce and Industries to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday, Senator Abiru’s media aide, Mr Enitan Olukotun, described Engr Olowu as an experienced technocrat and seasoned administrator who will add great value to the administration of Governor Sanwo-Olu. Abiru commended governor Sanwo-Olu for appointing Engr, Olowu who he said had paid his dues in the ruling All…

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Don’t Gag The Media, Sanwo – Olu Tells Politicians, Public Officers

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Kunle Adelabu Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged politicians and public office holders not to gag the media, saying press freedom was important in a democracy. The governor made the appeal on Thursday at a workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), themed: “Journalist and Digitalisation: the imperative of Good Corporate Governance” at Ikeja, Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu, who was the Special Guest of Honour to declare the workshop open, said ensuring good corporate governance and self-regulation of the digital space would completely eradicate false and fake…

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SMEDAN Trains 200 Beneficiaries Of Grants Facilitated By Senator Tokunbo Abiru

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Jare Babatunde The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has organized a capacity training for 200 prospective beneficiaries of Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) facilitated by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA. The workshop titled, ’Entrepreneurship Development Training For Beneficiaries of Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) Programmes’, commenced yesterday in Ikorodu and Epe Local Government Areas respectively. In a statement on Thursday by Special Adviser to Senator (Media and Publicity), Mr Enitan Olukotun, he said that…

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Sanwo-Olu Tasks New Special Advisers On Good Governance, Service Delivery

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, swore in seven new Special Advisers into the State Executive Council. According to the Governor, the cabinet members were inaugurated to revitalise the administration’s effort towards improving good governance and service delivery. Five of the appointees are newcomers, who filled in vacant positions, following the voluntary resignation of previous occupants. Two, who previously resigned from the cabinet, were returned to take back their positions. Sanwo-Olu, while performing the ceremony at the State Banquet Hall in Alausa, Ikeja, said his government…

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Comrade Sunday Ogunfowora Emerges NULGE State President, As Ajose Group Records Total Victory

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Wale Jagun Comrade Sunday Sewanu Ogunfowora has been elected as the State President of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Lagos State chapter. The State President – elect scored 302 votes to defeat his opponent, Comrade Pelaiye Jamiu who polled 205 votes, at the State Delegate Elections held at the NULGE House on Thursday, August 4, 2022. While Comrade Ogunfowora belongs to the Ajose Mandate Group (AMG) led by the outgoing State President, Comrade Pelaiye is leading The Progressives Group (TPG) led by the former State President, Comrade…

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Court Dismisses Suit Seeking Disqualification Of Aro Moshood Abiodun As APC Assembly Candidate

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Jare Babatunde The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Mr Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ikorodu Constituency II seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly in the 2023 General Elections. Delivering Judgment, Justice Oweibo J, stated that the suit instituted by the plaintiff, Oluwatosin Onamade, was statute barred having been filed outside the time frame stipulated by section 285 (9) of the constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999.  In the suit which the All…

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Kith & Kin Students Reconstruct Ikorodu Origin With Stage Play, Gets Royal Commendations

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun -As schools celebrate 25th Anniversary It was a beautiful performance when the students of the Kith & Kin Educational Schools (KKES) reconstructed the origin of Ikorodu Kingdom through a stage play to commemorate the school’s 25th year anniversary. The play, titled, ‘Ikorodu Oga’, was written and directed by Prince Adeolu Owolabi, with many some aspects of it disputed some of the aspects of the age – long source of Ikorodu people, especially, the generally acceptable version that Sekumade (a brother to the Oga, the progenitor…

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NULGE State Elections: After Weeks Of High Level Politicking, Maneuvering, Comrades Go To Poll Tomorrow

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Kunle Adelabu Barring any last minutes change, members of the National Union of Lagos Government Employees (NULGE), Lagos State chapter, would on Thursday, August 4, 2022, to go poll to elect their State President and other members of the executive council. The election will hold at the Union House in Ikeja. Two groups have since locked horns in the past weeks and also campaigned vigorously against each other, in their bid to take control of the state NULGE, with both criss – crossing the 57 Local Governments (LGs) and Local…

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AFRIMA 2022: Entry Submissions End In 2 Days

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It’s only two days to the closing of the entry submission portal for the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) 2022. According to a statement by organisers on Wednesday, entry submission deadline remains Friday, August 5, 2022. “If you are an entertainer, or you are acting on behalf of one, don’t lose out on a chance to #WINITALL by submitting your song/video”, the statement said. Submit here: https://afrima.org/AFRIMA-2022-ENTRY-SUBMISSIONS/

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