Category: Politics

Kunle ADELABU With one year left in his first four years as a representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly and ahead of the congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for next month, party leaders in the constituency have endorsed Hon. Nurudeen Solaja for a second term.   The endorsement, which took place at Imota on Friday, April 27, 2018, during the 3rd edition of the Empowerment Programme instituted by the lawmaker for members of his constituency, gave a boost to his…

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-Gives account of stewardship Kunle ADELABU Hon. Nurudeen Saka Solaja, the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, is set to stage a mega empowerment scheme for the artisans in his Constituency in fulfillment of his electoral promises.   According to the lawmaker, more than 350 skilled constituents would benefit from the empowerment programme which is slated to hold in Imota today (Friday, April 27, 2018).   About 50 hair dressers would be given hair dryers while 40 barbers would go home with generating sets…

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Wale JAGUN After months of projection and persuasion by youths in Ikorodu division Otunba Ganiyu Abiru, the former Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the current chairman of the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) has finally agreed to join the race for the Lagos East Senatorial seat. A reliable source among the chieftains of the major youths group clamouring for Otunba Abiru’s aspiration for the Senate revealed this to THE IMPACT late in the night of Thursday, April 26, 1018 Details later…

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Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN -Odugbesi, Shillings also get supports as more aspirants join race The youths of Ikorodu division have intensified their agitations for the replacement of Senator Gbenga Ashafa, the current Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District at the National Assembly with candidate of Ikorodu extraction in the 2019 general elections. The agitation is also backed by some political, opinion and professional leaders in the division. The debate on the rejection of Senator Ashafa by the youths of the Ikorodu division, which have been going on for…

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The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon. Kehinde Bamigbetan, has declareg his intention to run for the Federal House of Representatives in 2019. P.M Express reports. The Honourable Commissioner made the declaration during his 53rd birthday ceremony held at De-Ark Event Center, Ejigbo. Bamigbetan disclosed that the vacancy that will be created in the House in 2019 with the exit of Hon Tony Nwulu, representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II – a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gave him the opportunity to occupy the position he relinquished in 2015. The…

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Traditional Rulers in Lagos State of Ijebu extraction have unanimously endorsed the candidacy of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode to run for a second term in office. The traditional rulers comprise: Epe, Eredo, Agbowa-Ikosin, Ikorodu and Ibeju-Lekki. The traditional rulers made the declaration at the formal launching of the group in Epe. The motion for the endorsement of Ambode for a second term in office was moved by Oba Akeem Adesanya on behalf of the Ijebu Traditional Rulers Group, Lagos State. He was seconded by Oba Kabiru Sotobi, the…

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Kunle ADELABU -As thousands of women across 57 LGs, LCDAs gathered to endorse Ambode for another term   Thousands of women across the 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State on Monday, March 26, 2018, gathered to further the endorsement of the  Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, for another term in office.   The women, at the mega rally, appreciated the governor for giving women more recognition in  his cabinet and asked him to vie for a second term.   At…

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The Chairmen of 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State on Sunday, March 25, 2018, unanimously endorse the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term in office.   Rising from a meeting with the Governor at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, the council chiefs said their decision to support Governor Ambode for another term was on account of the need to allow him continue with the massive infrastructural renewal and transformation of all parts of the State.   The Governor had…

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The three senators representing Lagos East, West and Central Senatorial Districts on Sunday passed a vote of confidence and endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term in office, saying that the giant strides of his administration were being felt across the State.   The Senators- Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East); Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos Central) and Solomon Olamilekan (Lagos West), who paid a visit to the Governor at Lagos House, Ikeja, said they were proud of his achievements and the renewed vigour he had brought to bear since he assumed office.…

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