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Fish sellers storm Ogun governor’s office, lament 100% price hike

Barely a week after fish sellers in Sagamu protested over a hike in fish prices, the fish sellers on Tuesday stormed the governor’s office in Abeokuta, to register their displeasure over a 100 percent hike in the prices of fish. The protesters, under the aegis of the fish and SeafoodSellers Association of Nigeria, were armed with placards with different inscriptions,…

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Sanwo-Olu promises continued partnership with CIPM for professionalism in civil service

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to enhance professionalism among civil servants and public servants in the State. He said the Lagos State Government will continue to be in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) to ensure professionalism in the human resources cadre of the civil servants in the…

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LASG to hold fourth Lagos Real Estate marketplace conference

By Adeola Ogunrinde The Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA) is set to hold the fourth edition of Lagos Real Estate Marketplace Conference & Exhibition initiated in 2020. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Housing, Barr. Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, disclosed this on Monday in Ikeja. The event would be held on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th, December, 2023 at…

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Five persons bag 5 years jail term for defrauding Osun ex-speaker N38m

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State on Tuesday sentenced five persons to five years imprisonment each for defrauding the immediate past Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly Timothy Owoeye the sum of N38m in 2018. The defendants namely; Kazeem Agbabiaka, Femi Oyebode, Babatunde Oluajo, Adebiyi Kehinde Oseni, Oyebanji Oyeniyi and Rasheed Ojonla were slammed with a…

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Abiodun approves appointment of four new permanent secretaries

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the appointment of four new permanent secretaries into the state public service. This was announced in a statement signed by the state’s Head of Service (HOS), Mr. Kolawole Fagbohun on Tuesday. The new appointees are; Mrs Roseline Oluwatoyin Jacobs (Director, Administration and Supplies, Ministry of Special Duties and Inter Govermental Affairs); Mr…

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Ekiti Governor, Oyebanji, applauds ‘mentor’ Sanwo-Olu for quality leadership

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s excellent performance and commitment to good governance have earned a strong endorsement from his Ekiti State colleague, Governor Biodun Oyebanji. Oyebanji, on Sunday, extolled Sanwo-Olu’s leadership virtues, applauding the Lagos’ helmsman for committing to reforms and development vision, which, he said, had transformed Lagos to become a model for other States to emulate. Ekiti Governor…

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LAUTECH students sue Makinde over faculty relocation

A group of students and parents of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, have initiated legal proceedings against Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the relocation of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences to Iseyin. Recall that Makinde had recently relocated the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences to Iseyin, in the Oke Ogun zone of the state. As a result,…

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Obasanjo, Gonsalves suggest solutions to Africa, Caribbean challenges

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves have suggested ways Africans and Caribbeans could improve on the technological development of the continents. They spoke at the 15th Convocation Lecture of the Bells University of Technology (BELLSTECH) Ota, Ogun state. In a release by the Special Assistant on Media to…

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Oyebanji joins Sanwo-Olu to commission Oyingbo Bridge ahead of red line train launch

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji joined his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday to commission the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line, Oyingbo Overpass Bridge. Sanwo-Olu who was speaking at the commissioning, said the bridge is second of the four that the state government had constructed to ensure safety of lives and uninterrupted flow of vehicular traffic at…

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Abiodun promises to reconstruct Ikenne Township road

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said his administration would soon award the contract for the reconstruction of the Ikenne township road. The road, according to him, would begin from Aiyepe junction. Abiodun, who made this known during the 47th annual Ikenne Ereke Day celebration with the theme ‘Divine Year of Accomplishment’, held at the Ereke Civic Center, Ikenne,…

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