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Osun: Tribunal compels INEC to produce Adeleke’s certificates, nomination form

…as panel refuses to dismiss petition There were hot arguments before the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday, as the panel compelled the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) to produce the nomination form and academic certificates of Senator Ademola Adeleke used for his nomination in the 2018 governorship election. The order of the tribunal, chaired by Justice Tertsea Kume…

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2023: Akindele tasks Lagosians on vote protection

…..donates borehole to Abule Oja community Deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Ms Funke Akindele, has charged residents of the state to protect their votes on election day. Akindele made the charge on Wednesday while commissioning a borehole donated to Abule Oja community in Yaba. She said the sinking of the borehole was to…

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Adedayo stages photo exhibition on Sanwo-Olu’s achievements to open second term campaign

Award winning documentary photographer, Mr. ‘dayo Adedayo will from November 21, 2022 stage a four-day Photo Exhibition to showcase the achievements of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Lagos State. The exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of the Lagos State government under the leadership of Governor Sanwo-Olu will take place from November 21-24 at the Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria…

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BREAKING: Lagos Lawmaker dies in Jos

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. AbdulSobur Olawale (Omititi), has died. He reportedly slumped and died in Jos, Plateau State. Olawale, who represented Mushin Constituency 2 from 2015 till when he died, was said to have slumped at the campaign flag off ceremony of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.…

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Osinbajo opens UNWTO Global conference in Lagos, says Nigeria’s Afrobeat changing the world

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Lagos opened the United Nations World Tourism Organisation 2022 Global Conference with a declaration on how Nigeria’s afrobeat music is changing the world. Osinbajo represented President Muhammadu Buhari to welcome Ministers of Tourism and Culture from around the world who are converging on the upgraded National Arts Theatre, Orile Iganmu in Lagos.…

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PHOTO NEWS: Peter Obi delivers address at 2022 Lagos Business School alumni conference

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Tuesday, delivered an address as the guest speaker at the alumni conference of the Lagos Business School (LBS). The former Governor of Anambra State spoke on ‘Creating an Enabling Environment for Business in Nigeria’.

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Lagos ranked most NYSC-friendly state

*Sanwo-Olu tasks Corps members on transparency in electoral engagements National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has ranked Lagos as the most friendly state to the scheme. Chairman of the NYSC National Governing Board, Ambassador Fatima Balla Abubakar, said Lagos remained the only state across the federation supporting the scheme with quarterly subvention to keep activities going. Abubakar disclosed this on Monday when…

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Oyebanji urges wealthy Ekiti indigenes to invest in people

Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji on Saturday at Ikere Ekiti urged wealthy Ekiti indigenes at home and abroad to invest in the people especially the less endowed. The governor spoke at the 26th edition of the annual Wole Olanipekun Scholarship Scheme and 3rd Empowerment Programme funded by the legal luminary in his home town. The event was attended by the…

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Sanwo-Olu’s Chief of Staff, Tayo Ayinde loses wife

Doyin Ayinde, one of the wives of the Chief of Staff to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Mr. Tayo Ayinde is dead. She died early this morning, according to a source close to the Lagos State government. Doyin, who was from the Ojora Royal family of Lagos was said to have just returned from the United Kingdom barely 24…

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Oyetola urges citizens to continue on trajectory of peace, development

…as govt installs new Olu of Awolowo town Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Friday presented the Staff of Office and Instrument of Appointment to the newly-installed Olu of Awolowo town, Oba Olayemi Yekini Omisore. This is even as the governor enjoined the citizens to continue on the trajectory of peace and development that has defined, distinguished and dignified…

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