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1999 constitution amendment: Lagos Assembly rejects six sections, transmits resolution to NASS
Lagos state House of Assembly has rejected six sections of the 44 bills received from the National Assembly on the fifth Alteration Bill 2022 (1999 Nigeria Constitution Amendment). The rejected sections are (1), (2), (26), (27), (52), (66) of the bill. The lawmakers also during plenary session directed the Clerk, Mr Olalekan Onafeko to transmit the resolution of the assembly…
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Ooni names Erelu Abiola Dosumu as Yeye Oodua
Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has appointed Erelu Abiola Dosumu, as the new Yeye Oodua and Queen Mother of the House of Oduduwa. This was announced by the Director, Media & Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Moses Olafare in a statement. According to Olafare, Dosumu (Erelu Kuti IV of Lagos) will replace Mama H.I.D. Awolowo, who was the…
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Man bags triple life imprisonment for defiling, raping daughters
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences court, on Thursday, sentenced a man, Michake Ogbar, to life imprisonment for defiling and raping his three daughters aged 10, 20 and 24 years.Justice Abiola Soladoye held that prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt, the charge of defilement and rape brought against Ogbar.“Evidence before the court shows that the prosecution has proved the case…
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Sacked LAHASCOM chairman vows to seek redress in court
The Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Services Commission (LAHASCOM), Chief Olawale Mogaji, who was sacked on Thursda by the lawmakers, has vowed to seek redress in court, describing the action as flagrant disregard to due process. Mogaji in a statement he personally signed said: “I heard through the news that the Speaker of the Lagos State House…
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Lagos Assembly sacks LAHASCOM chairman
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday sacked the Chairman of the State House of Assembly Commission, LAHASCOM, Mr. Wale Mogaji. Mogaji’s sack was approved after a voice vote by members of the House supervised by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa during plenary. The lawmakers appointed Mrs. Folashade Raulat Latona as the new Secretary of…
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Three siblings, four adults die in Lagos flood, says NEMA
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said that seven lives were lost in the flooding that occurred in Lagos State last weekend. Zonal Coordinator, South West, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. According to him, eight others were rescued across the state. He said: “The post-emergency phase assessment after the unprecedented rainfall of Friday, July…
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Allow Nigerians with expired passports to return home -FG orders NIS
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to home with their expired International Passports. Aregbesola gave the directive while responding to a complaint by a Nigerian-American citizen, Jamui Kasumu, at the Alausa Passport Office during his unscheduled visit to the facility in Lagos on Wednesday, July 13. He…
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Oyetola, others sign Peace Accord ahead Osun guber election
…reiterate commitment to violence-free, fair, credible election …as Peace Committee, INEC, security chiefs, traditional rulers sue for peaceful conduct Barely 48 hours to the Osun governorship election, Governor of the State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adegboyega Oyetola, has signed a Peace Pact to ensure peaceful and transparent electoral process. Candidates of other political parties participating in…
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Vote Labour Party to take back lost glory, Peter Obi charges Osun voters
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Dr. Peter Obi on Wednesday called on the electorate in Osun State to vote for the governorship candidate of the party, Hon. Lasun Yusuf in order to reposition the lost glory of the State. Speaking at a mega rally for the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Osogbo, Obi noted that…
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Olubadan appoints assistant on chieftaincy matters
By Richard Thomas, Ibadan Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun on Wednesday announced the appointment of Chief Isiaka Akinpelu, the current Baale Jagun, an outskirts of Ibadan in Lagelu Local Government Aarea of the state as his Personal Assistant on Chieftaincy Matters. In the statement signed by his Media Aide, Oladele Ogunsola in Ibadan, Oba Balogun said the appointment was…
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