Tag: Babatunde Fashola

How Book Written For Lagos Ex-HoS’s Birthday Ended Up Being Launched During His Burial

Gbenga Adeoti

‘Exemplary public servant, prominent chieftain of the APC in Lagos’ secrets Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Adebule, others revealed about Hon. Dr. Akinsanya Sunny Ajose during public presentation of The 200-page book authored by The Nation’s Olatunji Ololade   Lagos stood still in solemn grandeur as political heavyweights, statesmen, and admirers converged for the public presentation of The Sunny Side of Ajose: Triumphs and Legacies of Hon. Dr. Akinsanya Sunny Ajose. The event, a fusion of tribute and literary celebration, sought to immortalize a man whose life epitomized integrity, governance, and service. The…

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200 Riders Relocate To Ogun As Lagos Begins Clampdown On Okada

Abibat Babalola

Lagos unleashes 600 squad of armed Police, soldiers on Okada riders in final push to end activities,  Lagosians panic   Hundreds of commercial motorcycle riders popularly called Okada riders have relocated from Lagos to Mowe, Sango, Lafenwa-Ayobo, Agbado Crossing and other towns in neighbouring Ogun state as Lagos begins final clampdown on their activities. As the enforcement on the ban on commercial motorcycles in six local government areas of Lagos State and their local councils begins today, the Lagos State Government inaugurated Anti-Okada Squad to enforce the ban. Okada riders…

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NNPC to Spend N621.2bn on 21 Nigerian Roads’ Reconstruction

Aliyu Aliyu

Here is the full list of roads already taken over by the NNPC for reconstruction with full approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)   The reconstruction of 21 Nigerian roads taken over by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is to gulp a whooping N621.2 billion, Platforms Africa reports. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has already approved the takeover of the 21 federal roads by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for reconstruction. Platforms Africa reports that the approval was given at the council meeting presided over by Vice…

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Contractor demands $400m as Mambilla Power deals tear Nigeria, Firm Apart

Precious Ibekwe

Here are the detailed reasons power contractor, Sunrise Power & Transmission Co., dragged President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration before the ICC in Paris + why this posed a fresh threat to Nigeria’s China loan A Nigerian company that lost out on a contract to build a multibillion-dollar hydropower plant has filed a $400 million arbitration claim against the nation’s government, further hampering its plans to access Chinese financing for the project. Sunrise Power & Transmission Co., a report by Bloomberg shows, accuses the government of reneging on a settlement accord agreed…

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