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    Politics Lagos Assembly Makes Yoruba Language Compulsory In Schools

    The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a bill making the teaching of Yoruba language compulsory in schools in the state. The bill was passed into law on Thursday after it successfully scaled through the third reading on the floor of the House. The bill makes the teaching of Yoruba...
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    Metro RCCG Opens Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Centre in Lagos

    Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday urged parents, guardians and caregivers to watch out for signs of drug abuse and addiction in their children and wards to tackle it fast. Ambode said on Tuesday that drug abuse was harmful to its victims and threaten the peace of the society...
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    Metro Lagos Flags Off Reconstruction of 10-Lane Oshodi-Int'l Airport Road

    The Lagos State Government on Monday flagged off the reconstruction of a 10-lane Oshodi-International Airport Road, with a pledge to complete the project within the next 15 months. The state Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Adebowale Akinsanya, said at the ceremony that...
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    Metro Lagos Re-brands Bus Conductors, Begin Wearing of Uniform

    In an efforts to promote the Smart City Initiatives, SCI, of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led state government, Bus conductors in the state .will from today, start wearing uniform. The National President of the Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN, Comrade Israel Adeshola, stated this in an...
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    Business Lagos Acquires Rice Mill From Switzerland, To Create 200,000 Jobs

    Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday, led a team of the State Executive Committee members to sign an agreement with Bühler AG, a leading rice-mill producer in the world, for the acquisition of a 32 tonnes per hour Rice Mill in Zurich, Switzerland. Governor Ambode, who spoke...
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    Politics FULL LIST: 57 LG Chairmen and Their Vice Chairmen In Lagos

    Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, swore in the newly elected local government and local development areas chairmen and councillors, while charging them to be hardworking and transparent in the management of resources put in their care. Here is the full details of the 57 local...
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    Politics South West Governors Meet In Abeokuta To Discuss Regional Integration

    Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state on Monday hosted other governors of the South West states in Abeokuta, to discuss the development of the geopolitical zone. It is coming under the umbrella of Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN Commission). The governors are Akinwunmi Ambode...
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    Politics Flooding: Lagos Govt. Marks 7 Highbrow Estates For Demolition

    The Lagos State Government has ordered owners of buildings erected on drainage alignments and channels in several upscale areas to vacate their properties or face forceful demolition. Some of the affected areas include: 1. Dolphin Estate, 2. Osborne Foreshore Estate, 3. Lekki, 4. Osapa...
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    Politics Lagos LG Polls: Ambode Congratulates APC For Clean Sweep

    Lagos state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for sweeping the local government polls in the state. In a congratulatory message, Ambode said, “It was a clean sweep for all the 57 chairmanship candidates of the APC as they were all declared...
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    Business Lagos Gov't Resumes Sale Of Lake Rice At N12,000 Per 50kg Bag

    The Lagos State Government says it will resume the sale of LAKE Rice on Monday at the normal price of N12,000 for 50kg bag as the Eid-el-fitr draws closer. Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Oluwatoyin Surau disclosed this on Sunday, saying that the sale of the product woud resume at designated...
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    Politics Fashola Hands Over Airport Road, Oshodi to Ambode For Rehabilitation

    Federal Ministry of Works under the leadership of Babatunde Fashola has handed over the Lagos airport road and Oshodi expressway to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the state for rehabilitation. Recall that Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has in march 2017 appealed to the Federal Government...
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    Metro CAN Takes Over Lagos Chaplain Case

    Christian Association of Nigeria has taken over the case of the sacked Presiding Chaplain of the Chapel of Christ the Light, Venerable Femi Taiwo, PUNCH reports. PUNCH Metro gathered that executive members of CAN, The African Church, the CCTL Governing Council, held a meeting on the Lagos...
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    Metro Lagos Chapel: Church Members Shun Service Over Sack of Chaplain

    Members of the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Ikeja, shunned Sunday service as many did not show up over the sack of the Presiding Chaplain of the Chapel, Venerable Femi Taiwo. PUNCH Newspaper observed that the chapel was sparsely filled as the service, which usually ended around 1pm, was...
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    Politics Ambode Speaks Over Sack of Lagos Chaplain

    Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has said that the sacked Lagos state Chaplain has nothing to with his wife and purely decision of the Governing Council of the church. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde disclosed this to Punch Newspapers correspondent. He said...
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    Metro Ambode 'Sacks' Lagos Chaplain For Disrespecting Wife During Anointing Service

    Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state reportedly ordered the sack the Presiding Chaplain, Venerable Femi Taiwo. According to PUNCH, Taiwo got the sack on Monday, May 15, without any query or official reason stated in the sack letter. He was said to have been ordered out of his official...
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    Metro Ambode Laments Threat to $15bn Investment in Lekki

    Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Thursday condemned the communal conflict that resulted in the death of a police inspector and siblings at Lekki communities at the weekend, saying he will not entertain any threat to the $15 billion investment in Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ)...
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    Metro FRSC To Ambode - You Can't Make Us Leave Lagos Roads

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode does not have the right to push the Corps off the roads. Assistant Corps Marshal and Zonal Commanding Officer of the commission, Shehu Zaki, said “The Governor cannot force us out of the roads, but he can...
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    Metro 3-storey Building Collapses, Many Trapped in Lagos

    A three-storey building under construction on Abimbola Street, Ilasa, Lagos State, has collapsed, with several persons trapped in the wreckage. PUNCH Newspaper learnt that the incident happened around 2pm on Thursday. It was gathered that emergency officials are on the ground battling to...
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    Politics Ambode Bans VIOs, FRSC Permanently On Lagos Roads

    Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has announced a permanent ban on the State Vehicles Inspection Officers, VIOs from operating in all Lagos roads. The governor also ban the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, from operating on state roads in the metropolis, except on federal highways. Mr...
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    Politics Don't Panic Over Heavy Rainfall – Ambode Tells Lagosians

    The Lagos State Government has allayed the fears of residents over the torrential rainfall witnessed in the State on Thursday, saying that necessary steps had been taken to avert any incidence of flood disaster in the State. The State Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, in...
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