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This article seeks to call attention to the prevalent principle of godfatherism in Nigerian politics using the recent Ambode vs Sanwo- Olu's Saga as a case study. Godfatherism and political conflict are equivalent to mentoring, sponsoring and supporting a particular political aspirant. In a...

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently in a dilemma over the fate of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who is seeking a second term in office as Governor of Lagos State. Sources said while Tinubu, after entreaties from many prominent Nigerians...

Brimming with confidence like the salesman of an elixir that promises to finally cure an intractable disease, the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, told participants at an environmental conference last July, that Visionscape, a foreign waste management company, was the solution to the...

Lest we become guilty of what we accuse others of doing, it is important that we, today and for posterity, say it loud and clear that based on the cost and benefit analysis of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Lagos, last Thursday and Friday. we must inform the President and all those who...

The Presidency and the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, have disagreed over what President Muhammadu Buhari went to do at the Eko Atlantic City during his two-day working visit to the state. Governor Ambode said in his official Twitter handle that the President went there to...

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday assured the residents that his administration will continue to judiciously put the monies paid by tax payers to good use by providing world class facilities. Ambode, who spoke at the commissioning of Alapere Road and junction improvement...

The Lagos State Government has announced the reduction in the Land Use Charge. Reports say the reduction was part of the conclusions reached at the meeting of the Lagos State Executive Council chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday (today). The state government had jacked up the...

There was drama at the just completed gate leading to the Lagos Assembly and the Government House as Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Mr. Habeeb Haruna lost temper over Land Use Charge, LUC, protesters who stormed the State House on Monday. Akinwunmi … --Read more...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode (middle); his wife, Bolanle (fifth right); Chief Judge of the state, Justice Opeyemi Oke (fourth right); Chief Whip, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rotimi Abiru (third right); Attorney General/Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem (second right); Deputy...

Worried by increasing traffic gridlock across the state, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State Government has directed the State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to collaborate with the federal government agencies and the drivers’ unions...

A strategic response to the new Lagos State Land Use Charge The Lagos State Government recently repealed its 2001 Land Use Charge Law, and replaced it with a new Land Use Charge Law, 2018. The Lagos State House of Assembly had passed the bill on 29th January, 2018, while Read more via...

In keeping with its avowed commitment to promoting the common good and rewarding excellence in the society, the Independent Newspapers Limited, publishers of the Daily Independent, Saturday Independent and Sunday Independent titles, has nominated Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday signed the Lagos State Electric Power Reform Law to guarantee 24-hour power supply in line with the vision to attain a 24-hour economy and make the State globally competitive. The new law is among the seven important bills recently passed by...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday urged five new members of the State Executive Council (Exco) to give their best in serving the residents. The new Exco members are: Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Hakeem Fahm; Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Ladi Lawanson...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (middle), fielding questions from journalists shortly after the opening session of a 3-Day retreat for Executive Council members and Body of Permanent Secretaries with the theme – Effective Strategic Planning for an Emerging Smart City, at the Jubilee...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday, allayed the fears in some quarters that the electioneering activities in 2018 might slow down the tempo of infrastructural development being witnessed across the State, assuring that his administration will complete all ongoing projects...

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday inaugurated a new Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadron Base 63 in Igbogbo-Baiyeku area of Ikorodu, with a declaration that the criminal elements hitherto hibernating in the axis would no longer have a place to hide. Speaking at the event which...

As another roots for youths By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsuru Olowoopejo lagos—A group under the aegis of Liberal Minds Grassroots Forum, LMGF, weekend urged all political parties in Lagos, including Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to endorse Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for second term. This came as...