Babatunde Fashola
7 Dec
My recent visit to Lagos in October for a wedding sparked a mix of nostalgia and dismay. After the wedding, I embarked on a journey from Lagos to Akure via the Ore Road, a route I hadn’t taken in nearly 29 years.
13 Jun 2024
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday, threw his weight behind the growing calls for a single term for elected officeholders, arguing that any form of autonomy for local councils in the country is against the tenets of true federalism.
13 Jun 2024
Anambra State Governor and ex-Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) chief, Chukwuma Soludo; ex-Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola; the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara
12 Jun 2024
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called on the Federal Government to go after foreign exchange stashed in private vaults and sell crude oil in naira. Dogara made the call at The Platform Nigeria, a Democracy Day program by Lagos-based church, Covenant Nation, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. He lamented…
11 Jun 2024
Former minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has called on the Federal Government to develop infrastructure that would make art,
2 Jun 2024
Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu never used his office to influence electoral process since he.
31 May 2024
Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, yesterday, said that 153 students would be graduating with First Class at its 27th convocation.
25 Mar 2024
The Federal High Court has commenced the prosecution of Ibezim Chike Victor who alleged that former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, of drafting the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) judgement. Victor was arrested by the Nigerian police force at his office in Maitama, Abuja, on August 10, 2023. The publication alleged that Fashola…
15 Mar 2024
A former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has advised the Lagos State Government to reduce levies and taxes as a measure to ease the current social economic challenges on the residents.
26 Feb 2024
Competing policy issues are begging for attention and government is fast losing gravity. Yet the polity is reeling under by an amalgam of economic reforms the Bola Tinubu government has unleashed all at once; citizens are getting disoriented.
9 Feb 2024
Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, stressed the need for states to decide their own minimum wage, saying it was important for wages to move from the exclusive to concurrent list.
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Stanley Alieke, Esq., the lawyer representing Nigerian rapper Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has officially withdrawn from the artiste’s legal team.
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Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as "2Baba," has announced separation from his wife, actress Annie Macaulay-Idibia. 2Baba revealed this in a statement via his verified Instagram page, @official2Baba, on Sunday. He wrote, "Hello to my beautiful people of all federations. “WELL THIS THING I HAVE TO SAY IS SHORT BUT ALSO LONG....I AND ANNIE…
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Mr. Chima Obieze, member representing Ezeagu constituency in the Enugu House of Assembly, has expressed sadness over the tragic tanker explosion at the Ugwu-Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway that claimed 18 lives. The lawmaker, who made the disclosure in Enugu on Sunday, said that the accident claimed the lives of innocent people, including those…
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The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States takes effect on Wednesday after a year of political tensions, fracturing the region and leaving the bloc with an uncertain future.
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The wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun, has commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for his empowerment initiatives
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Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has distributed bulls, rams, seedlings, and modern gardening tools to 340 youths graduates of Livestock and Horticulture Institutes. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa. The governor announced that each graduate would receive either two bulls or two rams, along with…
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The Kano State Investment Promotion Agency (KANINVEST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with STATA Power Utility Nigeria
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The Kano State Government has responded to unfounded criticisms of its livestock fattening and goat reproduction scheme, a flagship component of the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Programme (KSADP). The government described the attacks as mischievous attempts to mislead the public and derail efforts to empower rural communities. The criticisms, particularly targeting the recent distribution of…
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The police operatives at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters, Anambra, have arrested four suspects from the Ifitedunu area of the state for allegedly burning a 74-year-old woman to death. The four suspects included a 21-year-old lady, Chinyere Ekwenugo, who allegedly conspired with others to kill the woman in a wheelchair. Police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga, in a…