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4 days ago
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
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
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.
8 Jan
Following the proclamation by the United Nations Assembly that December 3 every year be celebrated as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), various groups, associations, as well as organisations have been clamouring and making
24 Nov
A former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has called for the improvement of the rent-to-own scheme as part of efforts to reduce homelessness in Nigeria.
5 Oct
Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has congratulated the Island Club of Lagos on its 80th anniversary.  He described the 80th anniversary as a great feat and an opportunity to tell those that question the Island Club’s capacity ....
30 Sep
The Lagos State government on Saturday began clearing shanties and reclaiming Right of Way (RoW) of the Red Rail project corridor from Agbado, Ogun, to Ebute Metta, Lagos.
7 Sep 2023
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), yesterday, said it would arraign Chike Ibezim, an entrepreneur and the younger brother to the publisher of Reportera News, Nnamdi Ibezim, for being complicit to cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying and conspiracy.
6 Sep 2023
The Police Force said it has concluded arrangements to arraign in court a man identified as Nnamdi Emmanuel Ibezim for cyberstalking the former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. The police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Wednesday, said Ibezim will be arraigned once the court resumes following a report from Priory Terrace…
8 Aug 2023
Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has petitioned the Department of State Service (DSS) to investigate the peddlers of fake news about his alleged involvement in the drafting of the judgement for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT).
7 Aug 2023
Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has refuted allegations claiming his involvement in the drafting of the judgement for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). A Twitter user named Jackson Ude had alleged that Fashola and some lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were writing a judgement the ruling party intends to…
28 Jun 2023
His Imperial Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan-Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, CFR and his wife, Her Regal Majesty Queen Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi have extended  heartfelt wishes to the former Minister of Works and Housing, Honourable Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), on the occasion of his 60th birthday today. The royal couple commended the contribution of Fashola to humanity over…

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