Agency Report The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Idiat Adebule, on Tuesday ditched Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to support Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the race to pick the ticket to represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 governorship election. Mrs Adebule spoke with journalists at Ward A and D in Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos, where she participated in …

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Tayo Olanipekun Dangote Foundation, GBCHealth and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) have called for “greater” African private sector involvement and investment in healthcare. In the preliminary findings from their forthcoming “Healthcare and Economic Growth in Africa” report,they noted that neither government nor existing public-private partnerships are effective enough. They made this known last Thursday alongside United Nations …

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Tayo Olanipekun With Agency Reports As part of efforts to grow its presence in Africa with new brands, Hilton on Monday announced the opening of Legend Hotel Lagos Airport, Curio Collection by Hilton. The launch,which is the company’s first Curio Collection by Hilton Hotel in Africa, is a result of Hilton’s strides to more than double in size in the …

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Adedayo Emmanuel A former Flying Eagles player, and founder of the Global Perspective Youths Sports, Hakeem Disu, has reiterated his commitment to giving back to the society after a fulfilling footbal career. Disu, based in the United States of America where he practices as a football coach has just concluded a football clinic for children at the Olusosun primary school, …

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Folake Sokoya Ahead of the Primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Lagos State Police Command has said it will not relent in protecting lives and property of residents. The Command in a release signed by its Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said, ahead of the APC Governorship Primaries, “The Lagos Police Command avails the public numbers …

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*Raises Alarm Over Recruitment Of Thugs To Unleash Mayhem In Lagos *Alleges APC Leaders Trying To Disenfranchise Members The Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Sunday broke his silence on the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, saying his opponent, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is morally and medically unfit, and incompetent to govern Lagos. Ambode who addressed a world press conference in …

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By Ebun-olu Adegboruwa Esq. The Governorship election of Osun State has opened up the weakness of our electoral system. It is a signal of what to expect in States like Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Taraba, etc, which are regarded as battle grounds for the ruling APC and the opposition PDP. My comments herein are based principally on the report of …

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As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has returned Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Osun State governorship election,International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned humiliation of journalists during the exercise which ended Thursday. Basing its conclusion on media reports,IPC,in a statement signed by its Safety Desk Officer, Melody Akinjiyan,said the anomaly should be corrected …

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–EU, UK, U.S. To Investigate Claims Tayo Olanipekun Civil society organizations have condemned the process of the Osun State governorship election re-run that took place on Thursday. The Nigeria Civil Society (NCS) Situation Room and the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), in separate statements, said the exercise was marred by irregularity. NCS said while it received reports of early …

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Tayo Olanipekun “Buhari, Tinubu, Oshiomole, Aregbesola and their APC are playing with fire and that fire will soon consumme them,” a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP),Femi Fani-Kayode has declared. Fani-Kayode,in a statement on Thursday,made the declaration following the outcome of the re-run election in Osun State. According to him,there was no re-run election in Osun but violence all through. …

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