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Tayo Olanipekun Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday launched a 1000-hectare modern satellite city Ibeju-Lekki, an housing scheme for all the major projects coming on board within the Lekki Free Trade Zone. He descrdeskibed the unveiling of the project named Alaro Satellite City as a major milestone in his administration’s vision. He said with major projects such as the Free Trade Zone, …

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Lagos State and the Federal Government  will go into talks to amicably resolve the conflict between them over the regulation and control of waterways. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode made this known on Monday in Lagos while receiving the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Managing Director, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora and top management staff of the agency on courtesy visit. Putting the perennial …

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Lagos State government has expanded its management of emergency with the establishment of an additional LASEMA Response Unit at Igando in the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu, disclosed this on Tuesday in his office. He said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode approved the establishment of the Centre to …

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Lagos State government on Monday softened its stance on granting of Planning Permit for the construction of petrol stations in the state. This is as it announced the lifting of the over 16-months embargo it emplaced on the construction of new fuel stations in the mega city and its environs. At a press conference on Monday, Commissioner for Physical Planning …

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Support for the APC candidate in the ongoing race for the governorship of Lagos State has received a boost with an endorsement from a group named Team-30. The group is an exclusive body of businessmen and contractors committed to the survival of good governance and rapid development of the state. The acronym, TEAM-30, is descriptive of a voluntary association of …

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to support officers and men of the armed forces fighting the war against insurgency in the country, saying their bravery must never be in vain. Speaking after performing the laying of wreath and release of pigeons in commemoration of the 2019 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration held at the Remembrance …

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Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Wale Oluwo Wasiu, has resigned his appointment from the Governor Ambode’s government, citing the denial of a second term ticket to his principal as the reason. Wasiu also said he was quitting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with immediate effect having been pained by the fate suffered by Ambode. …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and the Governor-General of Canada, Rt Hon Julie Payette, will on Tuesday inaugurate a new biosecurity laboratory in Lagos. The Lagos State Government said the inauguration of the biobank will take place at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba, housing the isolation unit used by the state government to contain the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) …

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Tayo Olanipekun A support group for Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has commended the Governor for involving a former Managing Director of Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr. Ola Oresanya, in the efforts to rid the state of waste. Dr. Oresanya, who is an apex member of the group, Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard, was re-appointed by Governor Ambode …

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Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, has said he would lead a vigorous and robust campaign for the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for the 2019 general elections. Ambode gave the assurance on Tuesday when he spoke to journalists at the Presidential …

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