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Lagos bans street parties
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Monday signed into law a bill banning the blocking of roads for any form of social or commercial activities in any part of the state. |
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Community leaders want deposed monarch banished
Community leaders in Ugbo, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, have said that peace could only return to the area if the deposed monarch, Prince Adebanjo Mafimisebi, vacates the palace in Ode Ugbo, which is the ancestral palace of Ugbo people. |
Oyo boils over Ashipa chieftaincy tussle
Crisis brewed in the sleepy town of Oyo on Wednesday night, when supporters of the embattled Alago of Ago-Oja, Baale Ganiyu Adeboye, clashed with palace aides of Alaafin of Oyo, His Royal Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111. One person was reportedly killed and another seriously injured in the crisis which occurred around 9pm. |
DPA accuses Lagos govt of insensitivity
The Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) has accused the Lagos State government of ignoring quality counsel in matters of public interest and failing to undertake impact assessments in implementing policies. |
Lagos to stimulate Nigeria’s economic growth –Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday joined millions of workers the world over in marking May Day with an affirmation that the state is set to stimulate economic growth in a way that is unprecedented in the country. |
Adesanya’s successor: Tough task for Yoruba
With the death of Yoruba leader, Pa Abraham Adesanya on Sunday, the search for who would succeed him may have begun to give concerned citizens sleepless nights. As family and associates of the late Afenifere strongman come to grips with the fact of his transition, some top South-West leaders of thought, politicians and many others have set out criteria for the man who would emerge as the next Yoruba leader. |
Lagos to get Police Commissioner soon
The Inspector General of police, Mr. Mike Okiro, has given reasons for the delay in appointing a new Commissioner of Police for Lagos even as he assured that a new CP would be posted to the Centre of Excellence in a week’s time. |
Aregbesola seeks probe of alleged opposition hounding by Oyinlola
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been called upon to probe threat to life and violations of the right to life in Osun State from 2005 to date.Governorship candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the state, Rauf Aregbesola, made the call at a press conference in Lagos on Sunday. |
Group warns Oshiomhole against inciting students
An Afenmai Youths organization, the Kukuruku Forum, has called on the governorship candidate of Action Congress (AC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to refrain from inciting students in the state to take to the streets in solidarity with him over the tribunal judgment. |
Hell visits Lagos, 39 roasted in pipeline fire
