Urges NCAA to let passengers transfer tickets. Prof. Anthony Kila, the Director, Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS), has urged the Federal Government to enable the establishment of a Bank of Aviation. The bank, he said, was necessary to make airlines have easier access to foreign exchange. Kila, a renowned Political Economist and […]
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By Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, Introduction I watched and listened very carefully to my good friend, Chief Festus Okoye, INEC’s cerebral Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, on his recent Channels television interview. I completely disagree with his take and analysis of the place and space of the Resident Electoral Commissioner […]
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The Lagos State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked persons with disabilities (PLWDS) to take advantage of the two-day window provided by the Commission to visit the various special centres for registration and data capturing for their permanent voters’ cards (PVCs). INEC has also opened eight special centres in Lagos State PLWDs for them […]
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In its commitment to advancing the well-being of its people, as enshrined in the T.H.E.M.E.S. Agenda, as well as putting smiles on the faces of the residents, the Lagos State government has re-launched the Jigi-Bola and the free BOSKOH Healthcare Mission International (HMI) Medical Outreach. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Deputy, Obafemi […]
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The Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA) has launched the upgraded Lagos State Resident Identity Card (LAG Smart ID Card) in its bid to provide a reliable database in the state, as well as embrace change and align with global best practices. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the relaunch of the Lagos State Resident Card in Lagos, on […]
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Experts have said the 14 per cent interest rate by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will worsen the country’s economy rather than control inflation. CBN on Tuesday raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), known as the interest rate, by 100 basis points to 14 per cent, thereby tightening its monetary policy measures. After its […]
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VICTORIA OJUGBANA, LAGOS Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the renovation of the state Revenue House will be completed by the end of next month, while expressing optimism that the edifice, when completed, would enable the state government staff to render adequate and proper services to the state residents. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu noted […]
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Dr Seye O’Dairo, Director General of Jandor 2023 Campaign Organization, has congratulated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governor-elect in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, for his brilliant performance and overwhelming victory in the just-concluded governorship election in the state. The organisation, in a press statement on Sunday, commended the people of Osun for supporting PDP and […]
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The late philanthropist, businessman and politician, MKO Abiola, is by all standards an unforgettable person and personality in the post-independence modern history of Africa. In his native Nigeria, he ultimately became unforgettable as a billionaire that won what is regarded as the fairest and freest election of a complex and chaotic State struggling and, perhaps […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly during the Third Republic, Abayomi Kinyomi. Kinyomi, who was the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly between January 1992 and November 1993 during the tenure of former Governor Michael Otedola, died at the age […]
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