The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, Lagos State University, Ojo chapter on Wednesday said it would ground activities in the institution if the management failed to pay withheld salaries of its members.
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The state, which budgeted N489.69 billion for 2014, performed 76 per cent in the first quarter and 106 per cent in the second quarter, leading to a cumulative score of 86 percent, a performance which an elated Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) attributed to prudent economic performance and financial discipline
Received and introduced to other members of the family on arrival at the Maitama, Abuja residence of the Akunyilis by the widower, Dr Chike Akunyili, Governor Fashola expressed the sympathy of the government and people of Lagos State on the passage of the former Minister of Information
In commemoration of June 12, 1993, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has approved that Thursday, 12th June, 2014 is…
He cited the instances of several street lights that have been damaged by reckless articulated vehicle drivers in the metropolis, forcing the state to redesign the street lights with a view to preventing the damages by the trucks
Prof. Isaac Albert, the Chairman of the organizing committee, told the media that the conference was organised by the Peace and Conflict Studies Programme of the University of Ibadan in collaboration with Centre of Human Security, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential library, Abeokuta, Ogun State
At the Onikan Stadium, Lagos to honour Otedola at a “Day of Tributes” organized in his honour by the Lagos State Government were former Governors Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Commodore Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd), and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was represented by former Deputy Governor, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye
The governor, who spoke at the Banquet Hall of the Lagos House, Ikeja, while receiving the group, who are of the Chibok ethnic stock of Borno State based in Lagos, said there is no time to seek peace in the country more than now, maintaining that it is only in an atmosphere of peace that the nation can focus on the way forward
Marinho told the News Agency in Lagos on Friday that the 22-capacity boat, which belonged to Bell Marine Transport hit a log on the waterways and this led to the accident
Fashola, who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja, while hosting the Consul-General of Lebanon, Dima Haddad, and members of the Lebanese Nigeria Initiatives, who had come to present a cheque for N80 million and the keys to a troop carrier truck donated to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, said continued silence of the stakeholders on the issue constituted an injustice against the ordinary Nigerians who have had to contribute from their meagre earnings to fund projects and programmes that are constitutionally the responsibility of government
He said: “It is a tragedy and I couldn’t find the right words to describe it, especially as it came very early in the year
The equipments which include a ford ranger XLT pick-up van, laboratory and clinical equipments was presented to the State government by the Chief Executive Officer of APIN, Dr. Prosper Okonkwo as part of APIN efforts geared towards reducing the incidence of AIDS and increasing access to HIV treatment in the State
The governor explained that decentralisation of minimum wage was the best for true federalism, saying that states should not be compelled to pay wages fixed by the Federal Government in a democracy
Justice Peter Affen, in his ruling, said that he struck out the case because the statement of defence was not heard
The late Okonkwo ran football commentaries on Radio Nigeria, giving appropriate qualifying adjectives to players, administrators and referees
In late July, the government of Anambra State protested the
‘deportation’ of certain South-East indigenes from Lagos, Nigeria’s
former national capital. Governor Peter Obi was said to have forwarded
a letter of protest to President Goodluck Jonathan in which he said that “Lagos State did not even bother to consult with Anambra State authorities before deporting 72 persons considered being of Igbo extraction to Anambra State”
In his remarks, Jonathan described the death of Fashola’s father as
saddening, noting that the late patriarch left at a time when he was
most needed to offer counsel that would assist to further develop the
nation
The governor, who noted that the nation has sadly witnessed the
escalation of division and insecurity of recent, declared: “But we
must work together to bring an end to that,” adding: “We are all
members of one nation and in spite of our diversity, we are bound by a common humanity
Fashola said only 14 persons were deported based on their own request
to be relocated to their state of origin
He described the unionists as hardworking and selfless, the virtues he said were proven by the circumstances of their deaths and the encomiums that trailed the incident