The monthly sanitation exercise in Lagos State will not hold in on Saturday, September 26, 2015, the state government has announced. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Mrs Oluwatoyin Onisarotu, disclosed that movement will not be restricted tomorrow as normally observed during sanitation because of the Sallah celebration in the country. A statement from…
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I Don't Argue With Pigs–Fashola
Admits paying N78m for website Former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has reacted to allegations levelled against him by a civil organisation that he looted Lagos State funds while in office. He also reacted to the paternity mess he was accused of shortly after he left office. In a statement he issued on the…
Jonathan, INEC Plan To Rig 2015 Polls—Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of planning to rig the 2015 election. Tinubu made this cry on Saturday in Lagos following the flops recorded in the ongoing distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, in the state.…
We Banned Hijab In Schools To Foster Unity–Ipaye
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Lagos State, Ade Ipaye, has explained that the decision to ban the use of veil worn by female Muslims in Lagos State public primary and secondary schools was to promote orderliness and peace in the state. Ipaye also commended the recent judgment of an Ikeja High Court to…
Eko Atlantic City Won't Cause Flooding
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has stressed that the Eko Atlantic City project will not cause flooding in Lagos Island as some people have feared recently. The number one citizen of the ‘aquatic state’ made this known at a forum held recently in the state. Fashola noted that those nursing such fears do not…
Femi Otedola To Shut Down Lagos For Dad's May 30 Burial
Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, according to information relayed to Aproko247 by a perching bird, is doing everything within his power to throw a superlative burial ceremony for his late father, Sir Michael Otedola, who once ruled Lagos State as governor. On Tuesday, May 6, 2014, the former governor breathed his last at the age…