Author: Ade Joseph

Lagos State says it paid accrued pensions of more than N32bn to 8,170 retirees between May 2019 and July 2021. The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) in a statement issued on Saturday said that the Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Mrs Ajibola Ponnle, disclosed this on Friday at the 87th retirement benefit bond certificates presentation to retirees. Ponnle stated that the state government also paid more than N1bn into the Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs) of 247 retirees for the month of July. She said N1.1bn had been credited into the…

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 Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party will adopt a consensus arrangement for its ward executives. Addressing journalists on behalf of the GAC members after the council meeting held at Lagos House, Marina, on Wednesday, Prince Tajudeen Olusi said that the ward congress was scheduled for Saturday, July 31, to elect ward executives. The GAC, the highest decision making body of Lagos State APC, comprised prominent leaders of the party across the state. Olusi said that party officers at all levels had been directed to engage in dialogue…

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……..Swears In 57 Newly Elected LG Chairmen, Says ‘It’s Time For Work, Not For Political Vendetta’ Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the administrative and financial autonomy being enjoyed by Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the State for almost two decades is not granted for nothing, but given to achieve a bottom-up growth model for the acceleration of coordinated development across the State. The Governor said local councils, as the closest tier of Government to the people, must justify their autonomy by initiating…

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The incumbent Chairman of Ojokoro Local Government Development Area, Mr Hameed Tijani, has been re-elected as chairman, in Saturday’s Local Government poll in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Returning Officer, Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Mr Irewole Ogunsakin, said that Tijani, having complied with the requirements of the election, had been returned. “As the Returning Officer of this LG/LCDA election, I, Ogunsakin Irewole Peter, hereby declare that honourable Tijani Hameed, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is hereby declared the winner of the…

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…Commends Peaceful Conduct Of Local Government Elections Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Sunday urged the Muslim community in the state to recommit to the ideals of Eid-el-Kabir festival, saying it was important for the people to uphold the virtues of sacrifice, love and peaceful co-existence. She spoke at a special Eid-el-Kabir celebration put together by the First Family in conjunction with the state government held at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. According to her, “The essence of this festival is such that lays emphasis on the virtues…

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Some voters at the Okerube Ward B Polling Unit (PU) 025 were sent back to get their nose masks before being accredited to vote in the ongoing election into Local Government Councils in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), had made it a mandatory condition for voters seeking to exercise their rights to vote. The nose masks are a major health facility to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Alhaji Kabiru Omotosho, a voter, who was turned back, said he…

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