By Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN on Monday denounced the Sovereign Wealth initiative of the Federal Government, describing it as unconstitutional. Fashola said he would receive the Shareholders Certificate of the Fund presented to him by the management of the fund only as an acknowledgement that the State’s fund was […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights over a serious breach of the obligations by Nigeria under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to progressively realize the right to […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) says President Goodluck Jonathan may become an accessory to corruption if he continues along his current path of shielding Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah from the consequences of the massive corruption and abuse of office over the purchase of two armoured cars at an inflated cost and […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any attempt by the unimaginative spin doctors of the Aviation Ministry to use politics as a cover for the corruption scandal surrounding the illegal purchase of two armoured cars for the Minister of Aviation. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos … Says Actions Are Hallmarks of “Totalitarian Dictatorship” A Muslim group known as Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan led administration for threatening to demolish the national secretariat of the Baraje’s led faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement sent to African Examiner and signed by […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria (CRCN) has warned the Federal Government to stop blackmailing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the ongoing strike by the union, while berating the government for not acceding to the demands of the lecturers. President, CRCN, Shehu Sani in a Facebook message described the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos There is palpable anxiety in Lagos, Nigeria as cholera outbreak has killed three people, as the Lagos State Government raises the alarm, calling on Lagosians to embrace proper hygiene as the only means of curbing the spread of the disease. At a news conference on Wednesday evening, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a public appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan to “urgently order the sale of the two armored BMW cars reportedly bought with funds from the Aviation Ministry, and to use the accrued funds to provide compensation to families of victims of […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned reported plot to abduct, blackmail and force Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State to resign from office. The party said it was the last desperate act of those who were bent on getting rid of the governor at all costs. In a statement issued by […]
By Premium Times An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was on Saturday beaten in public by police officers in Ondo State. The incident, which happened at Ado Junction, along Akure/Owo Expressway at about 6 p.m., disrupted free flow of traffic for several hours. Witnesses said the argument that led to fight ensued […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Governor Babatunde of Lagos State has accused the Federal Government of delaying the monthly allocation from the federation account meant for states, hampering project implementation in Lagos State. The governor said it had recorded a deep in budget performance due to the inefficiency of the federal government to remit the month allocation […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a cheap and ludicrous strategy the decision by the Federal Government to use market women, religious leaders and students to put pressure on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike without resolving the issues that caused the strike in […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government says it is prepared to meet the Onitsha deportees, which sued it N1 billion in court whenever the time comes. Seven of the deportees had sued the Lagos State Government, its Attorney General and the Commissioner of Police on behalf of other deportees N1 billion claiming they were […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji has written off the proposed National Conference by President Goodluck Jonathan, saying nothing good will come out of it. Ikuforiji, who spoke in Epe, Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday said the timing of the conference was wrong. “Already, the fear is there. Why […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Activist, Bamidele Aturu has warned the Federal Government over its threat to clamp down on internet journalism in Nigeria. Aturu, in a statement said the threat by the Federal Government to clampdown on internet journalism must be a source of concern for all who meant well for the nation’s democracy. “I have […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as the height of insensitivity the decision by the First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan to receive an Honorary Doctorate award in far away South Korea, while Nigeria’s public universities remained shut for many months under the watch of her husband. In a statement issued […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos “We call on the Presidency to respond to the germane message that truly, the national conference is a Greek Gift, diversionary and deceptive.” The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) stated this in a statement issued to back the position of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu […]
Ayo Balogun Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sasgay, fiery preacher, Pastor Tunde Bakare , a university don, Prof. Pius Adesanmi and others have thrown their weight behind the President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposed National Conference, saying it will help to salvage the nation. They spoke at the Maiden Edition of the Centre for Change lecture at the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos A truck carrying waste metals crashed into the green zone at the Festac link bridge, Amuwo Odofin Local Government on Monday. This is coming after a Container piloted by men of the Area E Command forcefully drove into the Local Government destroying barriers in the process. The container was said to have […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola and the former Governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have urged Nigerians to imbibe the lessons of the sacrifice that is necessary to move the nation to greater heights. Fashola, who spoke after observing the Eid –El-Kabir prayers at the Lagos Central Mosque on Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
