The outgoing governor of Ekiti State Peter Ayodele Fayose evoked a large than life image in the minds of many Nigerians. He often roared, ‘I am Peter the rock, you fall on me you break, I fall on you shattered! “. Yet, a teargas cannister broke the neck and hand of the king of the […]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has criticized the secrecy surrounding the planned rehabilitation of dilapidated water infrastructure in Lagos State, urging the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration to allow transparent and competitive bidding in the selection of companies to carry out the repair works. Ambode had announced funding to the tune of […]
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The internally generated revenue (IGR) of Lagos state rose by approximately N33 billion from 2015 to 2016, beating 33 states put together. According to a report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the state recorded an IGR of N301.19 billion, a rise of N32.99 billion in one year. The total IGR from 33 […]
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A coalition of civil society groups, grassroots campaigners and water unionists have vowed to resist the Lagos State Environmental Bill which was passed yesterday (Feb 20) by the Lagos House of Assembly, less than two weeks after the groups challenged key sections of the law at a Public Hearing organised by the House Committee on […]
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The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has said the state expects to get its first derivation fund following the first export from the Aje oil field located offshore Lagos. Ambode disclosed this on Tuesday in Lagos at this year’s Annual International Conference and Exhibition of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists. Yinka Folawiyo […]
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All is now set for the first crude oil lifting for export from the Aje field, offshore Lagos, Nigeria, by the end of August following the commissioning of a production and storage vessel for the crude. The news follows the declaration by governor Akinwunmi Ambode in May, that Lagos has officially joined the League of […]
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MANY monuments have been built in honour of the man Bola Tinubu. He is acclaimed as the political genius of our times who not only engineered the taming of the PDP juggernaut, he caged it and confined it to the backwaters of Otuoke. Since the APC defeat of the PDP in the presidential election, Tinubu […]
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