Fashola to spend about half of ministry’s 2016 Capital budget to develop South West- DAILY TRUST

According to a report from Daily Trust, the South Western region of the country got the biggest attention from the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. The Southwest geo-political zone has got the largest share of N88.7 billion. The North-West has the second largest allocation of N30.1 billion; North-Central, N29 billion; South-South, N22.5 billion; South-East […]

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FG To Re-Introduce Toll Gate On Nigeria Highways

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government will re-introduce highway tolling to raise additional funds to finance road infrastructure and ensure efficient road maintenance. Mr. Fashola said this on Tuesday in Abuja during his first news conference tagged “Setting the Agenda for Delivering Change”. He said that adequate funding […]

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The Glaring Difference Between Stella Oduah And Babatunde Fashola by Churchill Umoren

Stella Oduah on Two Bullet Proof BMW SUVs Bought for N255 Million “There was a budgetary provision for the procurement of the two BMW 760 Li cars, the transaction followed due process. It went through procurement and was approved by the government agency authorised to do so… I didn’t personally authorize or make the purchases…. […]

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There Is Only One Thief In Nigeria and His Name Is Jonathan – Bayo Adeyinka

A nation is as transparent as its media. A nation is also as corrupt as its media. The more corrupt a nation’s media is, the more corrupt that nation is also. In fact, the corruption of a nation is directly proportional to the corruption of its media. You can also replace the word ‘media’ with […]

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“When you wrestle with a pig, the pig gets happy and you get dirty” -Ex-Gov. Babatunde Fashola

“This statement of profound wisdom informed my silence in the wake of manipulated and unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing recently being levelled against me. They started a few weeks to the end of my tenure, and have continued till date. They range from allegations of extra marital paternity of children, to mundane and phantom conspiracy in […]

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The Looting of Lagos State Treasury by Ex-Gov. Fashola

Nigerians have been expressing outrage on the revelation that former Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola spent N78.3 million of taxpayers’ money upgrading his personal website in 2014. This revelation is just an indication of the wasteful spending by Fashola as governor of Lagos State. Back in 2010, a group emerged and issued a petition against Fashola, […]

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