Author: Prince Emmanuel Odunayo Ikusagba

Contractors engaged by Lagos State Government to handle the construction of 1,188-unit LagosHOMS in Sangotedo area of Eti Osa now have a final completion date to deliver the project. After defaulting previous deadlines, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu mandated the contractors to finish up the 744 flats being developed in Scheme 1 of the housing project by the end of next month (October). The Governor, on Friday, handed down the new deadline when he inspected the housing project to assess the pace of construction work. The project, sited on 16.9 hectares, took off in 2012. It was revived by the Sanwo-Olu administration.…

Prof (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been appointed as the 9th substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU).The Professor of Medicine had earlier served as Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution before her elevation.Her husband is the current Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello.The appointment of Professor Olatunji-Bello was approved by Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu following recommendation by the Joint Committee of Council and Senate of LASU in accordance with the LASU Law, Cap 169 Vol 7, Laws of Lagos State.She assumed duty as the First Professor of Physiology in LASU…

Governors of the 17 States in the southern part of Nigeria today met in Enugu where they unanimously endorsed the recent Federal High Court judgment that empowers states to collect the Value Added Tax (VAT).Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a statement, said the meeting was a follow up to the last one held in Lagos, adding they reviewed progress already made on the passage of the law against open grazing and encouraged southern states yet to pass the law to do so.”The Southern Governors also restated their commitment to pursue fiscal federalism by working with our National Assembly…

Governor Dapo Abiodun has been told to give a larger percentage of the Value Added Tax (VAT) to local governments in Ogun State after passing the bill into law.The suggestion was made on Thursday at the stakeholders’ forum on the Ogun Value Added Tax Law, 2021, held at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.During the forum held today, the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, posited that the bill is to ensure equity and fairness in revenue sharing among the federating units.Oluomo explained that the bill would ensure improved revenue to Ogun, adding that VAT was not listed in the exclusive list of the…

A former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).The former PDP chieftain was introduced to President Muhammadu Buhari as the newest member of the ruling party on Thursday during a visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja.He was led to the meeting with the President by the APC National Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as well as Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State.

The Federal Government has again pledged to restore Twitter services in the country, a hundred days after the tech giant was banned in Nigeria.Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed,  disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.He said that the government is working hard to restore Twitter’s operations in Nigeria.“Honestly, we have gone very far. I won’t be specific, but we have gone very far,” the minister said.“Honestly, it is going to be very soon. Just take my words for that. Even Twitter itself gave a progress report on…

You will recall that the executive Chairman of Odeda Local Government Area, Hon. Folasade Adeyemo over the weekend took the initiative to fix some potholes causing persistent gridlock between Obantoko and the Camp area of Odeda local government. Some excavation and evacuations of blocked drainage that usually flooded the road causing heavy traffic had been done, and now we have a free-flowing gutter in the axis; hence there has been ease of traffic jam culminating from the flooded road. However, more still needed to be done in terms of putting more hardcore and stone dust to level up the potholes,…

The people of Sango-Ota and its environs would soon heave a sigh of relief as Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has revealed that palliative works will soon commence on the bad portions of the Lagos-Ota and Ota-Idi-Iroko roads, and to be concluded by December.Governor Abiodun who stated this on Wednesday when he led the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola on an inspection of the ongoing construction of Toll Plaza at Lotto, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, stated that the palliative which would be done by December, is to reduce the hardship being experienced by commuters along the…

The Ogun State Government says the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in collaboration with its ministry of Works and Infrastructure has finalized plans to embark on palliative work on critical sections on Sango-Ota-Idiroko Road, starting from Sango Under bridge to Ojuore. The Chief Press Secretary to the state government, Kunle Somorin, said this in a statement on Tuesday. Somorin said the Federal Controler of Works, Ogun State, Engr. Umar Bakare made this known while addressing newsmen shortly after inspection of critical sections on Sango-Ota-Idiroko Road and Lagos-Abeokuta road, on Monday. Bakare said the 64 km Sango-Ota-Idiroko has been put…

A former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi says Nigerians are getting poorer because the government is borrowing for the wrong reasons.Mr Obi, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, argued that while it is not a crime to borrow money, the funds must be used solely for productions that enhance the lives of the citizens and enrich the economy.“Are you borrowing for productivity or are you borrowing for consumption? My worry here is that we are borrowing for consumption.“I am saying that the country is not productive and there is nothing wrong…