The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for stricter measures to curb open defecation and improve sanitation across the state. During plenary, the lawmakers urged the state Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to fully enforce environmental laws prohibiting open defecation and ensure the availability of free public toilets statewide. They also stressed the need for a sustained public awareness campaign to educate residents on its dangers. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda strongly condemned the practice, emphasizing the urgency of improving sanitation infrastructure. Raising the matter under Urgent Public Importance, Hon. Stephen Ogundipe, Oshodi-Isolo I,…
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The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Honourable Mojisola Lasbat Meranda has constituted few standing committees to assist in the running of the affairs of the Assembly, reports thegazellenews.com Rt Honourable Meranda announced the constitution of the committees during plenary session on Monday, 10 February, 2025. The standing committees and their chairmen are: Business and Rules Committee headed by the Majority Leader, Honourable Temitope Adewale Legislative Compliance Committee led by the Deputy Majority Leader, Honourable Adedamola Richard Kasumu The House Services Committee to be chaired by Honourable Surajudeen Tijani aka Emir The Ethics, Protocol and Privileges Committee…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has constituted a six-man ad-hoc committee to investigate the N24 billion Light-Up Lagos Project initiated by the state government. The committee was inaugurated on Monday, 10 February, 2025, following a resolution passed during plenary at the Assembly Complex in Ikeja, presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda. The members of the ad-hoc committee are: Hon. Abiodun Tobun, Hon. Lukmon Saad Olumoh (Chairman), Hon. Desmond Elliot, Hon. Stephen Ogundipe, Hon. Abiodun Orekoya, Hon. Femi Saheed, and Hon. Sabur Oluwa. The committee has been mandated to submit its findings within two weeks. Speaking during…
The Anwar-Ul-Islam College Agege Old Students Association, Class of ’87 A’Level, has intensified plans for its 2nd Reunion meeting billed to take place on Saturday, 22 February, 2025. The Reunion committee of the body headed by Rasheed Kolade on Sunday, 9 February, 2025, held a virtual meeting where most of the arrangements were concluded for the event slated for R and A Hotels in Ikeja. At the well-attended meeting which lasted about 90 minutes, the committee was delighted to have completed over 85 per cent of what to be done. “We wanted to do this earlier but due to some…
My relationship with Dr Kayode Fayemi dates back to our time together in the pro-democracy movement in the 90s when we mounted local and international campaigns against military dictatorship. During the challenging General Sani Abacha era, civil rights and pro-democracy activists, especially those in exile, had to rely on their ingenuity to survive. Kayode’s brilliance, commitment, and strategic skills were invaluable to our cause. The struggle for Chief MKO Abiola’s release from incarceration and the de-annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, then considered the freest and fairest in Nigeria, led to the constriction of the civic space by…
By Senator (Dr) George Akume 2025 has already started full throttle, and our Renewed Hope Agenda is in full swing. In just under two years, we are seeing tangible progress, as our efforts aimed at economic transformation begin to bear fruit under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. 1/ We’re working relentlessly to curb inflation and restore credibility to our monetary framework. By transforming the foreign exchange regime, we’re moving from an opaque system of preferential allocations to a more transparent, efficient market mechanism. 2/ Fuel Subsidy is now a thing of the past. The benefits of deregulation are becoming clearer…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has humourously warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to expect more political jabs as the 2027 general elections approach. Shettima stated this while speaking at a symposium in Abuja to commemorate the 60th birthday of former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi Reiterating the respect he holds for Atiku, the vice –president teased that the upcoming election cycle would see even more provocative remarks aimed at the former vice president. He, however, acknowledged Atiku’s dignified response to past criticisms, recalling their exchanges during the 2023 presidential election, where he described himself as an “adjunct provocateur” taking “hot…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that for Nigeria to beat the poverty trap and become a prosperous country, its economy must be built to weather all storms. The governor added that the country must also raise entrepreneurs and improve the standard of education, stating that in spite of Nigeria’s natural resources, its people might remain poor until its leadership puts the right things in place. Governor Makinde, who was responding to a sermon delivered by Bishop Williams Aladekungbe of Ibadan North Anglican Diocese at the funeral service of his (Makinde’s) elder brother, Engr Olufunmilayo Sunday Makinde, held at…
First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has pledged her support to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) in the agency’s ongoing fight against human trafficking. She made the promise when the Director General of the agency, Hajia Binta Lami Adamu Bello led the top management of NAPTIP to her office at the State House Abuja. The First Lady who was briefed on the activities of the Agency particularly the recent raid on a baby factory in Abuja where 19 pregnant young girls were rescued, called on youths to stop making themselves easy targets for…
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has applauded the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for initiating the Niger Delta Sports Festival billed to take place between April 1 to 9, 2025, in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Pastor Eno, who spoke during a courtesy visit by the NDDC Management team, led by the Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, at the Akwa Ibom State Government House, Uyo, accepted the Commission’s invitation to host the festival. The NDDC Chief Executive Officer was accompanied on the visit by the Executive Director Projects, Sir Victor Antai; the Executive Director Corporate Services,…