Correspondent Oziegbe Okoeki examines the challenges that may confront the seventh Lagos State House of Assembly under the leadership of the Speaker, Hon. Yemi Ikuforiji, and how the legislative and executive arms can be partners in progress. The seventh Lagos State House of Assem-bly was inaugurated on June 4 with fan-fare. On hand to proclaim [...]
ACN Has Capacity To Lead Change —Fashola
May 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has attributed the success of the Action Congress of Nigeria at the April 2011 General elections to the hope and expectation of the people that the party has the capacity to lead change in the country. Governor Fashola who spoke at a meeting of all newly elected National [...]
Election Victory: ACN Thanks Lagosians
May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has expressed its heartfelt gratitude to the people of Lagos State for voting overwhelmingly for Governor Raji Fashola and the ACN in the last general elections. The party says that by that grand gesture of tremendous goodwill, the good people of Lagos have demonstrated their [...]
Joy in Southwest as ACN Kicks Out PDP
April 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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MEN threw their hands in the air. Women were clapping and kids were screaming last night in Ibadan as Abiola Isiaka Ajimobi was pronounced winner of the Oyo State governorship election. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate got 420,852 votes to beat incumbent Governor Adebayo Alao-Alaka, who polled 387,132. Alao-Akala is of the Peoples [...]
Automotive Mechanics In Lagos Endorse ACN, Fashola For April Elections
April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Motorcycle operators, owners, motor mechanics and technicians under the aegis of their separate associations which are affiliated to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State on Friday endorsed the candidature of Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) as the Governor in the April Governorship election. The groups included the Motorcycle Operators of Lagos [...]
PDP plans to rig elections in Lagos
April 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted on a plot to rig the governorship and state assembly elections in Lagos State. In a release signed by the National Publicity Secretaryof the ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party fingered a former presidential adviser as spearheading the plot. It also warned President Goodluck Jonathan to call [...]
Tinubu Asks ACN to Mobilise for Victory on Tuesday
April 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure free and fair elections on Tuesday, warning that rigging would not be condoned. The governor said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was anxious over the polls in Lagos because it is contending with a long distance runner, who has become [...]
Fashola Steps Up Campaign, Tours Riverine Area
April 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The governor rode on speed boat, with his running mate, Mrs. Victoria Orelope-Adefulire, government functionaries and pressmen as he went to campaign to be re-elected for another four years in office next Tuesday when the governorship election will hold. The riverine communities, cut off from civilization came alive as locals saw the governor physically for [...]
Gov. Fashola: I Won’t Ban Okada, Hike Tax
April 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The Governor Babatunde Fashola-led Lagos State Government on Tuesday debunked allegations being peddled by opposition political parties that it plans to introduce some anti-people policies in the state. The allegations were described as baseless and a calculated attempt to deceive the people of Lagos State for whom such parties have no concrete plans. The government, [...]
‘ACN’ll Win Gov Election In Lagos’
April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Chairman, Badagry West Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Mr. Bamgbose H. Joseph, has said that Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State, who is Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate in next Tuesday’s governorship election will defeat other candidates of other parties in the race. Bamgbose said the loss of the party in [...]