Independence Day Celebration: Egunjobi preaches peace, urges APC members to vote Sanwo-Olu

The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi has urged the residents of the area to eschew violence and actions capable of causing disharmony and friction among them.

Egunjobi gave this advice in his message to residents of the community on the occasion of 58th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria.



“We must not allow our differences as people of different tribes and languages count in our daily dealings among ourselves. Rather, we should see strength in our diversities, and work like ants in their colony to build a virile nation that will be a pride of black race.



“Under the administration of the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria has recorded giant stride in the area of infrastructure, agriculture and the fight against the big elephant in the room, corruption. We must all join hands to make the country a better place for the next generation. No matter how little in our small corner, we have a role to play in making or marring this country,” the council chief said.

Speaking further, Egunjobi called on members of All Progressive Congress, APC, in the area, to participate en masse in the party’s governorship primary scheduled for Monday in eleven wards that constituted Agege LG enjoining them to cast their votes for Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.    



His word, “Sanwo-Eko is the man for the job. He is eminently qualified to make Lagos great again. He is a great listener and highly receptive unlike his rival, who is infamous for his-way-or-the-highway.”

Nigeria @58: Lagos Speaker Salutes Nigerians, Urges To Pray For Peaceful 2019 Elections

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa has called on Nigerians not to relent in praying for a peaceful general elections next year.

Rt. Hon. Obasa also urged the people of the country to desist from actions and utterances that can negatively affect the peaceful co-existence of the country.

The Lagos Assembly Speaker's admonition was contained in his message to Nigerians on the celebration of the country's 58th Independence Anniversary. The press statement, issued in Lagos on Sunday, was signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Musbau Rasak.

"It's a very crucial period in Nigeria and as we move towards the 2019 general elections, I want to call on Nigerians to continue to pray for peace to reign before, during and after the elections.

"We must also eschew violence, avoid actions and utterances that can breach public peace. We must promote measures and programmes that will enhance the unity of this country.

"As parents and citizens, we must be vigilant and be watchful of friends our children and wards associate with. We must be vigilant of events in our environment and make sure we report suspicious characters and groups to security agencies in order to nip crimes in the bud.

"As youths, we should not allow ourselves to be used as agents of violence. We should not give in to unscrupulous elements in the society who will want to take advantage of our vulnerability to cause mayhem and disturb public peace," Rt. Hon. Obasa said.

He stated that the All Progressives Congress  (APC) administration at all levels is not unaware of the challenges facing the country assuring that the government will not relent in putting in place measures and programmes that will enhance the welfare of the people and improve their standard of living.

"The APC government at all levels will continue to put in place measures that will ensure that Nigerians get dividends of democracy even at their doorsteps.

"On behalf of the entire members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, I wish you a happy and fruitful 58th Independence Anniversary celebration," he said.

Breaking: Organized Labour Suspends Nationwide Strike

The organised labour has finally suspended the nationwide strike.

Details later

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ASKING AMBODE TO STEP DOWN IS AGAINST DEMOCRACY- CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION

…Gov’s Support Base Swells As Campaign Group Steps Up Mobilization

…237 Councillors, 3900 Community Associations, Others Back Second Term Bid

The Ambode Mandate Support Group (AMSG) on Saturday faulted reports in the media purportedly quoting the Governors Advisory Council (GAC) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos, asking the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to withdraw his second term bid, saying that such directive was inimical to the democracy which the party preaches.
Reacting to the purported endorsement of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu by the GAC and shift of the party primary earlier scheduled for Sunday, September 30, Director General of AMSG, Hon. Hakeem Sulaimon said the sudden turn of events does not augur well for democracy and unity of the party.

“I don’t think the GAC would have done such a thing as represented by Senator Anthony Adefuye, because a few days ago, the GAC came out to say that they have resolved that His Excellency the Governor will not be granted the same privilege granted fellow governors in other States and that every aspirant should go for the primaries.

“They (GAC members) were the ones who equally said before now that why was the Governor afraid of the primary and if they said why was the Governor afraid of the primary and the Governor has now told them that okay, I am ready for the primary, the next question we should ask is why are they afraid of going for the primary?

“The party said we are in a democracy and all the three aspirants should run, now they have shifted ground and they are asking the Governor to step down for another aspirant, why are they saying so if they are preaching about democracy?

“Giving this development, we are alerting Lagosians that having seen the turnout of party faithful in the meeting that the party called today and the supporters of His Excellency, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode who had about 87 per cent of the crowd that was there, they have now all of a sudden postponed the primary that we are prepared for. We hope they are not trying to do anything that would create problem in this peace-loving State,” Sulaimon queried.

Meanwhile, the Governor’s second term bid got a major boost on Saturday as major stakeholders in the party threw their weight behind him and pledged their full support to ensure he emerges victorious at the governorship primaries.

Addressing journalists at the campaign office, Sulaimon, said they were confident that Governor Ambode would fly the party’s flag at the 2019 elections as the group had received overwhelming support from several quarters for the Governor.

“We had a meeting here yesterday and the Chairman of all LGA Chairmen in Lagos State was here and she spoke on behalf of her colleagues as having endorsed His Excellency Mr Akinwunmi Ambode. Here also yesterday, we equally had about 200 ward chairmen here in that meeting and they were equally led by their chairman who is the chair of chair of all ward chairmen in the State
“You see, what truly constitute the structure of the party is the ward and of course the LGA. Beyond the ward and the LGA, we also have the Councilors because we have 377 of the creation of Lagos State Councilors; we have 377 of the creation of Lagos State ward chairmen and so on.
“But again, just this morning, we had an assembly of over 237 Councilors here and at the end of the day, in giving the vote of thanks, one of them stood up to say they were now convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that the only person that would work for their interest and that they have realized that the most endangered political class are the councilors and that they would ensure that they work for His Excellency the Governor in their respective wards and they have assured us that we would get victory.

“We have had also groups within the party, we have had the Ndigbos who are party members; we have had market men and women who are party members and of course the biggest endorsement any one can ever get can only come from Community Development Committee (CDCs) and Community Development Associations (CDAs) because everyone of us is a member of one CDA or the other and if all the 3900 CDAs in Lagos State have openly endorsed His Excellency and their representative still came here yesterday to affirm that same endorsement and if you look at this as translating to acceptance, those who are claimed to have endorsed the others, we are supposed to do direct primary if we are going to do that anyway and in direct primary, every vote must count; and at the stakeholders meeting yesterday, 85 per cent of the people in that assembly are actually supporters of Mr Akinwunmi Ambode,” Sulaimon said.

SIGNED
AMBODE MANDATE SUPPORT GROUP
September 29, 2018

Minimum wage strike: FG, Labour to meet Thursday

 

The Federal Government has agreed to reconvene the tripartite meeting on the proposed new national minimum wage, a key demand of the striking labour unions.

This is as the Presidency says it has stepped up efforts to convince labour unions in the country to call off their strike following the earlier meeting at which the government accepted their demand to reconvene the meeting.

The presidency confirmed that the meeting between the labour leadership and the representatives of the employers of labour is now scheduled to reconvene on Thursday 4th October.

A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Media and Publicity), in Abuja pointed out that by its tripartite nature, the committee is made up of persons from the public sector, (Federal and State Governments) and the private sector made up of the largest private employer group and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA).

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Prudent Energy handball: Seasiders, Safety Babes talk tough

Idris Adesina

Coaches of Lagos Seasiders Babes and Safety Babes Bukola Duru and Bala Mohammed have tipped  their teams to win the 2018 Prudent Energy Handball League, which ends on October 7, at the Rowe Park, Yaba.

Seasiders Babes have lost a match in the second phase of the league while Safety Babes have yet to lose a match.

Duru said her team would rise from their loss to Owena Queens after working on their weaknesses.

“That loss was a setback for the team but we will move on from there. We are determined to win this league after we won the first phase in Abuja. We are the home team in Lagos, so we know it will be tough but we have been working on our weaknesses to ensure that we don’t lose another match,” she said.

Mohammed said, “We have the players that can do us proud. Some matches will be very difficult but losing games is not an option for us. The players are also aware of the need to do well. We have been rotating our players to keep the players fresh.

“We have many games to play and by resting our experienced players toward the ends of games especially when we have a good lead will help them stay fresh. We are also guiding against injuries, which could hinder our progress.”

The coaches praised the league sponsors for supporting handball in the country.

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#Lagos 2019: Mixed Reactions Trail Lagos Lawmakers' Adoption of Sanwo-Olu

Following the Lagos lawmakers' adoption of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as a candidate at the Lagos APC gubernatorial primary, Lagosians have since expressed their displeasure via social media

Below are some of their reactions:

Bashar Muhammad Bandiya

This is rubbish Ambode is one of the best performing governor In Nigeria and APC are making mistake

Azeez 

Ambo Lekan si

Yakubu Usman
Ambode is too short sighted.....his supporters told him to defect to PDP.....so as to bring an end to Tinubu's dynasty in Lagos but he is there following Tinubu everywhere..... In PDP he will win with a landslide victory....

Jerry Olufemi
Tinubu disgrace this guy finally
This time tomorrow Ambode will break the record to be the first incumbent governor to loose primary election in Nigeria.
Unfortunately Ambode is one of the best governor in Nigeria if not the best, but tinubu busy supporting the worst president in history of our nation for his own selfish interest.
So sad

Fidel Edoh
Ambode not winning primary is the problem but any attempt to change party will lead to his impeachment within 24 hours I can belt for this, don't pity him so much as persons were deprived during 2015 Election for him to become governor


Christopher Ezeuko
This man should just jump to PDP and devide Lagos APC while enjoy the support of teeming PDP supporters across the state

Ugbe Beejay
I feel sorry for ambode, could remember how he treat fashola wit different alligation of corruption.Wat gos around come around.

Rotimi Tewogbola
Ambode is going, going..... gone very soon I repeat am ready to BET with anybody Jide Sanwo-Olu is the next Lagos state governor Ambode should start packing his luggage the coast is clear for Jide.

Johnson Uzuegbu
Honestly, I don't feel any sympathy for Ambode. It was because of this same Ambode that an Oba threatened to drown Igbos in lagoon. Whatever Tinubu gives to Lagosians, they should bear it.

Chinedu Odimegwu Alaska
What sort of amala politics and godfatherism is this. Lagos state governor has introduced financial discipline in Lagos that is why they are fighting him. Why did the governor allow the leakage of tinubu money laundry case to get to public domains

Jelili Yusuf
Deny Ambode a second term and watch how Tinubu will fall,it will all seem like a dream in the eyes of his supporters
.Just watch!

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My wife and I didn’t date, we just got married –Akpororo

Ademola Olonilua and Timileyin Akinkahunsi

While many people believe in having a long courtship with their partner in order to know them well before marriage, it seems popular comedian, Akpororo, is an exception to the rule.

In a recent chat Saturday Beats, the comedian and singer hinted that he had known his wife since she was part of a dance group and shortly after they began to exchange pleasantries, they got married.

“I did not date my wife. We are in the same industry and she was with Explicit Dance Group. We had met on some occasions and greeted each other. We never had any period to date; I would say we started dating after we got married. 

“I was already popular as of the time I got married to my wife. Some people say that once you get married, your tempo or output in the industry would drop but I do not believe that because whatever you believe would happen to your career is what would happen to it. I changed the belief that you need to date someone for a long period before you get married,” he said.

The humour merchant, who affirmed that Nigerian comedians seemed to always go for beautiful women, however, said it was just a coincidence.

He said, “We work hard and we see beautiful ladies every day so it is only natural to marry a beautiful woman. It is just a coincidence that comedians have beautiful wives, but the truth is that we all love pretty women. When we talk about beauty, it does not have to do with the face alone but character, being hard-working, and a prayer warrior. We just love beautiful women.”

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Lagos 2019: Lagos Lawmakers Adopt Jide Sanwo-olu

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have adopted Babajide Sanwo-olu as the candidate they will support in the coming governorship primaries of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress  (APC).

According to a statement by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Honourable (Princess) Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, the decision was taken at a Parliamentary meeting of the lawmakers which took place at Lateef Jakande auditorium of the House on Saturday, 29 September, 2019, a day before the governorship primaries of the party.

The meeting was presided over by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. Out of the 40 members of the House, 36 were present at the meeting and all of them endorsed the decision and duly signed the statement announcing the decision.

The lawmakers stated that they were in agreement with the leadership of the party and the Governor's Advisory Council (GAC) which had earlier endorsed Sanwo-olu for the governorship ticket.

Below image shows the lawmakers names and signatures respectively.

Osun: Oshiomhole reveals APC’s agreement with Omisore

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has explained the agreement of the party with the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore.

Oshiomhole, who gave the explanation at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said that there would not be automatic ticket for Omisore.

Responding to a question on whether the APC promised Omisore an automatic ticket to contest  a senatorial seat, He said, “I don’t like those words  ‘automatic tickets.’ I was careful even after the meeting we had with our lawmakers not to use those words.

“We will provide a level playing field for all to contest, if I didn’t promise our members automatic tickets, how can I promise a person I do not yet know?”


He noted that, perhaps, the PDP forgot that Omisore had served as a deputy governor to Chief Bisi Akande, the pioneer interim national chairman of the APC before the then PDP government “rigged them out of office.

Oshiomhole said the working relationship between Omisore’s Social Democratic Party and the APC in support of Oyetola, proved decisive.

Oshiomhole said, “I said we had a negotiation and had a deal that has to do with the governance of Osun State. I didn’t go with money and I don’t have money to give to anybody. He didn’t ask and there was no basis for him to ask.

“We agreed that he would have an opportunity for him to contest for a seat on the APC platform. Not just for Senate or House of Representatives, but also for house of assembly. That is why I said we spoke about the immediate, which is the Osun election and going forward.”

He said the APC having recognised the fact that the SDP was critical to the rerun, decided to a open negotiation with its leadership.
Oshiomhole stated,  “He (Omisore) told us that, yes he has lost, but he believes that he can still win if we have a deal that seeks to address the primary purpose of his participation in the process which is the governance of the state and specific policy issues that were of concern to him.

“We had a robust conversation and reached an agreement which I think is healthy. We didn’t have to negotiate about compensation or about paying money to anyone. The issue was about governance, education and how we can have a working relationship ahead of the general election and in future elections.


“We were able to strike a deal that has to do with the specific issues that affect the welfare and the well being of the people of Osun State. Whereas Saraki failed to strike a deal with the SDP, we secured a deal with them and now the APC, working with the SDP had a huge influence in those areas and combining our efforts, it was not strange that at the end, we won.

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Barman accused of sexual harassment stabs neighbour to death

Afeez Hanafi

A 23-year-old barman, Samson Michael, has been arrested for the murder of his neighbour, Tobiloba Osho, by the Lagos State Police Command.

Osho reportedly bled to death after he was stabbed in the chest by Michael during an altercation in their residence on Mabayoje Close, Alakuko area of the state.

Saturday PUNCHlearnt that a 17-year-old daughter of the pastor of a church where Michael lived had accused him of sneaking to where she slept inside the church in the midnight of Thursday, September 13 and fondling her pants.

It was gathered that Michael swiftly returned to his bed in the church  when he discovered that the girl was awake.

 When the day broke, she was said to have reported Michael to the pastor, his mother and Osho, who lived in a compound next to the church.

 Our correspondent learnt that Michael got angry when his mother told him about the girl’s allegation.

 He was said to have confronted her on the grounds that she lied against him which led to a scuffle.

 Osho reportedly intervened and engaged Michael in fisticuffs. In the ensuing fracas, Michael reportedly stabbed Osho in the chest with a knife.

 Our correspondent learnt that the deceased was rushed to some private hospitals in the community before he was taken to the Ota General Hospital, Ogun State, where he was confirmed dead on arrival.

 Michael was arrested by policemen from the Alakuko Police Division where the case was reported.

CAI: Ajanaku Leads Agege Drainage Clearance Exercise

By Uzoma Oduigwe

Apparently disturbed by the near total blockade of the linking drains in and around the Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State which has caused the flooding of some areas and homes within the local government, the local government’s chief sanitation officer Sanitarian Ajanaku Kolawole Sarafa took the bull by the horns and led his men to clear the blocked drains recently.

Sanitarian Ajanaku, an Assistant Director and Head of Department (HOD) Environmental Health Services at the Agege Local Government and a no nonsense advocate of cleanliness  in reading the riot act, led his staff to the affected gutters and areas around the Ijaiye Housing Estate which was mainly affected to clear the drains.

He warned the residents and visitors alike to the local government that the state and local governments respectively will not take it easy with defaulters who continue to dump refuse in the drains thereby blocking the drains and inhibiting free flow of rain water after each rain fall. 

He said everyone has a role to play to ensure a safe, clean environment that ensures a healthy living for all in tandem with the Gov. Akinwumi Ambode government’s plans to make and continue to retain the mega city status of Lagos State among the committee of states in Nigeria. 

Sanitarian Ajanaku Kolawole Sarafa, a 2018 nominee for the prestigious LAGOS CITY NEWS awards for excellence called on all to take active parts and interest in the cleanliness of their immediate and extended environments.