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The battle for the soul of Lagos State took a strange twist yesterday when Governor Akinwunmi Ambode boldly told a meeting of leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Bourdillon, Ikoyi home of the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that he will not step down for their preferred candidate in the 2019 governorship race in the state.
The Governor Of Lagos State Akinwunmi Ambode is in the news again, barely a few days after announcing the impending increase of Land Use charge in the state. The news of increase of Land Use Charge in Lagos State and vehicle registration hasn’t gone down well with residents of the populous Lagos state. Lagos governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday ordered public and private school principals in the state that students should sing the National Anthem in Yoruba Language daily. Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, relayed the directive at a meeting with Principals and Head Teachers of public schools in Lagos.
Four officials of a Private Sector Participant (PSP) operator in waste management, Ayomide Olayinka Ventures have been arrested by the Lagos State Government The four officials have been reportedly arrested by security operatives in the early hours of Tuesday while using their compactor with registration number FST 908 XG to dump refuse on the street along the Central Business District (CBD) of Lagos Island in the middle of the night.