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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.
Thirty-six out of the 40 lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly have declared their support for Babajide Sanwoolu to emerge as the next governor of the state. The lawmakers took the decision at the parliamentary meeting held on Saturday at the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex.
Jimi Agbaje, the Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015, hs now officially declared interest in the 2019 Lagos governorship race. Agbaje made the confirmation to NAN in Lagos.
The internet has been buzzing of the controversial commentary of Ace Fuji musician Kwam1 concerning Governor Ambode. Few weeks back, Kwam1 can be seen calling in Lagosians to vote for Governor Ambode, but in a new video going round in Social Media, the Fuji star can be seen throwing jabs at the Governor.
A last-minute effort by the wife of the Lagos State Governor, Bolanle Ambode, to save her husband’s job was said to have hit a brick wall on Tuesday.
Senate President Bukola Saraki has assured party members in Lagos State that he will do everything within his reach to ensure the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) produces the next governor of the state. According to Saraki who is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the PDP, he has the medicine of the man who is regarded as the godfather terrorizing Lagos.
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, on Sunday, denied having a telephone conversation with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress,(APC) Bola Tinubu, about the second term ambition of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.
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.