Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been re-elected in Lagos State.He polled a total of 762,134 votes, defeating Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party who scored 312,329 votes, followed by Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor with 62,449 votes. Sanwo-Olu was declared the winner at 1:15 am on Monday morning, almost 48 hours after the electoral exercise commenced. The…
Emirates Airlines has cried out over the consistent refusal of the Nigerian Government to release its trapped funds.In a statement issued by the airline Friday, it revealed how despite several efforts made on its part to ensure the Nigerian government release the blocked money for it to be repatriated to its home country, Nigeria continues…
…… NCAA commends airline for high safety standards Dana Air has announced an increase in frequency across it’s destinations Speaking on the development, the spokesperson of the airline Kingsley Ezenwa said Dana Air upon receipt of some of its aircraft from maintenance started with an abridged schedule but decided to increase frequency based on the…
The Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives candidate for Ajeromi Ifelodun federal constituency in the just concluded National Assembly election, Hon Francis Bartholomew Chima aka OmoBarca has cleared the air on why he endorsed and ensured that the incumbent governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu won in his constituency. OmoBarca who just returned from…
A bloodied picture of Olumide Oworu, the Labour Party (LP) candidate for Surulere LGA 1, in the Lagos house of assembly, has been circulating on social media. On Thursday, TheCable had reported that suspected thugs disrupted the campaign of Oworu in the Iponri area of Surulere, where one person was said to have been injured….
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lagos State have applied for leave to appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should electronically transmit the results of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. Justice P. O. Lifu had given…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Institute of Counseling in Nigeria (ICN) has paid tribute to Hilda Adefarasin, the mother of Pastor Wale Adefarasin, the institute’s board President, who passed on at the age of 98 years and was buried in Lagos at the weekend after the service of songs & Tribute Night. The Provost of ICN,…
The Labour Party (LP) has alleged that some opposition parties are pressurising the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upturn the victory of its FCT senate candidate, Ireti Kingibe, in their favour. Peter Diugwu, the FCT LP chairman, said this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He alleged that the parties were frequenting…
Nigerian banks have announced a reduction in the amount of dollars available to customers for personal travel allowance (PTA) and business travel allowance (BTA) on a bi-annual basis. According to the new directive, PTA available to customers will now be slashed by 50 per cent from $4,000 to $2,000 while the BTA will be slashed…
