…Electoral panel declares Sanwo-Olu winner with 970,851 votes, Ambode 72,901 votes …Lagos Gov concedes defeat, congratulates Sanwo-Olu, says progress of Lagos non-negotiable Following the defeat on Tuesday of the incumbent Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode in the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in the state, which was won by the anointed candidate of the […]
…I’m yet to get my party membership card, says Ambode …Sanwo-Olu is the man to beat – Muiz Banire Group As Lagosians and other Nigerians continue to await the All Progressives Congress (APC) to declare the fate of the incumbent Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as far as the 2019 governorship election in the state […]
…Says Sanwo-Olu unfit to govern Lagos …Tinubu blasts Ambode, wants APC members to vote him out …Amaechi, Abe hold parallel primaries in Rivers Determined to breast all odds and confront the powers that be in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Sunday, insisted that he will go […]
Barely one week after Former Enugu North Senatorial Aspirant, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Chinedu Eya, pledged to sell off his Lagos property worth over N53 million to purchase nomination and expression of interest forms for the embattled governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, if the governor will contest […]
…Gets endorsement from special interest groups In readiness for Saturday’s direct primary election, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode‘s team has approved specialised training for 1,960 personnel that will serve as agents in all the 245 wards in the constitutionally recognised 20 Local Government Areas where the primary election is expected to take place. This development comes on […]
With the primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, set to hold on Saturday, September 29, Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday expressed his readiness to participate in the process, where members of the party across the state are expected to choose the party’s flag bearer through direct primaries. In a statement […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met behind closed door with Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reliably learnt that the governor would be updating the president on latest political development within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. The governor’s political godfather, […]
A group in support of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, ‘Ambodemania Movement/Support Worldwide’, on Friday staged a rally in Lagos to celebrate what they called ‘good governance in Lagos’. Founder and President of the group, Mr Olawale Oyeboh, led hundreds of members in the rally that commenced at Freedom Park, Ojota and terminated at […]
Despite insinuations making the round about a frosty relationship between the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his humble self, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has put a lie to such insinuations, saying such reports were baseless and unfounded. Both the social and traditional […]
…Picks nomination form, says I’m undaunted, ready to achieve more for Lagosians The Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday took the bold step towards realising his second term ambition, as he officially declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as he declared his […]
Ahead of the 2019 elections, the leader of Ebira community in Lagos State, Asiwaju Odayani, Chief Momoh Sanni Yakubu, has called on members of his tribe to support the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the state. Chief Yakubu, who made the call at the commemoration of his recognition and inauguration as […]
A political group in Lagos State, Hon. Yepe Support Group for Ambode, has called on Lagosians across all political parties to come together to return Governor Akinwunmi Ambode unopposed. The group, which is the independent campaign arm of Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Foundation, at a rally tagged ‘Mother of all Rallies’ held on Sunday, mobilised a […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the LagosReads Competition geared towards improving the reading culture among Lagos residents. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh in a statement on Thursday to announce the “Books-of-the-month” for August, said the state-wide competition, which is an initiative of the Lagos State Library Board […]
Only those assailed by the traumatising memory of being trapped in or those left to endure the yoke of failed infrastructure are perhaps better placed to tell the pain of a broken Apapa today. I count myself among this tribe, having survived a life-and-death situation in that blighted neighbourhood over a decade ago. That fateful […]
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday flagged off the expansion of the Orile Tanker Terminal, as part of solutions to the Apapa gridlock. It will now accommodate trucks. Ambode assured that work would be accelerated on the 1000-capacity terminal at Orile-Iganmu area of the state. Ambode, while on an inspection tour of the […]
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has called on Nigerians particularly Lagosians to ensure the return of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at the 2019 general elections. The Lagos monarch made this call on Saturday at his palace when Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures paid him a courtesy […]
Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has charged lawmakers across the country to eschew all acts that can constitute clogs in the wheel of progress based on party differences, saying the whole essence of politics is to serve the people and give back to the society. Speaking while declaring open the Second Quarterly General Meeting […]
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday appealed to the residents to bear with the government over the inconveniences they might be experiencing from the ongoing multiple infrastructural projects across the state. Ambode assured them that all hands were on deck to deliver the projects on schedule. The governor, represented by the Commissioner for […]
Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Sunday congratulated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for emerging victorious at the keenly contested governorship election held on Saturday. Fayemi was declared winner of the polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), defeating his closest rival, […]
…Commiserates with victims’ families Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday evening visited the scene of the tanker explosion which occurred on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, describing the incident as sad and unfortunate. The incident, which occurred at about 5pm, was said to have left over 50 vehicles burnt […]