A high court in Ikeja, Lagos, has ordered the state house of assembly to suspend its probe of Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of the state, pending the hearing of his suit. Yetunde Adesanya, the judge, gave the order while ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by Ambode through Tayo Oyetibo, his counsel. The house is probing the administration of the ex-governor over [...]
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The Lagos state house of assembly has summoned Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of the state, a second time to give account of some financial dealings under his administration. Two weeks ago, the assembly invited the former governor, but he did not honour the invitation. Olusegun Banjo, former commissioner for economic planning and budget, and Olawale Oluwo, his energy and mineral resources counterpart, [...]
Agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided the residence of Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos state, in Epe area of the state, on Tuesday. Tony Orilade, EFCC spokesman, confirmed this to TheCable. He said the anti-graft agency had received petitions against Ambode, and that it was investigating his administration. ''Yes, we received petitions regarding the governor, and we are [...]
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, for embarking on "massive infrastructural drive". Speaking while presenting a letter of appreciation to the governor during a Ramadan Tafsir/Iftar and special prayer organised by the state government, Ishaq Akintola, director of MURIC, described Ambode as a top performer whose achievements are indelible. Akintola said aside the massive infrastructural [...]
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, has successfully delivered Epe local government to President Muhammadu Buhari. The final results collated and announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also showed that the APC candidates for the national assembly positions also won in the local government. The APC polled 17,710 votes across the 19 wards in the local government, while PDP got 13, [...]
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, has presented the 2019 budget. This is coming 72 hours after the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos halted the impeachment move by the state lawmakers. The lawmakers had threatened to oust the governor over the 2019 budget, accusing him of incurring expenses from it without presenting it before the assembly. They had given him a [...]
Anthony Adefuye, member, governor’s advisory council (GAC) of the Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC), says party leaders fought to secure a second term ticket for Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of the state. Adefuye spoke on Thursday at a reconciliation meeting which brought together many stalwarts of the party in Epe. Ambode, who hails from Epe, lost the party’s primary to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the [...]
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were the cynosure of all eyes at the national convention of the ruling party in Abuja on Saturday. The duo walked into the Eagle Square, venue of the convention, hand-in-hand and sat together to the admiration of the party members. This generated reactions on social media as [...]
A total of 1,960 personnel have been trained to serve as agents of Akinwumi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary. APC members in the state would choose candidate of the party for the 2019 election through direct primary on Saturday. According to a statement from the Ambode Campaign Organisation (ACO), the agents have been selected and trained [...]
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, sent the audience laughing while acknowledging Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), during the launch of 'Africa Rise and Shine', a book by Jim Ovia, chairman of Zenith Bank. At event ongoing at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre, Lagos, Ambode was invited to speak immediately after Tinubu. As he mounted the [...]
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from Lagos, Ondo, Oyo and different state chapters stormed the office of Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, over the weekend to demand solution to the crisis involving their members at the Lagos State University (LASU). The union and the management of the institution have been at loggerheads, resulting to the sacking [...]
Razak Jaiyeola, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), says the achievements of Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, are visible. Jaiyeola said this when he and Rufai Mohammed, president of the Institute of Directors (IoD), led members of their governing councils on a courtesy visit to the governor on Tuesday. He said since Ambode assumed office in 2015, [...]
Reports on the plot to stop Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, in 2019 have been dismissed by stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state -- but emerging signs show he is fighting for his political life. Credible sources have informed TheCable that there is a threat to impeach Ambode if he does not drop his second term [...]
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, has declared his intention to run for a second term. The governor made the declaration at a gathering of All Progressives Congress (APC) members on Monday in Alausa, Ikeja. Ambode said the state has remained steadily prosperous because of the positive outlook of its residents but there is still a lot more to be done. “In the last three [...]
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Center), a non-governmental organisation, has accused Lasisi Olalekan, special adviser on taxation to Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, of breach of public service. HEDA, in a letter addressed to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), accused Olalekan of contravening the public service code by holding the position of a director at De [...]
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