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- 12 Jun 2017
SERAP Sues Nigerian FG over Pre-Paid Meters
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government and Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, over their collective failure, refusal and/or…
- 2 Jan 2014
Lack of DNA, Forensic Labs Contribute to Domestic Violence-Fashola
Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, has said that the establishment of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) laboratories and forensic laboratories in Nigeria would ease the process of solving…
- 13 Aug 2015
Activists Drag Fashola to EFCC over N78m Website Scandal
Civil Society Network against Corruption, a coalition of anti-corruption organisations in Nigeria, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the “questionable…
- 20 Nov 2015
Lamudi Report Shows Fashola Should Face Affordable Housing
Mr. Babatunde Fashola, newly appointed minister already has a laundry list on his agenda to reform the Power, Works and Housing sectors. Many experts are eager to see his agenda focus on plans that…
- 21 Sept 2015
#MTNF@10: Fashola Advocates Flexible Regulations for CSR
Mr. Babatunde Fashola, immediate past Governor of Lagos State, has described Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in its purest sense as business and entrepreneurship with a conscience hence there…
- 13 Jun 2015
Fashola, Amaechi, Others May Make Buhari’s Cabinet
Immediate past governors of Lagos and Rivers states, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and Mr. Rotimi Amaechi respectively; a former governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Segun Oni and Education minister in the…
- 20 Feb 2020
Fashola Berates NCC for Defending Telcos Poor Qos Provisioning
Mr Babatunde Fashola, minister of Works, has slammed the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), for openly protecting telecoms companies over increasing cases of dropped calls. Fashola, said that…
- 1 Sept 2008
Fashola Praises Zain’s Brand Launch, Aligns with MTV for Youth
Mr. Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos State has hailed the smooth transition from Celtel to Zain saying that the exercise was well-managed and world class in execution. Fashola was speaking when…
- 11 Nov 2016
No Plans to Revoke Power Privatisation- Fashola
Federal government has no plans to revoke the privatisation of the power sector, said Mr. Babatunde Fashola, minister for Power, Works and Housing. Fashola who spoke at the Fifth European Union…
- 9 Jan 2014
LASG Commissions New Asphalt Plant
Mr. Babatunde Fashola, he Lagos State Governor, will commission the newly established 160/HR Asphalt plant in Imota before the end of the week. Mr. Gbenga Akintola, executive chairman, Lagos State…
- 30 Aug 2017
Fashola Advocates Development of National Digital Map
Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power Works and Housing, has advocated the development of a National Digital Map for the whole country saying aside enhancing internal security, the electronic map…
- 24 Nov 2017
New Toll Gates to be Located at Old Spots – Fashola
The Federal Government has announced that it has concluded plans to re-introduce tolls on major highways across the country. Mr. Babatunde Fashola, minister of Power, Works and Housing, while…
- 17 Oct 2014
Buhari/Fashola Ticket as Buhari Borrows N27.5m for Form
All Progressive Congress (APC) would win the 2015 presidential elections if the party picks Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) as its presidential candidate and Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State…
- 21 Jun 2015
Buhari May Name Fashola Chief of Staff, Dambazzau NSA
Barring any last minute manoeuvring, Lieutenant-General Abdurahman Dambazzau, a former Chief of Army Staff, and Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, immediate-past governor of Lagos State, may be named…
- 24 Mar 2021
FG Issues Notice for Commencement of HDMI’s Procurement Process
The Federal Government has issued the notice for the Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) to commence the procurement for the twelve Federal highway roads it intends to concession…
- 7 Oct 2015
Nigerians Poke Buhari, Say He Tabled “Ministerial Compensation” List
Mixed reactions, yesterday, trailed the formal unveiling of the ministerial list sent to the Senate last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. On the list of 21 nominees whose names were read out at…
- 30 Apr 2014
Abdulsalam, Fashola, Ogunsanya Thinker on Nigeria’s Future
For Nigeria to overcome the numerous challenges confronting it and also achieve its full potentials, leaders and all Nigerians have been urged to exhibit high values and ignore ethnicity. Gen.…
- 9 Jun 2008
LTV Lagos Now Live on DSTV
Lagos state has made history as the first state in the country to go on DSTV –the most prominent satellite broadcaster in Africa with over 200 channels in 50 African countries DStv combines the…
- 9 Nov 2013
LCA Convenes Professionals @ ADR Conference
The Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA), in collaboration with the Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF), Chevron Nigeria, Stanbic IBTC, White and Case, and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has…
- 8 Jan 2018
FG Restores Gas Supply to 6 GenCos After Repair of Burnt pipeline
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, said that it has repaired and restored the western gas pipeline that supplies about six power Generation Companies (GenCos) producing about 3,100 megawatts…
- 17 Mar 2016
FG to Diversify Electricity Generation using Nuclear Energy
The Federal Government says it will diversify the nation’s electricity generation using nuclear energy. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Timothy Oyedeji, director Press, Ministry of…
- 29 Jan 2015
NCC Did Not Stop Platform for APC Fund Raising, Says Juwah
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday further clarified that it did not at any time order Global System of Mobile Communications (GSM) operators to shut platforms used by political…
- 14 Mar 2016
FG Orders DISCOs to Provide Pre-Paid Meters to Nigerians
Federal government has given marching orders to Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs), in the country to supply pre- paid meters to electric consumers without further delay. Mr Babatunde…
- 16 Sept 2015
Fashola, Ndukwe, Others Applaud MTNF “Decade of Impact”
MTN Nigeria Foundation “MTNF” an arm of MTN Nigeria responsible for the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), on Tuesday received applauses eminent personalities, communities and families it…
- 17 Nov 2021
Millionaires Emerge in FCMB Promo, Commend Bank
Customers and winners in the just-concluded Season 7 of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) bumper reward scheme, “FCMB Millionaire Promo”, have described the Bank as a friend of the masses. They…
- 5 Feb 2024
Businessman Files N5trn Suit Against Works Minister, Others Over Alleged Copyright Breach
A businessman, Mr Kenneth Ibe-Kalu, has filed a N5 trillion suit against the Minister of Works and Housing over alleged copyright infringement, according to NAN report. Ibe-Kalu, in the suit marked:…
- 13 Sept 2017
Group Asks Buhari to Sack Fashola, Others for Non-Performance
Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), a community-based and civil society organisation has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently rejig his cabinet and as a matter of…
- 5 Jun 2014
Fashola Says Bad Governance Symptom of Voter Apathy
As Nigeria warms up to another round of general elections in 2015 the quest for good governance has once again taken centre stage, with prominent Nigerians calling on all and sundry to work towards…
- 21 May 2015
Fashola to Commission Candel’s Agrochemicals Manufacturing Plant
The Candel Company Limited, Nigeria’s leading agricultural inputs development and Distribution Company has announced that its integrated manufacturing facility for crop protection chemicals and…
- 22 Jan 2015
NiRA Denies Shutting Down APC Website
Mrs. Mary Uduma, president, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has dismissed All Progressives Congress (APC’s) accusation that federal government ordered the body to shut down the…