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The Forum of Lagos State House of Assembly Aspirants, 2023 across the 20 Local Government Areas in the state under the All Progressives Congress (APC), has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, on their victory in the 2023 general elections of which they have now been sworn-in. The congratulatory message was contained in an advertorial sponsored by the forum and which was made available to the media. The advertorial was co-signed by the aspirants across the 20 LGs in the state. The signatories include the following: Lagos Central Senatorial District APAPA 1. Mr. Sunkanmi Faniyi 2. Mr. Alimi Mutiu Adekunle 3. Mr. Olugbenga Owosheni Nadia 4. Mr. Omotayo Mafo ETI-OSA 1. Prince Ibraheem Adekunle Fadipe 2. Mr. Taofik Alimi 3. Mr. Segun Idowu 4. Mr. Bola Oladunjoye 5. Mrs. Awawu Abubakar LAGOS ISLAND 1. Mr. Nurudeen Yunus Abiodun (SAHA) 2. Mr. Ajenifuja Owolabi Raheem 3. Ho...

A group, Ogun Integrity Vanguard (OIV), has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Ogun State, Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu, to present himself for trial instead of writing frivolous petitions to the police over his vote buying scandal. According to OIV, it is disturbing that after the Federal Government had investigated their vote buying plot and charged them to court, Adebutu and some accused members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State are now writing petitions to the Inspector General of Police ( IGP), Mr. Usman Alkali Baba, asking him to investigate Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for vote buying too. The group made its position known in a statement signed by its secretary, Duro Thomas, and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Monday. Thomas said: “It is common knowledge that following their alleged role in facilitating vote buying during the March 18 gove...

The Society of Nigerian Archivists (SNA) is set to join the rest of the world to celebrate the International Archives Day and the 75th Anniversary of International Council of Archives (ICA) on June 9, 2023, a day set aside for Archivists all over the world.     All around the world, professionals in the archival community unite their voices on June 9 to make the people understand why it is essential to support archives and the profession.    The ICA believes that the value of archives and archivists should be promoted at the international level.    According to the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of SNA, Mrs. Yemisi Grace Oyebo, who spoke in an interview, the objectives of the International Archives Day and International Archives Week are to raise public awareness of the importance of records and archives; raise awareness among senior decision-makers of the benefits of records management for good governance and development; and improve the private ...