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CAFI-T23 MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING

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On Tuesday, 26th of November 2019, Change Agent Foundation International (CAFI) held her monthly meeting at the CAFI Secretariat, City Star, Amje, Alakuko Lagos. The meeting was attended by mammoth CAFI members throughout Lagos State, Kwara, Ekiti, Ogun and other State in Nigeria. The Principal Director of Mobilisation and Deputy Secretary General, Hon. Akinoso Olusegun Olawaye welcome all the members of CAFI that graced the monthly general meeting. He buttressed that, CAFI has spread it's tentacles throughout Nigeria, and we are embracing new members who are willing and ready to follow the rules and regulations of the group. He described the President of CAFI as a philanthropist and a humanitarian. He urged the members to comport themselves on Carry Go Day, because different dignitaries will be present on that memorable day. The CAFI, Secretary General, Alhaji Soliu Okulu commend the doggedness and resilience of CAFI president. He said, there are lots of benefits for me...

INEC Declares Bello Winner of Kogi Guber Election

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Governor Yahaya Bello polled a total of 406,222 votes to defeat his rival and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Musa Wada, who scored 189,704 votes in the election. Announcing the result at the INEC collation centre in Lokoja on Monday, the Returning Officer, Kogi gubernatorial election, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, said that Governor Bello having satisfied the requirement of law has been returned as winner. Governor Bello won in the following local government: Ogori/Magongo, Ijumu, Adavi, Okene, Kabba/Bunu, Kogi (Koton Karfe), Okehi, Mopamuro, Ajaokuta, Olamaboro, Ibaji and Lokoja and scored 25 per cent in other seven local governments. However, the PDP candidate, Wada, won in Omola, Igalamela/Odolu, Yagba East, Idah, Yagba West, Bassa Anlpa, Ofu and Dekina where he hails from. Meanwhile, the PDP agent at the collation centre, Joe Agada, who raised many objections while the collation was ongoing, declined signing the final result sheet, arguing that the result was not the tr...

Sanwo-Olu presents N1.17trn Budget 2020

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Sanwo-Olu said the proposed budget had been christened: “The Budget of Awakening to a Greater Lagos”, and would give priority to the completion of ongoing projects. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday presented the year 2020 proposed Budget of N1.168 trillion to the State House of Assembly. Sanwo-Olu said the proposed budget had been christened: “The Budget of Awakening to a Greater Lagos”, and would give priority to the completion of ongoing projects. He said that the budget would be funded by a projected total revenue of N1.071 trillion, and a deficit amounting to N97.53 billion. According to him, the budget size is higher than the 2019 budget by 34 per cent. “The capital expenditure amounts to N723.75 billion while the recurrent expenditure is N444.81 billion, giving a 62:38 capital to recurrent ratio. This, in our view, is strong for development. We have placed an increased focus on wealth creation, where we will take deliberate steps in courting a par...

EXCLUSIVE: Names of Osinbajo’s Aides sacked by BUHARI

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OLAWALE NewsPlus has exclusively obtained names and portfolios of some of the aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who were sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. The crisis rocking the presidency yesterday worsened as Buhari sacked 35 aides of Osinbajo, OLAWALE NewsPlus Report. Prominent on the lists of the affected aides is Ajibola Ajayi, the daughter of former Governor of Oyo State, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi. She was appointed Special Assistant, Legal to the President (VP’s office) in August 2019. She was a former SA to the President on Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE (VP’s office) from October 2015 to May 2019. Also on the list are Lanre Osinbona, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on ICT; Imeh Okon, SSA on Infrastructure; Jide Awolowo, SA, Oil & Gas; Gambo Manzo, SA Political  and Edobor Iyamu, SSA, Niger Delta. The list as released by a reliable source in the Villa, includes: Jibola Ajayi- SA, Legal Lanre Osinbona- SSA,ICT Imeh Okon- SSA, Infrastructure Jide ...

Photo News: HON. TOYIN FAMOYE DAUGHTER'S WEDDING

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Below are the photos of Top Politicians in Ojokoro LCDA, who attended the Wedding reception of Hon. Toyin Famoye's Daughter, on Saturday, 26th of October, 2019 at Ramonak Banquet Hall Opposite Former Yamaha Manufacturing Company, U-turn Abule Egba, Lagos State. The high profile wedding were attended by Mandate Movement, Ojokoro Apex Leader, Hon. Waleeh Adeleke Ipaye, Change Agent Foundation International (CAFI), President, CEO -  OKFOLAD GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED, CEO GREEN GLOBAL SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED, Hon. Dipo Okeyomi (Carry Go), Pastor (Mrs) Adenike Folukemi Okeyomi, Hon. Oluwafemi Alamu, Hon. Akinoso Olusegun Olawaye, Dr. Femi Esenyi, Mrs. Rukayat Nofiu, Comr. Emmanuel Tunji Awoniyi (Ciroko), Alhaji Hamed Akeem, Comr. Olawale Aina and Others. GAC Member and Mandate Movement, Apex Leader Ojokoro LCDA, Hon. Waleeh Adeleke

FG declares Monday public holiday

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The Federal Government has declared Monday, 11th of November, 2019 as Public Holiday to mark the 2019 Eid-ul-Mawlud in commemoration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Interior, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion and enjoined them to live within the virtues and teachings of the Prophet

Call Me "Mr. Governor" Only God is "Your Excellency" - Babajide Sanwoolu

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The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has asked residents to stop using the title, ‘Your Excellency’ where he is concerned. In a statement on Wednesday, the governor said he preferred to be addressed as ‘Mr. Governor’ to deepen the citizen-government relations. He said “In the last five months that I have been privileged to exercise the mandate freely given to me by the great and hardworking people of Lagos State, it has come to my consciousness to review certain features of citizen-government relations which impede the genuine expression of the democratic spirit of our society and the meaningful exercise of the sovereignty of our people. The office of the Governor has been celebrated as the paragon of excellence, a temple of perfection and a throne of purity. This demi-god mystique spreads over the entire machinery of the executive arm of the government, symbolizing an authoritarian disposition on the governed. It has deformed the orientation of elected and appoint...