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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Olasunkanmi Akoni As controversy continued to trail the process of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State Chapter primaries election of chairmanship and councillor candidates, aggrieved aspirant and his supporters in Iru-Victoria Island, Local Government Area,under the umbrella of “Concerned Indigenes” have  threatened to sue the party over alleged imposition of candidate by one of the sons of  traditional ruler in the area. It will be recalled that crisis erupted at the APC, Lagos State chapter primaries to elect chairmanship and councillors candidates at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, over alleged imposition by party leaders which later ended in violence midway into the exercise. Leader of the group and APC chairmanship aspirant in Iru-Victoria Island Local Do wrnment Area, LGA,  Mr. Bayode Akinwunmi, who gave the threat along with hundreds of supporters at a media briefing in Lagos, said he has already petitioned the National...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday set-up a six-man committee to investigate the cancellation of the contract for the construction of the 4th Mainland Bridge. The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, said at plenary that the committee would be chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Mr Wasiu Sanni-Eshinlokun. Other members include the Majority Leader, Mr Sanai Agunbiade; the Chairman House Committee on Finance, Mr Yinka Ogundimu; and the Deputy Majority Leader, Mr Muyiwa Jimoh. The rest are Mr Moshood Oshun, the Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts (State) and Mr Bisi Yusuff, the Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts (Local). The House mandated the committee to invite the State Attorney-General, the Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure, the Commissioner for Finance and the state Chairman of Lagos Global to clarify the termination of the contract. The committee is to submit its report to the House on June 5. Earlier, Mr Dayo Famakin...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Some parents have advised government to provide more teachers and beef up security in schools following the recent abduction of school children in Lagos State. The parents gave the advice in separate interviews during the 2017 Children’s Day festivities at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. Six children of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, were abducted by unknown gunmen on May 25. A businesswoman, Mrs Goodness Ohaya, who brought her children for the celebrations, said that parents needed more reassurance from government on the security of school children. “We need government to beef up security in our public and private schools so that our minds can be at rest, because we do not know the next target,” she said. Ohaya also advised the government to increase the number of teachers in public schools as the population kept increasing by the day. “The number of children in our schools is in no way commensurate with the teachers available to cater fo...