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      Aderonke Ojediran  The Lagos State Government on Monday pledged to continue to engage residents and other stakeholders in formulating its annual budgets.   The state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Ope George, gave the assurance on Monday in Lagos.   George spoke at the 2027 Budget Consultation Forum for the Ikeja Division, where stakeholders made submissions on their priorities and development needs. He said the consultation remained an important avenue for  the government to listen directly to residents, understand their needs and incorporate relevant submissions into its development planning.   According to him, the government does not only consult stakeholders but also returns to communities to give an account of projects and programmes  it implemented based on previous engagements.   “Every year, we go around Lagos State and talk to our people. We ask them what they want to do and what they want government to...

   A squash tournament has been organised in honour of the late Senior Police Officer, Maria Eboma, to sustain her legacy of philanthropy and support for young squash players. The tournament held Sept. 1, at Police College in memory of her posthumous birthday. Seun Peters, the Tournament Director, said the competition was organised to commemorate Eboma’s birthday and provide a platform for nurturing young talents in squash. Peters said Tosin Bejide emerged winner of the tournament, while Friday Daniel and Daniel Eniafoghe finished second and third, respectively. He said Bejide received a cash prize of N100,000, while Daniel and Eniafoghe received N80,000 and N50,000, respectively, for their performances. Peters said the tournament was conceived as a platform to honour Mama Eboma and sustain her legacy of philanthropy, particularly her contribution to the development of young squash players. According to him, Eboma, while serving at the Police College and after her retirement a...

   ​‌‌​⁠‌​‍⁠⁠‌‍‌​‍‌‍​‍‌​   U.S. investors remain Nigeria’s largest tech capital source – Consul General   Capital   By Aderonke Ojediran   Lagos, Sept. 2, 2026 (NAN) The United States Consul General in Lagos, Mr Brandon Hudspeth says U.S.-based investors have remained the largest source of external capital for Nigeria’s technology ecosystem over the past decade.   Hudspeth made the assertion on Wednesday in Lagos, at GITEX Nigeria panel discussion, with the title: “From Startup to Scale-Up: Building Globally Competitive Businesses through U.S.-Nigeria Partnerships”.   The Consul General said that U.S. sourced funding currently accounted for about 60 per cent of external capital entering Nigeria’s technology ecosystem.   He said that the investments were coming from major American companies, as well as venture capital firms supporting Nigeria’s rapidly growing technology and innovation sector.   “For the past 10 years, U.S.-based investor...

 Lagos deploys 220 new compactor trucks to tackle mounting waste challenge  The Lagos State Government says it will deploy 220 newly acquired compactor trucks to strengthen waste evacuation and improve environmental management across the state. Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Hamzat, disclosed this on Saturday during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Festac, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos. Hamzat said the additional trucks would complement the operations of Private Sector Participation (PSP) operators and expand the state’s capacity to evacuate refuse, particularly from areas where existing arrangements were struggling to meet demand. “The state government will be bringing in another 220 trucks to make sure that we supplement our PSP,” he said. He explained that the decision was necessitated by the increasing volume of waste generated in the state as a result of its rapidly expanding population. According to him, the continuous influx of people into Lagos...

  By LANRE ADEWOLE The headline of this column isn’t original to me. I had titled the piece “Osun and What Belongs to Caesar” before a beloved uncle, currently holidaying in Atlanta, captioned the now-viral video of the Thursday encounter between President Bola Tinubu and re-elected Osun Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, with the phrase.  I couldn’t resist borrowing his thought. When I forwarded the video to him on Friday morning while penning this, it didn’t quickly dawn on me that it would still be pre-dawn over there.  But somehow, he responded with the caption straightaway, before adding that it was still dark over there, though he couldn’t help laughing uproariously. As a senior member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and a years-long associate of the president, first as governor, Lagos godfather, regional force, national opposition leader and now Nigeria’s leader, he has seen his political leader at close quarters, severally doing exactly what he was a...

  Lions Club wants more Nigerians invest in humanitarian services Copy this Article for Publishing  ​‌‌​⁠‌​‍⁠⁠‌‌‍⁠⁠​‌‌⁠‌​ Services By Aderonke Ojediran Lagos, Aug. 22, 2026 (NAN) The President of Eko Centennial Lions Club, Mr Femi Ilariogun, has urged affluent Nigerians and other well-meaning citizens to devote more resources to humanitarian services. Ilariogun said that the rich should commit more to  improving the lives of  the less privileged. He made the call when he led members of the club to donate relief materials to inmates of the Lagos State Rehabilitation and Training Centre, Owutu, Agric, Ikorodu, Lagos. This is contained in a statement he issued on Saturday. He said that citizens’ well-being  should not be left solely to government, urging individuals, corporate organisations and others to complement government efforts by supporting the poor.   “Humanitarian service is a responsibility that belongs to all of us. “Government cannot do everything ...