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JUST IN: Lagos Gov. Sanwo-Olu Bans Okada In Apapa, Ikeja, Lagos Island, Three Others

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JUST IN: Lagos Gov. Sanwo-Olu Bans Okada In Apapa, Ikeja, Lagos Island, Three Others May 18, 2022 The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has banned the operations of commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada, in six Local Governments. The governor announced that the ban is “indefinite and total”. He gave the order on Wednesday while speaking with all Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders across the state at the Lagos House, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu asked the Lagos Police Command and other security agencies to enforce the ban. The six local governments listed by the governor are Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, and Apapa. He said, “The whole of Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, and Apapa local governments have been placed on a total ban effective from the first of June. This is the first phase of banning that we are going to be embarking on, so that others should know… They should find something else to do. We are giving notice no

POLITICS: 2023 ELECTIONS: Presidential Primaries: Intrigues As PDP Loses Eagle Square To APC

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POLITICS: 2023 ELECTIONS: Presidential Primaries: Intrigues As PDP Loses Eagle Square To APC May 18, 2022. ­­­­­­With the presidential, governorship and National Assembly primaries of both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) close by, the intense intrigues and political maneuverings by the parties have pushed the opposition PDP away from the Eagle Square to the MKO Abiola Stadium on the outskirts of the Abuja City Centre. The PDP presidential primary is scheduled for May 28. It was learnt that the ruling party used the influence of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammed Musa Bello, to quickly reserve the Eagles Square for its presidential primary scheduled to hold between May 30 and June 1. The PDP, which had slated its presidential primary to end a day earlier on May 29, was stopped from holding it at the Eagle Square. The PDP Convention Planning Committee, led by former Senate President, David Mark, yesterday, visited the MKO Abiola