LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS

featuredimage Chairman Donates to School, Commissions Project

The Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, on Friday the 11th of February 2011 took time ...

featuredimage Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu strikes Gold…Bags Best Chair Award

While the nation was celebrating 50 years of self governance and freedom from the yoke of colonialism, some Nigerians were ...

featuredimage Graduates Emerge at Vocational Training

Badagry Local Government, in conjunction with the Lagos State Government have graduated students after weeks of vocational training aimed ...

featuredimage Golden Jubilee Garlands for Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu

Fifty years ago, Nigeria achieved liberation; free from the dependence of Africa’s most populous black nation on the yokes of ...

featuredimage Health Centre handed over to Community

Good times are certainly here for the people of Badagry. Henceforth, they will get adequate preventive and curative healthcare ...

featuredimage Lawmaker Empowers Constituency

Self-empowerment schemes have been seen as a veritable way of lifting the poor out of poverty. This assertion was made by ...

featuredimage Adegbite Goes Home

A frontline politician and leader of the Action Congress in Badagry, Alhaji Yekeen Adeyemi Adegbite has passed on. He died ...

featuredimage The Blind Honours Husitode Moses Dosu

It was an emotional-laden event; it was the conglomeration of blind students in Lagos State; and above all, it was ...

featuredimage Badagry Youths Launch Oshoco Fans Club

It was the gathering of those who had vested interest in the development of Badagry; it was an occasion to ...

featuredimage Badagry Local Government Presents Budget

A consortium of local government chairmen in Badagry, led by the Executive Chairman of Badagry local government, Hon. Husitode Moses ...

featuredimage Badagry Local Government Chairman Bags Chieftaincy Title

It was unexpected; it was unheralded; it was not prepared for; yet it happened. Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, the incumbent ...

featuredimage Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu Honoured By Eko-Ile Magazine

In recognition of his contribution to grassroots development as well as infrastructural improvement, the Executive Chairman of Badagry local government, ...

featuredimage Black Heritage Festival Ends Amid Colourful Display

The weeklong Lagos-Badagry Black Heritage Festival on Friday the 9th of April came to a wonderful end. The grand ...

featuredimage Masquerades from Benin Republic Dazzle

Zangbeto Masquerades from the Republic of Benin were the cynosure of all eyes on Day 5 of the Lagos-Badagry Black ...

featuredimage Black Heritage Festival Begins in Badagry amid Fanfare

The much talked about Lagos-Badagry Black Heritage Festival kick-started on Lagos Island and in Badagry on the 3rd of April, ...

Badagry Marks Slave Abolition Day

Badagry Local Government, under the leadership of Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, on Sunday, 22nd of August, began the weeklong celebration of the International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition. The flag-off of the programme started around 4:30pm, with Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu reading the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s [...]

Black Heritage Festival Ends Amid Colourful Display

The weeklong Lagos-Badagry Black Heritage Festival on Friday the 9th of April came to a wonderful end. The grand finale, which held at Marina, Badagry saw the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola and Nobel laureate, emeritus professor, Wole Soyinka grace the occasion. In his address to the teeming fun-seekers and tourists, Mr. [...]

Chairman Donates to School, Commissions Project

The Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, on Friday the 11th of February 2011 took time out of his busy schedule to present chairs and desks to the management of Ajara Comprehensive Junior High School, on Agric road, Ajara Topa, Badagry. The presentation included hundreds of exercise books given to students [...]

Graduates Emerge at Vocational Training

Badagry Local Government, in conjunction with the Lagos State Government have graduated students after weeks of vocational training aimed at making them self-reliant. No fewer than 150 students convocated. They were all issued with certificates. The convocation ceremony held inside the Town Hall of Badagry. While delivering his speech, the chairman of Badagry Local Government, [...]

Health Centre handed over to Community

Good times are certainly here for the people of Badagry. Henceforth, they will get adequate preventive and curative healthcare at the Primary Health Centre at Ajara Mangoro in Ajara, Badagry. This much was made known to the press by the project manager of the scheme, Dr. Agboolagorite at the handing over of the facility to [...]

CHAIRMAN HARPS ON THE NEED TO ENFORCE DISCIPLINE BY KAI

The Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu has tasked members of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) posted to Badagry to be disciplined in their bid towards ensuring the sanity and sanctity of Badagry Local Government. This was made known to KAI officials led by its Commandant, Akinlotan Bunmi, who, together with [...]

Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu strikes Gold…Bags Best Chair Award

While the nation was celebrating 50 years of self governance and freedom from the yoke of colonialism, some Nigerians were counting their blessings. These blessings were rewards for immense and whole-hearted contribution to the Nigerian polity and nation building. For Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, the executive chairman of Badagry Local Government, the 50th celebration of [...]

Golden Jubilee Garlands for Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu

Fifty years ago, Nigeria achieved liberation; free from the dependence of Africa’s most populous black nation on the yokes of colonialism which was the exclusive privilege of the British Imperial Government. It is fifty years since Nigerians governed themselves amid thick and thin. Through all these, some Nigerians stood out in their quest to develop [...]

Badagry is the hub of Tourism – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

It was Palm Sunday. The Sunday, like previous Sundays, was routine with the liturgy of going to Church and coming back at midday to resign to where your interest lay – either staying glued to different viewing centres heralding a Sunday English Premier League game or seeing a movie at home. The only exception to [...]

PDP GROUP DEFECTS TO ACTION CONGRESS IN BADAGRY

A Strong socio-political organization in Badagry, Zangba Group has defected from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and pledged its allegiance to the Action Congress in Badagry, under the leadership of Alfa Nojeem, the Party Chairman in Badagry. The cross-over was made public on Thursday 10th of September, at the monthly local Action Congress meeting held [...]

Chairman Donates Wheel Chair to Physically-Challenged

The Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu has donated a Folding Wheelchair to Iyabo Yeyi, a physically-challenged lady. The presentation took place in front of the office of the chairman, on Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 in the presence of the Council’s lawmakers. The Chairman disclosed that he was moved to tears [...]

Dynamite FC lifts first edition of Chairman’s Cup

The final of the Chairman’s cup otherwise tagged “Oshoco 2009” ended on the 27th of September with Dynamite Football Club of Ibereko defeating Rockstar Football Club 3-2 on penalties to lift the inaugural edition of the Chairman’s Cup. The final match, which was played inside the capacity-packed Badagry Stadium inside Badagry Grammar School, saw Dynamite [...]

Chairman Donates to School, Commissions Project

The Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, on Friday the 11th of February 2011 took time out of his busy schedule to present chairs and desks to the management of Ajara Comprehensive Junior High School, on Agric road, Ajara Topa, Badagry. The presentation included hundreds of exercise books given to students [...]

Fashola Commissions Projects in Badagry

Like a blitzkrieg, the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, the 20th of May, combed the whole of Badagry and commissioned a flurry of projects. Projects were commissioned in Badagry, Badagry-West and Olorunda local council development area. The Governor, who has set a benchmark for governance at the state level, arrived Agelaso, [...]

Chairman Donates to School, Commissions Project

The Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, on Friday the 11th of February 2011 took time out of his busy schedule to present chairs and desks to the management of Ajara Comprehensive Junior High School, on Agric road, Ajara Topa, Badagry. The presentation included hundreds of exercise books given to students [...]

Graduates Emerge at Vocational Training

Badagry Local Government, in conjunction with the Lagos State Government have graduated students after weeks of vocational training aimed at making them self-reliant. No fewer than 150 students convocated. They were all issued with certificates. The convocation ceremony held inside the Town Hall of Badagry. While delivering his speech, the chairman of Badagry Local Government, [...]

2011: Why PDP must be kicked out, by Buhari

By Yusuf Alli, Gbenga Omokhunu (Abuja), Tony Akowe (Kaduna) and Chris Oji (Enugu) of thenation DESPITE the uncertainty of the elections timetable, presidential aspirants are keeping their campaigns at full throttle. President Goodluck Jonathan got a huge boost for his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket bid, with his endorsement Sunday by Southeast governors. The five [...]

Jonathan at UN: Africa should no longer be excluded from the Security Council

By Adeola Oladele, New York PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has canvassed that Africa should be represented in the Security Council, which is currently made up of five members. They are: China, Russia, France, United Kingdom and the United States. Jonathan was speaking at the United Nations 65th General Assembly. “The exclusion of Africa from the permanent [...]

Contact Details of Council Chairmen in Lagos State

1. Agege – Hon. Abdul Kareem Jubril Ayodeji – 08023155138 – jubril4chairman@yahoo.com 2. Ajeromi-Ifelodun – Hon. Bayewu Kamal Ayinde – 08033803040 – bayewu@yahoo.co.uk 3. Alimosho – Hon. Adekunle Israel Olusola – 08023136375 – solaadekunle@yahoo.com 4. Amuwo-Odofin – Hon. Ayodele A. Adewale – 08023574134 – democracyinnigeria@yahoo.com or ayolasu2003@yahoo.co.uk 5. Apapa – Hon. Joseph Ayodeji Debayo – [...]