Fashola fails as Nigeria's power supply drops by 624MW in three days.

Fashola fails as Nigeria's power supply drops by 624MW in three days. 

The incompetence of the Nigerian Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola, to effectively manage the sector,  has been demonstrated by the slumping of Nigeria’s power supply  by 623.76 megawatts in three days. This has worsened the rationing that electricity distribution companies have been subjecting consumers to in recent days.

The drop in the country’s electricity generation has caused reduction in load allocation from the national grid to Discos.

Again Fashola shows his CONTEMPT for Ndi Igbo: Allocates N88.7 billion for projects in Yourba and N2.9 for the South East

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola

The Southwest geo-political zone has got the largest share of N88.7 billion for major projects in the 2016 proposed budget for the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, a Daily Trust analysis has revealed.

Fashola and Buhari set eyes on POACHING Pension Fund. Civil servants contributions at risk of being squandered

Fashola and Buhari set eyes on POACHING Pension Fund. Civil servants contributions at risk of being squandered

Being one of the Nigerian governors who squandered the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) meant to cushion of the effects of low crude oil price, Babatunde Fashola, the erstwhile governor of Lagos State and Muhammadu Buhari's Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has suggested the poaching of pension contributions made by Nigerian civil servants for their upkeep at retirement.

Tinubu tightens the noose around Fashola's neck! Will he fight or hang?

Tinubu tightens the noose around Fashola's neck! Will he fight or hang?

The Anti-Fashola onslaught unleashed by former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu took a new twist with the termination of a concession contract granted by immediate past governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola.

Daggers DRAWN! Fashola and Tinubu readies for a corruption duel. Deepening crisis threatens APC existence in the South West

Daggers DRAWN! Fashola and Tinubu readies for a corruption duel. Deepening crisis threatens APC existence in the South West

"You be thief . . . I no be thief!

"You be rogue . . .I no be rogue!!"

The crisis between two ex-governors of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Mr Babatunde Fashola deepened on Friday with reports that loyalists of both gladiators have drawn up battle plans, even as stakeholders in both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Lagos State are said to have waded in, calling for a truce.

Criminal Borrowings: Questions Lagos State Government under Fashola’s watch must answer

Criminal Borrowings: Questions Lagos State Government under Fashola’s watch must answer

On 28^th May 2015, we issued a public statement titled: “Out-going Governors & Democratic Governance Accountability In Nigeria: Time For Stock Taking”. The referenced publication of Intersociety became imperative on account of the age-long failure of various democratic tiers and arms of government in Nigeria to give detailed and satisfactory accounts of their governance particularly towards the end of their democratic tenures. This had made art of governance in Nigeria roguery, shapeless and directionless.

Why Tinubu DELETED Fashola and Fayemi's names from Buhari's ministerial list

Why Tinubu DELETED Fashola and Fayemi's name from Buhari's ministerial list

All is not well with the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party’s rank and file seems in disarray following the alleged dropping of the names of Lagos governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) and former Ekiti State governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi from the ministerial list of President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

How to balance the books! Lagos insures infrastructures for N133bn against Boko Haram

How to balance the books! Lagos insures infrastructures for N133bn against Boko Haram

With barely few days remaining before the end of his administration, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has devised a means to balance and re-calibrate public funds. The Lagos State Government today announced that it has has decided to insure infrastructures in the state against Boko Haram and natural disasters to the tune of N133 billion. The account must surely balance one way or the other - even if it means panel-beating it into shape. It is called retirement of funds.

InterSociety challenges outgoing governors on accountability: Calls out Fashola, T.A. Orji and Amaechi to account for their stewardship

               

This sacred demand of ours is further necessitated by shocking discoveries we made in the course of our recent investigations on the finances of the States in Nigeria; whereby most of the States were found enmeshed in serial borrowings and other indebtedness. Public financial records of the affected States as it concerns local borrowings were also found roguish and distorted. Many of the States under reference were found owing their retired and serving workforces billions of naira. Bauchi State, for instance, owes its workforce about N11billion.

 Out-going Governors  & Democratic Accountability  In Nigeria: Time For Stock Taking (Democracy & Good Governance, Onitsha Nigeria, 28^th April 2015)

Arrest Oba of Lagos, Gov. Fashola and IGP. InterSociety petitions ICC over genocidal threats. Details of petition

Arrest Oba of Lagos, Gov. Fashola and IGP. InterSociety petitions ICC over genocidal threats. Details of petition

True to its threat, the International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) has dragged Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola and Inspector General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, before the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is in connection with the Oba’s threat of last weekend that Igbos in Lagos would die in the Lagos Lagoon if they refused to vote for the candidate of his choice in tomorrow’s governorship election.

Suspend Oba of Lagos to prove your innocence - PDP tasks Fashola

Suspend Oba of Lagos to prove your innocence - PDP tasks Fashola

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate suspension of Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, till after the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Lagos State.

The party called on Governor Babatunde Fashola to suspend the first-class monarch, saying it was necessary in order to guarantee free, fair and credible elections in the state.

Travesty of justice: Fashola was right to deport Igbos from Lagos - Lagos Judge declares

Travesty of justice: Fashola was right to deport Igbos from Lagos - Lagos Judge declares 

Tell me one more thing about one Nigeria and I will slap the words right back into your mouth! 

In a clear case of injustice and confirmation of Nigeria as a failed state, Justice Musa Kurya of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ruled that the Lagos State Government was right in deporting about 77 Igbos from Lagos.