Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode Celebrates His 53rd Birthday Today

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State is a year older today. The governor was born on June 14th 1963.

Here is a brief profile of the amiable governor.

Akinwunmi Ambode was born on 14 June 1963 in Epe Lagos, into the family of Festus Akinwale Ambode and Christianah Oluleye Ambode. Akinwunmi Ambode is one of ten children of his father Festus Ambode.

Akinwunmi Ambode attended St. Jude’s Primary School, Ebutte Meta, Lagos, Nigeria, from 1969-1974, where he sat for the National Common Entrance Examinations.

From 1974-81, Ambode, attended Federal Government College, Warri, Nigeria. From 1981-1984, he attended University of Lagos where he studied Accounting, graduating at the age of 21.

He also has a master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos, and he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Ambode was awarded the US Fulbright Scholarship for the Hubert Humphries Fellowship Programme in Boston Massachusetts. He also attended the Wharton Business School, for Advanced Management Programme. Other institutions he attended for courses and programmes, includes Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield, England, the Institute of Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland, INSEAD Singapore and Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Boston, U.S.A.

From 1988-91, Akinwunmi Ambode was the Assistant Treasurer, Badagry Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria. In 1991, he was posted to Shomolu Local Government, Lagos State, as an Auditor. He has also held the position of Council Treasurer in Shomolu Local Government in later years.

He also previously served as Council Treasurer at Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State. In 2001, he became acting Auditor General for Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria. This position was confirmed by the State House of Assembly. In January 2005, Ambode was appointed the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance.

From 2006- 2012, Ambode was the accountant general for Lagos State, in charge of all the financial activities of the state and directly responsible for over 1400 accountants in the state service. Under his watch, the State Treasury Office (STO) revolutionized the way Lagos State finances were raised, budgeted, managed and planned. In his six years as the Lagos State accountant general, the state’s financial performance improved visibly with the budget performing at a remarkable average of 85% annually.

In 2015, he was voted as the governor of Lagos State.

6-year-old Girl Burnt to Death in a Lagos Church

A raging fire which overtook a church in Lagos has unfortunately claimed the life of a little girl.

The Lagos State Fire Service said a six-year-old girl was burnt to death in a church in the early hours of Saturday in Egbeda area of the state.
The Director of the service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, said that the incident occurred at about 2 a.m. at Faith Revival Church.

Fadipe said that the inferno affected the boys’ quarters of the church while a vigil was going on at the main auditorium.

“We met the fire raging when we arrived. It was after the fire was put out that we discovered the little girl’s burnt body in one of the rooms.

“The church authority was yet to ascertain the cause of the fire. We finally put out the fire at about 5 a. m,” he said.

A King Cobra Killed By UNIOSUN Students

It was around 7:40 pm on Wednesday evening, some students noticed a very long shining object crawling towards a hole.

Boys ran like girls into their rooms, you need to see people, someone almost called the police. Hehe.

But thanks to the able men and a bike man who was at the hostel when the king cobra was in action.

Luckily the bike man and other guys where skilled at killing snakes.

The snake was killed and the head was cutoff from its body.

Shuaibu Amodu laid to rest

The technical director of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and Former Super Eagles Chief Coach, Shuaibu Amodu, who died last night after complaining of chest pain, has been laid to rest at his home in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. His family members, Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mohammed Sanusi, Chairman of the Edo Football Association, Frank Ilaboya and others attended his burial.

The late football coach is survived by his wife, 7 children, aged mother and other family members. May his soul rest in peace Amen.

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Osinbajo chairs Federal Executive Council meeting as acting president

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