Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced an increment in bursary payment to indigenes of the state in tertiary institutions. Sanwo-Olu said this at the one-day parley he had with student union leaders and stakeholders. The parley, with the theme “Students as Strategic...
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday pledged to clear all accrued pension rights owed by the state in April. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the promise at the 103rd Bond Retirement Bond Certificates Presentation, organised by the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) in Lagos. He said, having paid...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that the Lagos rail mass transit red line will be inaugurated on Feb. 29, in order to further ease transportation in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu said this in Ikeja on Wednesday, at the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) Stakeholders Forum 2024,...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will flag-off a N750 million financial intervention scheme tagged ‘Lagos Market Trader Money’ for 15, 000 beneficiaries on Feb. 14. Ms Abisola Olusanya, State Commissioner for Agriculture, said this during a sensitisation programme on hygiene for 500 market men and women...
The Lagos State Government has constructed and completed 70 kilometres of new roads at various areas of the Lagos West Senatorial District. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known on Thursday in Ikeja, during the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting. Sanwo-Olu said the government...
The Lagos State government on Saturday said the number of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) viewing centres had been increased from 15 to 20. Special Assistant to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sports, Mr Damilare Orimoloye, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)....
The Deputy Apex leader of Ndigbo in Lagos APC, Mr Jude Idimogu, has said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s electoral victory at the Supreme Court on Friday is well deserved. Idimogu, a former two-term lawmaker who represented Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, gave the commendation...
The Supreme Court upholds Sanwo-Olu as duly elected governor of Lagos State. The apex court dismissed the appeal of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party for lacking in merit. Justice Garba Lawal prepared and read the lead judgment in the Lagos State governorship dispute. Other justices, who made...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Army has arrested one of its soldiers, who verbally insulted the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a viral video. In the viral videos, some persons claiming to be officers of the Nigerian Army had verbally attacked the governor for ordering...
The Lagos State Government will soon establish a medical university to boost the training of health professionals and address the problem of brain drain in the health sector. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu disclosed this at the inauguration of the Femi Gbajabiamila General Hospital on Tuesday in Surulere,...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Nigerians, particularly Lagos residents of bigger and greater accomplishments in year 2024. Sanwo-Olu, in his New Year message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday urged residents to be hopeful and continue to live in peace and...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the release of 246 inmates from various correctional facilities across the state. A statement issued on Friday by the state Attorney-General for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro, said the governor also commuted 39 inmates on death row to life imprisonment. According to...
The Comptroller- General of Nigeria Immigration Service(CGI), Mrs Caroline Adepoju ,on Friday assured Nigerians that they would get their passports within three weeks of submitting their applications. Adepoju gave the assurance while inaugurating a new passport office in Igbogbo community in Ikorodu, Lagos State . Adepoju said passports...
The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omonoba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, on Sunday harped on the diversity and unity of Nigeria. The Oba stressed the need for unity of Nigeria, while on a visit to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, at the Lagos House, Marina. He...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the controversy surrounding the procurement process in the state is misrepresented truth. Sanwo-Olu said this on Tuesday, while inaugurating the newly built operational headquarters of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) in Ikeja. He said the controversy generated by the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it would review the Appeal Court’s ruling which affirmed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the March 18 Governorship Election in Lagos State. PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Alhaji Hakeem Amode, disclosed this in...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended the ruling of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos that affirmed his victory in the last governorship election. The appellate court on Wednesday, dismissed the appeals brought against the re-election of Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat by the Peoples...
Lagos State and National Appeal Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday reserved ruling in the appeal filed by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) against the re-election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Labour Party candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Mr Abdulazeez Adediran of PDP, are...