LAGOS State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday signed an Executive Order establishing Lagos International Financial Centre (LIFC) Council in furtherance of his government’s objective to make Lagos the Africa’s premier financial centre. The LIFC is an initiative developed through a partnership between Lagos State Government and EnterpriseNGR – a member-led …
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THE Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned Lagosians that the Blue Rail Line tracks are not a marketplace. Sanwo-Olu said this on Monday while announcing the resumption of the Blue Line Rail which was earlier suspended at the weekend. “I am happy to announce that the LRMT Blue Line …
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GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu has written to the Lagos State House of Assembly seeking approval for the reallocation of the amount of N234.669 billion from the 2023 budget total of N1.768 trillion. The governor, in a letter read by the Clerk of the House, Barrister Olalekan Onafeko, expressed his intention to reorder …
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TODAY at the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, the court upheld INEC’s decision to return Babajide Sanwo-Olu as governor of Lagos state. The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal Petition was presided over by a panel of three members, the court separated the petition brought forth by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the …
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THE Lagos Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party, and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the People’s Democratic Party, challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election. Jandor had contested the results of the …
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THE Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed a date to deliver judgment on petitions brought before it after the 2023 election. The judgement will be delivered on Monday, September 25. The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour made this disclosure on Saturday. Via a post on …
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HOURS after the Lagos Assembly called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct release of funds for his overseas treatment, the boy whose intensine went missing in the process of surgery, Adebola Akin-Bright, has died. It was gathered he died on Tuesday evening after he developed complications. He was said to have been rushed …
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THE Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, transmitted a second list of cabinet member-nominees to the Lagos State House of Assembly. This is coming a few weeks after the House confirmed 22 and rejected 17 out of the 39 nominees earlier sent to it for ratification and confirmation. …
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A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has demanded an urgent response from the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over a document circulating online concerning the controversial EndSARS protest. The document had alleged that Sanwo-Olu approved the mass burial of 103 protesters who were claimed to have been massacred by …
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THE Alaba Amalgamated Council has called on the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to probe the demolition exercise carried out by the Lagos State Building Control Agency at Alaba International Market, Ojo Local Government Area of the state. A statement signed by the council, and made available to The PUNCH …
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