Category: Lagos State

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on leading entertainers Falz, Mr Macaroni and Seun Kuti to join him for a walk for peace in Lagos. He made the call on Tuesday in his speech to the people of Lagos State on the Lekki tollgate incident. The Governor called on the entertainers, who joined other […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will, in December, lead ‘A Walk for Peace’ to herald the healing and restoration of the land following aftermaths of the EndSARS protest and leaked panel report. His administration, he said, is ready to facilitate better communication between the youths and the state’s security machinery to resolve issues before they […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the government will release its White Paper on the report submitted by the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry on November 15, 2021. The governor in a speech on Tuesday on the Lekki shootings of October 20, 2020, said, “As an administration, are determined that the next steps that will […]

My dear good people of Lagos State, It is with great sense of responsibility that I address you today on the reactions that have trailed the release of the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry Report submitted to me two weeks ago, and how it has played out in public discourse since then. I believe — […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the state will release a white paper on the report of a judicial panel set up to investigate the shooting of unarmed protesters by Nigeria soldiers and police at the Lekki Toll Gate on the evening of October 20, 2020. The judicial panel said what happened at to […]

Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi, retired, submitting the panel’s report to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on November 15 A member of the Lagos #EndSARS panel, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, and a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Vice President, Monday Ubani, have opposed Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, SAN, over the legality […]

Financial experts say the N1.3 trillion budget of Lagos State government for 2022 has capacity to turn around the fortunes of the state. At the presentation of the Appropriation Bill titled ‘Budget of Consolidation’, last week, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said it would focus “obsessively on completing ongoing projects, while also expanding our social intervention programs […]

Activist lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, said yesterday that the Federal Government lacked the legal competence to reject the report of the Panel of Enquiry constituted by the Lagos State Government. He said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is legally obligated to implement the recommendations of the Justice Doris Okuwobi Commission of Enquiry on EndSARS and Police Brutality. […]

Governor Sanwo-Olu presents N1.39t 2022 budget proposal to State House of Assembly Education, infrastructure top priorities After a review of last year’s Budget of Rekindled Hope before the Lagos State House of Assembly, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday proposed a N1.39 trillion Budget of Consolidation to the lawmakers as 2022 Appropriation Bill. The governor announced a […]