Sanwo-Olu pledges to work with new Lagos speaker

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday pledged to work harmoniously with the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, to deliver policies that will benefit Lagosians. He made this pledge while receiving the new Speaker and other principal officers of the House who were on a courtesy visit to him at his […]

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Inside story: How hubris, intrigues, power play sealed Obasa’s fate

Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday over multiple allegations of fraud, with keen followers of Lagos politics insinuating that his removal was a fallout of underground intrigues and battles. His removal came days after he was alleged to have overseen the withdrawal of N43.5bn for […]

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Sanwo-Olu suspends media aide for saying #EndSARS arsonists executed

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended his senior special assistant on print media, Wale Ajetunmobi, for his remark about the perpetrators of the arson on Television Continental (TVC) during the #EndSARS protest in 2020. A report by QEDNG quoted Mr Ajetunmobi to have said, in a post on X, that the majority of the […]

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Sanwo-Olu’s aide, Abdulrahman Lekki, dies

Mr. Abdulrahman Lekki, an aide to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, has passed away. The Lagos State Head of Service confirmed his death in a statement released Wednesday, saying he passed in the early hours following a brief illness. “With total submission to the will […]

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Reactions as Sanwo-Olu asks court to stop EFCC from prosecuting him after tenure

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged threat to arrest, detain, and prosecute him after his tenure as governor. He filed the fundamental right enforcement suit before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court in Abuja through his lawyer, Darlington Ozurumba. When the matter was […]

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Mohbad: US toxicologist’s report received, says Lagos AG

The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro (SAN), on Monday, said the toxicology report and other forensic analysis conducted in the United States on the late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, alias Mohbad, is out. He said the autopsy report is now with the Lagos State Pathologist, as well as the […]

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Lagos workers to get N85,000 minimum wage – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to pay the state’s workers N85,000 minimum wage, N15,000 above the Federal Government’s approval. He disclosed this on Wednesday evening during a live interview on Channels TV’s “One-On-One with Babajide Sanwo-Olu”. He confirmed that the decision had already been discussed with labour unions. The governor explained that the […]

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21 feared dead as two boats collide in Lagos

At least 21 passengers are feared drowned in a boat accident that occurred on Monday at Imore town in the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Tragedy struck when two boats, each ferrying 16 passengers, collided and capsized in the middle of the lagoon. Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in a […]

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Don’t undermine LG autonomy, group cautions Lagos lawmakers

A non-partisan organization, The Campaign Against Impunity (CAI) Nigeria, has urged the Lagos State House of Assembly to respect the autonomy of local governments and adhere to the Supreme Court judgment that grants this autonomy. The call comes in light of the Assembly’s recent indefinite suspension of Hon. Jelili Sulaiman, the council chairman of Alimosho […]

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