‘How student activist was killed hours after facing LASU panel’

The Education Rights Campaign has lamented the death of a student activist, Nurudeen Alawonle, popularly known as Omomeewa, some hours after he was invited to face a disciplinary panel set up by the Lagos State University. Alowonle was shot dead on Wednesday, according to a statement by the LASU Students’ Union on Thursday. It was […]

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Lagos crime rate rises as Neighbourhood Watch cries for personnel, gadgets

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Despite establishment of Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC), and massive investment in security by Lagos State Government, to curb rising crimes in the metropolis, rampant criminality in the city is giving residents great concerns. Hardly a day passes without tales of robbery attacks on residents. They are robbed at Mushin, […]

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Lagos begins mass recruitment in health sector

Lagos State Health Service Commission (LSHSC) has commenced mass recruitment of clinical workers to fill existing vacancies and address manpower deficit in all public secondary health facilities in the state. This, it said, is in fulfilment of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s promise of making qualitative healthcare accessible to the residents of the State. The Permanent Secretary […]

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Sanwo-Olu and that Pyrrhic victory at Lagos council polls

Sanwo-Olu voting at PU 019, Femi Okunnu/Lateef Jakande ward 09, Ikoyi 2, Eti Osa LGA at the just concluded Local Government Elections. Credit: facebook/jidesanwooluofficial Any party that takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought – Dwight W. Morrow. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State recently […]

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Landlords slam N50b suit against Sanwo-Olu, others over alleged demolition

Owners of properties and houses at Water Front Estate, Ibeshe in Ikorodu area of Lagos State have filed a N50 billion suit before a Federal High Court, Lagos against the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and five others over alleged demolition of their multi-million buildings. Other defendants in the suit are the Inspector-General of Police, […]

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Lagos Assembly approves full takeover of Lekki Concession Company

Lagos House of Assembly has approved Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s request for the state to assume full ownership of Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Ltd, a privately owned company.The House made the resolution to approve the governor’s request sequel to the presentation of the Committee on Finance report during plenary session in Lagos on Monday. The House […]

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Lagos supports 3,000 farmers with inputs, tools as Sanwo-Olu flags off value chains venture

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu test-driving a tractor at the flag-off of the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Activation programme at Police College, Ikeja Lagos State is adjudged the smallest state in the country by landmass, lacking the large tracts of land available to other states for cultivation of crops and agriculture. And though […]

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Family, party members eulogise late PDP scribe, Dosunmu-Shodipe

The two wives of the deceased Family and party members of Muiz Dosunmu-Shodipe, the late Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State, on Friday eulogised his outstanding virtues of bravery and love for the nation. They all poured encomiums on him at the 8th day prayers held in his honour in Aguda, Surulere, Lagos. […]

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Tinubu is alive and healthy, says Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said that the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, “is hale and hearty.” He made this known while speaking with journalists in Lagos following his visit to the APC leader in London, United Kingdom, on Tuesday. The social media have been awash with […]

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Lagos empowers 3,000 farmers with inputs

Lagos State government has empowered about 3,000 agripreneurs with agricultural productive assets and inputs under the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Activation Programme. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the kick off of distribution yesterday, described the intervention as a demonstration of his administration’s commitment to the development, expansion and growth of agriculture in Lagos State. According […]

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