ICPC, others barred from investigating Lagos anti-graft cases State has powers to make such law, says Ozekhome A new law signed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State mandates agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, and other anti-graft agencies to hand over corruption cases […]
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Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it had concluded preparation to have its own network of weather stations to closely monitor the climate in the state as well as increase its preparedness for weather-related issues. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, who stated this during a briefing on the year 2021 Seasonal […]
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Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has inaugurated the rail mass transit scheme, also known as the Red Line, in Ikeja. Cheques were also presented to persons whose properties were affected by the project. He said about 263 property owners and tenants were compensated. The 37km standard gauge line, with 12 proposed stations, would share tracks with […]
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Sanwo-Olu with the injured #EndSARS protesters on the night of October 20, 2020. Photo: @jidesanwoolu/Twitter Images of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, visiting victims of Lekki shootings at different hospitals on Lagos Island on the night of October 20, 2020, have resurfaced online. The photos resurfaced following a report by the US Department of States […]
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Following the impasse in the selection of the 9th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has constituted a special visitation panel to the varsity. The Visitation Panel, in a Punch advert dated March 30, 2021, therefore, called on relevant stakeholders and members of the public to submit their memoranda as it reviews the […]
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Lagos State will not compromise on the vaccination protocols rolled out by the Federal Government, Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi said on Thursday. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) had accused the state of malpractices in the exercise. Abayomi, who paid an unscheduled visit to some vaccination centres, said the state has […]
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By Tony Afejuku Recent happenings in our country have put me in a melancholic state. One of them, for example, is the return – or the so-called return – from Britain of what has been generally or popularly perceived or accepted as the James Ibori loot. The huge money involved is in the region of […]
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Agency threatens to stop vaccine supply ‘We are working to resolve all issues’ A huge showdown which will massively disrupt the COVID-19 vaccination programme, unless urgently resolved, has broken out between the Federal Government and the Lagos State government. Lagos, being the epicenter of the virus pandemic in the country, is also the centre of […]
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Pen Cinema, Agege Flyover By Damian Odoemena I thank the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the new Pen Cinema Bridge which was officially opened on March 5. The Oba Ogunji Road that the new bridge joins also received attention, giving the road an expressway look. But the joy of this beautiful infrastructure also […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has received doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government. He disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking at the 2021 International Women’s Day celebration organised by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. He said that the State Government received the vaccines at 4 am on […]
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