From left: Mrs Jaji; Oba Lawal; Erelu Dosunmu and Obanikoro There are no fewer than 93 monarchs – 65 of whom are first-class obas – and 10 empty stools in Lagos State. The Director, Chieftaincy, Lagos State Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs, Mr Folami Lukman, revealed this yesterday at a stakeholders’ meeting on […]
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Left behind: Chairman, Board of Trustees, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Mr. Kehinde Durosimi-Etti; Executive Secretary/CEO, LSSTF, Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu with families of police officers who died during the riots that followed the #EndSARS protests … in Civic Centre, Victoria […]
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Lagos police chief, Hakeem Odumosu, looks at protesters campaigning against abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) at the Lekki toll Plaza in Lagos, on October 12, 2020. – Nigerians protested to pressure the government to follow through on disbanding a feared police unit after authorities made the rare concession in the face of widespread […]
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Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency has shut 16 health facilities across the state for quackery and non-compliance with other regulatory standards The agency’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Abiola Idowu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The statement quoted Idowu as saying this in Ikeja while reviewing the activities […]
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The N1 trillion rebuilding of Lagos – devasted by the destruction that accompanied the #EndSARS protests – has started. The Federal Government is leading the support team for Lagos State government, supported by the National Assembly and boosted by business leaders spearheaded by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo […]
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Jakande, Tinubu, Fasola, Ambode, Jafojo, Ojikutu, Bucknor-Akerele, Pedro, Ogunleye, Sosan, Orelope-Adefulire, Adebule affected Sanwo-Olu to send Executive Bill Governor proposes N1.15tr for 2021 Lagos State on Tuesday unfolded plans to repeal the public officials’ pension law which grants certain benefits to former elected governors and deputy governors. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who gave the hint during […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced plans to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies. He made the announcement while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Abolishment of the Payment […]
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Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN has advised the courts to immediately free 253 persons arrested by the Police in connection with the #EndSARS protest in the state. He said the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) had assessed the temporary charges filed against them by the police […]
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Commuters in Lagos State on Sunday decried the continuous hike in transport fares occasioned by the COVID-19 new public transport guidelines put in place by the state government, despite neglect by transport operators. Some commuters, in separate interviews with correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that since the guidelines constraining […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of all classes in public and private schools across the state from Monday, November 2, 2020. It said boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, Novermber 1. Schools in the state were shut on October 19, 2020, following safety concerns after hoodlums […]
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