The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned residents against engaging in any nefarious activity along rail tracks in the state. The governor gave the warning on Monday, while expressing delight at the return of the Rail Mass Transit, LRM Blue Line. He explained that the LRM was temporarily suspended for the safety of commuters,
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No fewer than two hundred unregistered and unpainted vehicles have been impounded by the Lagos State Government. The Daily Vendor gathered that the exercise was to curb insecurity across the State. Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The exercise was conducted by the Lagos State
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Security has been beefed up at the Roseline Omotosho Courthouse, Ikeja, as the Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal is set to deliver judgment in petitions challenging the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) governorship candidate in the March 18 poll, Dr Abdulazeez Adediran and his Labour Party(LP) counterpart, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, filed the petitions.
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The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed a date to deliver judgment on petitions brought before it after the 2023 election. The judgement will be delivered on Monday, September 25. The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour made this disclosure on Saturday. Rhodes-Vivour said he has been told that the ruling will
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The 2023 Lagos State Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, on Tuesday, closed his case against the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 election. Rhodes-Vivour is also challenging the eligibility of the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hazmat, to contest on the grounds that he allegedly renounced his Nigerian citizenship and swore
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…describes it as reward for his contributions to the country based on his political astuteness, courage, and sagacity The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that Tinubu’s emergence as President-elect was a reward for his hard work and contributions to the country based on his political astuteness, courage, and sagacity. Sanwo-Olu described Bola
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…alarmed over multiple extortion, unimaginable terror and destructions that miscreants inflict on truck drivers on a daily basis in Lagos State A group, the Amalgamation, an association of truck drivers operating at the Nigeria’s maritime domain have made a passionate call to the Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on the need to urgently intervene to
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…says youths intimidating and extorting money from petroleum truck drivers, who are NUPENG/PTD members plying the road The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, workers in Lagos State have written to the state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to check the activities of persons it described as unscrupulous elements harassing its members. The letter,
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‘The approval authorizes and provides the legal basis for the concession of the Badagry Deep Seaport’ Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has received approval to build the Badagry Deep Seaport which was approved by the Federal Executive Council in August. A statement signed by Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said the approval, which
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‘Details of the salary increment is still sketchy’ Civil servants in Lagos State have every reason to be excited as the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved an increment of their salaries. Gov Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Tuesday during his courtesy visit to the Head, Office of Public Service in Alausa, Ikeja,
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed concern over the increasing security challenges experienced across Nigeria. He made this known on Tuesday,during a Stakeholders’ Engagement on Internal Security and Conflict Resolution held in Lagos State.The programme was organised with the aim of strengthening peace and security in the aftermath of the destruction. A statement after
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Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said that the Lagos State Government has considered fully re-opening the economy which will include both food markets and non food markets across the metropolis. To this effect the markets are now to open daily. Recall that the markets were shut due to the outbreak of ravaging COVID-19 pandemic
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The Government of Lagos State has cancelled the planned Independence Day parade, earlier planned to mark Nigeria at 60 anniversary. This is according to a statement by the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, which also noted that other activities that involve the gathering of more than 50 people were cancelled. It said,
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili affirmed the governor’s victory at the March 9, 2019 election after dismissing two separate appeals challenging the outcome of the poll. Justice Paul Galinje, who delivered the lead
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