Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has released funds from the equity of the Lagos State Health Scheme (LSHS) to provide free healthcare for 50,000 orphans, the elderly and the vulnerable in the State. The wife of the Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Thursday at the celebration of the Year 2020 Universal Healthcare…
Commuters plying the Agege, Abule-egba, Ogba, axis who experience daily heavy traffic and discomfort for the past three years will in some few weeks’ time breathe a sigh of relief as the long-awaited Agege Pen-Cinema Bridge in Lagos State will be fully open to vehicular movement by February 2021. The Governor of Lagos state yesterday…
The historic town of Badagry will on Friday, 11th December 2020, host the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as he commissions Housing and Health projects in furtherance of his administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda. Sanwo-Olu will open the Affordable Public Housing Scheme in Idale, Badagry. The scheme, which has 252 units of two-bedroom bungalows, was built…
Executive Director, Group Risk, Compliance and Technology at VFD Group Plc, Gbenga Omolokun, has been scheduled to speak during the Art of Technology Lagos Conference 2.0, holding this Thursday, December 3, 2020. The theme of this year’s AOT conference is: “Smart Data, Smarter Lagos,” it will be headlined by the Vice President of the Federal…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has vowed that no offender indicted in reported cases of rape and gender-based violence will go scot free under his watch. The Governor gave the assurance on Thursday when he received a 54-page compendium on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence compiled by the Stakeholders’ Committee set up by the First Lady…
Governor of Lagos state Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday unveiled the first electric car in Nigeria with the aim of easing the pressure on use of petrol. The electric car named Hyundai Kona is a product of Stallion Group. Hyundai Kona is 100 per cent electric and comes with zero emission, 482km driving range and can…
The Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced plans to abolish the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007) Act in the state. The law provides for the payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies. Abolishment of the Payment of Pension Law 2007 will mean the stoppage of…
The Governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday joined EndSARS protesters in the State. He joined the protesters after addressing them at the state’s secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu, carrying a #EndPoliceBrutality placard, walked with other protesters, to demand the end of harassment by men of the police force. He also posted on his…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional Centres and granted State pardon to Mrs Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Mr Abdulrasheed Bello, who are both non-custodial convicts for offences related to the disobedience of COVID-19 lockdown regulations. A statement signed by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday flagged off the distribution of 107,546 food palliative packages donated and handed over to the state by the Private Sector coalition against COVID 19 (CACOVID). The food items were received on behalf of the state government by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the Lagos House,…