Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021 into law, approving 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the State. The State’s House of Assembly, in February, passed the anti-cultism bill, which also stipulates 15-year jail term for anyone found guilty of abetting…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled a new e-hailing taxi scheme to redefine road transportation in the State. The Governor, on Thursday, signed partnership agreement with CIG Motors Company Limited for the take-off of “Lagos Ride” scheme with pilot fleet of 1,000 units of brand new Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Also at the…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has approved the payment of Death Benefits to 252 direct beneficiaries and family members of deceased staff. According to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Oyeyemi Ayoola, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, approved the release of the First Tranche of the Insurance Benefits totalling N 454,888,253.36. Speaking on…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has extended the work from home directive to all State Public Servants on Grade Levels 14 and below from Monday, 1st February to Friday, 26th February, 2021. A statement signed by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola noted with concern that pockets of Coronavirus infections had been…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed sadness over the death of the chairman of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) and former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd) on Wednesday. Ndubuisi Kanu, a retired Naval Officer and former military governor of Imo State between 1976 and 1977, died at a hospital…
The reason for the cancellation of the ongoing process set up for the appointment of a substantive ninth Vice Chancellor for the Lagos State University by Governor Sanwo-Olu is as a result of various petitions received against the selection process. Lagos State Governor who doubles as the Visitor to Lagos State University (LASU) has further…
WO The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has asked Lagosians to take the COVID-19 pandemic more seriously so as to avoid another lockdown in the state. The governor in a message on his social handle on Tuesday said there was an urgent need for everyone in the state to be more circumspect in the way…
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, yesterday welcomed the first babies of the year in four state-owned health facilities, namely: Mushin General Hospital, Alimosho General Hospital, Orile Agege General Hospital and Ayinke House, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. Dr. Sanwo-Olu, who was at these hospitals to celebrate the arrival of the newborn babies,…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has challenged graduates under the Graduate Internship Programme to prove their mettle at their various places of internship, stressing that they should not be contented with the monthly N40,000 stipend given by the State Government but to aim for a higher goal of being financially independent. Speaking at the…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday made an unplanned fact-finding visit to Apapa to ascertain the causes of incessant gridlock on roads leading to the seaports with the aim of taking over the management of traffic in the area from the Presidential Task Force Team. Governor Sanwo-Olu and members of the state cabinet were…