Category Archives: Politics

Lagos To Complete Adiyan Water Project In 2021, Says Sanwo-Olu

October 12 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has flagged off plans to revive a 70 million-gallon waterworks project sites in Adiyan, the Northwestern part of the State. The Governor, on Thursday, led members of the Stat...

How Lagos’ll Tackle Traffic Jams -Sanwo-Olu

October 3 Politics no comments

For 45 minutes on Tuesday, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, explained the efforts of his administration in the last four months to bring about sustainable solution to traffic challenge in the State. Beyond a...

Lagos Will Host Year 2020 Global Citizen Festival -Sanwo-Olu

September 28 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday night in New York City, United States announced Lagos, Nigeria as the host city for the year 2020 Global Citizen Festival. Sanwo-Olu who made the announcement duri...

Sanwo-Olu Challenges Inspector General Of Police On Security

September 9 Politics no comments

Adequate security is at the centre of actualising the Lagos State’s aspiration to transform its economy and make it 21st Century compliant, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said at the weekend. Sanwo-Olu said this while hosti...

Xenophobia: Lagos Gov. Assures Business Owners Of Safety

September 7 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday described the State as a safe haven for business and investments, noting that the recent attacks on malls in the wake of xenophobic reprisals by some hoodlums is r...

Xenophobia: Lagos Gov. Vows To Deal With Troublemakers

September 4 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has vowed to deal with troublemakers exploiting the ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa to foment trouble in the state. Issuing a stern warning on ...

Govt. Allays Fears Over Northerners Arrested In Lagos

August 31 Politics no comments

The Lagos State Government wishes to state that the arrest of 123 Suspects by the State Task Force was a routine security check. On the directives of the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zubairu Muazu, the arrested susp...

Nigeria’s New Ministers Take Oath Of Office

August 21 Politics no comments

The inauguration of new ministers for the Federal Republic of Nigeria is holding right now on Wednesday, 21 August, 2019 at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. After their inauguration, President Muhammadu Buhari...

Atiku Insists He Beat Buhari By Over 200,000 Votes In Presidential Ele...

August 16 Politics no comments

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that he beat President Muhammadu Buhari by over 200,000 votes in the 2019 presidential election. The Independent National Electo...

Lagos Police Arrest Tekno Over Public Indecency

August 7 Politics no comments

Popular musician, Augustine Kelechi, aka Tekno was arrested Tuesday by elements of the Lagos State Police command, ostensibly for breaching public decency by displaying half-naked girls in traffic, the police spokesman, ...

Eid-il-Kabir: FG Declares Monday 12th & Tuesday 13th August As Pu...

August 7 Politics no comments

The Nigerian government has declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August as public holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-il-Kabir celebrations. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Georgina Ehuriah, made the annou...

Lagos First Lady Inaugurated As Patron Of Girl Guides Association

August 7 Politics no comments

Lagos State First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu was on Tuesday inaugurated as the State Patron of the Nigeria Girl Guides Association. At a brief but impressive ceremony held at Lagos House, Alausa Ikeja, the wife of ...

How Security Operatives Stopped #RevolutionNow Protest In Lagos, Osun,...

August 7 Politics no comments

The Nigerian Police Force Monday said the #RevolutionNow protesters were dispersed in Lagos because they didn’t get permission from the police before staging the protest. “The gathering is unlawful, an unlawful gathering...

Lagos’ Free Medical Programme Targets 100,000 Children

August 1 Politics no comments

Photo: (R-L) Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr Fola Adeyemi; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. (Mrs) Titilayo Goncalves; Executive Director, Healthcare Mission International, Mrs. N...

Nigeria Senate Screens Ministerial Nominees

July 24 Politics no comments

The Nigeria apex law making body, the Senate, on Wednesday, 24 July, 2019, began screening of some persons appointed as Federal ministers who would form cabinet members of President Muhammadu But.

Senate Officially Confirms Muhammad As Chief Justice Of Nigeria

July 17 Politics no comments

The Senate has finally confirmed the appointment of Tanko Muhammad as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The confirmation was made official after Muhammad underwent a thorough screening in the Red Chamber on Wednesd...

Sanwo-Olu Declares Another Free Passage At Lekki, Ikoyi Toll Plazas

July 17 Politics no comments

In furtherance of Lagos State Government’s real time traffic simulation survey being carried out with the aim of reducing traffic congestion around the Lekki-Epe and Ikoyi axes, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has again appr...

Traffic: Lagos Residents Welcome Electronic Toll System In Lekki

July 12 Politics no comments

.Laud Sanwo-Olu Over Free Access At Toll Plazas – A cross section of Lagos residents and motorists on Friday commended the State Government for proposing a “touch and go” electronic payment system that ...

4,000 Nigerian Refugees In Cameroon To Return Home

July 10 Politics no comments

Four thousand Nigerian refugees mostly from Adamawa state are due to be repatriated from Cameroon. The planned repatriation is facilitated by a Technical Working Group for Repatriation of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon.

Lagos Yet To Reintroduce Monthly Environmental Sanitation, Says Bamgbo...

June 29 Politics no comments

The Lagos State Government has asked residents of the state to ignore rumours that it had reintroduced the monthly environmental sanitation and vehicular restriction. The state government had on November 23, 2016 cancell...

Insecurity: Sanwo-Olu, South West Governors Renew Call For State Polic...

June 26 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday joined his counterparts in the South West to renew the call for the creation of State police as one of the major steps to stem the growing tide of insecurity in the ...

Boko Haram Releases Corps Member Kidnapped Since January

June 21 Politics no comments

A corps member, Halima Uwani Umar, kidnapped in January 2019 by Boko Haram in the North-east, has been freed, says the Borno State government. “The insurgents released Ms. Umar as a sign of goodwill to commit to a ...

Lagos’ll Partner FG, Judiciary To Decongest Prisons –Sanwo-Olu...

June 13 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the Executive will work with the State judiciary and the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to prison congestion, saying that the issue has become be a...