Sanwo-Olu writes Lagos Assembly, seeks Adewale as substantive Auditor-General

The Lagos State House of Assembly has received a letter from Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to confirm Mr Adewuyi Adewale as the substantive Auditor-General of the state. The Clerk, Mr Lekan Onafeko, read Sanwo-Olu’s letter requesting confirmation of the nominee at…

Sanwo-Olu congratulates Soyinka at 89

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated literary giant and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Oluwole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 89th birthday. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message issued on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega…

Lagos Assembly makes fresh demand for state police

The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging the National Assembly to begin fresh process of the amendment of the 1999 Constitution for the establishment of state police. The House passed the resolution in a vote conducted…

Sanwo-Olu congratulates Tinubu on emergence as ECOWAS chairman 

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu for emerging as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 63rd Ordinary Session that took…

Lagos reopens Eko Bridge Sunday, 15 months after inferno

The Lagos State Government has announced the reopening of the Eko Bridge linking Lagos Island and the Mainland to vehicular movement from 12 am (WAT) on Sunday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while at the Apongbon section of the bridge on Sunday…

UNAIDS recognises Sanwo-Olu for moving to end AIDS

United Nations Joint Team on AIDS (UNAIDS), yesterday, presented an award to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in recognition of his outstanding leadership to end Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Lagos State. The governor, who received the award during a courtesy visit…

Sanwo-Olu mourns passing of pioneer FCT Minister, Ajose-Adeogun

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed his condolences over the death of the pioneer Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun. Ajose-Adeogun, who was the first Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, from 1976 to 1979,…

Sanwo-Olu reappoints Akosile as chief press secretary 

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reappointed Mr. Gboyega Akosile, as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola.  The appointment according to…

APC chieftain hails Sanwo-Olu, Ambode reconciliation

Mr Bola Babarinde, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa Chapter, has commended the reconciliatory effort of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his immediate past predecessor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Babarinde in a statement on Monday,…

Nigerians will reap the rewards of our policies, says Tinubu

“Nigerians will continue to reap the rewards of our administration’s new economic reforms after the time of sacrifice needed to transform the nation.” President Bola Tinubu made this known on Thursday in Lagos at a reception in his honour by…

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