At exactly 5:20 pm on Tuesday, Lagos Red Line rail departed at Platform 2 in Oyingbo station for Agbado — a suburb at Lagos boundary line. The inaugural ride kicked off the train’s commercial operations, seven months after the rail infrastructure was completed and commissioned. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu arrived at the station at 5:00 pm amid jubilation by members of …

A former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to use his offices to reclaim the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and expand the waterway transport system. Fashola advised at the 2024 Lagos Physical Planning Summit on Tuesday. He emphasised the importance of the government’s intervention to regulate the operations of the vehicles …

With the commercial launch of the Lagos Red Line project, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has solidified his legacy as the master of infrastructure and the superstructure upon which the modern transportation system in the city that never sleeps is built. There is no second-guessing the governor having delivered the Red Line in good time from beginning to the end, coming a …

What does it take for a state to be the largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa? Simple: A leader with an exceptional work ethics, a competent team and productive local and international relations. These attributes are what Lagos gets as Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu continues to steer the ship of governance in the state. Events in the last two months or thereabouts …

For Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, there is no letting up in his determination to leave a lasting and positive impression on the minds of Lagosians. Unlike many governors, who drop the ball in the execution of legacy projects once they secure a second term, this laser-focused governor is charging on relentlessly, completing big projects and initiating new ones that are as …

The agenda was clear-cut, followed with a determination to translate the plans to concrete developments. The quest for a new Lagos driven by the T.H.E.M.E+ template is intentional in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global initiative aimed at transforming the world into a fairer, more prosperous and peaceful society by the year 2030. The SDGs, 17 of them …

The new Massey Children Hospital being constructed by the Lagos State Government will outlive generations when it is completed, according to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu when he led a team of state officials on an on-site inspection of the project on Thursday. He said the seven-storey paediatric hospital, sited on Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island, would be the biggest children hospital …

With graduate unemployment on the rise, it is heartening to note that Lagos State is approaching the menace with strategic interventions. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been doing everything humanly based to reduce the unemployment figure through the enrolment of graduates into employment schemes. The governor is not just providing employment but is also determined to prepare its teeming youths to …

President Bola Tinubu has told public office holders, leaders and faithful of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the southwest that his focus is not on the next election, but rather on improving the lives of Nigerians and handing over a prosperous country to the next generation. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila at the …

Don’t blame us because somehow, the media stakeholders missed the opportunity to elaborate on two giangantic deals signed by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu last month in China. Yes, it’s pleasing to identify with the star of them all – the Green Line which will take rail service from Marina on Lagos Island through Victoria Island, Oniru, Lekki, Ajah, all …