Mrs. Bateren Nofisat Yinka, 50, is one of the six artisans honoured by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Best Graduating Tradesmen in the just-concluded up-skilling programme taken across the Lagos State Skill Acquisition Centres. The trader, nominated for the course by Bamboo Marketers Association, was one of the 1,200 artisans and tradesmen across Lagos who took the intensive eight-week vocational …

Not even the very successful Lagos Blue Line metro in the corridor could stop him. Today, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commenced a big project that will turn Mile 2 into a modern transportation hub. The Lagos State government has begun the construction of an intermodal transport terminal at the interchange in Mile 2 – a very busy axis in the …

The Lagos State Government has dismissed a news report on Tuesday, which claimed that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Court over alleged plan to prosecute him after his tenure. Sanwo-Olu is only a year and five months into his second and final term of four years each. In a statement on Tuesday, …

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has asked the people of Ondo State to allow the governor and the party’s candidate, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to continue to provide progressive leadership. Ganduje said this in Akure, while inaugurating the state national governorship campaign council, headed by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Former deputy Senate president, …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Sanwo-Olu; and Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, are expected to speak at the 18th edition of the Africa Security Watch Award and Conference scheduled for 10 December in Doha, Qatar. At a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the International Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of Africa Security Watch, Mr. Patrick Agbambu said that Sanwo-Olu would …

Should someone who has possibly been sleeping in Lagos in the past 25 years wake up today, he will surely meet a state that has significantly moved away from its chaotic past he knew. Good luck to him if, say, he is still looking for the molue, the passenger trucks that used to define the transport system in the business …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is positively trending online after he announced the inauguration of the Lagos Red Line as part of his government’s efforts at expanding the rail system. The enormous project is the brainchild of his administration and many people who understand its great implications for socio-economic development are not holding back accolades for the governor. On Facebook, …

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Lagos State chapter, Agnes Funmi, has said the labour union could reject the N85,000 minimum wage offered by the state government if another state declared a higher amount. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said his government was planning to pay Lagos civil servants N85,000 as minimum wage. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Wednesday evening during …

Everything falls and rests on leadership. And that is why I tell cynics that Lagos is the centre of attraction for investments, not due to its population, location or any benevolent spirit but because the state has a leadership that is focused and working their socks off. The latest report released by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics revealed that Lagos …

It’s anybody’s guess why there seems to be so much anticipation for the operation of the Red Line rail. Having enjoyed the comfort and convenience of the Blue Line Rail, it was just as well that Lagosians would be on the lookout for the Red Line version. Thankfully, the waiting period was not forever as the Lagos State Governor, Mr. …