Lagos State has extended the blood pressure and diabetes screening by another one week. The second leg of the exercise ended on Sunday, 17 November 2024 but government reconsidered another extension owing to what the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi described as “overwhelming response” from the public, which made it clear that extending the campaign further would allow even …

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for Ondo State governorship election, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated the party’s candidate, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for his victory in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. In a congratulatory message he personally signed and issued in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Sunday, shortly after Aiyedatiwa was declared winner by the Independent …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday called on Lagosians to be more safety conscious to avoid fire incidents which has become a regular occurrence in the state. The governor spoke at the opening of new fire stations at Ijegun-Egba and Ijede, Ikorodu. The governor was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Barr. ‘Bimbola Sailu-Hundeyin at …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rewarded Team Lagos athletes for their outstanding performance at the 8th National Youth Games (NYG) in Asaba, appreciating their second-place finish at the competition. At a reception held at the Banquet Hall, Lagos House, Ikeja, the governor, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, announced a cash reward of N200,000 for gold …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Ogun State counterpart, Prince Dapo Abiodun; and Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Abiodun Oyebanji on Wednesday stormed Akure, the Ondo State capital, to solicit support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in Saturday’s governorship election Sanwo-Olu, who doubles as the Chairman of APC National Campaign Council for Ondo …

What was thought impossible has unravelled before our eyes. It’s how safe and smooth driving around the heart of Ikeja, capital of Lagos state has become. Hitherto, a drive through Ikeja under bridge, Kodeso, General Hospital (Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH), Obafemi Awolowo Way, Oba Akran, Simbiat Abiola, Ikeja Along, Mobolaji Bank-Anthony, among others was hell on earth. To …

For Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos of the 21st century is one where everyone irrespective of their status and stations in life should be able to contribute meaningfully to the socioeconomic development of the state. Of course, the governor, ever forward-looking and future-thinking, knows that one better way to put a state with over 21 million population and still counting, …

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sworn in Vice Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) as the council’s substantive chairman, days after the passing of the incumbent, Hon. Oladotun Olakanle. Barrister Rekiya Olufunke Hassan, 44, took the oath of office to succeed the late Olakanle at the low-key ceremony held in the precinct of the State House, Alausa. …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday congratulated the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on his 70th birthday. President Tinubu, alongside governors of Lagos and Ogun states, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Dapo Abiodun, respectively, extolled the political vibrancy of Bakare in Nigeria, and his spiritual leadership at the church over the years. The President and governors spoke …

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 …