Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has mourned the passage of Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson, a member of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex leadership body of the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC). Nelson, a former Executive Director of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund and ex-South-West Zonal Women Leader of the APC, died on Sunday at the age of …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has mourned the passage of a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abayomi Kinyomi. Kinyomi, who died on Tuesday at 82, was the Speaker of the state House of Assembly between January 1992 and November 1993 during the governorship tenure of Sir Michael Otedola. In a statement by his Chief …

After a two-year break, Ojude Oba festival has made a spectacular return in the  ancient town of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, where Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday urged the Southwest to support All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu was the Special Guest of Honour. The palace of Awujale, the paramount traditional ruler of Ijebu …

As Islamic faithfuls across the world mark Eid-el-Kabir, which is the culmination of the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and a day of communal prayer, Nigerian leaders have felicitating with the adherents. Among the leaders who exhibited solidary with the Muslim community and Nigerians generally are President Muhammadu Buhari, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the suspension of the “State Guidelines on Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Legal Indications”, which were issued by the Directorate of Family Health and Nutrition in the state’s Ministry of Health. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, the Governor said that the new guidelines would not be …

…As contractor commences pile laying As part of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration’s commitment to Traffic Management and Transportation in Lagos State, pilling works have commenced for the Opebi-Ojota Link Bridge. The Opebi- Ojota Link Bridge, which is one of the legacy projects of the Sanwo-Olu administration, is aimed at easing the burden of commuters and decongesting traffic in the Ikeja …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), as he clocks 59 on Tuesday. Fashola was Governor of the state for two maximum terms (2007 and 2015) succeeding Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was pioneer Governor in the Fourth Republic from 1999 to 2007. Sanwo-Olu, who was Fashola administration’s Commissioner …

Governors, N/Assembly leaders, Ministers included  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted an 86-member National Campaign Council ahead of the 16th July governorship election in Osun State. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the council chairman, while his counterparts in Kano State, Dr Abdullahi and Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello are respectively co-chairman and deputy chairman. The committee, which …

…Sanwo-Olu, party leaders, cabinet members receive APC presidential candidate The 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday returned to a tumultuous reception in Lagos after winning the party’s primary election in Abuja 11 days ago. Tinubu won by pulling 1,271 delegate votes (over 60 percent) in a field of 13 other aspirants, …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and 13 other governors of the ruling party stormed Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, on Tuesday to solicit support for the party and its candidate, Biodun Oyebanji ahead of Saturday’s governorship poll. Tinubu, who …