Every worker, regardless of his/her status either presently serving or retired, is entitled to a living wage, which, after all, is well within his/her rights! For Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, all Lagos State workers are most deserving of the efforts of their toil and cognition, which is why his administration has made it a point of duty to fulfill that constitutional …

As Thespians globally marked the World Theatre Day on Wednesday, 27th March, the Lagos State Government again renewed its interest in the growth of the creative sector. This it did when it powered a performance feast that featured some of the most engaging theatre troupes domiciled in the state. The event, which held at the Mike Adenuga Centre (Alliance Francaise), …

The Lagos State Government has announced that the the Third Mainland Bridge would be re-opened on Thursday. according to a statement by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on his X account on Saturday. The statement read: “Dear Lagos residents, We’re pleased to share that the Third Mainland Bridge will resume full operations on 4th April 2024, following extensive …

The new executive council of the Association of Lagos State Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries (ALARHOSPS) was sworn in on Tuesday at the 10th Annual General Meeting of the body. A keenly contested election, which was held virtually, saw Otunba Nurudeen Ojora-Adejiyan emerging as the President for the next three years . Other officers are: a. Mrs. Grace …

In order to implement holistically its Climate Action Plan, which was launched in July 2021, the Lagos State Government has launched the ‘Lagos Youth Climate Campaign’. The initiative, which is in collaboration with C40 Cities and with support from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), started with a climate change workshop organised to involve the youth segment of …

We live in a time most people blame the failure of some returning governors on what they tag “second term syndrome”” The perception underscores the tendency for some second term governors to become complacent in actualising set goals. “After all, they no longer need our votes, they can as well go to sleep while good governance is left to suffer”. …

The Lagos State Government has reiterated that crossing major highways in the state by pedestrians is an offence, and any defaulter would be prosecuted. On his  X handle on Sunday, the state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Barrister Tokunbo Wahab said that officials of the state Environmental Safety Corps (popularly known as Kick Against Indiscipline – KAI), alongside …

Over the last two weeks, the Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) has received various high-level delegations from different arms and agencies of the Lagos State Government on inspection tours of the facilities at the 78-hectare forest reserve and wetland that seats at the heart of the Lekki Peninsula. On Tuesday, 23rd January 2024, LCC received the first delegation from the state …

Football is beyond what we see as 11 players on opposing sides running after a round leather, aiming to win by outscoring each other in 90 minutes which is the standard regulation time for the ‘beautiful’ game. I had the pleasure of visiting some of the viewing centres created by the Lagos State Government for the ongoing Africa Cup of …

It is no longer news that one of the pillars of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration is security and good governance. Security is pivotal to good governance and the survival of societies rests principally on both. The 1999 constitution recognises the sanctity of citizen’s security and welfare in Section 14(2) (b) which states that the “security and welfare of the people …