Lagos has received a significant boost to its economic standing as the international ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, upgraded the state’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings from ‘B-’ to ‘B’. The announcement, posted on Fitch’s website on Friday, also confirmed similar upgrades for Kaduna, Kogi, and Oyo states, with the outlook for all four rated as stable. This positive …

Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has said that but for the “Peter Obi effect”, he would have defeated Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the 2023 governorship election. Jandor, then-candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday. ‘The 2023 election came with this Tsunami that nobody ever expected and it …

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, welcomed African football icon and former Chelsea FC star Didier Drogba to the Lagos House, Marina, on Monday. The courtesy visit was part of an engagement between Team Drogba and representatives of the E1 Racing Team with the Lagos State Government. This was made known in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced plans to construct five energy hubs aimed at significantly enhancing the state’s electricity capacity. Speaking at the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange Breakfast Meeting on the Importance of the Energy Bill to the Capital Market, held at the Muson Centre in Onikan, Lagos, Sanwo-Olu emphasized the need for collaboration among stakeholders to leverage the …

Reports of the influx of bandits fleeing from the Northwest into the Southwest region of the country could have instinctively kept the concerned governors on the edge. This is not unexpected because, as chief executives, governors have the mandate to ensure the security and welfare of citizens within their domains. Call them de facto Chief Security Officers by of their …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is set to hand over more projects to Lagosians, with the opening of a network of five roads in Ikeja Government Reservation Area on Thursday. Also to be commissioned are six major roads (4.7 km) across three Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas in Akoka, Bariga and Gbagada. The projects will be inaugurated …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has rejoiced with residents of the state, particularly Christians as they join the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s Christmas, which marks the birth of Jesus Christ. At the Lagos House, Marina on Tuesday during the presentation of a book, titled, Beyond Rhetorics: Sanwo-Olu Unprecedented, written in his honour by the Lagos …

President Bola Tinubu and the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex decision making body of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, has intervened in the differences between the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. The duo were summoned on Tuesday to the official residence of President in Ikoyi. In …

Thursday, 19 December 2024 will be etched in the history the aquatic state. Lagos. It was the day the state recorded two milestone events that served as morale boosters to security personnel in fulfilling their mandate in the state. The first was the groundbreaking of 2,200 housing units at Ijeh Police Barracks, Ikoyi. The project, which is a partnership between …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated all the winners of the just-concluded Nigeria Media Merit Awards (NMMA), describing the achievement as a reward for hard work and commitment to the media profession. The governor particularly hailed visually impaired Victor Oteri for winning the Broadcaster of the Year Award. He said that, with accomplishment, Oteri, who is the Deputy …