Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has inaugurated the Lagos State Trucks and Cargo Operation to bring sanity to ports’ access roads. The inauguration was presided over by an assistant director in the Ministry of Transportation, Mr. Tiamiyu Oluwatosin, who urged the committee to adhere strictly to the work guidelines of the state government and…

Lagos State government, yesterday, committed to alleviating poverty, creating wealth and job opportunities that will uplift residents. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stated this, yesterday, during the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation’s 2023 graduation ceremony for 4,592 students in its various centres in the state. The governor, who said that women empowerment is one of…

The demand, lately, by the Lagos State House of Assembly for urgent measures to address failing roads in the state is most timely, considering the sorry plight that people of Lagos State have been subjected to in recent times.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, reiterated his administration’s commitment to enhance professionalism among civil and public servants in Lagos State. He pledged continued partnership with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) to ensure professionalism in the human resource cadre. The governor spoke when President and Chairman of Governing Council of the institute, Olusegun…

Amid high cost of foodstuff in the state, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged farmers in the state to collaborate with their colleagues in other states, to enable them bring their produce for sale in Lagos.

It is four years and five months that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu got sworn in as the governor of Lagos State. But a day after he was sworn-in, May 30, 2019 precisely, he promised to end the menace of articulated vehicles parking on Lagos roads, especially port access roads. He pledged this while on a field…

Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, yesterday, supervised the removal of shanties on the setbacks and rights of way of the blue rail line, from Orile to Iyana Iba, along Lagos-Badagry expressway. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who visited the area last week, had earlier issued a vacation ultimatum to traders on the…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, said his aadministration was working hard and perfecting new plans to serve Lagos residents better, and urged the people to support the government to achieve a greater Lagos. Sanwo-Olu spoke at the ongoing Second Session of the 35th Synod of the Diocese of Lagos, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) holding at…

Charterhouse, a renowned British independent educational institution of over four centuries has unveiled its first African school in Lagos. With the planned $150 million campus expected to be fully delivered in 2028, Charterhouse, located in Lekki, is expected to admit its first intake of primary school students in September 2024. On completion, the school will…

• Warns against crossing rail tracks • Targets December for Red line Lagos State government, yesterday, said that its Blue rail line commercial operations would commence on Monday, September 4, 2023. Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abimbola Akinajo, who disclosed this during a press briefing at Marina Terminal, Lagos, said the…

The Muslim Community in Lagos State, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest at the House of Assembly to express dissatisfaction against what it described as blatant disregard for justice, equity and fairness against Muslims in the list of commissioner-nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the lawmakers.

Head of Service of Lagos State, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has assured labour leaders and workers in the state that the government is working assiduously on measures to mitigate the effect of hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidy. He said the state government was not oblivious to the hardship that the recent economic realities are…