Tag: Sanwo-Olu
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LASU’s best graduating student gets scholarship, N5m, automatic employment
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has awarded the best graduating student of the Lagos State University (LASU), Oladimeji Shotunde a post-graduate scholarship to any university in the world and a N5 million cash prize. Shotunde finished with the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.95 on a scale of 5.0, as the best graduating…
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Sanwo-Olu in high spirit, responding to COVID-19 treatment – LASG
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is said to be in high spirit and responding to COVID-19 treatment. The governor tested positive for the virus on Saturday after he was exposed by one of his aides who contracted the virus. Prof. Akin Abayomi, State Commissioner for Health, said on Sunday that the governor is doing well…
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#EndSARS protesters’ lawyer ask panel to summon Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Tinubu’s son, others
The counsel for the #EndSARS protesters, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana has asked the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters to summon Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and 12 others. He made said this in a December 9 application to panel chairman, Judge Emeritus Doris…
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Our victory in Lagos by-elections vote of confidence in Sanwo-Olu—APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has described its victory in the Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe Constituency II House of Assembly by-elections as a vote of confidence on Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s government. The APC’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, said that the euphoria generated by…
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Sanwo-Olu, Oyetola, others for 2020 C&S Ayo Ni o Lessons and Christmas Carol Services
Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) and Gboyega Oyetola (Osun) will be special guests at the 30th Inter-denominational Nine Lessons and Christmas Carol Service 2020 of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Surulere District Headquarters Ayo ni o scheduled to hold on Friday, 18 December, 2020 at the Surulere District Headquarters of the church. According to a…
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JUST IN: Sanwo-Olu appoints new Rector for LASPOTECH
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on Monday appointed Dr Oluremi Nurudeen Olaleye as the new Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH). The appointment was announced in a statement from the office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education and signed by Omolase Yejide, Head Public Affairs Mr. Olaleye was earlier…
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#EndSARS: We’re not happy Sanwo-Olu denied inviting us, Army tells panel
The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, on Saturday, said the Nigerian Army was not happy that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, denied inviting the military on October 20, 2020, during the #ENDSARS protest at Lekki Toll Gate The Army commander during his testimony before…
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PHOTO/VIDEO: Sanwo-Olu unveils first electric car in Nigeria
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday unveiled Nigeria’s first locally-assembled full electric car, aimed at reducing pressure on use of petroleum. The Hyundai Kona car, manufactured by Stallion Group is 100 per cent electric and comes with zero emission, 482km driving range, and can be charged both at home and workplace. Lagos State…
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Like Sanwo-Olu, AbdulRazaq moves to stop pensions of Kwara ex-governors, deputies
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq will next week send a bill to the State House of Assembly asking the lawmakers to repeal the law awarding pension packages to former governors and deputy governors. In a statement Governor AbdulRazaq’s spokesperson Rafiu Ajakaye said that “the governor has listened to voices of the majority of the citizens…
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Why Delta won’t copy Lagos to abolish pension payments to ex-govs, deputies – Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said his administration has no plan to stop pensions of past governors and their deputies like his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu proposed to do while presenting the state’s budget to the assembly on Tuesday. Okowa, who stated this on Wednesday in Asaba, stressed that his counterpart in…