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Lagos Govt. seeks safe, secure society for youth, residents

The Lagos State Government says the totality of its efforts in all areas of the state’s economy was geared toward ensuring a safe and secure society. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this on Thursday in Ikeja, while presenting his administration’s achievements in the past two years. The occasion was tagged: ”Sanwo-Olu: 731 Days Read More…

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Sanwo-Olu commissions new bus terminal at Mafoluku to improve intra-city transport

Station to Serve Airport Passengers, Commuters in Surrounding Cities Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, declared open the Mafoluku Bus Terminal fully built by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) in collaboration with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The terminal is a gateway station that will serve Mafoluku, Oshodi, and Read More…

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Sanwo-Olu commends Ede Queens School Alumni initiative to immortalise Ameyo Adadevoh

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has commended the Old Girls Association of Queens School, Ede/Ibadan, for their initiative to immortalise the late Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, popularly known as the Ebola Heroine, noting that she deserved the honour and even much more. Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the commendation at the launch of Read More…

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Sanwo-Olu wants Fiscal Federalism, Special Status for Lagos

…Urges South-West To Embrace Zonal Public Hearing Opportunities In picture above: L-R: Senator Olamilekan Solomon; Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Senator Ibikunle Amosun during the opening of the senate committee zonal public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution at the Lagos Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, on Wednesday, May 26, Read More…

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#EndSARS: Anger over slow progress, size of rewards at Nigeria’s police brutality hearings

By Alexis Akwagyiram Ndukwe Ekekwe was furious when he heard how much compensation a judicial panel had awarded him after finding that members of an elite Nigerian police unit tortured him in custody following a raid on his phone accessories shop worth 7,500,000 naira ($18,000). The night after his arrest, he said, officers took him Read More…