Hon. Abubakar Suleiman, who serves as the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, has been elected as the new chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria. The election of Suleiman followed the constitutional end of tenure of Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, whose executive committee was elected at a meeting…
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Sanwo-Olu Explains Why Governors Must Avoid Reckless Spending
State Governors must look into expenditure profile and do away with unnecessary spending to increase state revenue for government to have more resources to meet the basic needs of the people. These were the words of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday at the 22nd Annual Tax Conference of the Chartered Institute of…
Lagos Police Vow To Resist Any Protest, Peaceful Or Not
Following the devastating effects of the End SARS protest, the Lagos State Police Command has vowed to resist any form of planned protest, procession or gathering under any guise or nomenclature in the state. A release issued on Thursday by the Police Command, informed the general public that based on intelligence from relevant security agencies,…
IGP Visits Governor Sanwo-Olu In Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, received the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu, at the State House in Marina on a commiseration visit. It was the first time the Number One cop in the country would be visiting Lagos after a nationwide youth demonstration against human rights violations and brutality allegedly…
Some States Yet To Set Up Judicial Panel, As Lagos Resumes Forth Hearing
While majority of the States in Nigeria are yet to set up their Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the one in Lagos has resumed its meeting for a fourth day. The panel resumed hearing at 11:00…
Lagos Command Begins Debriefing Members Of Defunct SARS
Following the instruction from the Inspector General of Police, the Lagos State Police Command have commenced the debriefing and medical evaluation of the men of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical units of the command. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that the medical evaluation was meant…
LASG Warns Drivers Over Disobeying Traffic Laws
The Lagos State Government through its Environmental and Special Offenses Units has warned motorists contravening the State Transport Reformed Law of 2018 to desist forthwith or face the wrath of the law. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, who gave the warning on Monday, asserted that the enforcement unit and other relevant Agencies are…
CIRCLE MALL LOOTING: LASG Promises Financial Support, Tax Break For Small Businesses
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to assist the tenants and shop owners at Circle Mall in Lekki for them to bounce back to business. Speaking on Sunday during a condolence visit and meeting with tenants and shop owners at the Mall in Lekki, Governor Sanwo-Olu said Lagos State Government will give tax break…
Yerima Calls For Dele Momodu’s Arrest Over Interview With Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of Arewa Consultative Forum has expressed anger and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest Dele Momodu over his interview with IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking in Kano, Yerima stated that Dele Momodu has given Nnamdi kanu more platform to insult our great country and the president. According to him, I have watched…
Amuwo Odofin Residents Move To Recall Macaulay From Lagos Asembly
After the negative remarks from Mojisola Alli Macaulay on Nigerian youths, the people of Amuwo Odofin have started pushing to legally recall the lawmaker from Lagos State Assembly. The lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency I received several backlashes over her comments alleging that most Nigerian youths on social media are always high on drugs. Alli-Macaulay, in a…
Gov. Sanwo-Olu Flags Off Reconstruction Of Ibeju Lekki-Epe Highway
The Lagos State Government on Sunday finally flagged off the reconstruction of Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway 40 years after. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed that first phase, which will be completed in 20 months, will cover 18.75 kilometres, stretching from Eleko to T-Junction in Epe. The residents, who heaved a sigh of relief, thronged the ceremony…
Lagos Lawmakers Initiate Bill To Improve Accountability In Public Governance
In a move to make public office holders to earn public trusts through improving public transparency and accountability in all spheres of governance in the state, Lagos Lawmakers have decided to come up with a bill. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. ( Dr.) Mudashiru Obasa, made this known during his opening speech at the public hearing…
BREAKING: LASG Relaxes Curfew, Now 10pm To 6am
The Lagos State Government has further relaxed the curfew imposed on the state from 10pm to 6am, as it looks forward to restoring normalcy in the state. “Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu praises Lagosians for observing the curfew, which is expected to restore normalcy in our communities, ” a statement from the Commissioner for Information and Strategy,…
BREAKING: Lagos Police Command Arrest Officer Who Shot His Girlfriend
Eze Aiwansone, an officer attached to the Special Prorection Unit (SPU) Base 16, Ikeja, who shot his girlfriend, Joy Eze, has been arrested by the Lagos Police Command. The incident occurred on 8th October, 2020, at Opebi Ikeja Lagos and he had been on the run. The suspect, who had been on the run, was…
Lagos Lawmakers Vow Never To Take Lagosians For Granted
The Lagos State House of Assembly has assured Lagosians that it will never abandon its responsibilities and take the people for granted. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, who represents Agege constituency 1, also commended the residents of Lagos for their resilience despite the economic challenges brought about by the effects of the…
I Sincerely Apologise for Addressing The Youths As ‘children’ –Desmond Elliot
Surulere lawmaker, Desmond Elliot has apologized for addressing the youths as ‘Children’ while making his submission during plenary at the Lagos state House of Assembly last week. In a viral video seen by LagospyNG, he addressed the youths as children and opined that social media was used to fuel the carnage. Nigerians on social media…
LASG To Employ And Pay 40,000 Monthly Stipend To Graduate Interns
Lagos State Government has approved Internship Programme for 4,000 unemployed graduates in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda of the present administration and the Youth Development Programme of the State. Speaking recently on the programme with newsmen, the Honourable Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, said the Graduate Internship Placement Programme (GIPP) is…
Lagos State Government Awards Scholarship To Children Of Police Officer Who Died In Lagos Crises
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has offered scholarships to the children of police officers who lost their lives during the wake of the violence that erupted last week in the State. The State Government, on Wednesday, directed the Lagos State Scholarship Board to award scholarship to the children of the slain officers up to the…
Lagos Lawmakers Want Buhari To Establish State Police
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday renewed its clamour for the establishment of a state policing system in the aftermath of the carnage visited on the state recently. The members, during a special sitting to review the violence that resulted in the attack on government infrastructure, the palace of the Oba of Lagos,…
LEKKI SHOOTING: Soldiers Break Silence, Say Sanwo-Olu Invited Them
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday night made it clear that the Lagos state government invited it to intervene in the fallout of the #EndSARS protest. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had told CNN that footage of the shooting showed that the Nigerian Army was responsible for the incident. Recall that the Governor had imposed a 24 hour…