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Appeal Court Affirms Sanwo-Olu’s Election

November 9, 2019 4:21 pm

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Saturday, upheld the election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the five-man panel in two separate judgments, upheld Sanwo-Olu’s victory in the March 9 poll and dismissed the appeal by governorship candidates of Labour Party (LP) and Alliance for Democracy (AD).

The two parties and their candidates had appealed the Sep. 23 judgment of the Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal which upheld Sanwo-Olu’s victory.

The appellate court in both judgments upheld the decision of the Election Petition Tribunal that the appellants failed to …

Sanwo-Olu Presents ₦1.168trn 2020 Budget

Sanwo-Olu Presents ₦1.168trn 2020 Budget

November 8, 2019 1:31 pm

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday presented a budget of ₦1.168 trillion to the Lagos State House of Assembly for approval for the 2020 fiscal year. The budget is higher than the 2019 appropriation bill by 34 per cent.

According to the Governor, Capital Expenditure amounts to ₦723.75 billion while Recurrent Expenditure is ₦444.81 billion, giving a capital to recurrent ratio 62:38 percent.

Sanwo-Olu disclosed that the proposed budget will be funded by a projected revenue inlay of ₦1.071 trillion and a deficit amounting to N97.53 billion.

“This, in our view, is strong for development. We have placed …

Lagos State Governor Sanwo Olu Flags-Off Pilot UberBOAT

Lagos State Governor Sanwo Olu Flags-Off Pilot UberBOAT

October 19, 2019 6:17 am

Governor of Lagos; Babajide Sanwo Olu was the special guest of honor and “rider zero,” as Uber, yesterday, announced its pilot of UberBOAT in Lagos.

The event which took place at the Lagos State Waterways Authority complex at the Five Cowries Jetty Falomo, also had Governor Sanwo Olu take a ride on the newly unveiled UberBOAT.

Speaking during a media parley, the Governor said, “The last couple of years have seen the Lagos State Government commit to building up infrastructure that supports multi-modal transportation, which includes water transport. We collaborated with Uber on this because of the shared vision to …

Sanwo-Olu Promises To Help Resuscitate National Stadium

Sanwo-Olu Promises To Help Resuscitate National Stadium

October 16, 2019 9:51 am

The Lagos State Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu at the weekend pledged to help resuscitate the National Stadium at Surulere to the benefit of the residents, especially the youth.

Speaking during the Lagos leg of Sports Minister, Sunday Dare’s tour of sporting facilities owned by the Federal Government, Sanwo-Olu lamented the state of the stadium, saying it had been left unused and promised to work with the sports ministry to ensure it was brought back to good use for everyone.

“We’ve seen the state of negligence, disuse at the National Stadium, Surulere. What we are taking away from here is that we …

In Lagos: Sanwo-Olu Declares State Of Emergency On Roads

In Lagos: Sanwo-Olu Declares State Of Emergency On Roads

October 14, 2019 8:34 am

Lagos State Government has declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways and carriages within the State.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday ordered massive construction work on critical roads and highways across the state, beginning from Monday (today).

The governor’s directive followed the conclusion of his series of meetings with eight multi-national engineering firms, which began a few weeks back.

After his final meeting with the contractors yesterday, which lasted for about three hours, Sanwo-Olu declared the commencement of major construction work on the identified highways considered critical to the reduction of traffic congestion in the State.

The governor said …

Lagos State Governor Sanwo-Olu appoints acting chief judge

Lagos State Governor Sanwo-Olu appoints acting chief judge

June 10, 2019 10:24 am

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will sworn-in Justice Kazeem Alogba as the acting chief judge of the state on Thursday, June 13, following the exit of Justice Opeyemi Oke, who is retiring from the state judiciary after statutory years of service.

The outgoing Justice Oke’s tenure ends today.

Sanwo-Olu approved the nomination of Justice Alogba, who is the most senior judge in line, to preside over the state judiciary in an acting capacity, pending the approval of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and confirmation by the Lagos State House of Assembly.

In a statement, Sanwo-Olu said Alogba’s appointment would take …

GAC disagrees with Aregbesola over Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet

March 30, 2019 11:40 pm

The Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) of the All Progressivåes Congress (APC) in Lagos has faulted the decision of a former Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola to compile a list of candidates that will make the cabinet of the state governor-elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, THISDAY can report.

THISDAY checks revealed that Aregbesola’s decision had triggered fresh crisis between the two major groups in Lagos APC namely the GAC, the party’s highest decision-making organ and the Mandate Movement.

Multiple sources within Lagos APC confirmed the disagreement between the two groups to THISDAY, noting that Aregbesola’s undue influence might further deepen internal
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Sanwo-Olu condemns cases of Lagos collapsed buildings

March 18, 2019 1:18 pm

The Lagos State Governor-Elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday described recent collapse of buildings in the state as most unfortunate.

But he praised the swift actions taken by the current administration in the state to address the problem.

The Governor-Elect spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari/Jubril alongside the Deputy Governor-elect, Femi Hamzat.

He said: “It’s an unfortunate incident. Incidentally when I was in government before, I used to be the Vice Chairman of the building collapse committee. It was something that happened about 8-10 years ago, which was what led to the creation of an agency …

Aide confirms alleged drug trafficker was on Sanwo-Olu team

March 15, 2019 9:59 am

The head of media committee for Babajide Sanwo-Olu Campaign Organisation, Olusesan Daini has said Funke Phillips was on the committee during the campaign.

He told The Guardian on Friday that Phillips, accused by an ex-BBC Pidgin journalist Ruona Meyer of intellectual property theft, came to work for the campaign through a consultant.

Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor-elect, was the governorship candidate All Progressives Congress in 2019 elections.

Daini initially denied knowing “any Mrs Funke Phillips,”.

But he later said he met her in September 2018 and they worked together on the Sanwo-Olu campaign’s media committee when her Twitter profile was shared …

Gov Ambode wins polling unit for Sanwo-Olu

March 9, 2019 10:59 am

Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has delivered his polling unit to his party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the governorship election held on Saturday.

His party, All Progressives Congress, APC, also scored the highest vote in the House of Assembly election jointly held with the governorship election.

According to result announced at the polling Unit 033, Ward A5, Ogunmodede College, Papa Epe polling center after the counting of vote: APC polled 262, while PDP polled 62. For the House of Assembly election, APC polled 253, while PDP polled 61.

Ambode who had earlier cast his vote at …

BREAKING: Guber election: Sanwo-Olu wins polling unit

March 9, 2019 9:21 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State has won the elections at his Lateef Jakande/Femi Okunnu Ward 019 polling unit in Ikoyi, Lagos by a landslide.

Sanwo-Olu scored 124 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s Jimi Agbaje, who scored 26 votes.

Counting of the House of Assembly polls is ongoing.

Details coming soon…

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