Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three self-confessed killers of late Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to Senator Solomon Adeola (Yayi) representing Ogun West in the National Assembly. The suspects, who are all ex-convicts, were paraded by the Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa. According to the suspects, they shot late aide to Yayi,…
In accordance with the Supreme Court judgment, the Ekiti State Government has cautioned its citizens against refusing to accept old naira notes as a form of payment. Those who do so risk being apprehended and prosecuted. Likewise, the Abia State Government has declared its intention to penalize individuals who reject the old currency. Governor Biodun…
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, has appealed to the people of Lagos State to be calm and eschew any act that can lead to breakdown of law and order. The APC flag bearer said the outcome of the election in Lagos where Labour Party won the presidential election should not…
Prince Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State Governor, has lamented that Ogun State lost the $16 billion Dangote Refinery to Lagos because of former Governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s disagreement with Aliko Dangote. The Governor spoke 23 December while delivering the Convocation Lecture at the 2nd and 3rd convocation ceremony of the Mountain Top University, Ibafo, Ogun state.…
The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, announced the stand-down of the planned walk for peace in the state, in the wake of the fourth wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. In a statement released on Thursday, Mr Sanwo-Olu said the “Walk for Peace” to usher in healing of the state following the aftermath of…
Governor Sanwo-Olu receives the report from the head of the Lagos panel on police brutality, Justice Doris Okuwobi. Photo: Lagos State Government. Two weeks after it received the report of its Judicial Panel of Inquiry on matters related to #EndSARS, the Lagos State Government kept to its promise and published two White Papers on Tuesday…
.As 100 Talents Begin Advance Training in Del-York Creative Academy Diploma Programme The Lagos State Government and Del York Creative Academy (DCA) have commenced the next stage of training in the Creative Lagos programme for 100 exceptional talents chosen from the initial 1,000 persons who started the programme earlier in the year. This follows the…
…Invites youths for Peace Walk to herald ‘healing of Lagos’ Lagos State deserves true healing after the disturbances that trailed last year’s protests against police brutality, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday. He said only sustenance of harmony can guarantee the realisation of aspirations of all residents. Sanwo-Olu spoke in a live broadcast held at the…
Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State, has broken his silence on the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the shooting incident that occurred at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2021. In a speech Tuesday morning, the governor said it is regrettable that the panel’s work and the leakage of an…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Sunday dismissed the #EndSARS panel set up by the Lagos State Government and the report it presented to state government recently. Keyamo said it was out of the jurisdiction of the panel to investigate the activities of Federal Government institutions and officials such…
