LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has proposed to abolish the controversial pension and entitlements law of 2007 that approved payments of pensions and other ridiculous entitlements to former governors and deputy governors of the state. Sanwo-Olu made his intentions public when he presented the N1.154 trillion 2021 budget estimates to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has lifted the curfew imposed on the state with immediate effect. This was contained in a press statement by the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Saturday. The statement read, “The curfew imposed on Lagos State after the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the full reopening of markets in the state. This was made known on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs Wale Ahmed. According to a statement by the governor’s senior special assistant on new media Gawat Jubril, both food markets and non-food…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 28 people were injured on Tuesday when soldiers shot at #EndSARS protesters in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Wednesday, although he was silent on the number of fatalities. He made the disclosure shortly after he…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti-SARS protests. Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, who issued the directive, said the safety of the pupils/students, parents and all staff working in schools was paramount “at this…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After months of being shut down, the Lagos State Government has approved the full reopening of worship centres in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this during a briefing in the state on Saturday. According to him, churches are now allowed to observe their mid-week services, while the mosques are also allowed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Education has warned the public to disregard a resumption time table flying around the social media. The time-table claims to be the 2020/2021 academic calendar, states that the first term of the session would start September 21, 2020 and end…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Saturday announced the reopening of worship centre on Friday, Aug. 7 for Muslims and Sunday, Aug. 9 for Christians. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this during the 17th Update on the Management of Coronavirus in the state at Lagos House, Marina. Sanwo-Olu said that churches whose…
