LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the ban imposed by the state government on the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, and tricycles otherwise known as keke. Ogungbeje asked the court to declare that the ban, as issued…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced the suspension of the earlier scheduled opening of churches and mosques in the state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State governor, made the announcement while addressing journalists at the State House, Marina. The opening, which was earlier slated to commence on June 19 for mosques and…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of efforts to further stems the spread of raging Coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the state’s civil servants from grade 01-12 to stay at home from Monday, March 23, for 14 days in the first instance. Sanwo-Olu also urged operators in the private sector…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor of lagos state, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was seen in a viral video performing a ‘leg shake’ with Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, during visit to Infectious Disease Hospital where the Italian man confirmed to have the deadly coronavirus is being isolated. In reference to a video shared on Twitter by Jubril…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State will, on Tuesday, February 25, lead other speakers to discuss the future of Nigeria at the third annual lecture of Freedom Online in Lagos. A statement by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the online newspaper, Gabriel Akinadewo, says the theme of the lecture is ‘Nigeria: Foundation, Fundamentals,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGRS)-In the spirit of the Christmas season, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed two Executive Orders, with one commuting death sentences of three convicted inmates to life imprisonment and the other setting free six others. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has threatened to proscribe the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) if the members do not conduct themselves well. The governor said this yesterday on a television programme, where he maintained that his administration was committed to delivering his Greater Lagos vision. Sanwo-olu said, “The NURTW…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the state will pay its workers above the N30,000 new national Minimum Wage. Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council paid him a courtesy…