Browsing: Babajide Sanwo-Olu

The Soldiers, according to available information, killed no fewer than seven persons, with over 28 injured.

A statement by the Panel’s Secretary, Babajide Boye, said the sittings will hold in the open and as such members of the public and the press are invited to be part of every sitting.

This was revealed by the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Tuesday

This was revealed by Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on his Twitter handle

The Governor on Monday said the State Government had shown sincerity and willingness to address all concerns raised by the protesters, given the actions taken so far, including the constitution of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and setting up of compensation funds for the victims.

Buhari’s laughter wasn’t hearty. It was dry and mirthless, whizzing like a horsewhip on bare skin in harmattan. The laughter echoes the snapping of the windpipe when the tiger buries its yellow fangs in the back of the antelope’s neck, eyes glazed

At the time to respond, he took me by storm. Critical, informed and potentially dissembling questions shot out of him. He asked his orderly to fetch a map which he instructed be laid beside his office table. Like a scientist studying a fallen object from Mars, his pen dimensioned the map and his audience’s area of operation.

The boss, who was at the scene of the incident, spoke when the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, visited the family of the deceased in Lagos

Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, described the death of the former matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty as shocking and a great loss to her family, friends, associates, management and staff of Tribune newspapers.

Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this in a message on his Twitter handle

Extolling the virtues of the deceased, Kalu described the late Oyediran as an epitome of peace and humility.

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this known at the Lagos House, Marina, during a media briefing on the ongoing #EndSARS protests in the state.

Olajide spoke during a live briefing held on Thursday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the State House in Marina.

He is no heavyweight boxer, yet he packs a devastating punch. He does not possess the oratorical prowess of Marcus Cicero or the fiery Rev Martin Luther King Jr, or Bola Ige, our own Cicero, God bless their souls; yet his eloquence is striking and his words can rouse a crowd to action. He is no soldier, yet he as bold as a lion.

The Governor, who spoke at the closing ceremony of the 20th edition of the National Women Conference of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, which was held virtually, vowed that his administration would do everything possible to ensure that victims expeditiously get the necessary support to overcome the psychological trauma associated with the abuse.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 20th Edition of the Annual National Women Conference of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, held virtually, Sanwo-Olu said the pandemic had brought to the fore the need to critically look into empowering women to make impactful contributions to global development.

Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the governor disclosed that the president assured the youths that their letter was already receiving the needed attention.

The Managing Director of LAGFERRY, Abdoulbaq Balogun, disclosed this in a statement by the firm’s Public Affairs Officer,  Akeem Odusina, in Lagos.

Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said the State Government will be setting up a panel of enquiry that will comprise youth leaders appointed by #EndSARS protesters, members of the public, Government officials and security agencies to look into the allegations of human rights abuses levelled against SARS operatives in the State.

The Governor braved all odds on Monday to address the protesters in Lekki, where crowds of youths camped and blocked the expressway.