Tag: Gov Babajide Sanwoolu

NITDA DG urges Purpose-Driven Leadership, Responsible AI Adoption at Lagos Governance Conference

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The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has called on enterprise leaders in Nigeria to embrace purpose-driven, principle-led, and performance-focused approaches in order to thrive in a rapidly changing global landscape. Speaking in Lagos at the 3rd Biennial Corporate Governance and Enterprise Development Conference themed “Redefining Enterprise Leadership in a Changing Nigeria: AI, Protectionism, and Governance in Focus,” Inuwa said Nigeria stands at a defining moment where disruptive technologies, shifting economic realities, and evolving governance structures are reshaping enterprises.   While commending Nigeria’s…

NITDA, Lagos Govt partner on Digital policy alignment to drive Inclusive Development

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in line with the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda and its Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2024–2027), has partnered with the Lagos State Government to strengthen digital transformation policies at the sub-national level.   At a technical session held at Semicolon Africa, Lagos, NITDA engaged the Lagos State Technical Working Group (TWG) under the theme “Policy Alignment, Innovation, and Digital Inclusion for Sub-National Development.”   The session brought together representatives of NITDA’s Southwest Zonal Office, officials of the Lagos State Government, TWG…

CDS hails Lagos’ ₦500bn ‘Produce for Lagos’ Initiative, calls it model for National Security and Resilience

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has applauded the Lagos State Government for launching the “Produce for Lagos” programme and establishing a ₦500 billion Offtake Guarantee Fund, describing the initiative as a visionary step that bridges the crucial link between food security and national stability.   Speaking at the official unveiling of the programme on Tuesday, 23rd July 2025, General Musa praised the collaborative efforts between the Lagos State Government, private sector partners, and the Lagos Food Systems Infrastructure Company (LAFSINCO). He noted that the initiative…

Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu and the fish god By Festus Adedayo

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As Ngugi wa Thiong’o says in his Wizard of the Crow, (2007) ire is more corrosive than fire. Make no mistake about it: President Bola Tinubu is angry. When Tinubu was similarly angry, I wrote a piece entitled Tinubu the Ap’ejalodo and his strange fish friend (September 18, 2018). That fable was one of the stories that helped to tame the greed of pre and post-colonial Yoruba society, as well as any tendency within it to play God. By that 2018, Tinubu had made up his mind to replace Akinwunmi…

Lagos: Mr Governor, This Sacrifice Must Get To Olodumare By Funke Egbemode

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As a young reporter in the early 90s, I grew up in the newsroom hearing the phrase ‘IBB Boys’. These were young soldiers loyal to the former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who ruled Nigeria between August 27, 1985 and August 26, 1993. As a directing staff (lecturer) at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA in the early 1970s, IBB was reported to have grown and groomed officers who were fiercely loyal to him. Indeed, many boasted that they could lay down their lives for IBB. Popular Colonel Abubakar Umar sensationally…

Sanwo-Olu, Dabiri-Erewa advocate Diaspora Collaboration, as Remittances Hit $402.38m

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, have called for stronger collaboration with Nigerians in the diaspora to boost national development. The appeal was made during the ConnectEDiaspora Fireside Chat 2024, a networking event held in Lagos in partnership with NiDCOM’s Homestrings Programme. The event coincided with a report from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicating a surge in diaspora remittances, which increased from $336.61 million in September 2024 to $402.38 million in October 2024.   Represented…

Again, Lagos Govt flouts Court order, invades Admiral Porbeni’s Lekki Property …. CJN, IGP petitioned

Lukman Laleye Babalola

In breach of a Federal High Court order, the Lagos state government on Friday morning invaded a disputed property located in Lekki area of the state and belonging to former Minister of Transportation, Admiral Festus Porbeni (Rtd).   The disputed property was previously invaded in 2021.   The Lagos State Special Task Force accompanied by heavily-armed mobile policemen, beat up, arrested and threw staff and other people met on the property into a black maria they brought for the illegal raid. The officials who cordoned off the area are now…

Sanwo-Olu to receive NANTAP Honourary Fellowship at National Delegates Convention 2024

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The National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP) said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State will not only serve as Chief Host during the association’s 2024 National Delegates Convention (NDC), taking place in Lagos from December 3 to 7, 2024, but will be honoured with the prestigious Honourary Fellow of Theatre Arts of the association.   The NANTAP Honorary Fellowship is awarded only to individuals who have made significant contributions to the promotion and development of arts and culture in Nigeria. Governor Sanwo-Olu is being recognised for his unwavering…

CAC partners Lagos Govt to formalise unregistered businesses

Lukman Laleye Babalola

In a bid to facilitate the formalisation of tonnes of informal businesses in Nigeria’s commercial capital, the Corporate Affairs Commission and the Lagos State Government have agreed to partner. The move also aimed to engender integrity in the way businesses are conducted in accordance with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. This was revealed during a robust engagement between the Registrar-General/CEO Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN, and the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by his Deputy,Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat. Speaking during the meeting, the Registrar-General…

4th Edition of Badagry Door of Return festival will be the biggest tourism event – Dabiri-Erewa

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Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM) said the 2023 4th Edition of Badagry Door of Return festival scheduled to hold from the 19th to 21st October, if properly harnessed, could be one of the biggest tourism events in Nigeria . Dabiri-Erewa stated this at a joint Press Conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Lagos.   The NIDCOM Boss explained that, “the Door of Return, which sigfnifies the joy of return to the motherland, is about receiving our brothers and sisters that were taken away as…