Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has defeated Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, candidate of the Labour Party, LP at the latter’s polling unit at the Anifowose area of Ikeja in Lagos State.By the time the votes were counted, Rhodes-Vivour recorded 18 votes against Sanwo-Olu who scored 29 votes. Olajide Adediran, aka Jandor, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP scored…
Sanwo-Olu, Dabiri-Erewa for JIFORM Summit
Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Governor of Lagos State and the chairman of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) respectively will join other dignitaries to grace the maiden edition of the national migration summit of the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM). The event which is scheduled for February 9 will hold at the Lagos…
Sanwo-Olu and The Pepper Girls
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 7 February, 2022) I experienced him for the first time as he was introduced as Imam Orimadegun. He was asked to preach at a Muslim burial service last Saturday in Osogbo, Osun State. He picked the microphone and announced that he was not going to preach about the…
Lagos Helicopter Crash: Death Toll Rises to 3, As Buhari, Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu, Obaseki Sympathise with Victims’ Families
The number of deaths in Friday’s helicopter crash in Lagos has risen to three. Initial report from the scene of the mid-day crash by an official of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA indicated that two people died on the spot while a third passenger, said to be in critical condition, was rushed to the…
Sanwo-Olu Wins Lagos APC Guber Primary as NWC Finally Approves Results
The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee for the Lagos governorship primary, has finally declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the Tuesday’s election in the state. The chairman of the panel, Clement Ebri, made the declaration on Wednesday. Prior to the declaration, there had been a conflict between the NWC panel and…