Welcome to our monthly assessment of Nigerian governors, a mandate the Board of Ripples Nigeria thrust upon itself in August, 2019. With enormous power and resources...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday gave a seven-day ultimatum to the management of Lagoon Hospital in Apapa area of the state to remove trailers...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday revoked the 2018 Land Use Charge. The land use charge was signed by the immediate past governor of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday night confirmed the discharge of 37 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centres. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos on Sunday asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to sack the general manager of Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) over the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday evening directed restaurants and fast-food outlets in the state to reopen for dine-in services from August 14. Sanwo-Olu, who...
The performance of elected officials, especially Nigerian governors, has continued to form a critical task for the Editorial Board of Ripples Nigeria. In May, we had...
The Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, has declared that the state is developing measures to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Micro, Small and...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Wednesday explained the continued closure of educational institutions in the state. The governor, who spoke at a media briefing at the...
Consistent with our promise in August, 2019, to hold Nigerian leaders accountable, the Board of Ripples Nigeria has reviewed the performance of governors whose first year...
Doctors in the employ of the Lagos State Government have threatened to down tools if their demands are not met after the expiration of a 21-day...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday asked the state High Court, Igbosere, to dismiss a suit challenging the recent installation of Gbolahan Lawal as the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Mr. Babalola Obilana as the new Director-General of the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC). The Public...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, installed the state’s ex-Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal, as the 15th Oniru of Iruland in Eti-Osa local government area...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday approved the nomination and appointment of the state’s ex-Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, as the new Oniru of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Thursday the state government would take the decision on the reopening of schools in two weeks. The governor, who...
Civil servants on Grade Level 13 and 14 in the employment of the Lagos State Government have been ordered back to their duty posts by Governor...
The government of Lagos State has listed a-week-long list of events to mark Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s one year in office. May 29, 2020 will it make...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Saturday an additional 45 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities following their full recovery from...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday said the state government would interface with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 with a view of having...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Lagos has suspended its “sit-at-home” action barely 24 hours after it embarked on it, the association said in a statement...
The Lagos State government has stated that it was set to send its officials to evaluate the preparedness of churches, mosques and companies in the state...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, expressed satisfaction with the compliance to safety guidelines put in place by the state government to check the spread...
The government of Lagos State has said that the results of its online polls would not be sole determining factor to decide if the state would...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday revealed that the state government has discharged its oldest COVID-19 patient, a 98-year-old woman. According to the governor, who stated this...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tuesday swore in eight new judges in the state. At a ceremony held in the Executive Council Chamber of the State...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Saturday he would not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continued to violate guidelines on the...
As part of efforts to check the spread of COVID-19, the Lagos State Government has asked operators of restaurants and eateries in the state to ensure...
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said 10 persons associated with the Lagos State House, Marina, have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The Lagos State...
For several months, beginning August, 2019, Ripples Nigeria took on the task of ranking Nigerian governors based, among others, on policy initiatives and execution. In March,...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday that the health workers in the state had collected at least 3,000 samples for COVID-19 testing. The governor,...
Following the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown in Abuja, Ogun and Lagos, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged residents of the state not to flood...
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, confirmed the discharge of 26 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation facilities. Sanwo-Olu, who made the disclosure on his...
The time supposedly wasted by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government before closing the country’s borders, seaport, and airports, has been blamed for the spread of COVID-19...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Wednesday ordered the reopening of markets and restaurants on selected days in the state. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Wednesday confirmed the discharge of 48 more COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centres. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this at a press...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Monday announced the discharge of another 15 COVID-19 patients in the state. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, said the compulsory use of face masks by residents takes effect from Monday as part of measures to check...
The Ondo State government has ordered the release of no fewer than 26 inmates of the Olokuta Correctional Centre Akure, the state capital. This was reveald...
The Lagos State government Tuesday confirmed the discharge of nine more coronavirus patients after they recovered from the disease. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed...
In a bid to appreciate health workers battling Covid-19, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, has approved the increment of the hazard allowance of health workers...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday the state government may start enforcing the use of face masks in public places from next week. Sanwo-Olu...
The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has confirmed that it had recorded another death arising from a patient who contracted the deadly COVID-19...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Thursday confirmed the recovery of another five COVID-19 patients at the state’s isolation facilities. The state government had earlier on Thursday...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Wednesday confirmed the discharge of three foreigners from the state’s isolation centres. 13 other Nigerians were also discharged after they tested...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tuesday confirmed the discharge of eight more COVID-19 patients who had been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. Sanwo-Olu,...
The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has confirmed the death of a 56-year-old Nigerian man who passed on due to COVID19-related complications at...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that the Federal Government has begun the conditional transfer of N20,000 to residents of Lagos State as part...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Lagos State, Babatunde Gbadamosi, his wife, Folashade, and singer Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, on Friday, sent letters of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday announced plans to have health workers move round Lagos homes in search of people with symptoms of COVID-19. The...
