Babajide Sanwo-Olu - The African Mirror

Mar

2023

Lagos governor re-elected in victory for Nigeria ruling party

MACDONALD DZIRUTWE THE governor of Lagos easily won re-election in low turn-out local voting, figures showed, a victory for Nigeria's ruling party just weeks after the commercial capital backed the opposition in a disputed presidential election. With votes tallied in districts representing 95% of voters, incumbent Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the ruling All Progressive Congress had more than 736,000 votes, compared to just 292,000 for his closest rival, the Labour Party's Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The turnout was just a small fraction of the 7 million registered voters in Africa's largest megacity, which has a population…

Jul

2021

By The African Mirror

Nigeria’s Lagos state faces “potential third wave” of COVID-19

COVID-19

LIBBY GEORGE NIGERIA’S Lagos state faces a "potential third wave" of coronavirus infections, its governor said in a statement. He warned of fines or even imprisonment for those who break rules to contain the virus and said Lagos state would step up its vaccination campaign, following the detection of the highly infectious Delta variant in an incoming traveller. Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has not been as hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as other parts of the continent, with just over 168,000 cases and 2,124 deaths confirmed since the outbreak began. But Nation Centre for Disease Control officials last…

Oct

2020

By The African Mirror

NIGERIAN SHOOTINGS: Denials of fatalities, an appeal for calm and a 24-hour curfew

NEWS

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NIGERIA’S Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has denied that there were fatalities after the army opened fire on unarmed protestors in the suburb of Lekki. The governor described the shooting as people protested against police brutality on Tuesday night as among the "darkest hours from our history as a people." Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for understanding and calm, a day after soldiers opened fire on protesters in the city of Lagos. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Photo: European Union 2015 - European Parliament He did not directly address the shootings, but called on Nigerians to have…