Tree Planting, Most Reliable Means To Combat Global Warming, Flooding-Governor Akinwunmi Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday cautioned residents of the State to desist from indiscriminate and uncontrolled felling of trees, just as he harped on the benefits of tree planting to healthy environment. Speaking at the 2016 Annual Tree Planting Day organized by the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) at Ikosi […]

Address Presented by His Excellency, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, on the Occasion of the Fourth Quarterly Town Hall Meeting, 4th in the Series Held on Tuesday, July 12th, 2016 at Badagry, Lagos

I am delighted to be in the historic town of Badagry today. We continue to move the train of our community engagement and rendition of our account of stewardship round the three Senatorial Zones. It is again the turn of the West Senatorial Zone. Today’s town Hall meeting, the fourth in the series gives us […]

Tourism: Lagos To Take Centre Stage At Toronto Int’l Film Festival

Lagos State Government on Monday said that the State’s tourism and entertainment potentials will take the centre stage at this year’s edition of the City to City Toronto Film Festival, saying that eight films produced in the State would be selected to feature at the festival. The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve […]

Arts, Culture, Pivotal Tool For Good Governance – Governor Akinwunmi Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday in Brussels, Belgium, underscored the importance of using art and culture to promote democratic governance and advance people-oriented policies. He spoke at the Center for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels while attending the Center’s 2016 Summer Photography Exhibition as a Special Guest of Honour. The exhibition, which […]

Key Note Address By His Excellency, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State at The Press Conference on the Regeneration of the Oshodi Area at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja on Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Oshodi is arguably the busiest transport interchange in West Africa, with over 5,600 buses spread over 13 different motor parks loading daily. Oshodi has over 200,000 passengers boarding per day, about 1 million pedestrians and 76% of the area is dedicated to transport and related activities. The result of this is chaos, illegal markets, high […]

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode Urges Nigerians To Spend More Time With Family, says Domestic Violence is Traceable to Dysfunctional Family Background

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday identified dysfunctional family background as one of the major reasons for rising cases of domestic violence, just as he advocated the need for parents to imbibe in their wards the virtues of honesty, respect, morality, good neighborliness, peace and love. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos […]