Lagos State Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text===Governor=== [[File:Babajide Sanwaolu 2019 00 26 20 984000.jpeg|thumb|Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State]] The current governor of Lagos State is [[Babajide Sanwo-Olu]], who emerged victorious for a second term in office in the March 11, 2023 Governorship elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the new governor of Lagos State|url=https://www.theafricareport.com/10072/meet-babajide-sanwo-olu-the-new-governor-of-lagos-state/|date=2019-03-11|website=The Africa Report.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=APC retains Lagos as INEC declares Babajide Sanwo-Olu Governor-elect|url=https://punchng.com/breaking-apc-retains-lagos-as-inec-declares-babajide-sanwo-olu-governor-elect/|website=Punch Newspapers|date=10 March 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> Babajide Sanwo-Olu was sworn in on May 29, 2023 for a second term in office, retaining him as the 6th democratic governor of Lagos State and the 15th governor of Lagos State overall.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-29|title=Sanwo-Olu sworn in as Lagos Governor|url=https://punchng.com/breaking-photos-sanwo-olu-sworn-in-as-lagos-governor/|access-date=2021-12-13|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SANWO-OLU SWORN-IN AS 15TH GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE|url=https://lagosstate.gov.ng/blog/2019/05/29/sanwo-olu-sworn-in-as-15th-governor-of-lagos-state/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Lagos State Government|language=en-US}}</ref> On 18 May 2022, Lagos state government announced total ban on [[Okada (motorcycle taxi)|Okada]] in 6 local government areas of the state.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-18 |title=Lagos announces total ban on okada in six local governments |url=https://editor.guardian.ng/news/lagos-announces-total-ban-on-okada-in-six-local-governments/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page