Prior to the March 18 governorship and Lagos House of Assembly (LSHA) elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Apex Leadership in Ikorodu assured party officials of preparations to resolve all concerns highlighted by its members. They provided the guarantee during a town hall meeting with party members on Tuesday in the Lagos neighbourhood of Ikorodu. Read More…
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party (LP) candidate for governor in Lagos State, on Tuesday, received the backing of some of Peter Obi’s followers. At a press conference held at the party secretary’s office in Ikeja GRA, the support organisations committed to helping the LP win the state. They promised to carry out this by organising Read More…
I woke up at the weekend to a letter written by Professor Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai of Bayero University, Kano. He had on March 25, 2023, performed a civic duty as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for the Tudun Wada/Doguwa House of Representative elections. He had announced with his professorial authority that Ado Read More…
The Labour Party (LP) candidate for the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Olumide Oworu, has said that if elected he would push the agenda for qualitative education in Lagos State. Oworu, who is contesting the same seat as fellow actor, Desmond Elliot, who is the incumbent, says that a good education is key to Read More…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers says he did not openly back Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi in the Feb. 25 election because no one discussed Igbo presidency with him. Dr Alex Ogbonnia, Press Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, revealed on Friday in Enugu that Wike made the remark during a meeting with Read More…
The leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Chief Bode George, claims that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for governor, is the target of a “grand plot” to “secretly remove” him. At a press conference on Monday in Lagos, George stated that Nigerians “should know who to hold” if anything Read More…
Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), a candidate for the Lagos PDP governorship, and Ms. Funke Akindele, his running mate, have said they are obligated by their commitments and won’t disappoint the people of the state if elected. Adediran, represented by Akindele, made the commitment at a meeting with businesspeople and women from four important markets in Read More…
The battles I describe, took place four decades ago. They speak to character and governance; some of the problems we have today and why the country is in turmoil. They were between a then 42-year-old General Muhammadu Buhari and 76-year-old Michael Adekunle Ajasin who had retired after 54 years of teaching from July 1921 to Read More…
Politics is like Jujitsu, the Japanese martial art that employs holds, throws, and paralysing blows to subdue an opponent. If your opponent is big and throws his weight around, you skilfully allow him to make a move and use his weight to trip him; his strength thus becomes his weakness. All that is on display Read More…
A new 25-person Caretaker Committee was established by the National Leadership of the Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday to oversee party operations in Lagos State. The committee will succeed the Caretaker Committee that was previously in place. While Mr. Akingbade Oyelekan, the LP National Legal Adviser, was inaugurating the committee at the party’s secretariat in Read More…
