INTRIGUING. I mean the topic that leaders of the Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Senior Staff Association, FOBTOB asked me to speak on. ‘Trade Union Leadership: Lessons to be learnt from or Taught to the Political Class.’ I know a lot of lessons politicians can teach labour leaders, but scratch my head what the latter can Read More…
Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), the Lagos PDP governorship candidate, visited Epe division on Sunday to continue his campaigning and reassure the locals of his commitment to running government in the fear of God. In an interactive meeting with the League of Imams and Alfas in the Epe Local Government neighbourhood of Ikosi Ejinrin, Adediran stated Read More…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) met for the first time on Thursday in Lagos State to talk about security measures for the general elections in 2023. This information was provided in a statement by Mrs. Adenike Tadese, the department head for voter education and publicity, Read More…
Aisha Buhari, the first lady, has asked all APC (All Progressives Congress) members to work together to support the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign in the next 2023 election. In Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, Mrs. Buhari gave a speech at the opening of the APC Women and Youths Wing of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign team. She Read More…
As political campaigns for the 2023 presidential elections gather steam, the various parties have started unveiling their programmes. They are promising to take Nigerians to the moon and back. You have to give it to the Nigerian politicians: They know how to re-say the same thing others have said in the past and still appear Read More…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began the publishing of the preliminary voters’ registration list for claims and objections in all 245 wards of Lagos State on Saturday. INEC’s public affairs officer in Lagos State, Mrs. Adenike Oriowo, said that the exercise was being held in line with the Electoral Law. She stated that from Read More…
The embattled presidential candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu, said he is not scared to engage in open discussion with rival candidates from other political parties. Kachikwu spoke at a ‘town hall’ on the “State of the Nation” topic on Sunday in Abuja. He said that interactive sessions allowed him the Read More…
When a knotty matter farts in your mouth and laces it with a pinch of salt, you don’t want to swallow the gas of the fart nor do you want to spit out the salt. To spit or not to spit? Dilemma! In Africa, when young people quarrel, the elders weigh in to resolve matters. Read More…
To show their support for Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Progressive Coalition of Entertainers met with Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The group, led by Mr. Saheed Balogun, visited the speaker on Friday at the compound where the assembly meets in Lagos. Obasa urged like-minded Nollywood actors, producers, and artists to Read More…
The State House’s permanent secretary, Tijjani Umar, says that the N21.1 billion budget request for 2023 is N19.01 billion less than the N40.1 billion budgeted for that year. This information was made public by Umar on Thursday in Abuja when he appeared with other members of the State House’s top management team to defend the Read More…
