Lagos Assembly moves to nail Ambode for no approval on purchase of N45bn buses
More facts are beginning to emerge on why former Governor and national leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was missing during hurried commissioning of yet to be completed Oshodi Transport Interchange and set of…
Ambode empowers roadside vulcanizers with U-Box, key tools
In keeping with its resolve to deepen activities of artisans and informal sector operators in Lagos State, outgoing Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has empowered 1,000 members of the Lagos State Vulcanisers Association (LSVA) with Ubiquitous Boxes (U-BOX) and other equipment that…
Defection of Lagos commissioner, Oluwo to PDP hints Ambode’s next move if…
Whereas many followers of Lagos State politics thought that the wind of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s loss in the recent primaries to Babajide Sanwo-Olu had settled until Wednesday when his Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Wasiu Oluwo, resigned and defected…
Another look at gainers, losers of Ambode’s loss at Lagos APC primaries
A new narrative is loading in Nigeria’s gubernatorial election story-line as Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, will enter the nation’s election history books as the first seating governor to lose primary election for second term bid. Otherwise, as His Excellency,…
Just in: NWC finally ratifies Sanwo-Olu win in Lagos APC primaries
Wednesday morning in a terse press briefing attended only two media houses including TVC and Lagos TV, the National Working Committee (NWC) panel of the All Progressives Congress (APC) sent from Abuja to monitor the party’s governorship primary in Lagos…
2019 Election: MY APPEAL TO DEAR ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU
By Dele Momodu My dear Asiwaju, I pray my letter meets you and yours in fantastic spirit. It has almost become a tradition for me to write, or openly express my views, to you periodically on political issues, since about…
(Sponsored) Jimi Agbaje writes Lagosians, says ‘Time to Free Lagos State is Now’
Principled and serial contestant in Lagos guber elections, Pharm Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), Thursday wrote at open letter to Lagosians through a new political force, Lagos Solidarity Forum (LSF). The letters comes at a time the…
Lagos 2019: Between Ambode, Tinubu, fashola and Jide Sanwo-Olu
By Ade Aderibigbe I think the message from Lagos is simple. The Mandate Movement Lagos, which is an amalgam of BATCO groups, owns the platform. It says political office is not automatic. There are so many intricately interwoven variables that…
2019 Election: Another look at Tinubu’s anger against Ambode
Of note is the fact that the candidacy of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State in 2015 was powered by the political claws of the national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu as it was…
Fewness of centres may weaken vehicle inspection before issuance of certificate in Lagos
Transport experts have picked holes in the latest policy summersault of the Lagos State Government who may have outlawed the issuance of roadworthiness certificate without examination of the vehicle. Experts say with even 30 centres in place, the facilities may…
