Have you encountered officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) lately? They appear to have turned a new leaf! Is it a make-believe or is it for real? Is it fleeting, or is it what the Lord has done, which that Christian song says shall be permanent? It shall be permanent Oh yes It shall be permanent What …

Lagos State and the drama of its embattled lawmaker and ex-Speaker of its parliament, Mudashiru Obasa appropriately answer to an idiom in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Insatiably curious about the mysteries of Wonderland, Alice had used the word, “Curiouser and curiouser” to express the mysteries of how she shrinks after drinking a potion. When Obasa emerged on Saturday to …

The stage was set for the exit and entrance of two Governors of Lagos State. Bola Ahmed Tinubu was exiting, Babatunde Raji Fashola was coming in. On Tuesday, 22 May 2007, the last state Executive Council was held. At the end of the meeting, the Exco was dissolved but the government was still running because it still had seven days …

Carnival is a public celebration of a people with the purpose of showcasing their persons, culture and heritage of excellence in all raminification in a convivial mood. It however incorporates street parade, fashionsence, dancing, parties and other forms of entertainments. Ojude Oba Carnival in Ijebu-Ode is, of course, the most glamorous event celebrated in the historical city annually since 1896. …

It’s hard to argue when U.S. President Donald Trump says that God saved him to save America. Not only is a rational argument often suspended or lost when God enters the matter, but Trump’s return as the 47th president defies logic. A leader’s job is never done. But how do you rationally explain Kamala Harris’s defeat in the presidential election …

I came of age in the developing world. We idolised America. There was no Internet then. Everything we knew of it came carefully curated and packaged in books and old-style media. As an adult, I became American by naturalisation. But by then, the sheen of perfection on my new homeland had worn off considerably. The Internet, cable TV, and social …

John Azuka-Mbata’s emergence as the President-General (we love big titles!) of Ohanaeze, the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, has again ignited the controversy of whether or not the Ikwerres, of whom Azuka-Mbata is one, are Igbo. If Ikwerres are not Igbo, why elect a non-Igbo to lead an exclusively Igbo organization as important as Ohanaeze? And if Azuka-Mbata does not consider …

It all came to me as a surprise. I did not expect to go to England and conduct a class of fellow journalists to the BBC, Bush House, London. But that’s exactly what happened on Friday 17 December 2010. We had finished our last paper in a two-week long exam and a palpable sigh of relief overtook the tight class …

The atmosphere was electric! The crowd, massive! On this occasion, all let their guards down to have fun. With world-acclaimed Nigerian artistes, including WizKid, Burna Boy, it was all fun. Uncensored. The event was the crossover night of 31 December 2024 to herald in the new year. The organiser of the show was the Lagos State government. The state governor, …

The Lagos State government, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been actively working towards transforming Lagos into a smart city. This initiative aims to improve the quality of life for citizens, increase sustainability, and promote economic growth through the use of advanced technologies While thousands of kilometres broadband cables are being laid across the state to enhance connectivity, in the …