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 …

While the welfare package was being sorted out, I had called a meeting of the Forum of Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants for Monday, 8 May 2006 to discuss some urgent matters. I told members of the Forum during the meeting that all the prayers we made in our submission, in respect of our welfare, had been approved. Therefore, …

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has urged Lagosians to turn out in large numbers to re-elect Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu in the 11 March governorship election. This, he explained, is to allow the administration continue to build on the numerous successes being presently enjoyed in the state. At the B.O.S for Participatory Governance Stakeholders’ Meeting held at …

Ikorodu Town Hall, on Tuesday, bubbled with political activities as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took its governorship campaign to the Lagos East senatorial district. Tumultuous crowd of residents, party stalwarts and leaders from all towns in the Lagos East Senatorial District of the State converged on the Ikorodu city centre to drum support for the re-election of APC …

All is now set for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat to be ratified at the Lagos State Governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party’s choices for the 2023 elections in those positions. This follows Friday’s decision by the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed and its leadership in the state to support …

One-term Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode appears to be warming up to challenge the incumbent, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu in next year’s governorship election. Only four years ago, both technocrats-turned-politicians squared up for the governorship ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sanwo-Olu did the seemingly unusual by roundly defeating Ambode, the incumbent Governor, with 970,851 votes as …