2019 poll: Buhari vows harsh verdict for Atiku (Nation) The proposed N30,000 minimum wage seems to have become a campaign issue ahead of next year’s election. To the Presidency, the controversy over President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on what the least…
Ambode: Lagos Invaded by Indigenes of Failed States (ThisDay)
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, has said that the state will continue to face the influx of people from other states of the federation because their states failed economically. The governor who said this at the 75th…
Nigerian Politics and The Scourge Of Godfatherism – Magnus Onyibe
The journey to the political demise of the governor of Lagos state Akinwunmi Ambode has been titilating and salacious, bitter and sweet. The former because, if it’s a plot or storyline in a Nollywood movie, it would be a blockbuster.…
Ambode accepted defeat to avert impeachment –Sources (Punch) * ‘APC no longer fit to rule Lagos’ (Guardian)
Ambode accepted defeat to avert impeachment –Sources (Punch) There were indications on Wednesday that the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, conceded victory to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his main opponent for the All Progressives Congress governorship ticket in Lagos, to calm frayed…
Battle for Lagos deepens as Buhari meets Tinubu, Akande (Guardian)
There are strong indications the Lagos State gubernatorial primary billed for Tuesday would be canceled a fourth time, as the election monitoring committee and party bigwigs in the state failed to agree on the mode of the exercise. The delegates…
Ambode ya ri – tears opponent apart
Governor Akinwumi Ambode who is fighting the battle of his life to return as governor of Lagos state has taken the fight to his opponent. Addressing a world press conference today in Alausa, the governor who did not name his…
Sanwo-Olu says ready for Lagos primaries with Ambode (Sun)
The Director-General, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu Campaign Organisation (BOSCO), Tayo Ayinde, on Sunday restated readiness of the organisation for the direct primaries rescheduled for Monday, October 1, 2018 by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos. In a statement issued by…
Nigeria’s young daughters are sold as ‘money wives’ (Aljazeera) *Presidency tackles Saraki for disparaging Buhari (Nation)
Nigeria’s young daughters are sold as ‘money wives’ (Aljazeera) In parts of Africa, girls as young as five are still being sold to settle their parents’ debt as part of a tradition known as money marriages. The so-called money wives…
Lagos guber: I’ll clear perennial gridlock, restore values – Sanwo-Olu (Sun) * I did not discuss Ambode with Tinubu, I am not a politician – Adeboye (Vanguard)
Lagos guber: I’ll clear perennial gridlock, restore values – Sanwo-Olu (Sun) Managing Director of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has formally unveiled his 2019 governorship aspiration to Lagosians. Sanwo-Olu, who reportedly enjoys the support of the “Mandate…
Gov ticket: Tinubu refuses to intervene, Ambode, others may face primary (Punch)
The fate of the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, still hung in the balance on Friday as he failed to secure the nod of a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for his second term…