There is perpetual gridlock at the Ajah end of the Lagos metropolis, and with good reason, writes Wole Williams
Lagosians are delighted that they now have an administration which delivers the goods and is at the same time conscious of public opinion. The Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration is, in many respects, reminiscent of the Babatunde Fashola government which reengineered Lagos State while remaining humane. The contrast is the Akinwunmi Ambode government of 2015-19 which wanted to perform its primary task without regard for stakeholders. For instance, it woke up one morning and decided to sack thousands of waste management firms and replaced them with one unknown company. Even when the company proved grossly incompetent and Lagos State was being overrun by garbage, Ambode refused to bow to public opinion. He spent precious time and resources demonizing Fashola, determined to deny him a place in history. Ambode refused to listen to Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the ruling Al
How Okorocha tried to dupe Imo of her varsity Govt
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Imo State government yesterday, graphically painted a picture of how the former governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha attempted to dupe the people of their university after N20 billion of public funds had been invested in the institution by the state government.
In a world Press conference in Owerri, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy Hon Declan Emelumba said the current government moved to recover Eastern Palm University, Ogboko from Okorocha when it became obvious that the former governor wanted to fraudulently appropriate the institution to himself.
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Did you know that if Lagos were a country, it would be one of Africa’s five largest economies ahead of countries like Cote d’Ivoire and Kenya? This should not surprise you. For a long time, Lagos has been the commercial nerve of Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria. The state has metamorphosed into a trade and investment hub for Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
Lagos boasts a massive GDP of approximately $33.68 billion, and the per-individual income is $4,335. This figure is more than any other region in Nigeria.
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People living in Anambra State may not always appreciate the uniqueness of the state since the last few years until they hear stories of what happens elsewhere or, better, travel out of the state. As you arrive in the state from a travel which made you traverse, say, five states, you would think you are in another country, in the words of Okey Ndibe, the famous novelist, journalist, columnist, social critic, professor of literature and African studies in the United States.
On Sunday, December 20, Okey, my closest childhood friend, and I set out from Lagos by road at 8.15am and arrived in Anambra State around 9pm, a whole 13 hours later. This journey would have in a normal circumstance lasted not more than six hours, even during the Christmas season when millions of Nigerians travel to the Eastern part of the country from all over the world. The road from Lagos is generally good, except the Lakwe stretch on the Lekki Peninsula to Epe, both in Lagos State, a result of t