“The future does not belong to those who are content with today….timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects.”Late Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of President Kennedy, both killed by gunmen. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOATIONS, VBQ, p 71.

In his 27 years as a civil servant in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode was a quiet, solid achiever of immense gifts and remarkable ethos. With a bachelor’s and master’s in accounting, he was focused early enough to start his working career from the modest position of Assistant Treasurer, Badagry Local Government in 1988.

In six years, Governor Ajibola Ahimobi has changed the face of governance in Oyo State. The footprints are obvious in all the nooks & crannies of the state.

It was an ostentatious occasion where nothing is spared in the way of reception and kid glove treatment when the Giwa-Osagie family of Edo State  rolled  drums to celebrate the Magaji II of Benin Muslims, Alhaji Rilwan Oghogho Victor Giwa-Osagie who turned 80 years of age.

To mark its 75th anniversary, the Torch Bearers Society of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos is to organise a lecture: “The role of Christians in National  Development”.