It was with shock and awe-and great sadness, that I received the news of the death of Ambassador J. T. F. Iyalla, my mentor and benefactor, who refined by the fire of discipline, my raw intellect into burnished gold, as a diplomat. Among the “Pantheon of the Greats” in the Nigerian Foreign Service, Ambassador Iyalla was pre-eminently and incontestably, the “Primus Inter Pares”. He was our icon, and excellence was defined by his uncompromising high standards

By Abayomi Oladapo At the last count, there were more than 10 persons vying for the governorship seat of Lagos in the 2019 elections. The candidates included the likes of: Adebisi Ogunsanya (YPP), Omolara Adesanya (PPC), Muyiwa Fafowora (ADC), Babatunde Gbadamosi (ADP), Jimi Agbaje (PDP), Jide Sanwoolu (APC), Funsho Awe (NCP), Oluyinka Oyeniji (ANN), Owolabi Salis […]

A polity that seeks judicial answers to political questions runs the risk of undermining its judiciary while simultaneously perpetuating the underdevelopment of its political process.

Evidently, Lagos is far blessed with its array of competent leaders than vast economic potentials and opportunities. If economic prospects make a place great, what do we say of countries located on the mouth of Atlantic Ocean but without economic prosperities as Lagos, which is just one State in Nigeria.

Ethnic nationalities are in themselves epitomes of diverse political interests and views and no ethnic nationality can claim to represent a specific political tendency