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For Jim Nwobodo, it’s about a good name

For Jim Nwobodo, it’s about a good name

By Sunny Igboanugo For some time now, one Basil Ogbuanu, said to be a Lagos-based businessman, has been up and about dragging the name of Senator Jim Nwobodo and his wife, Patricia. At issue is a piece of land at an estate owned by the former governor of old Anambra State. I hear the matter […]
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2027: Time to break Ogun West’s 49-year jinx

2027: Time to break Ogun West’s 49-year jinx

By Kayode Oladele For nearly five decades, Ogun West has lived under a shadow. Since the creation of Ogun State in 1976, the governorship has rotated between Ogun Central and Ogun East, leaving the good people of Ogun West Senatorial District excluded from the top seat at Oke-Mosan. This glaring imbalance has hardened into what […]

The renewed push for a cleaner, safer and healthier Lagos

The renewed push for a cleaner, safer and healthier Lagos

By AJAYI LUKMAN  With over three million cars and 100,000 commercial vehicles on the roads (when the national average is 11 vehicles per kilometer), Lagos daily records an average of 227 vehicles per kilometre of roads. Lagos is home to about 2,000 industrial complexes, 10,000 commercial ventures, and 22 industrial estates.   It accounts for over 60 […]

The North-Western question: Unfixability and consequences

The North-Western question: Unfixability and consequences

By AMINU JAHUN If one could sub-regionalise the multidimensional challenges in the North, they could be reduced to the North-Eastern and North-Western Questions, because the North-Central challenges are  extensions of both. Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s televised contribution during a Senate Committee session, and Governor Lawal Dare’s my hands are tied expose on insecurity in  Zamfara State, reinforced by […]