The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) has announced that the Lagos Diaspora Experience 2025, a week-long celebration of African art, culture, innovation, and connection, culminating in the End of the Year Awards & Celebration on Sunday, December 21st, 2025, in Lagos, Nigeria. Among those to be honoured are: the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as Governor of the Year; the City of Lagos as City of the Year; and the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola as the CEO of the Year. Toriola will also deliver the keynote address at the event. This historic occasion marks…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The Governor of Lagos of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi; and the Senate Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele all delivered messages of peace and love in Lagos on Sunday, 14 December, 2025, reports thegazellenews.com The occasion was the 3rd Annual Christmas Carol of the ruling party in Lagos State which took place at the party secretariat on ACME road, Ikeja. Speaking at the event, Governor Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr Kadir Obafemi Hamzat, commended Lagosians and Nigerians in general for the love and support…
By Oluwole Solanke PhD Life is a long and winding journey, not measured merely by years, possessions, or titles, but by the values we choose to uphold when no one is watching. At the heart of a life well lived lies virtue quiet, consistent, and often unrewarded by applause, yet powerful enough to shape destinies. The true test of life is not how loudly we speak our values, but how loyally we live by them. “Character is what you do when no one is watching.” — Anonymous The Meaning of Loyalty to Virtue Virtue is not a costume worn on…
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has observed with a mixture of amusement and concern the growing desperation within the opposition as Nigeria steadily counts down to the 2027 general elections. Stripped of ideas, credibility, and public trust, the opposition has now resorted to an audacious and shameful demand for political immunity from scrutiny, accountability, and consequence. Unable to defend their records in office or articulate a coherent alternative vision for Nigeria, opposition figures have chosen to cry persecution each time they are confronted with facts, interrogated by public opinion, or held to the same standards…
By Lanre Adewole The SAN raged as battleground towns in Osun projected PDP’s Ademola Adeleke’s victory over APC’s Gboyega Oyetola. That was 2018 but APC as the ruling party compromised vote-count integrity to steal victory for his candidate. “I know how much trouble we had in the last election (the 2018 gubernatorial) here. I know by remote control through so many sources how we managed to maintain the party (APC) in power in the state” was how then-Apex Leader and President, now-late Muhammadu Buhari publicly owned the election fraud on 27 January, 2019 in Osogbo while rallying Osun traditional rulers…
By Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh mnipr Nigeria is a country that produces noise faster than it produces true heroes. Politics here moves at a velocity that forgives very little and forgets even less. To survive is one thing. To matter is another. To matter for nearly two decades at the highest levels of public life is an achievement that demands more than charisma. It demands outcomes. It demands consistency. It demands a mind trained to govern in the morning and negotiate in the evening, without losing the delicate balance between ambition and humility. On 9 December, 2025, Senator Godswill Akpabio…
The Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has described the late Paramount Ruler of Ayakoro Community, King Righteous Inegbagha, as a man whose name reflects his character. Jonathan made the remark at the weekend when he joined, the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, during the funeral service of the late monarch held in Ayakoro Community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. He said the late ruler lived a righteous life and that his reign as king brought significant development and progress to Ayakoro Community. The former President…
Nigeria’s so-called opposition politicians, comprising some of those left in a dying political party and a sprinkling of some failed political office aspirants regrouping in a platform struggling to find its bearings, are amusing lots. They blow hot air, seek scapegoats for their failure and move to confuse the polity in a desperate search for cheap political gains. On Sunday, a group of opposition figures gathered to sing their familiar tune, hoping their cheerleaders would see their action as a blistering attack from a seemingly virile opposition group. They alleged a threat to multi-party democracy because many top politicians are…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji on his emergence as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State following the party’s primary election held on Saturday, 13 December, 2025.President Tinubu also praised the Osun State APC for the unity and spirit of reconciliation that preceded and also permeated the primary election conducted through affirmation.The President applauded all the aspirants who graciously stepped down in favour of Oyebamiji, demonstrating party loyalty and a collective commitment to the APC’s ideals.The President urged Asiwaju Oyebamiji to be magnanimous in victory by embracing all party leaders and…
By Lekan Fatodu Ask me about our sterling record of achievements in talent development in Lagos State, and I will proudly show you Emmanuel Akolo and other young promising athletes. I’m super excited to hear about the latest impressive sporting exploits of Emmanuel Okolo at the ongoing African Youth Games in Angola. Emmanuel is one of the most outstanding under-15 athletes who represented Lagos State and led the state to its first-ever win at the last National Youth Games (NYG) in Delta State. Instructively, the NYG happened to be the first national competition experience for Emmanuel after having emerged from…