Civics Weekly Online

Story by Razaq Adedeji Jimoh IN a book work by a footloose researcher thematically entitled Feasibility Studies on Political Tendencies of the Igbo in post 2015 General Elections; the Lagos State Governorship Elections as Case Study, a Lagos based author, Razaq. A. Jimoh observes thus: “There is nothing to suggest that the future elections could be different from the 2015 experience in so far the Igbo find a political platform for its Biafran iconoclasm. Nine out of ten Igbo hold the world view of antagonism to the Nigerian State and they hold the Yoruba in enmity for whatever made or makes the failure of Biafra yesterday and today respectively. It is the reason any Igbo leader that seeks favour from the people of his nation would first gleefully exhibit open contempt and disdain for Bola Ahmed Tinubu as successor to Obafemi Awolowo in leadership of the Yoruba. Such is as found in Rochas Okorocha's tendencies toward Tinubu as successor to Chinua Achebe's angst for Awolowo in...

He should not make himself a clog in the peace Enilolobo is now building, Alimosho group tells him Story by Mariam Balogun More facts emerged as to the unsettled peace and harmony status in some of the Local Government and Local Council Development Area (LG/LCDA) chapters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Lagos West Senatorial District. This came to the open when members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in the District held an Open hearing of grievances from party leaders a few days back, It was revealed that Alimosho Local Government and Mosan/Okunola Local Council Development Area in the Alimosho Federal Constituency were among the local councils yet bedeviled with internal crises less than two months to the General elections. The Executive Chairman of Alimosho Local Government, Sulaimon Jelili, surprised the gathering when he said that he did not recognize the leadership of a GAC member seated among them from Alimosho – the former Deputy Governor and curren...