Guestmale: Lagos state in terms of landmass is the smallest in Nigeria but in terms of population it is second to Kano that has the largest population in Nigeria.
Lagos is second to Kano in term of population in Nigeria? Estimated figure or real figure? No let "ba shiga" people, wey dey count legs deceive you. Lagos is more populated than Kano
SecurityNgr: Reacting to the controversy, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, emphasized the need for diplomacy and sustained engagement between both
Is Bianca the Minister of STATE for Foreign Affairs?
The Eagle Online has obtained the full list of 136 Nigerians in Ethiopian prisons that could benefit from the prisoner swap being planned by the two countries.
The Eagle Online recalls that Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, announced this.
Odumegwu-Ojukwu said this when she met with the prisoners in Ethiopia.
The prisoners, who received the news with excitement, hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister for the Nigeria-Ethiopia Prisoner Transfer Agreement in a video.
Sharing the video on her X handle, OdumegwupOjukwu wrote: “Thank you, Mr President!
“Nigerian inmates in AbaSamuel Prisons, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia express their joy and Appreciation to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the successful conclusion of the bilateral Prisoner Transfer Agreement with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.”
The Prisoner Transfer Agreement, signed by officials of both countries, will allow convicted citizens of Nigeria and Ethiopia to be transferred to their home countries to complete their prison sentences, subject to applicable laws and agreed conditions.
Full list of Nigerian prisoners in Ethiopian prisons
Beyond holding the governorship: 1. Gov. Adeleke is also Commissioner for Works, 2. Dr. Deji Adeleke- Chairman, Advisory Council 3. Yeye Dupe Adeleke- Co-chair, Advisory Council 4. Wife 1 Títí Adeleke- First Lady for administration 5. Wife 2 Ngozi Adeleke- First lady for academics 6. Adenike Folasade Adeleke- Commissioner for Federal Affairs 7. Prof. Maruf Adeleke- Budget and Planning 8. Tunji Adeleke- Chairman local government commission 9. Gbolahan Adeleke- Special Adviser on Government House Affairs. 10. David (Davido) Adeleke- Chairman of Osun Sport Trust Fund
When the drums of “Imole” drowned out the campaign noise in November 2022, Ademola Adeleke promised Osun a government of light, transparency, and relief from the past. Nearly four years later, that light has dimmed under a cloud of allegations that have come to define his tenure: a family dynasty tightening its grip on appointments from Works to Budget and Planning, major “Infra Plan” contracts awarded without competitive bidding to allies, windfall FAAC revenues managed behind late and opaque budget reports, mass sackings of workers and monarchs by Executive Order, renegotiated mining deals whispered to favor his inner circle, and palliatives distributed through party structures rather than need. For a governor who campaigned against impunity, the charge sheet now reads like a betrayal of “Imole” — nepotism, secrecy, and a blurring of the line between state power and family empire.
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration has drawn sharp criticism over what many see as entrenched nepotism, with key state roles dominated by members of his immediate and extended family. Beyond holding the governorship, Adeleke also serves as Commissioner for Works, while his brother Dr. Deji Adeleke chairs the Advisory Council alongside Yeye Dupe Adeleke as co-chair. The arrangement extends to two designated “First Ladies” — Títí Adeleke for administration and Ngozi Adeleke for academics — and cuts across finance, planning and local governance with Adenike Folasade Adeleke as Commissioner for Federal Affairs, Prof. Maruf Adeleke overseeing Budget and Planning, Tunji Adeleke chairing the local government commission, and Gbolahan Adeleke as Special Adviser on Government House Affairs. Even sports and public funds are not exempt, with David Adeleke named Chairman of the Osun Sport Trust Fund. The concentration of political and fiscal authority within one family raises serious questions about merit, transparency, and the use of Osun taxpayers’ money, suggesting a governance model where public appointments function less as vehicles for service delivery and more as instruments for dynastic control.
The most persistent charge is that Osun is being governed like a family compound. Opposition parties and civic voices have repeatedly pointed to a pattern of appointments that keeps cabinet seats, board chairmanships, and agency headships within the orbit of the Adeleke family and its long-time business allies. The defense from government is always the same: loyalty and competence are not crimes, and the governor is entitled to work with people he trusts. Yet trust is not the standard the Public Service Rules demand. Merit is. When the “Ede factor” becomes shorthand for who gets what, the perception of a state captured by kinship takes root, and perception in politics is a form of reality. A government that campaigned against impunity cannot dismiss this as propaganda when the optics suggest a narrowing of the state to a family project.
From Ede to Ilesa, the same whispers now trail his convoy: who really runs this government, whose pockets are being lined, and whether the line between state power and family empire has been erased. These are not yet court convictions, but they are the allegations that have defined the Adeleke years, and a government that promised daylight owes the public answers before the shadows harden into legacy.
Financial management has become another front. Critics have flagged the pace and detail of budget performance reports, questioning whether the public can truly track how grants, allocations, and loans are moving. The APC alleged in 2024 that fresh loans were taken without disclosure, a claim the government denied by pointing to debt restructuring rather than new borrowing. The dispute itself reveals the problem: in a FAAC-rich season, accountability should be easier, not harder. When IGR is rising and debt is supposedly untouched, the books should be wide open. That they are not, or that the publications come late, feeds the suspicion that windfall revenue is being managed as political capital rather than public trust.
The tone of the administration was set in its first days, and that tone still haunts it. The mass reversal of appointments through Executive Orders — sacking thousands of workers, monarchs, and board members installed by the previous government — was framed as correcting illegality. To those affected, it looked like victimisation without fair hearing. Labour unions protested. Royal stools went to court. The government’s legal argument may stand, but the political damage was done: it told the civil service that job security lasts only until the next election. For a bureaucracy already politicized by years of arrears and half-salary trauma, that message deepened the sense that the state is a spoils system, not a service system.
The same concern shadows Osun’s mineral wealth. The renegotiation of gold mining joint ventures and licenses was presented as a cleanup of a sector abused under past administrations. Yet opposition voices counter that the new deals are simply reallocating control to interests aligned with the governor’s circle. In a state desperate for revenue independence, mining should be Osun’s long-term hedge against FAAC volatility. If the process is opaque, the hedge becomes a rumor, and the promise of sanitization becomes another front in the patronage war. The pattern is familiar: a legitimate policy goal undermined by the suspicion of private gain.
Even relief has become contentious. Palliatives meant to cushion the blow of subsidy removal were rolled out with fanfare, but civil society groups alleged in 2023 and 2024 that distribution was routed through party structures, turning poverty relief into political reward. The government’s reply — that ward committees included all stakeholders — has not silenced the charge that vulnerability is being mapped by party register. When hunger is partisan, the social contract is broken. A government elected on the back of economic pain cannot afford to be seen as rationing compassion.
The Adeleke administration’s blanket response to all this is to call it “APC propaganda” and to point to ongoing projects, cleared arrears, and IGR growth as rebuttal. Delivery is important, but delivery is not immunity. No flyover erases due process questions. No paid salary justifies sacking workers without hearing. No IGR chart excuses a procurement process the public cannot see. In Osun’s adversarial politics, allegations are weapons, and many will be false. But a government that holds power in trust does not win by labeling critics. It wins by opening the books, publishing the contracts, and subjecting its family, its friends, and itself to the same rules it met in the civil service.
Reference: What do you mean it happens everywhere in the world. Show us where government officials docked for high wire corruption have been set free on a plea and reparations.
Examples please.
Try and be using Google to save you from public embarrassment. It is free.
Plea bargaining in the United States
Plea bargaining in the United States is very common; the vast majority of criminal cases in the United States are settled by plea bargain rather than by a jury trial.[1] They have also been increasing in frequency—they rose from 84% of federal cases in 1984 to 94% by 2001. Plea bargains are subject to the approval of the court, and different States and jurisdictions have different rules. Game theory has been used to analyze the plea bargaining decision.
The result of PLEA BARGAIN she entered into with the FG.
She will pay back large percentage of money stolem, while she will regain her freedom. This happens everywhere in the world and it is a win-win situation for the accused and the government.
March 5, 2026
Alleged N2.4bn fraud: Stella Oduah, 1 other enter plea bargain deal
A former Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah and one other charged with N2.5 billion fraud in an Abuja High Court on Thursday opted for a plea bargain deal.
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Rotimi Oyedepo, who led the prosecution team, told the court that the defendants had approached the AGF for plea bargain.
“They have made moves to refund certain amount of money into the government coffers.
“What is left is the confirmation of receipt of the bank draft by the government,” Oyedepo told the court.
Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, counsel for Oduah, also confirmed what the prosecution counsel said.
Mr. Bode Ojajuni has just been appointed Ogun State Commissioner of Police. The appointment was announced today by the Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu.
When Ojajuni was the Police PRO in Lagos State between 2005 and 2007, Frank Mba was reporting to him. Mba was to later take over from Ojajuni in 2007 as Lagos State Police PRO.
Mba has since enjoyed accelerated promotions and he's now a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police.
In 2023 alone, Mba received double promotion, first as AIG in March and DIG, three months later.
Commenting on the promotion, the then spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, explained that Mba enjoyed those accelerated promotion because he was the most senior police officer from the South East zone of the country.
It will be recalled that when Tunji Disu was promoted the IGP last month, some individuals were of the opinion that he was appointed above Frank Mba because of where he comes from. This was based on their erroneous belief that Disu was Mba's junior in the Police.
It has since been established that not only was Disu Mba's senior in the Police there are so many other police officers who are senior to him in the force. A good example is Mr. Bode Ojajuni who has just been made the new Commissioner of Police in Ogun State
An Oyo state High Court sitting in Ibadan has restrained the wife of the former governor, Kemi Alao Akala, from selling, disposing of or entering into any form of transaction on the contested properties of the deceased, Chief Adebayo Alao Akala, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The claimant, Oluwatoyin Alao Aderinto, had in a suit No 1/443/2024 sought judicial intervention over the administration of the estate of the deceased.
Joined as defendants/respondents in the suit are Oluwakemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, listed in the court processes as executors and administrators of the estate of the late former governor.
Ruling on the motion on notice for an interlocutory injunction, the court granted the relief sought by the claimant, thereby restraining the defendants, their agents, servants, assigns, privies or any person acting through them from selling or continuing to sell, disposing of, or entering into joint venture agreements in respect of properties belonging to the late Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala pending the determination of the substantive suit before the court.
The application was brought pursuant to Order 48 Rules 4 and 6 and Order 49 of the High Court of Oyo State (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2022, as well as under the inherent jurisdiction of the court.
In granting the application, the court also ordered an accelerated hearing of the case in order to ensure speedy dispensation of the matter.
The claimant had told the court that she has a legal and equitable interest in the estate and properties of the late politician, being his first daughter.
She further alleged that some assets belonging to the estate had been sold without her consent, agreement or knowledge, while steps were allegedly being taken to dispose of other properties or enter into joint venture arrangements involving assets of the deceased.
According to the application, the claimant argued that there was an urgent need for the court to halt further transactions relating to the properties in order to protect her rights, interests and entitlements in the estate.
The claimant also contended that failure to grant the injunction could result in continued sale or disposal of the assets, which she said might cause irreversible damage to her interest in the estate of the late former governor.
With the interlocutory injunction now in force and accelerated hearing ordered by the court, further proceedings in the case are expected to focus on the substantive issues surrounding the administration and ownership of properties forming part of the late politician’s estate.
Meanwhile, during proceedings in the matter, an additional application seeking that DNA tests be conducted among the siblings connected to the dispute was also moved before the court.
Following arguments on the application, the court adjourned the matter to April 16, 2026, for ruling on the request for DNA testing.
The dispute has drawn public attention given the stature of the late Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, who served as governor of Oyo state between 2007 and 2011 and remained a prominent political figure in the state until his death.
franchasofficia: No single terrorist body in sight, why? But when the ragtag terrorists decimate our soldiers we see the gory images of our fallen soldiers scattered all over the place.
Why can't we see hundreds or thousands of lifeless bodies of these ragtag terrorists decimated by our soldiers?
I know you are not happy about this good news. Let me add to your s0rr0ww. Open these threads and see the horrific pictures of your bl0therrs.
truthera: I will use to medium to reply to @givedemwotowoto and other commentators who made comments in a previous thread titled - "Peter Obi Has Been Fooling Nigerians For Too Long" I posted in support of 2027 elections, making the argument that large number of Nigerians trooping out to vote in the next election will somehow overwhelm the riggers. Yes, I do agree to an extent that the liklihood of stopping Tinubu and APC may be possible if a large number of Nigerians participate in the next presidential election but this is only an unrealistic assumption that personally I believe is impossible now since the president control INEC and has demonstrated his complicity through the omission of mandatory electronic transmission of results in the recently passed electoral reform law.
The major reason why I do not think that elections can make any lasting positive impact towards addressing the problems of Nigeria is because overtime i came to the realization that there are certain pertinent factors that must be addressed before any meaningful progress can be made through elections in Nigeria. I will list and explain these factors below.
High cost of living, deliberately engineered deprivation of the masses
Elections in Nigeria even when conducted in a free and fair basis will never truly reflect the true will of the people when poverty and systemic deprivation has been weaponized by powerful political forces that will always be used as bargaining cheap to subvert democratic processes. A bad leader like Tinubu knows this very well and will exploit it to the fullness in the run up to the 2027 presidential election. Vote buying remains a critical factor that will always determine to a large extent the outcome of any election as long the masses remain poor, highly taxed and are continually in need of refuge from the high cost of living as prices of goods and services continue to rise, deliberately orchestrated by Tinubu and his government, a vicious cycle that will never allow the true will of a large voting block to thrive. So just like 2023, many Nigerians out of desperation will still sell their votes to ensure APC wins.
Tribal religious indiced divisive political ideologies
Nigerians are deeply tribal religious people, highly sentimental towards every national issues even when it goes against their personal interests. There is no way a national election just like every other national issue won't be view through the lense of tribalism and religion by a large population of Nigerians who due to sentiment will support, fight other Nigerians and vote massively to ensure that Tinubu's Yoruba, Muslim/Muslim government get a second term. Education has no impact on curbing such sentiments because it will surely play a crucial role in the next presidential election, giving Tinubu and his party APC the required boost to win the next presidential election.
Deep Corruption, greed and selfish impulses
Another major problem that has overtime taken a deep rooted position in Nigeria's national polity is corruption, greed and selfishness. These vices knows no tribal affiliation among Nigerians when it comes to political national issues and events. This is why in every election cycle, a large number of Nigerian youths become political thugs for hire, they become willing tools in the hands of desperate politicians to hijack ballot boxes, kill political opponents and vote for corrupt politicians. Many Nigerians view election season as a time to make money from corrupt selfish practices, especially INEC officials, electoral officers and opposition party agents. Instead of working towards national progress, they will do all within their power once bribed by dirty politicians to sabotage the electoral process in favor of their paymasters..... 2027 presidential election will not be different as many Nigerians just like 2023 will fall to their corrupt, selfish, greedy vices to ensure a massive victory for APC.
Lack of patriotism over one Nigeria project
Since independence, Nigerians have failed to demonstrate true patriotism towards their country. This in my opinion is to a large extent is because of the circumstances on which the country came into existence. A forced union bringing different highly sectional people together without their consent in to a British creation. I will say this was deliberately done by the country's founders and their British colonial masters due to selfish political interests because anyone still in doubts should ask the question, why has successive governments since independence shyed away and continue to shy away from conducting a national referendum on Nigeria? The answer is simple, because Nigeria's unity is cosmetic, it is not real. If a referendum is conducted today over 80% will vote to leave the union including a sizable number from the north who will be happy to form an independent Islamic country for themselves. Nigeria is a country of pretenders lying to themselves that they care about one Nigeria when in reality they don't, that's why they continue to exhibit nonchalant selfish attitude towards every national issues, nothing can work when the people are too sectional to be together, when they do not love a country simply because they feel forced to remain in a union in which there is no inherent demonstrable value they see to inspire patriotism in such toxic union.... This is why the criminals leading the country can rig elections, loot the treasury, get away with unspeakable atrocities and you see Nigerians do nothing to confront them but complain on social media.... Nigeria is a nation without a soul, until all indigenous people are given the chance to give their consent, have their say about their true position as regards Nigeria through a national referendum, the situation will continue to get worse as we will keep going around in circles ..... No presidential, legislative or government election can address any of the other factors I highlighted earlier like bad leaders, poverty, tribalism, corruption, selfish politics and so on with out the people confronting this foundational issue that has continued to haunt Nigeria till this day..... This is why just like 2023, the outcome of the 2027 elections won't be different, it won't make any positive difference in the lives of Nigerians.. The people must seat, tell themselves the truth and renegotiate their union in a round table before any genuine progress can be made.
Going through all your posts here on Nairaland, no one needs to be a Jupiter to know where you are coming from.
Let me however assure you that no conferendum will be conducted in Nigeria and election will be held next year. The earlier you know and accept this, the better for you and your co-travellers.
The United Kingdom government has released the programme for the state visit of President Bola Tinubu scheduled to take place from March 17 to 19.
According to the itinerary, the visit will be hosted at Windsor Castle and will include bilateral meetings, ceremonial events and engagements with members of the Nigerian diaspora.
Preparations for the visit are scheduled for March 17, with security sweeps, road closures and procession rehearsals taking place ahead of the president’s arrival.
Tinubu will officially arrive on March 18 and will be received by Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales.
A ceremonial welcome will follow on Datchet road, including the playing of national anthems and a guard inspection.
The president will then proceed in a carriage procession to Windsor Castle, where he will be received by King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
The schedule also includes a formal reception, a 21-gun salute and a state luncheon at St George’s Hall.
Later in the day, Tinubu is expected to hold bilateral meetings with UK officials focusing on trade, security, migration and port development.
The day will conclude with a cultural exchange event showcasing Nigerian artefacts, followed by a state banquet hosted at Windsor Castle.
On March 19, the Nigerian president will hold a private breakfast with the king and queen before departing for London.
While in London, Tinubu is expected to lay a wreath at the The Cenotaph in Westminster.
He will also meet with Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, at 10 Downing Street, for bilateral discussions and a working lunch.
Other engagements include a meeting with members of the Nigerian diaspora and the signing of bilateral agreements at Buckingham Palace.
The visit will conclude with Tinubu’s departure from RAF Northolt for Nigeria.
The trip marks Nigeria’s first full state visit to the UK in 57 years.
We are living proof that the Word of God is eternal and unfailing. God is not a God who abandons what He has started. When He begins a work, He stays with it until it is completed.
After ten long years of public battles, deep wounds, broken communication, bitterness, and pain, God stepped in. What looked ugly, impossible, and beyond repair has been touched by mercy. Peace has replaced chaos. Respect has returned where anger once lived. What human effort could not fix, God healed by salvation, humility, and the sincere prayers of a child.
This restoration is not by might, not by wisdom, not by strength—but by the Spirit of the Lord. When God moves, the human mind cannot comprehend the process. He softens hearts, silences the enemy, and rewrites stories that looked finished. Every plan of darkness has failed. Stubbornness has bowed. Pride has melted. Love has found its voice again for my child.
I am deeply grateful to the father of my child Dr kunle for yielding to God’s word and choosing peace. Obedience to God always births restoration, even when the road has been long and painful.
To anyone standing where I once stood, tired, wounded, misunderstood, and believing nothing good can come out of the situation.please hear this: God has not abandoned you. Your story is not over. What He has started, He will surely perfect. Keep praying. Keep choosing love. Keep trusting God even when it hurts.
May this restored relationship remain built on the solid rock of God’s mercy, protection, grace, and mighty hand. May it stand as a living testimony that God never fails, never forgets, and never walks away from His own.
If God did it for us, He can do it for you. 🙏
To my spiritual father, Papa, thank you for grooming a God-fearing, impact-making woman out of a Total Mess.
It is with deep concern that I received the news of the road accident involving former heavyweight boxing champion, Mr. @anthonyjoshua, in Makun, Ogun State.
It is particularly worrisome that this incident occurred while he was in Nigeria. Many of us are also compelled to reflect on reports that no ambulance was readily available to convey him to the hospital.
May God Almighty grant him a speedy recovery, and I extend my deepest sympathies to the families of the two lives lost. May God grant them comfort and grant the departed eternal rest. -PO
President Tinubu Calls Anthony Joshua To Sympathize With Him
AJ,
I extend my deep sympathies to you following the tragic accident on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, which claimed two precious lives and caused you injuries.
This immense tragedy casts a deep shadow on this season.
I sympathise with you and your family as you bear the emotional weight of this unfortunate incident. As a sportsman, you have always shown courage, discipline, and unwavering love for our country. These are qualities that have made you a source of national pride.
In moments like this, we must encourage one another as brothers and sisters with a shared destiny.
I pray for strength, wisdom, and grace for you during this painful period. May God grant you a speedy recovery and repose to the souls of the departed.
~ Bola Ahmed Tinubu President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
President Tinubu, in telephone conversation with AJ, the mother, after tragic accident
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu spoke by phone today with Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British former heavyweight boxing champion, following the tragic accident in Ogun State in which Joshua was injured and lost two of his associates.
"I spoke with AJ on the phone to personally convey my condolences over the death of his two associates. I wished him well and prayed for him. He assured me that he is receiving the best care in the hospital.
"I also spoke with AJ's mother and prayed for her. She was very appreciative of my call.
"Additionally, I spoke to Governor Dapo Abiodun, who was in the hospital with them. The Governor assured me that he will do everything possible to ensure AJ receives the best possible attention."
Earlier, in a statement on X, President Tinubu—who is currently abroad—expressed profound sympathy for the boxer over the accident on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.
"I sympathise with you and your family as you bear the emotional weight of this unfortunate incident. As a sportsman, you have always shown courage, discipline, and unwavering love for our country. These are qualities that have made you a source of national pride.
"In moments like this, we must encourage one another as brothers and sisters with a shared destiny.
"I pray for strength, wisdom, and grace for you during this painful period. May God grant you a speedy recovery and repose to the souls of the departed."
Bayo Onanuga Special Adviser to the President, (Information and Strategy) December 29, 2025
Lagos State Was Never Nigeria's Capital. It Can Name, Rename, and Un-name Anything As It Pleases
There is a lot of ignorance about Nigeria displayed by so-called activists and even journalists. I am surprised some people are saying Lagos State was a former federal capital, and for that reason, it is a no-man's land. Therefore, its politics and policies should reflect the culture and heritage of other states.
Actually, that is not historically accurate. Lagos State was never Nigeria's capital.
Yes, Lagos Island was once Nigeria's capital. But the rest of the state was not. Even at that, it was not the entire island that was the capital; it was certain identified districts.
And that is why you see all ethnicities represented on Lagos Island. For example, the two most prominent roads on the island are named after a Fulani man, Ahmadu Bello Way, and an Igbo gentleman, Ozumba Mbadiwe.
And I am not talking about one tiny Wole Soyinka Close with a corrugated signboard. I am referring to world-class roads with vista views of the Atlantic Ocean and hosting billion-dollar infrastructure, as well as class-A embassies and foreign missions.
The capital of Lagos State is Ikeja, and the capital of the Federal Government until Thursday, December 12, 1991, was Lagos Island.
Even in the capital of Lagos, the most important, expensive and strategic public infrastructure is named after a man from Kano, Murtala Muhammed International Airport. And no Lagosian has ever complained about that, because Murtala Muhammed was instrumental to the creation of Lagos State.
It is just like London. There is a difference between the City of London and London. They are under different governments. And when you refer to London as the capital of the UK, you are referring to the City of London. The other parts of London are officially referred to as Greater London.
Even before the capital of Nigeria moved to Abuja in 1991, Lagos State was and still is like any other state. It was created to preserve the culture, traditions, and heritage of the indigenous people of the state.
This means that, in framing its policies, the Lagos State Government, its Local Governments, and LCDAs, like any other state, can and should give priority to its indigenes.
It is not cheating. It is the reason the Federal Government created states in the first place. To give specific Nigerian ethnicities their own space for their culture to thrive within the Nigerian federation.
While it is good for states to be inclusive in their culture, it is not the duty of any state other than one's own state of origin to promote your own culture, tradition, and heritage.
That is why even in the United States, some states are pro abortion, and others are not. Some are for LGBTQ, while others are dead set against it. Particular states name streets and public buildings after racist Confederate heroes, and other states do not, and even go as far as renaming public infrastructure named after such persons.
However, there is freedom of movement and association in Nigeria. Nigeria has 35 other states apart from Lagos. If you do not like Lagos State, or think it is 'smelling', then you have options.
However, I need to remind you that according to the United Nations, the dirtiest and most polluted state and city on Earth are in Nigeria, and it is not the city of Lagos or the State of Lagos. You may want to Google the identity of that state and city.
Also, please note the following: Lagos pays above minimum wage Lagos does not owe civil servants salaries Lagos offers subsidised public transportation Lagos provides subsidised public education to all residents Lagos conducts LGA elections The Lagos Governor does not sit on LGA funds Lagos provides soup kitchens for the poor Lagos provides subsidised farmers' markets Lagos has invested heavily in public infrastructure Lagos is the 19th best city to live in the world, according to Timeout Magazine
If you want to use the renaming of streets in Lagos as an excuse to protest, and use your protest as a ploy to destroy public infrastructure, go and protest in your state, where your Governor and government have not done even a fifth of what Sanwoolu has done in Lagos.
The University of Lagos online registration for the Post-UTME Screening Exercise for Admission into ALL UNDERGRADUATE COURSES/PROGRAMMES for the 2025/2026 Academic Session, will commence from Monday, July 28 to Wednesday, August 20, 2025.
ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES Candidates who made University of Lagos their first choice in the 2025/2026 UTME and scored 200 and above are eligible to apply for Post-UTME Online Screening. In addition, candidates must possess five (5) credit passes at one sitting in relevant O/level subjects including English Language and Mathematics.
• Only candidates who must have uploaded their O/Level results on or before September 12, 2025 will be considered for admission.
• Candidates, who will not be sixteen (16) years of age by September 30, 2025 are not eligible and need not apply.
• Candidates who do not participate in the Post-UTME Online Aptitude test will not be considered for admission.
• Candidates must use their personal and active emails to register for the Post-UTME Screening as this will be the channel for communication.
• Former students of the University whose admissions were withdrawn on the basis of poor academic performance or absence status could re-apply on condition that the new admission shall be for a new programme/course different from the former programme/course.
• Any student expelled from the University cannot be offered fresh admission.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE: Eligible candidates should log on to University of Lagos website www.unilag.edu.ng then, take the following steps: • Click on Admissions • Click on Post-UTME Application • Login with UTME Application number as username and surname in lowercase as password • Generate and print payment advice • Proceed to any commercial bank to make payment or pay online • Return to the University portal to complete the screening form • Print Post-UTME Examination Pass
MOCK AND POST-UTME TEST (ONLINE) Mock Examinations will hold from Monday, August 25 to Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Post-UTME On-line Aptitude test will hold from Monday, September 1 to Friday, September 5, 2025.
ENQUIRIES/COMPLAINTS For enquires and complaints on Post-UTME, a designated email is assigned for this purpose: “postutme@unilag.edu.ng” and the following phone numbers: 09053006772 and 08141656802.
Candidates are advised to adhere strictly to the guidelines.
The University has zero tolerance for drug abuse. The University shall withdraw the admission of admitted students who test positive for drug use whenever the University conducts the test, either before or after registration.
Mrs. V. Abosede Wickliffe Registrar 1 and Secretary to Council
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