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temizeee:
I want to source it from the mama home website itself.

You can go ahead. I ordered from their website and they deliver to my address in Kano through Konga.
No pot was added though.

HacheNoire:
Why Lagos Needs to Break Free from the APC

There is a particular scene that has played out with metronomic regularity in Lagos politics, and it played out again just last week. Abdul-Azeez Adediran — “Jandor” — purchased his expression of interest forms, rallied his movement, and mounted a governorship campaign. Then came a phone call, a meeting, a presidential endorsement of someone else, and Jandor stepped aside, pledging loyalty to the party and its chosen candidate. One day’s aspiration, extinguished in an afternoon. No primary. No debate. No contest. Just a decision handed down from above and accepted below.

This is how Lagos is governed. Not from Government House in Alausa, but from a network of backrooms, phone calls, and Governance Advisory Councils that answer ultimately to one man — President Bola Tinubu. And the city of twenty million souls, the engine of the Nigerian economy, the continent’s most energetic megalopolis, has for a quarter century allowed this arrangement to stand.

It is time Lagos asked a harder question: what exactly has this arrangement delivered for Lagos — and what has it cost?

The Anatomy of a Fiefdom

Since 1999, Lagos has been governed by one political structure under successive brand names — the AD, the ACN, and now the APC. Since 1999, Lagos has largely remained under the control of the same political structure, and the state has not fully maximised its enormous potential to become a truly world-class city. The party is not merely dominant; it is the only game in town. Governors are selected, not elected. Speakers are installed, then repositioned. Governorship aspirants purchase their forms, feel the wind, and stand down.

The most recent illustration came in April 2026, when Tinubu endorsed his deputy governor, Obafemi Hamzat, as the consensus APC candidate for 2027. The unfolding developments underscore the highly centralised nature of decision-making within Lagos APC, where strategic candidacy alignments are often brokered at the highest levels of party leadership. Jandor withdrew within days. Even Mudashiru Obasa — the powerful Speaker of the House of Assembly, long one of Lagos’s most formidable power brokers — was reportedly redirected from the governorship to a House of Representatives seat after Tinubu weighed in. Political observers note that Obasa has already begun low-profile consultations in Agege, signalling early groundwork for what could become a tightly managed intra-party transition.

This is not internal party democracy. This is a succession system.

A Warning Written in Ballots

Lagos residents have already expressed their frustration — they did so loudly in 2023 and the political class has largely ignored it. Peter Obi of the Labour Party won Lagos State by nearly 10,000 votes, a massive upset over former state Governor Bola Tinubu in his own home state. It was the first time in over two decades that a presidential candidate from outside the ruling political structure had carried Lagos.

What did that result mean? It meant that the majority was hungry for better governance and wanted to change the poor political system that had been imposed on them for years. It meant that Lagos’s young, educated, multi-ethnic population — long taken for granted — had begun to vote against the machine.

The loss of the presidential vote in Lagos to the Labour Party has remained a reference point in discussions among APC party leaders. And yet, despite this warning, the response has not been reform — it has been consolidation. The same faces, the same structures, the same consensus arrangements.

What Twenty-Seven Years of Monopoly Has Produced

Defenders of the APC will cite infrastructure: the Blue Line rail, Eko Atlantic, the Lekki-Epe Expressway expansion, the Lagos-Ibadan highway negotiations. These are real. But they are not the full picture.

Critics accuse the APC of presiding over a Lagos plagued by systemic rot — perennial gridlock that turns a 30-minute journey into a four-hour nightmare, flooding that turns neighbourhoods into rivers every rainy season, a mounting debt burden that has mortgaged the future of unborn Lagosians, and a growing sense of insecurity. These are not the complaints of political opponents alone. They are the lived reality of Lagos residents, stated daily in traffic jams on the Third Mainland Bridge and flood waters rising through Surulere living rooms.

A functional multi-party system is vital for ensuring accountability, inclusiveness, and effective leadership. When one party is guaranteed power regardless of performance, there is no competitive incentive to perform. Why fix the drains when your re-election does not depend on fixing the drains? Why open the books when no one can open an alternative?

The APC’s own internal dynamics have revealed the rot. Party members in Agege have accused the leadership of manipulation, exclusion, and abuse of party machinery by entrenched interests who have hijacked the local political space. If the APC cannot maintain internal democracy within its own structures, what chance does it have of delivering democratic governance to Lagos as a whole?

The Consensus Trap

The word “consensus” has been weaponised in Lagos politics. It sounds orderly, even statesmanlike. In practice, it means that the preferences of millions of voters are pre-empted by the preferences of a handful of powerful men. Jandor stated that he had pledged to support whoever the party presents as its candidate, framing submission to the party hierarchy as democratic virtue. But this is not democracy — it is deference dressed as principle.

True internal democracy would allow multiple candidates to contest, voters to choose, and results to stand. Instead, a gubernatorial aspirant can purchase forms one day and be advised — through back channels — to redirect his ambitions the next. A party chieftain stated that open declaration of interest is often avoided in Lagos politics, noting that excessive publicity around ambition could affect a candidate’s chances within the party structure. In other words, political ambition must be managed quietly, with permission. This is the logic of a court, not a democracy.

The Structural Problem

The problem is not simply that the APC has poor leaders or weak policies in Lagos. The problem is structural: a city cannot hold its government to account when there is no credible threat of removal. Competition is not merely a democratic nicety — it is the mechanism by which governments are made to listen.

While Nigeria remains constitutionally a multiparty democracy, recent patterns — mass political defections, executive-legislative convergence, and weakened opposition — suggest a drift toward de facto one-party dominance, raising critical questions about accountability and democratic resilience.

Lagos is the sharpest example of this drift. The House of Assembly functions as an extension of the executive, not a check on it. The opposition is fragmented and, increasingly, absorbed — as Jandor’s own trajectory from PDP flagbearer to APC loyalist illustrates. When opposition politicians dissolve into the ruling structure rather than contest it, the city is left with one voice where many are needed.

What Decoupling Would Look Like

To be clear: this is not an argument that Lagos should simply swap one party’s dominance for another’s. It is an argument for competitive politics — for a Lagos in which elections are genuinely uncertain, in which the ruling party governs with the knowledge that failure carries electoral consequences, and in which the opposition is strong enough to demand answers.

It means Lagosians — young voters especially, the same cohort that delivered the 2023 presidential result — turning up in gubernatorial and legislative elections with the same energy they bring to presidential contests. The machine is most powerful when turnout is low and predictable; it is most vulnerable when Lagosians decide that local elections matter as much as national ones.

It means the opposition parties — PDP, Labour Party, ADC — presenting credible candidates with specific, costed platforms rather than simply running against the APC’s record. A governance approach centred on service delivery, accountability, and tackling core challenges including traffic congestion, flooding, inadequate housing, healthcare, and the escalating cost of living is what Lagosians deserve to hear from multiple competing visions, not just one.

And it means acknowledging that political godfather systems — however effective at delivering short-term stability — are fundamentally incompatible with long-term democratic development. Lagos is too large, too complex, too diverse, and too important to be run as a personal project.


The City Lagos Deserves

Lagos generates an estimated $136 billion in GDP annually. It is home to the continent’s most dynamic creative economy, its busiest port, its most entrepreneurial population. It is, by most measures, the most consequential city in sub-Saharan Africa.

A city of this scale and ambition deserves governance that is accountable not to one man’s political interests but to the twenty million people who wake up in it every morning. It deserves leaders who earn power through competition, not inherit it through arrangement. It deserves a House of Assembly that interrogates the executive rather than ratifying it. It deserves flooding that gets fixed because someone’s job depends on fixing it.

Lagos has lived under the same political roof for twenty-seven years. The roof leaks. The traffic is still there. The floods return every rainy season. The consensus candidates are chosen in rooms most Lagosians will never enter.

The city is still waiting to be governed as if it belongs to everyone who lives in it — not just to the men who run it.

While I reason with your view on the need for accountability, I must say its better to not fix what is not broken as someone rightly said up there.

To put it in context,
1. How many Nigerian states with internal democracy as you put it have more developmental strides and is more accountable than Lagos under APC?

2. Why is your focus only on Lagos?. Enugu, Delta, Taraba and Bayelsa states have all been under the PDP rule since 1999 except for the present alignment of their governors with APC. Even Anambra under APGA. So what is the fuse about Lagos?

3. The GAC can only decide for the APC, they do not decide for the PDP or other political party who are not barred form presenting their candidate at the pool.


There are over 20million Lagosian to vote for whoever they deem fit is capable. So the internal politics of APC is not a decider of who win the Gubernatorial election as we have seen other parties win seats at the state house of rep.

Every party plan to win the election and thus, they strive to pick a candidate they believe will win it for them at the pools. If I do not believe in the ability of whoever APC presents, I vote for another candidate of another party, its as simple as that.

so it is now becoming a soap opera

obaidan:
WHile that is good, people with their level of skills abroad(US) are "SAVING" 3m every month after tending to all other needs that give them a very comfortable life.

That is a known fact. However, it also depends on some other factors such as the lifestyle and bills of the person involved.
One has to be prudent enough to save up to that on a monthly basis doing menial jobs.

Panda7:
Sir, if you are sure of your statistics you can go ahead and mention their roles and the
companies they work . Working in a big or established companies don't guarantee you must earn very high. It's just packaging or showing off.. even during job interviews, the last question is usually how much you hope to earn and you cannot possibly tell your employee you wish to earn up to 200 and 500k a months and expect a call back. Even people who work in tech companies usually get there through internship which doesn't guarantee you much salary a month, they only work there for experience.

Earning anything close to 500k every month can guarantee you luxury lifestyle's and houses which you hardly see in Nigeria unless one is a business owner or entrepreneur. Oil companies abroad don't even pay more than $15k/ month for a start and that's excluding taxation and personal expenditures

I do not usually do this, but to answer your question, two of those people are my superior in one of my former job. The first was the country director and he earn 2.8m the second is serves as the head of testing and marketing he earn 1.4m
you may want to ask how i get to know these info as most company will not release such, I do because i work with them as a freelance accountant, I calculate and remit their PAYE to Kano state Internal revenue service (those guys too could not believe their eyes that that much tax is coming in on a monthly basis).

And your assumption that you can not dictate what you want for a potential employer, pls do away with that mindset. You as the employee have all the right to let the employer know your worth, It is left for them to accept your terms or reject.
Honestly at first I also have that mindset but later changed and always stand firm whenever I am in negotiation. Though I lost many opportunities because of my stance most of the time but anytime i got a call back I always feel appretiated.

hello, do you have designs in long sleeve?

Panda7:
Even a politician don't earn up to a million monthly and that is not even with an employee job. So shove up your lies begger

While I think he may exaggerate, there are many people here in Nigeria earning cool 7digits on monthly basis, there are even some in the region of over 2m on monthly basis though most are with multinationals.

Judolisco:
I'll only respond to your last paragraph, even if I see jst one journal or research paper published on perternity fraud conducted by a Nigerian, why I go dey argue since morning... Na d research I dey ask for since, but eno dey, even if e dey then you have to conduct similar or compare your findings with other research done in other countries to come to dis conclusion .... See dis type of stuff ino even need to browse before I know it's false.... It's like saying [b]30% of Nigerians owned a private jet [/b]or its like saying Nigerian aviation sector has launched a rocket to the moon 30 times.... U see how outrageous dis last two statements sounds arbi? You'll need something comprehensive like a National survey to get accurate data and results, then you'll have to compare it with other countries result

Or alternatively you will need a woman studying in a foreign school present it as fact on a projector with no need for source
I believe our brother will not dispute that fact too because we all know Davido, Oyedepo and many Nigerians owned more than 1 private jets

How on earth did she even come about that figure 30%

Visagemedia:
Why so much hate and bile?

I guess you are not our target audience

Our target audience will enroll


That is what matters

Rather than taking it as hate, why not take it as a constructive criticism.

I know you attach such picture to show high student turnover, but in the context of a private university where one is expected to pay handsomely, it's only fair to see some state of the art facilities.

- Take a look at the Hall, its no different from where townhall meetings are held, even churches have upgraded using elevated seats (stadium type) that allows even the last person to see the speaker and the board.

Again, the projector placement is an afterthought, it ought to have been embedded in the building rather than placed on a table.

If you can just take down the picture of the crowded class in an archaic hall and replace with more beautiful pictures from the university.

Don't just look at it from the angle that those commenting are not your target audience, they will form an impression based on what they see and that can go a long way in marketing the school.

ogaontop:
You sound deluded bro, since Binance paused their services in Nigeria, what has happened to the economy? What has happened to Naira??
You're not intelligent at all, and your dunce counterparts are also hailing you!
The ruling class and the senators you defend are the ones sabotaging the economy not the common man on the street, or those in Binance. Imagine padding a whole country's budget with trillions and you're looking for sabotage in Binance.
Jokes apart, if they didn't get it right by the next few months, you will see naira at 2,000, and fuel at 1,000!

Are you seriously asking this question?
Can't you see the relative stability in rates.

Before the ban Naira was on a free fall, the rate was increasing with between 50-100 naira on a daily. Sometimes it even increases three times a day.

There has been a halt to those manipulations since the ban. One of the reasons its not coming down is you don't expect people who buy at 1800 naira to offload at 1600, they would rather hold on to it and wait for it to at least get to that mark before offsetting unless there is emergency need.

Let us be sincere, on the naira, its effective but on general price level nothing yet

AOresources:
The recent incident involving a 200-level student at Lead City University has sparked significant concern. The alleged theft of a mobile phone by a student leader raises questions about integrity and accountability among our peers. It's a reminder of the importance of upholding ethical standards and respecting others' property within our academic community.

Haba oga, you dey advertise your service as a writer but two lines of comment, you still need ai to write am for you

Benjaminy:
I see people complain much about the gaming capabilities of a phone, even prioritising that aspect, in their decision towards getting a new phone. Infact, many spend thousands of extra Naira, to get a higher phone with a supposedly powerful processor that's suitable for gaming.

Then I keep on thinking. No Game on a mobile phone is actually worth it, compared to consoles. So, why don't people get a phone with processor which can help them do the basic things needed in a phone, then spend the extra cash on a used PS4 for a far more quality gaming experience?

The phone can go anywhere with you, and you can use it anytime plus you do not need to power your generator before you can play.

Compare to a PS4 which a used one is still close or more than the cost of the phone, you also need a TV set to play not to talk of fuelling your generator. plus you no fit carry am with you as you can your phone.

Pythagoras001:
keeper had contact with the player without touching the ball

Yeah, thanks, I noticed that on the replay.
Just so sad for the MTN, they really gave the Cape Verdians a run for their money.

Hows that a penalty, the player stepped on the keppers leg

Blackestjunior:
Useless Nsue been dey bang useless hattrick now score now u dey miss penalty


Nsue Your Family

Ticket don cut
You go dey alright sir

Football can be cruel sometimes.
Just at the die minute

Dmacqh:
It is not a must but a pleasant. Things aren't cool my side. Besides I got family mom and dad that want to also watch. I can afford to go business centre but then ...

Go FTA way then, you will have no need for subscribing anymore.
Everyone will have what they want on FTA, it may not be premium (EPL is one or two game per week) but every one will dey alright.
Kids show, music channels, news, Nollywood, Hollywood, Blockbusters sometimes, series name it.

Just try to going for FTA its a one off cost and you will have no need to explain taya for anyone about how things aren't cool.

Besides all AFCON matches are being aired on FTA so you may not even need to go to Viewing center but rather sit at home with your family to enjoy the matches.

What a goaaaaaaaal

Angelfrost:
That was an unnecessary and unprofessional risk, especially when nothing was really at stake so early in the game.

If a player tries such in Guardiola or Ferguson's team, they will chop bench for the rest of the season.

Not if the team eventually won and especially if the match was a final.

That singular act is what seems to be the saving grace for Angola as they were more charged after the Red card which has led to two solid goals.

Who knows, the game could still have been a goaless draw, or that striker would have scored and Namibia will be a goal ahead without that event.

amakanancy:
First time I'm seeing an Indian vc in a nigerian university

Them full Private uni.

I know two private uni with Indians as VC and head of HR

Ethanuella:
Text screaming chatGPT

Not only the text, even the poster is AI generated.

If the school can use AI to generate its advert poster, then how will they deter student from using AI to do their assignment

Jasonekah98:
Oya make i talk.
I am a final year student in the department of AEB at UNIUYO. This is one of the many incidents that will happen if those shuttle drivers are not checked. This particular bus is rickety, i don enter this bus plenty times from Ikpa road to Main campus, the bus dey shake, we gast use iron to support the door, else e no go close. E get like 3 of this type of bus still running in school. It's only a matter of time

You mean to say na this kind bus dem dey hire purchase for 2.5milla

Oya insurance people, come collect premium o, I wan do comprehensive insurance so that I will get a new bus in case my rickety bus meet any eventuality .

Seems many don't know how insurance works in 9ja

spencekat:
Beat Cameroon first.

We go beat them.
We are super and we get African Best

Drama no dey end for this game.
Another red card its now even.

10men apiece with Angola with 2 goals up

10 men Angola whooping Namibia

DeeGov123:
Pls how did they draw out the round of 16, before it used to be quarter final after group stages, how did they get the remaining 8 countries to join them. Can someone reply ASAP

Before, it used to be 16 teams (4groups) such that only the first and second from each group qualify for the quarter finals (8 teams).

However, this changed since last Afcon. 24teams now qualify to play in the qualification stage, the top two teams from each group qualifies automatically given 12teams then the remaining 4teams that make up the round of 16 stage are selected from the best third placed teams based on their performance (first by points and then by goal differences) in the group stage.

naptu2:
Highlights.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=797bvQ3QNmM?si=63ffwaK5f5UnXDqT




https://www.pulsesports.ng/football/story/super-falcons-goalkeeper-chiamaka-nnadozie-saves-5th-penalty-in-8-uwcl-matches-2024012423560384159

But this particular call was poor officiating.

The ball was already out of line and the defender was raising her hand to signify that. The ball hit her hand and the ref calls for a penalty.
What is the job of the linesman

If the penalty had gone in, they would have robbed them because the ball was out of line before the cross

Guyman wan do a Maradona hand of God for VAR era

Gooallllll.

Scorpion don kill lion o

The Gambia too no wan gree for any Cameroon o

Them come become inform barca

SALLYBERRY01:
I have tried to , but all efforts prove abortive, thanks for your opinion , I actually thought of it also

Don't give up so soon bro.

That is why i said you should find a niche, you can target one rich residential area. If one of them buy into the idea, others will likely follow suit as the idea takes one chore off their list.

As a strategy, you can produce one and give our for free, if others se it they will most likely ask for contact.

SALLYBERRY01:
Lagos lead other follows

Lagos lead other follows


Waste management is very important.

My final year project was based on waste management.

Design and construction of a solar powered automatic waste bin with an SMS alert system.

When the waste bin is full, the system locks itself and displays the level of the wastebin on the LCD screen attached to the waste bin, preventing anyone from dumping in it. This waste bin also alerts waste management authorities by sending an SMS alert with its location of the bin to waste management authorities from time to time.

This is a very good project bro.
Why don't you commercialize it? You can actually make some dough from it selling to a targeted market segment.

You should also think toward improving the design,
It would be appealing if the solar panel can be integrated to the bin body (the top maybe) rather than be a separate unit which leaves the fear od someone stealing it.