The County

By Razaq Adedeji Jimoh If Hon Ganiyu Adele Ayuba becomes the spilled milk today, why should Alimosho cry over it? Should she cry, the plausible thing to say is perhaps she forgets too soon the pains of Ayuba"s origin of today inflicted on her this time of 2023. Well, short memory could not be her sole peculiarity nor being any type of pathology. It is all about humans and nature makes it so. If not, no woman would ever venture into pregnancy again after the first experience of labour pain. Thus, there should be no use blaming Alimosho for getting ensnared in the value of nature, which makes the tendency of forgetfulness a beauty of future outlook, even if the path to that future holds an open knowledge that the tread through it is yet a course of 360 revolution back to the pain that had just been experienced. But God is Almighty as Allah is Merciful in making the nature does it works in compensatory manner. That is why the lure of forgetfulness of the few hours of labour pain ...

Story by Razaq Adedeji Jimoh ONIKOTUN THANKS SUCCESSFUL GOVERNORS, PLEADS FOR OVERHEAD BRIDGE AT IKTON ROUNDABOUT The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu has advised royal fathers to work towards ensuring that this election season concludes with minimal rancor that will ensure "peace and cohesion" among residents of their respective communities prevail. He said his administration valued partnership with royal institutions in thrust of community growth and development. He made all this to be the high point of his speech to the guests at the 25th coronation anniversary of the Onikotun of Ikotun, HRM Oba Azeez Ishola Gbadabiu Asiwaju, held on Sunday At the local council secretariat of Igando/Ikotun LCDA in Alimosho Local Government. He was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Goverment and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mrs Kikelomo Bolarinwa. While thanking His Excellency, the 'Oliver Twist' Onikotun openly requested the governor...

Once in a time, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly reportedly said assertively: “ The legislator is not an ordinary arm of the government. It is the government by itself” . Whatever could be his source of knowledge for assay of this claim, it is to be understood that the parliament wields enormous powers in a state where organic democracy is well rooted. Thoughtfully, therefore, the Constitution that prescribes unlimited terms by which a constituency could present a representative cannot be deemed stupid to fix its eyes on the importance of continuity of governance with clear consistency for the constituency’s direction and pace of development. The parliament is a congregation and assemblage of different people representing diversity of interests competing for attention in the sharing of scarce state resources. These interests in their individual and overlapping differences are as large and wide to the size of total number of the constituencies making up the parliamentary...