Lagos State University,popularly known as LASU,is a Lagos state government-owned university established in 1983. Its main campus is situated at Ojo,with sub-campuses at Ikeja and Epe. The university was set up "for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence". The university caters to over 35,000 students. The university was established during the administration of Late Lateef Kayode Jakande. The university offers diploma,degree and post graduate programmes,including an MBA programme. LASU was ranked among the top 600 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2020. On 23 June 2021,LASU emerged as the best young university in Nigeria having been below the age of 50 years to be added. Times Higher Education ranked the Lagos State University as the second best university in Nigeria on 2 September 2020,and was the only state university included in the rankings for 2022. The university has attracted international funding,including for the establishment of a World Bank Group Africa Centre for Excellence on Science,Technology,Engineering,and Mathematics.
Orji Uzor Kalu is a Nigerian politician and businessman who is the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District. He served as governor of Abia State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Kalu is the chairman of SLOK Holding and the Daily Sun and New Telegraph newspapers in Nigeria.
Gabriel Torwua Suswam is a Nigerian politician and former Governor of Benue State. He is a Senator Representing Benue North-East Senatorial district of the 9th assembly,of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Teslim Kolawole Folarin is a Nigerian politician,he was the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State for the 2023 gubernatorial election which he lost to the incumbent governor Seyi Makinde. He previously served as the senator representing Oyo Central senatorial district from 2003 to 2011;and from 2019 to 2023.
Ibikunle Amosun is a Nigerian politician,former governor of Ogun State and two-term senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He first served as an elected senator for Ogun Central district of Ogun State,Nigeria from June 2003 to June 2007,and reelected in 2019. After an unsuccessful bid for governor of Ogun State in April 2007,he was elected governor of the state on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform in 2011. He contested again for a second term as governor under the All Progressives Congress and after winning the election,was sworn into office on 29 May 2015.
Oluremi "Remi" Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and current first lady of Nigeria since 2023,as wife of President Bola Tinubu. She was the first lady of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 when her husband was governor. She was the senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District at the Nigerian National Assembly from 2011 to 2023. She is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) political party.
Kadri Obafemi Hamzat;born 19 September 1964) is a Nigerian politician who has served as deputy governor of Lagos State since 2019.
The Lagos State Executive Council is the highest formal governmental body that plays important roles in the Government of Lagos State headed by the Governor of Lagos State. It consists of the Deputy Governor,Secretary to the State Government,Chief of Staff,Commissioners who preside over ministerial departments,and the Governor's special aides.
Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate from 2019 to 2023. He was the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District from 2015 to 2023.
Clifford Ordia is a Nigerian engineer and politician who hails from Usugbenu Irrua in Esan Central local government area of Edo State. He served as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023,representing the people of Edo Central senatorial district,Edo State,in the Nigerian Senate. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP.
Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is a Nigerian politician who has served as the governor of Lagos State since 2019.
Senator Chief Gershom Henry Bassey is a Nigerian politician and multi-millionaire businessman. He is the senator representing Cross River South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate. He is a senator of the 8th and 9th National Assembly in Nigeria respectively.
Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai is a Nigerian politician. He currently serves as the Senator representing Yobe South Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly. He was initially elected in 2019 and was reelected in the 2023 Yobe South Senatorial District Election.
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) is a social-democratic political party in Nigeria. The party was created to challenge the two major contemporary parties in Nigeria,the People's Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress. In its manifesto,it called for concerted efforts to improve welfare,fight for social justice and provide equality of opportunities for all citizens in Nigeria. The Young Progressive Party won one seat out of the 109 seats in the Nigerian Senate during the 2019 general elections.
Biobarakuma Wangagha Degi Eremienyo,is a Nigerian politician and the senator representing Bayelsa East senatorial district of Bayelsa State at the 9th National Assembly. In 2019,he was appointed the vice chairman senate committee on gas resources and vice chairman senate committee on special duties.
Olukemi "Kemi" Nelson was a Nigerian politician and socialite. She was the Executive Director of the Nigerian Insurance Social Trust Fund (NSTIF).
The 2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Lagos State,concurrent with elections to the Lagos State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was eligible to run for re-election and was renominated by his party.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Lagos State was held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Lagos State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided with the 2023 presidential election,as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives;with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
The Lagos West senatorial district in Lagos State,Nigeria covers the local government areas of Agege,Ajeromi-Ifelodun,Alimosho,Amuwo-Odofin,Badagry,Ifako-Ijaiye,Ikeja,Mushin,Ojo,and Oshodi-Isolo. The senator currently representing the district is Oluranti Adebule of the All Progressives Congress who was elected in 2023.
Ireti Heebah Kingibe is a Nigerian civil engineer and politician. She was elected member of the senate representing the FCT in the 2023 Nigerian Senate elections under the Labour party. She is a younger sister of Ajoke Muhammed,the wife of former Nigerian head of state Murtala Muhammed.
