Ambition is the grand enemy of tact. It is eternal adversary to all peace. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress ( APC) national leader and two- time governor of Lagos State, understands these immutable truths, in theory and from experience. But mischief makers wouldn’t let him be. As usual they are up to their desperate antics; this time around, they are peddling the rumour of another imposition by the ex- Lagos governor and widely acknowledged godfather of Lagos governor, Akinwumi Ambode. Rumour has it that Tinubu is set to impose his wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, on Lagos as a deputy governor. The brains behind the rumour allege that Tinubu desperately seeks to impose Remi on Ambode to monitor him and prevent him from rebelling as his predecessor, Babatunde Fashola, eventually did. The rabble- rousers are saying that Tinubu has perfected his plans to impose Remi and thereby set in motion, her journey to become Lagos’ first female governor. They condemn his latest plot, accusing him of trying to turn Lagos State into his private property and family heirloom. However, they also claim that Tinubu has a plan B; if Remi is not accepted as Ambode’s deputy because she is also a Christian like the incumbent governor, plans are allegedly in top gear by Tinubu, to impose Remi’s sister, Lola Akande, as Ambode’s new deputy.
Lola is currently a commissioner in Ambode’s cabinet and the anti- Tinubu movement claims she was deliberately planted in the cabinet to play the role of a mole to Tinubu and his wife. But while the rumour gathers steam, Tinubu’s supporters argue that there is no merit to the details. According to a very close source to the APC national leader, there are no such moves by Tinubu and the rumours currently doing the round are the figment of the masterminds’ imagination.
His ability to earn the trust of the ruling class owes to his infectious sociability and sophistication, according to a very close source to the luxury king. Osula, besides his gift of amiability exudes a dashing an inspiring taste for quality and the good life. For instance, his love for luxury cars is legendary. Osula loves expensive cars. Checkout his garage in the Victoria Garden City ( VGC), and you will be accosted with a sight for sore eyes. Osula’s flaunts in his garage the most expensive cars from Brabus Mercedez to Lamboughini. Perhaps this explains the ladies love for him and his male peers mounting adoration of him. Osula is easily the darling of every billionaire magnate and socialite in the country. From former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison- Madueke to Africa’s richest billionaire mogul, Aliko Dangote, Osula is the darling of everyone. It is also a known fact that his influence extends to the presidency; few people will forget in a hurry that former President Goodluck Jonathan, was a great acquaintance of Osula back when he was in power. Osula is also the representative of Richard Mille, the prominent designer, in Nigeria. Osula’s firm, Julian’s Luxury, is undoubtedly Nigeria’s premier high end luxury and lifestyle brand which has a distinctive and elegant presence at the prestigious, boutique hotel, The Wheatbaker, Ikoyi, Lagos. Julian’s Luxury, the nation’s first private sale and “by appointment only” luxury brand offers the most exclusive luxury products from the world’s most renowned luxury brands to a distinctly affluent and elite clientele.
Reconciliation is like the race in Alice in Wonderland where everyone had to have a prize yet it is unclear what prizes would be won by Ladi Balogun, the former MD of FCMB, and his former wife, Banke Alakija, as they have agreed to bury the hatchet. According to insider reports, the erstwhile warring couple has sheathed their swords to embrace peace. They were together with their children in Wembley Stadium London, during Nigeria and England football match, last weekend. Curiously, however, Banke probably thought of marriage as a fantastic sojourn malleable to her dreams as an intractable spinster. But she has awaken to a rude shock; marriage is actually not all that she imagined it to be – it is not a fantastic sojourn into Neverland and she would never always get to have her way. Many years ago, darts were thrown into the marital balloon of this couple and so acrimonious were the several quarrels that trailed the marriage that it collapsed. The couple certainly fell out of love, forgetting that where there is no love, there is no ardour. They simply stopped tolerating each other. They could no longer bear to live as man and wife while their passion subsided and their home became a wretched cove of distrust and hatred. However, in the last few months, Banke has been enjoying an unprecedented marital ecstasy borne out of her ‘ reconciliation’ with her estranged husband, Ladi.