Politics

Agency Report The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Idiat Adebule, on Tuesday ditched Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to support Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the race to pick the ticket to represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 governorship election. Mrs Adebule spoke with journalists at Ward A and D in Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos, where she participated in …

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Folake Sokoya Ahead of the Primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Lagos State Police Command has said it will not relent in protecting lives and property of residents. The Command in a release signed by its Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said, ahead of the APC Governorship Primaries, “The Lagos Police Command avails the public numbers …

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*Raises Alarm Over Recruitment Of Thugs To Unleash Mayhem In Lagos *Alleges APC Leaders Trying To Disenfranchise Members The Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Sunday broke his silence on the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, saying his opponent, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is morally and medically unfit, and incompetent to govern Lagos. Ambode who addressed a world press conference in …

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Adedayo Emmanuel Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode said that he is ready to practice democracy and do everything to preach, practice democratic values. Ambode gave the comment during a World Press Conference staged at Alausa, Ikeja Sunday afternoon. The governor however declined a sensitive question thrown at him as to whether he would fight on for the governorship ticket …

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By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa. The independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says a total of 26o,397 voter were registered in Bayelsa during the recent continuous voter registration exercise. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr. Cyril Omorogbe stated this in Yenagoa, the state capital, Thursday, during a stakeholders meeting on PVC distribution organized by the commission. Omorogbe said with this additional …

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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has revealed what happened during the Osun re-run election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted supplementary election in four local government areas on Thursday having declared the last Saturday’s governorship election inconclusive.Reacting, Fani-Kayode said the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government muscled the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) using state apparatuses. He wrote: “The …

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As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has returned Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Osun State governorship election,International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned humiliation of journalists during the exercise which ended Thursday. Basing its conclusion on media reports,IPC,in a statement signed by its Safety Desk Officer, Melody Akinjiyan,said the anomaly should be corrected …

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–EU, UK, U.S. To Investigate Claims Tayo Olanipekun Civil society organizations have condemned the process of the Osun State governorship election re-run that took place on Thursday. The Nigeria Civil Society (NCS) Situation Room and the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), in separate statements, said the exercise was marred by irregularity. NCS said while it received reports of early …

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Tayo Olanipekun “Buhari, Tinubu, Oshiomole, Aregbesola and their APC are playing with fire and that fire will soon consumme them,” a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP),Femi Fani-Kayode has declared. Fani-Kayode,in a statement on Thursday,made the declaration following the outcome of the re-run election in Osun State. According to him,there was no re-run election in Osun but violence all through. …

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Tayo Olanipekun Ahead of the Saturday’s direct primary election, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has inaugurated the Ambode Campaign Organisation (ACO) coordinators and offices in the the state. This is as he also approved a specialised training for 1,960 personnel that will serve as agents for the election in all the 245 wards of the 20 local government areas of Lagos State. …

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