INEC postpones Governorship, Assembly elections in 10 polling units at VGC in Lagos

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) around the Lekki area of Lagos state. Segun Agbaje, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, made the announcement when he addressed reporters at the VGC. According to him, corps members deployed as ad hoc […]

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Lagos Assembly: Desmond Elliot’s main rival, Oworu’s name missing on INEC list

The name of the Labour Party candidate for Surulere 1 Constituency, Lagos State, Olumide Oworu, is missing on the final list of the House of Assembly candidates. Reports on social media especially Twitter had insinuated that Oworu’s name was missing. A Twitter user @StFrankingKezy in a tweet said “This guy is not even a candidate […]

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Masked thugs storm Lagos polling units, chase voters away

Masked thugs on Saturday invaded some polling units  at Ward D, Igando/Ikotun, Lagos State, and chased away voters in queue. The thugs chased away the voters with sticks and knives at the polling units located at Ijegun Community School. The polling units include 096, 116, 281, 094, 095 and 084. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

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Thugs who disrupt election, snatch BVAS in Benue, gunned down

At least three persons suspected to be political thugs have been killed in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. Reports say the thugs invaded the polling units 026 and 004, Gboko South while electoral processes were ongoing and attempted to snatch ballot boxes and the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS. An eye-witness, Moses Agure-Dam […]

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What I see in Gov poll is voter apathy ―Peter Obi

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 general election, Peter Obi, has voted at his Amatutu polling unit in Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. Obi, after voting at about 11.20 am, said he observed voter apathy and “transactional politics” unlike the February 25 presidential polls. The LP presidential […]

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Seye Dairo, Lagos PDP governorship campaign DG dumps Jandor hours to election

Seye Dairo, the Campaign Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, better known as Jandor, has resigned. Dairo, who made the disclosure via a letter, failed to give any reason for taking the action. However, in the letter, Dairo expressed appreciation to Jandor for giving him the […]

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State funeral held for international football star, Christian Atsu

Several people including Ghanaian president are paying their last respects to the international football star, Christian Atsu, who died in last month’s devastating earthquake in Turkey. Atsu’s funeral is being held outside State House in Ghana’s capital, Accra. “In life I love you darling, in death I’ll do the same,” read the tearful tribute from […]

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Sanwo-Olu warns Oro traditionalists ahead Lagos guber, assembly polls

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has issued a warning to traditional institutions ahead of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. The warning is contained in a statement signed by Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso on Friday. There have been reports of some traditional rulers and traditionalists scheduling Oro rites in […]

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Buhari signs some amendments to 1999 constitution bills

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has signed into law 16 bills seeking to amend various parts of the 1999 Constitution. The Joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Special Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution made this known on Friday. Information from the Office of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]

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EFCC arraigns Nigerian Professor for alleged N1.4bn fraud

Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on March 16, 2023, arraigned one Prof. Uche Chigozie Edwin for an alleged N1.4bn fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Edwin was arraigned alongside his companies, Visionary Integrated Consulting Limited, NEMAD Associates Limited and Revamp Global […]

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PSquare brothers promote Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for Lagos governor (Video)

Governorship candidate of Lagos Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has teamed up with PSquare brothers to have a short commercial concerning Saturday’s Governorship election in Lagos. They are asking Lagosians not to be afraid and go all out to vote, as they asked them to vote for all Labour Party candidates from Head to Toe. […]

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Mighty Jets former captain and ex-Super Falcons Coach, Ismaila Mabo, is dead

Former captain of the Mighty Jets Football Club of Jos and ex-Head Coach of Nigeria’s women’s senior national team, Super Falcons, Mr. Ismaila Mabo is dead. He died in the early hours of Monday at the age of 79. According to family sources, the former national player and captain of Mighty Jets Football Club of […]

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Rising ethnic tension in Lagos, Press statement by Osuntokun, DG of Labour Party

Being a Press Statement by Balogun Akin Osuntokun, Director-General, the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation Good day gentlemen and ladies of the press. Kindly permit me, as the DG of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, to comment on the rising ethnic tension across the country, particularly. There has been a contrived ethnic tension in Lagos State since […]

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Peter Obi makes U-turn on his claim at the election tribunal

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has made a clarification on his earlier statement that he would only challenge the process that led to the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election and not the outcome itself. He had said in an interview on […]

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I didn’t contest to make Tinubu win ―Obi replies Keyamo

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi on Monday responded to claims that he helped the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, win the just-concluded presidential election. Obi said he contested the presidential election to win and not to help Tinubu’s emergence. He was reacting to a remark by the Minister of Labour and Employment, […]

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Single mother allegedly kills landlord by dragging his manhood

A single mother and tenant, Ifeoma Ossai, is currently in police net for allegedly killing her landlord, Surulere Oladele, in Ogun State, Nigeria. Ossai was arrested by the police on Saturday following a report lodged at the Sango Ota divisional headquarters by one Olaleye Taiwo. The complainant had reported to the police that his brother, […]

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