17 feared killed in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, A’Ibom, others in gov and state assembly elections

At least 17 people were killed in various acts of electoral violence in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Cross River, Niger, Akwa Ibom, Osun, and Benue states as violence, apathy, and disenfranchisement of voters marred Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections. Explaining the low turnout of the voters, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party […]

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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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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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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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There are plans to assassinate Gbadebo, the Lagos Labour Party candidate ―Chief Bode George

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Olabode George, has raised the alarm that there is a grand design to secretly eliminate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State. While speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, George said if anything happens to Rhodes-Vivour, Nigerians “should know who […]

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PDP chieftain claims on live TV that Labour Party got 983,069 votes in Lagos, while APC got 155,201 (Video)

A Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) chieftain who looks like Ladan Salihu has claimed that the votes Labour Party got in Lagos were allegedly reduced to favour the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking during an interview on live TV, the PDP chieftain revealed that results from their situation room showed Labour Party in Lagos had […]

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Another trailer with container falls at Ojuelegba, Lagos

A trailer fell alongside the container it was carrying at Ojuelegba in Lagos state, Nigeria, on Friday night, February 24. This incident came barely three weeks after nine persons including children perished after a container fell on a commercial bus at the foot of the same Ojuelegba bridge. Thankfully, no life was lost in this […]

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EFCC intercepts N32.4m suspected to be for vote buying in Lagos

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has on Friday intercepted the sum of N32,400 million allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos State. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, revealed that the recovery was made by operatives of the Lagos zonal command of the commission and that […]

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Political thugs attack Obi-Datti supporters in Lagos

Members of the Obidient Movement have been attacked by suspected thugs and hoodlums while on their way to the rally of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, which took place at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Onikan, in Lagos. Report of attack of the Obidients was contained in a WhatsApp […]

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Peter Obi, Labour Party’s rally in Lagos witnesses massive crowd (Photos)

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi and his vice presidential candidate, Mr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, their wives and members of their campaign council were in Lagos on Saturday to hold the party’s rally for the coming general election. Mr. Obi’s supporters blocked his vehicle on his way to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), […]

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Lecturer defiles his 10-year-old daughter in Lagos, remanded in prison custody

A lecturer has been arrested over an allegation of having unlawful sexual intercourse with his biological daughter in Lagos State, as the state Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) decries the rise in such cases in the state. In a statement, the Executive Secretary for the agency, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the agency got to know […]

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Man arraigned in criminal court in Lagos for marrying second wife

The police in Lagos state, on Wednesday arraigned a man, Edmund Uzoma, before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly contracting a second marriage under the Marriage Act while the first one is still alive (bigamy). Uzoma was arraigned before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun on three counts of bigamy and falsification of information on a […]

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Fight breaks out as soldiers try to disarm police taskforce in Lagos (Video)

Nigerian soldiers and policemen got into a fight in public and this was caught on camera. The physical confrontation occurred Wednesday morning, January 18, at ijaya, Apongbon area of  Lagos State. The soldiers attempted to disarm a police taskforce and they put up a fight. A video shared online shows a soldier and a police officer […]

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Slain Lagos lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, laid to rest (Photos)

The funeral service of slain Lagos lawyer, Mrs. Bolanle Raheem, was held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Olive Tree Parish, in Ikoyi Lagos state, Nigeria on Tuesday January 17. Delivering a sermon at the service, Okechukwu Enelamah, a former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, said Mrs. Raheem’s “relatively short life” was full […]

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Don’t pull wool over our face, Jakande’s achievements in Lagos too hard to beat, By Lade Bonuola

I have restrained myself from getting involved in this kind of controversy. This was why I made a strenuous effort from being drawn into the brickbat between Bayo Onanuga/Dele Alake on the one hand and Arise News on the other despite pressure on me to say something. “Oga, this is shameful, won’t you say something […]

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