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Obasa, Orekoya win Agege constituencies
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa and Abiodun Orekoya of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been declared winners of the Agege constituency 1 and Somolu constituency 1 seats. The APC candidates won their constituencies by wide margins in a result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The results were announced by INEC returning…
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Lagos APC calls on police to probe Rhodes-Vivour over threat of violence
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, has urged security agencies to probe the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour over comments made during the conduct of Saturday’s governorship election. The Labour Party candidate had in a video that has gone viral said: “INEC and the police should realise that they are provoking Lagosians right now. If tonight…
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LIVE: Governorship election holds in 28 states across Nigeria
Nigerians across 28 states in the federation have the opportunity to elect individuals who will spend the next four year as governors today. Governorship elections will not hold in Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Ondo and Osun states while state assembly elections will hold in all the 36 states of the federation. Of the 28 states where elections are…
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Atiku, Obi’s win in few regions couldn’t have made them president, says Alake
Special Adviser to the President-elect, Dele Alake said it was impossible for presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party to believe they could have won the February 25 presidential election by just winning in some regions in the country. Speaking in a press conference on Thursday, Alake said only Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All…
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Poll result transmission: APC, SDP seek leave to appeal judgment
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lagos State have applied for leave to appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should electronically transmit the results of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. Justice P. O. Lifu had given the order mandating INEC to…
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Koshoedo, PDP Deputy National Secretary calls for calm after gale of defection hits Lagos chapter
Deputy National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Setonji Koshoedo has urged members of the party in Lagos State to see the waves of defection of members to other political parties as a springboard for revamping the party to win elections in the state. A gale of defection has hit the opposition party in recent days, including its former…
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Observer group urges Nigerians to turn out en-masse for governorship, state assembly elections
Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI) an INEC accredited observer organization for the 2023 general elections, has called on Nigerians to come out enmasse on Saturday 18th March 2023 to cast their votes for candidates of their choice in the gubernatorial and state Houses of Assembly elections. The organization made the call in a statement by it’s President, Wale Ogunade and Director,…
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Afenifere, Arewa, Ohaneze youths endorse Lagos PDP governorship candidate
A youth coalition, comprising Afenifere, Arewa, Ohaneze youths have threw their weight behind the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Abdulazeez Adediran. The coalition made this known at a press conference in Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday.. Addressing journalists, the President of Afenifere National Youths Council and Leader of the coalition, Eniola Joseph Ojajuni, said that…
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Yoruba Imams congratulate Tinubu, urge him to liberate Nigerians from poverty
The League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland, Edo and Delta states (THE RABITA) has congratulated the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his hard-earned victory at the polls, urging him to work towards liberating Nigerians from poverty. The Imams, in a congratulatory message jointly signed by Sheikh Habeebullah Adam Abdullah Al-Ilori and Sheikh (Dr.) Ahmad Aladesawe, said Tinubu’s victory is…
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Lagos guber election: Osuntokun urges LP supporters to remain peaceful, calm
Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party Akin Osuntokun has urged supporters of the party in Lagos State to remain peaceful and calm ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. Osuntokun in a statement said the result of the presidential election, where the LP won in Lagos State has sent the opposition into panic mode,…
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