The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has been elected for a sixth term to represent Agege 1 constituency in the state assembly. Dr Lukman Adeniji, the INEC Returning Officer for Agege constituency election, made the declaration on Sunday at the Collation Centre in Orile Agege....
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Dr Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor of Lagos state, has delivered his polling unit for the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a wide margin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dr Hamzat voted at Oke-Balogun polling unit 002, where he delivered massively for the APC flag bearer,...
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, said that some weapons, ballot boxes and sensitive materials snatched by some suspected thugs were recovered during the gubernatorial election in Lagos state. Owohunwa disclosed this on Saturday to newsmen after he rounded off his monitoring activities for the...
The Lagos State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr AbdulAzeez Adedeiran, on Saturday expressed hope of winning the March 18 poll. Adedeiran, who cast his vote at the Irewe Primary school, Ojo, polling unit 001/002, said he envisaged a change of baton in the leadership of...
Some unidentified thugs on Saturday in Lagos chased voters away from polling units, as they attempted to steal ballot boxes. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who was at Ward F3 Polling Unit 13, Ago Palace Way, Lagos, watched with surprise as some thugs suddenly started chasing voters...
Voters and agents of some political parties have raised alarm over alleged presencef miscreants at some polling units around 5th Avenue, Festac Town in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of the state. The parties that expressed concerns were the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the Accord (AC) and Labour Party...
Voters in Eti-Osa Constituency area of Lagos State have thronged polling units to register their names preparatory to voting in the governorship and state houses of assembly elections. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who was at Ward A, Polling Unit 16 as early as 7.00 a.m, reports that...
…To arrest and impound vehicles without plate numbers By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Authorities of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have adopted the use of modern technology to enhance the process of vehicle licensing and registration to improve on the management of its transportation sub-sector. The Administration says...
Mr Ifagbemi Awamaridi, a former candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, says he still remains the candidate of the party in the March 18 Gubernatorial Election. Awamaridi, who was also the National Coordinator, Labour Party Concerned Stakeholders, made the disclosure in Lagos on Thursday at a news...
A school bus conveying children of ages one to five, on Thursday in Lagos, summersaulted and injured the occupants. The accident occurred in the morning at Surulere. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who witnessed the accident, reports that the bus with registration number KTU-465DN hit a median...
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release more banknotes to money deposit banks to ease hardship. The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja that improvement had not been seen in terms...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says 66 patients involved in the train-bus collision accident have been treated and discharged from five state public health facilities. Abayomi disclosed this in a situation update about the accident on Wednesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Mr. Sunday Olajide, member representing Akure South Constituency II at the Ondo state House of Assembly, has urged Lagos residents to vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Olajide, in a statement on Wednesday in Akure, pleaded with various groups and interest...
The Lagos State Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, on Tuesday met with Arewa Community and other ethnic groups, assuring them of better Lagos if elected. Rhodes-Vivour, at a joint interactive session with various ethnic groups, said that he was determined to deliver a state that would work...
Some support groups of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, on Tuesday threw their weight behind the party’s Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. Addressing a news conference at the party secretary at Ikeja GRA, the support groups vowed to win the state for the...
The Labour Party (LP) has alleged that some opposition parties are pressurising the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upturn the victory of its FCT senate candidate, Ireti Kingibe in their favour. Mr Peter Diugwu, the FCT LP Chairman, said this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja....
Lagos State residents on Tuesday began to accept the old N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes for transactions, following a validation from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to do so. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CBN in a statement signed by its acting Director, Corporate...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has notified its customers residing along Apo/Gudu, Abuja, that there will be an annual preventive maintenance at the Gudu Injection Substation. The management of AEDC, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said that the maintenance would take...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA), on Monday removed the popular makeshift market and squatters settlement behind the Old Federal Secretariat, Area 1, Garki, Abuja. The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Development Authority (FCDA), Shehu Ahmed, who led the exercise, said it was necessitated by wave of insecurity...
Members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday staged a protest against an alleged intimidation by the traditional ruler of Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the mammoth crowd of protesters carried placards with different inscriptions like “Election is not war”, “Stop cursing...