This is a comprehensive list of the newly elected Local Government and Local Council Development Area Chairmen and Vice Chairmen in Lagos state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said threats by pro-Biafran groups would not stop it from conducting elections in the South-East. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Enugu State, Emeka Ononamadu said this while addressing journalists in Enugu. He said the threat to boycott the Anambra State governorship election was bizzare. [Read Also: Nnamdi Kanu gives... Read More
The Chairman, Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Hon. Justice Ayotunde Phillips has said that results of elections into Chairmanship and Councillorship posts in the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State scheduled for Saturday, 22nd July 2017 will be announced at the Local Government/ Local Council Development Area Collation Centres... Read More
by Nimi Princewill Almost every Nigerian of voting age has an ideal choice of the candidate whose profile they believe is worthy of bringing the desired change; (in local parlance), the “un-APC like” kind of change the country hankers for at this time. However, the ‘best candidates’ are not exactly known to win elections in... Read More
The Lagos State government has restricted vehicular movement in the state on Saturday, July 22, 2017. According to a statement by Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, on Sunday, this is in view of the election that will hold across the 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas of the state. The... Read More
by Samson Itodo The Nigerian Senate has received encomiums for providing national leadership in the timely and progressive conclusion of its amendments to the Electoral Act, 2010. It took the Senate one year to conclude its amendment process and submit a 27 clauses amendment to the electoral act.
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has released the list of validated candidates for the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections into the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas of the State scheduled for Saturday, 22nd July 2017. In line with its statutory responsibilities, the Commission had requested all the candidates, whose names... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue The candidate for the PDP in the Osun West Senatorial elections which held on Saturday, July 8, 2017, Ademola Adeleke, has been declared the winner. Adeleke replaces his brother, Isiaka, whose demise had led to the available seat in the Osun Senatorial contingent. In a process that began with a sensational... Read More
by Mark Amaza It is almost 20 months to the 2019 General Elections with elections into the Office of the President, 30 governorship seats and hundreds of legislative seats at the state and federal levels.
Last week saw the political audience across the world torn in separate directions as the United States and the United Kingdom witnessed defining moments in their political terrain. The UK general elections held on the same day as former FBI Director, James Comey’s hearing about the Trump/Russia affair before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Back here... Read More
by Azeez Adeniyi and Alexander O. Onukwue June 12, 1993 is one day that will continue to linger in the minds of Nigerians, most especially those who witnessed the incidents at that time. It is not just any calendar day in Nigeria, as it has been widely regarded as the authentic ‘Democracy Day’ as against May 29... Read More
Nnamdi Kanu and a section of the South East want Biafra. Northern Youths do not want Igbos in the North anymore and regardless of El rufai’s arrest order, they are adamant about their position. So the conversation in the political sphere centres on who wants to leave Nigeria and whether they have a right to... Read More
Like death and taxes, you can always depend on Nigerian politicians to skirt important issues and focus on misplaced priorities. Masters of diversion and petty politics, Nigerian politicians seem to amp up their politicking once elections start to draw close, or the voting public’s confidence in them begins to wane. They’ve done this, no matter... Read More
As the Independent rightly calls it, the United Kingdom government is “planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online.” There is no universe in which that sounds good, or – if you ask us – ends well. “Some people say that it is... Read More
On this day in 1999, a new chapter in the history of Nigeria was opened: the military went back to the barracks and their constitutional role of protecting Nigeria’s territorial integrity. Most importantly, we gained the freedom to elect our own political leaders. We have come a long way since President Olusegun Obasanjo was sworn... Read More
by Bode Ekerin One fundamental question keeps echoing with subtle resonance in my mind. Have the Nigerian youth gotten any hope of being liberated from the shackles of political marginalization, even in the face this seemingly gerontocratic system of government? Over the years, since 1999 to be precise, we have seen the elders hold the... Read More
by Azeez Adeniyi Former FBI Chief, James Comey who was fired by President Donald Trump has agreed to testify publicly about Russian interference in the 2016 elections, lawmakers announced Friday. Top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner in a statement said, “I hope that former Director Comey’s testimony will help answer some of... Read More
by Dolapo Adelana Centrist candidate, Emmanuel Macron and the president of the far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen have taken an early lead in the presidential election in France, according to latest polls. The first projections show that both candidates are through to the second and final round, which will be held on May 7. Macron... Read More
By Philip Nweze The story I’m about to tell seems too good to be true. It is one that cannot be forgotten with the passage of time. One that plastered me with curious excitement and makes me carry a sense of pride for being an Ebonyian. In this era of rancourous partisan divisions and tsunami... Read More
by Azeez Adeniyi Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said he would concede defeat in the 2018 governorship election if the All Progressives Congress (APC) wins a single local government. He said this while speaking on People, Politics and Power, a programme on AIT. Fayose said Fayemi was free to contest the in the election... Read More
by Adebayo Kupo When the tenure of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun winds down in November 2018, the question of who takes over from him is permeating the political space. Notwithstanding that the election is about 20 months away and that political parties have not flung their doors open for campaigns to... Read More
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by Dolapo Adelana The Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies against bias in the rescheduled outstanding Legislative Elections in Etche State Constituency 2 and Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency of Rivers State on Saturday, February 25, 2017, respectively. “We are hereby warning the... Read More
Disclaimer: This is no wicked, callous, hateful or unkind post intended to “kill” our President. Wait, why do we have to explain this again? Anyway, if you are one of the people that experienced the painful ordeal that shrouding the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s sickness in secrecy visited upon Nigerians (or those who have read... Read More
Dear celebrities of the world, There was actually a time that people followed you lot. A 10-year old in 2002 would have done anything that Beyonce or Puff Daddy endorsed. Same as a 24-year old in the same year but a lot has happened in the past few years and across continents to throw you off your throne... Read More
To fully get the gist of this post, you may have to catch up with our starting point here. But the gist is simple: Trump is shattering all the rules we have held dear about success. At the end of that last post, we were so sad that the American President’s success so far has broken... Read More
by Roqeebah Olaoniye Politics in Nigeria last year was upside-down to say the least. We can count how many politicians did anything note-worthy all year. The recession hit really bad but it hit only the masses as the ruling class maintained their luxury billion Naira feeding and other allowances. Those who did not get a... Read More
by Adekoya Bolakale When Feyisayo, a 36-year old trader and a single mother of three left her home in Imeri, a village in Ose local council area of Ondo State, to cast her ballot in the recently conducted governorship election in the State, it was not for the desire to vote in a government... Read More
by Don Pedro Obaseki This is an honest opinion and I pray the leaders are reading or will listen. The Edo state governorship elections came and went. The Ondo state governorship elections came and went. Now the Rivers state legislative rerun also came, but many of us in Edo didn’t need to read a “Mene... Read More
Fellow Africans, something great happened in Ghana last night. Before the Ghana Electoral Commission had concluded collating and releasing the results of the Presidential elections, President John Dramani Mahama made the right move when he called his arch-rival, Nana Akufo-Addo, to concede defeat and congratulate him on a battle well-fought. With that act, President Mahama... Read More
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