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Former Governor of Lagos State, BOLA TINUBU, Ekiti State Governor, KAYODE FAYEMI; Senator IBIKUNLE AMOSUN and Vice-President YEMI OSINBAJO has suspended planned political activities in Abuja ahead of the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress to visit Owo local government, Ondo State, where a church massacre occurred. The attack on the church in Owo, the hometown of Governor ROTIMI AKEREDOLU, came barely a week after ...

Governor OLUWAROTIMI AKEREDOLU has directed that flags should be flown at half-mast in all public buildings, facilities and official residences for seven days in honour of the victims of the Owo catholic church attack. The governor in a statement described the attack as a collective loss to the people of the state, saying that it was a deliberate and calculated assault on the people of the state. ...

The Chairman of the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, says sensitive electoral materials will in the meantime no longer be routed through the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN). He also specifically notes that, beginning from the Ekiti State Governorship election, INEC will not keep its sensitive materials with the CBN. According to him, this decision is to guarantee that electoral materials for the lined up Elections are not co...

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The leadership of the All Progressives Congress has said the party may punish its national leader and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, over his utterances about the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) a few days ago. The APC national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed this while briefing journalists at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Saturday. Tinubu while on a visit to party delegates in Ogun State on Thursday...

The Lagos state government says commercial motorcycles seized during the enforcement of the ban on Okada, will be crushed.  This is according to a statement issued by the state commissioner for information and strategy, GBENGA OMOTOSHO, as the ban on okada in six local government areas of the state took its effect June 1st.  According to the commissioner, the ...

A former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Retired Justice PETER UMEADI, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Justice UMEADI who is the sole presidential aspirant of APGA was declared the winner of the primary election of the party on Wednesday. His candidacy was affirmed by 150 delegates who voted at a special convention of the part...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has raised concerns about the 2023 elections following the 20 million Permanent Voters Cards which yet to be claimed by their owners. The commission also decried the poor participation of citizens in the ongoing continuous voters’ registration exercise. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr RUFUS AKEJU, disclo...

The Lagos State Government has inaugurated a squad of 600 officials to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycles also known as okada in 6 local government areas. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. FREDRICK OLADEINDE, said that the aim for setting up of the squad was to ensure effective enforcement of the order which starts off today, June 1. In a...

The Lagos State Government has commenced enforcement of its ban on commercial motorcycles, also known as Okada, in six local government areas of the state. The local governments include Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, and Apapa. Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU announced the ban on May 18 during a meeting with police chiefs in the state, saying it is “tota...