As at 12 noon election materials were yet to arrive at the two polling units on Bourdillon road, Ikoyi, Lagos where the resident of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC is located. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC guideline, accreditation of voters ought to start by 8am and…
Lagos: Tight Security In INEC Office
There is watertight security in the Lagos State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Saturday morning as the Commission’s collation officers are about to leave for the various registration centers in the state. As at the time of filing this report, the officers who are to collate the votes at the various…
36,204 Security Personnel To Man Elections In Lagos
A total of 36,204 personnel drawn from all the security and emergency response agencies in Lagos State have been deployed to man the March 28 and April 11 general elections in the state. The state’s security agencies have embarked on “show of force on land, sea and air to demonstrate our readiness to confront and…
US, Nigeria Partner To Fight Bird Flu
As part of moves to prevent further spread of bird flu in Nigeria, the United States, US has through its Agency for International Development, USAID, sponsored the training of relevant stakeholders on how best to control the disease in the country. Apart from a similar workshop held in Kano State recently, about 160 people from…
Elections: APC Warns PDP Against Ekiti Rigging Style
Less than a week to the Presidential and National Assembly election in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led federal government not to manipulate the elections, using “what we call the Modified Ekiti Rigging Strategy.” An online media had published a video purportedly released by one Captain Sagir…
U.S Restates Support For INEC
The United States of America, USA has reiterated its support for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and its effort to deliver free, fair, and credible elections, a statement from the information office of the US Embassy in Abuja has said. The US has also said it will continue to support INEC in its essential…
Ex-Ekiti Government Officials Accuse Fayose of Witch-hunting
Former members of the Ekiti State executive council have alleged a plot by the Ayo Fayose-led government to clampdown on them and keep them out of circulation. They also claimed that the governor is planning to confiscate their monetized official cars purchased under the immediate past governor Kayode Fayemi. Fayemi’s government had purchased a car…
Ambode Woos Civil Servants With Welfare Packages
Lagos State Civil Servants have been promised a new deal of salary structure and leave bonus arrangement most suitable to the generality of the workers if the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC retains the coming governorship elections. Akinwunmi Ambode, the APC governorship candidate in the state said this at an interactive session with Permanent Secretaries,…
Court Stops Cancels Restriction of Movement on Sanitation Days
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State has stopped monthly environmental sanitation exercise held on every last Saturday of the month in Lagos State. Delivering judgement in a suit filed by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, human rights activist and Lawyer who challenged the legality of the 3 hours restriction, Justice Mohammed Idris held on Monday…
We Would Have Been Richer In PDP – Tambuwal
Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker, Federal House of Representatives said he and some of his colleagues who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the main opposition All Progressives Party, APC would have been richer if they had remained with the PDP ahead of this year’s general elections. The Speaker said their decision to give what…
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