Day: February 21, 2019

Pre-Election Surveys On Violence Give Us Concerns – Communication Officer, Nigeria Election Violence Report Project

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Comrade Oluwafemi John Adebayo is the KIMPACT Development Initiative (KDI) Communication  Officer and he’s also playing the same role for the  Nigeria Election Violence Report Project (NEVR), a project being conducted by KDI in the Southwest part of the country for International Foundation For Electoral System (IFES). He spoke with THE IMPACT on electoral violence in Lagos State and ways of tackling it. Excerpts: IMPACT: Can we meet you sir? Adebayo: My name is Oluwafemi John Adebayo. I work with KIMPACT Development Initiative as a communication officer and also holds…

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Ikorodu Monarch Dissatisfied With Number of Registered Voters In Lagos, Ikorodu

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Kunle ADELABU -Says No To Electoral Violence The Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs and the paramount ruler of Ikorodu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi,  Ayangbure of Ikorodu,  has expressed his displeasure at the number of registered voters in his domain and Lagos State in general. Oba Shotobi expressed his dissatisfaction at the 6 million and about 340,000 voters that registered for the 2019 General Elections in Lagos State and Ikorodu Local Government respectively while receiving Monitors of the Nigeria Election Violence Report…

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Asipa Kaoli Did Not Betray Ikorodu On Senatorial Primary – Hon. Bayo Osinowo Media Team

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Wale JAGUN The Media Team of Hon. Bayo Osinowo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Lagos East Senatorial District in the coming election, has denied the accusations that the State Vice Chairman of the party, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, worked against the interest of Ikorodu by supporting the emergence of Hon.  Osinowo as the candidate of the party. Following the statement allegedly made by the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that the former Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in the State “led leaders from Ikorodu to my…

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Tinubu Woos Igbo Voters In Lagos for APC

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National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday appealed to Igbo in Lagos State to vote the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February and March elections. Tinubu made the appeal in Ikeja while addressing party faithful at a stakeholders meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was called to perfect the party’s preparedness for the rescheduled elections on Feb. 23 and March 9 in the state. The party leader said the APC government never discriminates against people…

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