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NAN The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will publish the personal particulars of candidates nominated by their political parties for the 2023 Governorship and State Assembly elections in all the constituencies nationwide on Friday. The INEC Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the swearing-in of a new Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Dr Hale Longpet, on Thursday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Yakubu urged Nigerians to scrutinise the particulars and seek judicial remedy for any observed violation of the law. “As we continue to…

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government, on Thursday (today), said that it has reclaimed the encroached portion of the Ikorodu GRA Scheme III, located in Odonla, Lucky Fibre axis of Ikorodu. Dr Idris Salako, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, made the disclosure in a statement issued by Mukaila Sanusi, Deputy Director,  Public Affairs Department of the Ministry. The Commissioner stated that the government had to dislodge the illegal occupants and return the affected portion of Land to the original allottees, who are with Certificates of Occupancy issued…

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday re-launched the Lagos State Resident Identity Card (LAG Smart ID Card) with smart features. According to the governor, the re – launch is to generate a comprehensive database of all persons residing in the State. The LAG Smart ID Card was unveiled at launch events held simultaneously across five Divisions in the State – Ikeja, Lagos Island, Badagry, Ikorodu and Epe. The new card offered a transition from an ordinary plastic card, meant only for identification purposes, to a smart, multi-purpose ID that…

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Kunle Adelabu -As Ajose group flags–off campaign in Ikorodu Division The Ajose Mandate Group (AMG) of the National Union of Local Government Employees on Monday, July 18, 2022, kicked off its campaign for the State Delegate Conference of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), at the Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. At the well – attended rally, 35 NULGE branches took their turn to openly endorse the AMG’s Presidential candidate, Comrade Ogunfowora Sunday Sewanu as President of the Lagos State…

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Kunle Adelabu Former Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Adeola Muhydeen Jokomba, has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, to ensure that members of the party that are aggrieved from the conducts of the last primaries and congresses are fully reconciled before the 2023 General Elections. Jokomba, who was also an aspirant for the Ikorodu Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, said that he is sad over the loss of gubernatorial election in Osun State by APC…

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Our Editor The Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has mourned the passing of a frontline politician and member of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Chief Mrs Kemi Nelson. Chief Nelson, former Executive Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), died on Sunday at the age of 66. Abiru, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr. Enitan Olukotun on Sunday in Lagos, described the death of Chief Mrs Nelson as shocking and devastating. He said the astute grassroot mobilizer, highly…

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