Category: Politics

Wale Jagun The Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Lagos State chapter, has pledged their support toward the re-election of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, saying Igbo people living in the State will ensure that the governor is re-elected for another term. Ohanaeze Ndigbo leaders gave the assurance on Thursday during a joint press conference with the leadership of the Yoruba Council Worldwide in Lagos, held at Ikeja. The President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State, Chief Sunday Osai, speaking during the briefing, also distanced the group from…

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Kunle Adelabu Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election. INEC chairman Yakubu Mahmood declared Tinubu the winner of the election and president-elect Wednesday morning at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. According to the INEC Chairman, Tinubu secured a total of 8,794,726 votes. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had the second-highest figure with 6,984,520 votes, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) was next with 6,101,533 votes and candidate of the New…

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Kunle Adelabu It is certain that the newly elected representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson is not fully satisfied with the number of voters recorded in the last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. He has declared that there is still so much work to be done before the March 11 Governorship and State Assembly elections. There are about 400, 000 registered voters in Ikorodu Federal Constituency which is also a Local Government, out of which about 85, 000 voters only came out to vote last Saturday.…

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Wale Jagun Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last Saturday’s National Assembly elections cleared the three available senatorial seats in Lagos State. The party also won 20 of the 24 House of Representative seats. They were declared the winners by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC). Former Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, won the Lagos West senatorial election, polling 361,296 votes to defeat her main challenger of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Adewale, who scored 248,653 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Lagos West Senatorial…

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Kunle Adelabu The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Lagos State. Obi defeated Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state. The LP Candidate polled a total of 575,735 votes while Tinubu garnered a total of 573,001 votes. Obi won nine local government areas of the…

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Kunle Adelabu A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Ikorodu Local Government, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, Hon. Sola Opeyemi Taiwo, has said that the last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls in Ikorodu was free and fair. Hon. Sola, who is the Chairman, Labour Party Elders Forum in Ikorodu, also accepted the re – election and return of the All Progressives Candidate (APC) for the House of Representatives seat for Ikorodu, Rep. Babajimi Benson, stating that his own party did not field any candidate for the position and that…

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye -Opposition parties accept results Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), has declared the incumbent member of the House of Representatives representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rep. Babajimi Benson as the winner of the Saturday election for the seat. Benson was declared winner and returned by the Returning Officer for the Ikorodu Federal Constituency election, Prof. Victor Ayole, at the INEC office, GRA, Ikorodu, on Sunday, February 26, 2023. “I, Professor Victor Ayole, l am…

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Kunle Adelabu About 24 hours after the Presidential and the National Assembly elections were held across the country, more results have continued to trickle in from various polling units. While some leaders and candidates recorded victories in their units, the same thing cannot be said of others in Ikorodu. As a follow – up to reports from the Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Abike Dabiri – Erewa, Chairman, NiDCom, Hon. Adebimpe Akinsola, former Commissioner, Senator Tokunbo Abiru and Rep. Babajimi Benson among others…

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