Category: Politics

Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, uploaded the final list for the Governorship and State Assembly elections on the Commission’s website. The electoral umpire had on Tuesday said that 18 political parties nominated a total of 837 candidates and their running mates for the Governorship elections in 28 States out of the 36 on the Federation Also, according to INEC, a total of 10, 231 candidates are jostling for 993 State Assembly seats. In a statement on its website, the…

Kunle Adelabu Mr Abdul – Azeez Adekunle Awesu, who aspired to represent the lkorodu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Abuja, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and currently at the Court of Appeal to reclaim his mandate of representing his party as its candidate in the forthcoming 2023 General Elections, has expressed confidence in the Nigeria judiciary. Awesu said that he is sure of getting justice at the upper court following the withdrawal of his candidacy by a Lagos Federal High Court which consequently pronounced…

Kunle Adelabu Who is the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the forthcoming elections, between Mr Abdul-Azeez Adekunle Awesu and Mr Abdu-Kareem Shittu? This is a question that ordinarily should not pose any difficulty to answer if there has been a democratic primary, but going by the complex nature of Nigeria’s polity, the more questions are asked, the more questions would be raised. In actual fact, the court judgment which favoured Shittu for the position, also seems not to be enough for…

Kunle Adelabu A contender for the Federal House of Representatives seat in lkorodu, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Abdul-Azeez Adekunle Awesu, has further proven his seriousness to challenge Hon. Babajimi Benson, the incumbent and the candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC), for the Ikorodu Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives in the forthcoming 2023 General Elections. The young politician, who is challenging the decision of the Federal High Court on his mandate was undeterred as he joined the massive assemblage of PDP…

-Gets APC Senatorial, LGA women leaders’ commendations In preparations for the commencement of the campaign for the 2023 General elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) women in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu Division of Lagos State has commenced mobilization in earnest. The initiative, which is at the instance of the Supervisory Councilor, Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Comrade Salau Rukaya Ibikunkun Ajibike, was also used to further reconciled aggrieved party members and ensure that there is unity within the party. About 400 women attended the parley tagged,…

Kunle Adelabu -9 candidates listed for Lagos East Senatorial seat, 8 for Ikorodu Fed. Constituency -Awesu out, Shittu in for PDP -Lists for state elections out October 4 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates contesting for the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the 2023 general elections. In a statement on Tuesday, the Commission said it approved the final list of candidates “pursuant to section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and item 8 of the timetable and schedule of activities for the…

Kunle Adelabu The federal lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Constituency in the House of Representatives, National Assembly, Abuja, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has called for a proper reconciliation within his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ikorodu. He said that it is only through unity that the party can garner more votes and be victorious in the coming General Elections. Rep. Benson, who disclosed that he supported Mr Oluwatoyin Gafaar Bolowotan, former Director – General, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), for the Ikorodu Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of…

Kunle Adelabu Mr AbdulAzeez Adekunle Awesu, who emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming General Elections in 2023, came into the political circle suddenly but proved his worth when he clinched the ticket of his party, Since then, his political profile has risen especially within the PDP in Ikorodu and at the State level, which has led to many requesting to know more about him. In a release signed by his media aide, Mr Kenny Jackson, on Monday, August 15, 2022, which happens to…