Category: Politics

Kunle Adelabu & Olatunji Ademola It was 100% votes for the sole Senatorial aspirant of the All Progress Congress (APC) for the Lagos East Senatorial seat, Mr Adetokunbo  Abiru, as delegates across the 19 Wards in Ikorodu Local Government Area (LGA) voted massively for son of the soil in the primary election that was held on Thursday, September 3, 2020. The coveted Senatorial seat, which the former Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Polaris Bank PLC, is aspiring to occupy became vacant following the suddenly death of the former occupant, Sen.…

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye It was a massive endorsement for Mr Adetokunbo Abiru by the delegates of Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Local Government, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Thursday, September 3, 2020, as All Progressives Congress (APC) held its primary election to pick a candidate for the primary election.  Delegates started trooping into the venue of the exercise in Ward A5 (Ipakodo/Majidun) located at the LGA Primary School, Ipakodo, as early as 7.00am and accreditation commenced at exactly 9.15am while the Chairman  of APC in…

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Kunle Adelabu Four aspirants will be vying for the Lagos East Senatorial ticket of the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the primary election slated to hold at the party’s secretariat, beside Pedro Police Station, Palmgrove, Shomlu on Saturday, September 5, 2020. TThe Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Ikorodu, Mr Femi Adinlewa,  revealed this to THE IMPACT while speaking on the preparations by the party towards the primary election. He said that four candidates have been screened and cleared for the primary election by the national secretariat…

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Kunle Adelabu While the much talk about Lagos East Senatorial bye-election has been scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold on October 31, six aspirants have shown their interest in emerging the flag bearer of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the election. Though, the ruling APC has dominated headlines as several gladiators have shown interest to vie for the seat to replace the former occupant, Senator Adebayo Osinowo who died few months ago after one year into his four year tenure, the…

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Kunle Adelabu -Hon. Olulade, Benson to lead campaign team The candidacy of the Polaris Bank Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, on Tuesday (yesterday) received a boost as the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) ratified him as the consensus candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Senatorial bye – election. The group of the privileged party chieftains and elders within the ruling party had last week pruned the list of the aspirants for the Senatorial race to four from the array of gladiators vying to replace late…

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