Category: Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially secured the ticket as the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress Party in the 2019 Presidential election. President Buhari garnered 14,842,072 million votes from party members in 26 States across the country and the FCT during the nationwide presidential direct primaries to win the ticket. In his acceptance speech, the President thanked party members for their commitment to the Change agenda. “It is with a deep sense of humility that I accept the nomination of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, to be…

Kunle ADELABU, Jare OLUKOTUN & Wale JAGUN Hon. S.O.B. Agunbiade, the Majority Leader and three term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has secured the Ikorodu Constituency I ticket for the Lagos State House of Assembly for the fourth term, while his colleague, Hon. Nurudeen Solaja, also clinched  the assembly ticket for  Ikorodu Constituency II.   Both sitting lawmakers emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates at the primary elections held on Friday, October 5 in Ikorodu division.   There were large turn-out of party members and…

Kunle ADELABU Princess Abiodun Oyefusi, a notable politician who is the daughter of the late revered monarch of Ikorodu Kingdom, Oba Salaudeen Oyefusi, has emerged as the Lagos East Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).   Oyefusi, who hails from Ikorodu Local Government Area, polled 8 votes to Yeye Shibajo Adenike from Shomolu LGA who recorded 5 votes.   All the opposition parties’ chairmen and some leaders in the senatorial district took part in the primary election which was held in Shomolu on Friday.   Princess Oyefusi would…

Kunle ADELABU and Jare OLUKOTUN Two days after the All Progressives Congress (APC) conducted its primary election for the Lagos East Senatorial seat across the district, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has declared the four term member  of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sikiru Osinowo winner. He emerged as the preferred candidate to the incumbent, Sen. Gbenga Ashafa. The senatorial primary election was held on Thursday across the Lagos East Senatorial district. Hon. Osinowo would be facing Princess Abiodun Oyefusi, the candidate of the Peoples…

Kunle ADELABU One of the aspirants for the Ikorodu Constituency I seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr. Lekan Ijelu, has stated that he did not participate in the primary election held on Friday(yesterday). He stated this while reacting to the outcome of the primary election where he was said to have emerged 5th with 367 votes. According to the Ijelu, who is aspiring for the Assembly position for the fourth term, the directive not to contest in the…

The Ikorodu-born politician and real estate developer, Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi, has emerged as the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) for the 2019 election.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gbadamosi’s election was ratified by ADP members during the party’s primaries at its Lagos State Secretariat on Saturday. The Chairman, ADP, Lagos State, Mr Bolaji Adewale, said Gbadamosi, who was unopposed, scored a total of 119,919 votes during the primaries conducted across the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. Adewale thanked the…

No fewer than 7,000 delegates will ratify on Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next February’s election.   Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno and Deputy Chairman of the APC Presidential Convention Planning Committee said the delegates will converge at the Eagle Square, Abuja for the ratification.   Shettima made this known while briefing newsmen on the party’s preparations ahead of the convention.   The delegates are drawn from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Shettima…

Jare OLUKOTUN Two term gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pharm Jimi Agbaje has again emerged as the flag-bearer of the main opposition party in the Lagos State The chairman of the election panel, Victor Oyofo, declared him the party’s flag bearer ahead of the governorship election next year, after pooling 1,100 votes to defeat Deji Doherty, who polled 742 votes Agbaje had contested against incumbent Governor Ambode in 2015, and lost the general election to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) The PDP candidate would…