Category: Politics

Cele 1: Sanwo-Olu 346 votes, Ambode 76 votes Cele 2 : Sanwo-Olu 2660, votes Ambode 2 votes Cele 3 : Sanwo-olu 680 votes, Ambode 52 votes Aga Ijomu: Sanwo-Olu 1202 votes, Ambode 19 votes Ipakodo: Sanwo-Olu 7544 votes, Ambode 137 votes Imota 1: Sanwo-Olu 1933 votes, Ambode 439 votes Imota 2: Sanwo-Olu 2457 votes, Ambode 391 votes 8: Isiu: Sanwo-Olu 169 votes,  Ambode 18 votes Igbogbo 1: Sanwo-Olu 258 votes, Ambode 25 votes Igbogbo 2: Sanwo-Olu 480 votes, Ambode 39 votes Igbogbo 3: Sanwo-Olu 234 votes, Ambode 16 votes Ibeshe:…

Wale JAGUN The campaign team of the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Oyeniran Agunbiade on Monday drummed support for the governorship ambition of Mr Babajide Sanwo-olu.   The governorship aspirant of the All Progressives congress (APC) is up against the incumbent governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode in the battle for the party’s ticket in Lagos State for the 2019 governorship election   In a release signed by Alhaji Kamaldeen Ajalogun, the Director-General of Team SOB 2019, he enjoined party members to partake in the primary…

•Meeting with Buhari ‘fruitful’ •How party ’ll pick candidate •Panel promises credible election All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said last night that his position on the candidates battling for the party’s governorship ticket remains. Tinubu’s media adviser Tunde Rahman said last night in a statement on Tinubu’s meeting with the President in Abuja: “Asiwaju Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande were invited by President Buhari and it turned out to be a good and productive meeting. Asiwaju was quite pleased to have conferred with the President who…

The Electoral Committee of the Lagos APC governorship primary and stakeholders in the state chapter, on Monday came out of a meeting without agreeing on the pattern to adopt for the election on Tuesday. The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa made the disclosure to newsmen on Monday, after a meeting between the committee and state party stakeholders in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chairman of the electoral committee, Mr Clement Ebri, led his team to the meeting which was also…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has overruled the decision of the Clement Ebri-led National Working Committee (NWC) to nullify the governorship primaries held on Tuesday in Lagos state.   The APC national chairman said the decision to uphold the primaries became imperative after consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.   Oshiomhole’s decision has effectively foreclosed the holding of a fresh primary in the state on Wednesday as announced by the chairman of the NWC on Lagos governorship primaries, Chief Clement Ebri.   Meanwhile,…

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of Tuesday’s governorship primary.   This was contrary to the position of the Clement Ebri-led National Working Committee appointed electoral panel, which had earlier nullified the election that produced Sanwo-Olu as winner.   Ebri had said that the primary would be rescheduled as the state chapter has no power to conduct the party governorship primary election on its own.   However, the Lagos State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, announced Sanwo-Olu…

Some supporters of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday staged a protest at the Lagos secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over what they called the party’s plan to manipulate the governorship primary to favour Mr Jide Sanwo-olu.   According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the protesters, numbering about 200, carried leaves and placards, expressing their displeasure with the electoral process.   Mr Daud Olasheu, who led the protest, alleged that the party leadership had already compromised the process with the adoption of Sanwo-Olu, even before Tuesday’s primary.…

Our Reporter -We’ll ensure free, fair, credible process, Panel Chairman assures Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday tasked the panel appointed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to conduct the Governorship Primaries in the State to do all within its powers to ensure a level playing field for all aspirants in the contest.   The Governor, who spoke when he received members of the panel led by its Chairman, Mr. Clement Ebri, said it was important that the election when conducted is…

Tomorrow, our party and the people of Lagos will have an encounter with destiny. We shall hold our governorship primary.   With the holding of direct primaries to elect governorship candidates in Lagos and other states, the APC takes a groundbreaking step toward greater internal democracy and progressive governance for the benefit of all people. While our party is young, it has grown fast and has travelled far in a short time. This speaks well of the character of you, the party’s rank-and-file members.   What, in other nations, has…