Category: Politics

The Babajide Sanwo-Olu Campaign Organization (BOSCO) said the Lagos governorship aspirant, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is now ready to battle Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for the All Progressives Congress, APC, ticket at the party’s guber primary on 29 September, 2018. A statement issued by BOSCO’s Director of Media, Dolusesan Daini on Thursday said the organisation expressed joy and excitement at the outpouring of love from Lagosians, particularly the torrents of endorsements from various political and socio-economic groups across the State and several Lagosians living in the diaspora, noting that it was a confirmation that…

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Kunle ADELABU -Says he is better positioned for Ikorodu’s development The first Executive Secretary and first Chairman of the Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Prince (Hon) Adekunle Ogunbela, has endorsed the incumbent representative of Ikorodu Constituency I and the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade for another term. The former council boss openly declared his support for the lawmaker during the inaugural summit of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youths in Ikorodu North LGA.   Speaking at the summit, Hon. Ogunbela stated…

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Kunle ADELABU -Returns to ancestral root for blessings, supports Mr Yinka Majekodunmi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for Ikorodu Constituency I seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly, would declare his intention to contest for the much coveted seat today in Ikorodu.   The ceremony, which is also expected to flags off his campaign,  is scheduled to hold at his ward in Odogunyan in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria   The aspirant had on Sunday,September 16, 2018, returned to…

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The battle on who gets the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State continued on Wednesday with the party leadership mounting pressure on the incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to drop his second term bid and endorse his opponent, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.   Sanwo-Olu came into reckoning in Lagos politics after he obtained the state governorship form last Tuesday and immediately got the backing of the Mandate Movement in the Lagos APC. The Mandate Movement is led by the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who was…

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee (NWC) ON Wednesday released a reviewed timetable for the conduct of its primary elections. A statement signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Emma Ibediro, in Abuja, on Wednesday, listed the new dates for primaries for all the elective positions. The party had earlier fixed September 20 for the party’s presidential primaries, while appeals that may arise from the conduct were to be heard on September 22.   The party had also scheduled September 25 for governorship primaries, while September 26 to…

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is still very much in the 2019 governorship race contrary to reports on social media that he has withdrawn to pave way for the emergence of Babajide Sanwo-Olu. There have been reports on social media that the governor has stepped down from the 2019 gubernatorial race, but government source said the news was simply fake. A top government source said the report was the handiwork of persons bent on heating up the polity in the State and creating unnecessary confusion and tension within the All Progressives Congress…

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Kunle ADELABU Mr Babatunde Sanwo- Olu, the new entrant into the Lagos State Governorship race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to build on the foundation laid by former governors, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Mr Babatunde Fashola, if he wins the party’s primary and the general election in 2019.   The aspirant told the cheering crowd at his official declaration for the governorship position at the City Hall, Lagos, on Sunday, September 16.   Acknowledging the foundation laid by Tinubu and sustained during the administration…

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State may have finally lost out in the battle for the ticket  of  the All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the 2019 governorship election despite  interventions by President Muhammadu Buhari’s proxies and governors aimed at staving off what they claimed was a damaging crisis in one of the party’s strongest bases. Reflective of the interventions, there were deliberate moves, early yesterday, towards lowering the momentum of the mobilization for the governorship bid of  Ambode’s main challenger for the APC ticket, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In one of…

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Kunle ADELABU -Promises to take stability, legislative excellence to Upper Chamber A major power broker in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and four term lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo, has declared to contest for the Lagos East Senatorial seat at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.   The popular politician made the declaration amidst tons of endorsements and reaffirmations by key stakeholders within the ruling party at the Centre for Management and Development (CMD), Shangisha, Lagos…

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The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it would welcome Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode into its fold if he decided to dump the All Progressives Congress. (APC). The Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Taofeek Gani, made the assertion in Lagos. Gani spoke following reports that Mr Jide Sanwo-Olu, a former Commissioner for Training and Establishments in the state, had been adopted by the APC leaders to succeed Ambode. The APC chairman in Lagos State, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, had told newsmen on Wednesday that the…

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