APC wins Lagos assembly by-election The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Tokunbo Abiru, has emerged victorious in the Lagos East senatorial bye-election conducted in the state on Saturday. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced that Abiru obtained a total of 89,204 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples Democratic Party. Read More…
Activities at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are in top gear to ensure peaceful conduct of the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe Constituency II, Lagos State House of Assembly by-elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored situation on Friday in Lagos, reports that one Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), several police Read More…
By Nita Bhalla Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is set to affect Africa’s 1.3 billion people on issues ranging from climate change and immigration to women’s health and human rights, according to academics and analysts. Under the Trump administration, the United States pulled out of the landmark Paris climate accord, issued travel Read More…
Gov. Nasir El- Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday visited Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to commiserate with him and the residents of the state over the mayhem that followed the EndSARS protests. El-Rufai, while speaking at Lagos House, Marina, decried the level of the destruction of public and private property in the state, Read More…
A group, Amuwo Odofin Stakeholders Consultative Forum (AOSCF), has called for immediate recall of the lawmaker representing the constituency in Lagos State House of Assembly. In a statement released on Sunday in Lagos, the group demanded the recall of Mrs Mojisola Alli-Macaulay over alleged “gross mis-representation” of her constituency at the assembly. The statement was Read More…
The Lagos APC, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, called on the PDP to show empathy for the state against the backdrop of public and private property as well as businesses destroyed during the protest. Oladejo described the period as an inappropriate and insensitive time to play politics with an incident Read More…
South-West Senators on Tuesday visited the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to commiserate with him and Lagosians on the mayhem arising from the EndSARS protest. Addressing the media, the lawmakers, led by Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, said that the Senate was pained by the level of damage and sued for peace for the progress of Read More…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has set up an ad-hoc committee to meet with victims of the violence that trailed the EndSARS protests in the state. The committee is to look into the carnage that emanated from the destruction and looting of private and public properties by hoodlums. The resolution to set up the Read More…
The events of the past few days suggest a political awakening, particularly among the youths. Even as the physical #EndSARS protests have died out, there is still a lot that the youth can do to be a relevant part of the Nigerian nation. Ayo Obe, civil rights campaigner and lawyer, gave us her insights. She Read More…
South-West governors and ministers visited Lagos on Sunday to commiserate with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Lagosians over the EndSARS protest mayhem in the state. The visitors, who also called for peace to reign, went round some of the property that were destroyed during the mayhem. Sanwo-Olu, in company of state government officials, also took the Read More…