Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Lagos governorship election. Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 739,445 votes to beat his closest rival Jimmy Agbaje of the PDP who polled a total of 206,141 votes. INEC’s Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, noted […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winners in the House of Representatives election in Somolu and Island seats in the Lagos state House of Assembly. Mr Ademorin Kuye was declared as winner of the House of Representatives election in Somolu Gederal Constituency. The Returning Officer, […]
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The Lagos State Government has assured residents of their safety during the governorship and House of Assembly elections slated for Saturday noting that adequate measures have been firmed up to ensure a hitch-free exercise. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said every necessary arrangement to ensure a smooth voting exercise had been made, adding that the peace and […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, wants security agencies and relevant authorities to ensure perpetrators of violence in last Saturday’s elections are punished. Mr Agbaje made the call on Monday while speaking with journalists at his campaign office in Obanikoro, Lagos. The governorship candidate said the violence in some […]
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A woman, Cordelia Ojuromi, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Ogba Magistrate Court after she allegedly hit her neighbour, James Idehin with a pressing iron thereby inflicting serious injury to his face. It was gathered that Ojuromi and another accused at large, committed the alleged crime on the 13 of February, 2019 in Ikeja area […]
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The Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Thursday promised to give all residents equal opportunities in the state if elected. Agbaje made the promise while addressing party faithful in Iba area of the state. The PDP candidate said his policies and programmes would favour all residents of the state, both […]
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Fatai Adeniran, a father of three, has committed suicide in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State. The 34-year-old was said to have just been paid N1.7 million from a job he had done for a client before he hanged himself in the one room apartment he shared with his children and wife on Animashaun […]
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Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that normalcy has been restored in Tipper Garage Bus Stop, Abule Egba, after a fire incident that burnt many vehicles, houses and shops. LASEMA officials said that the fire, which started around 3.00 am, was triggered when an ignitable object came in contact with petrol spillage in […]
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There was chaos on Tuesday at the Five Star bus stop on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos State, as a yet-to-be-identified bus driver was lynched by a mob. According to PUNCH Metro the driver and his conductor had been beaten to a pulp and set ablaze before policemen from the Answani Division responded to a distress […]
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Jimi Agbaje was on Friday declared winner of the governorship primary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agbaje, who was the party’s flagbearer in the 2015 election, will be taking another shot at the Lagos oval house, come 2019. Agbaje was declared winner of […]
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