The Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal on Monday declared as dead on arrival, a petition of the state Governorship Candidate of PDP, Dr Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), against Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s election. The tribunal held that evidence before it showed that the petition lacked merit. Adediran had contended that Sanwo-Olu...
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Security has been been beefed up at the Roseline Omotosho Courthouse, Ikeja, as the Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal is set to deliver judgment in petitions challenging election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate for Lagos State in the March 18 poll, Dr Abdulazeez...
The Lagos State Government has explained why it carried out a recent demolition of distressed buildings in Alaba International Market in Ojo Local Council of the state. According to the state government, the demolition exercise was neither a witch-hunt nor intended to acquire the land but done to...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said that literary giant and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Oluwole Soyinka, remains Nigeria’s pride, as he clocks 89 years. Soyinka, a 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature winner and the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category, clocks 89 on Thursday, July...
Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Monday opened and closed defence in an election petition brought against them by Labour Party and its Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. A defence witness and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman for Lagos State, Mr Fuad...
President Bola Tinubu has described the late Founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Otunba Olasubomi Balogun, as an institution in the Nigerian banking sector and a model for generations of bankers. Tinubu stated this on Saturday during the funeral service of Balogun at the Cathedral Church of Our...
.a The Lagos State Labour Party governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, on Tuesday, closed his case against the victory of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 election before the election tribunal sitting in Ikeja. The Labour Party governorship candidate is also challenging the eligibility of Hazmat to contest on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has been commended for its contributions towards fostering gender equality in the workplace. This recognition was conferred at the Nigeria2Equal Gender Leader Awards in Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Organised by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) and the International...
Mr Dayo Israel, a Labour Party agent at the last Governorship Election in Lagos State, on Monday told Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife cast votes with invalid card readers. Israel, LP’s agent for Unit 006, Ward 15, Lagos Island Local Government,...
A U.S. Immigration lawyer, Mrs Olubusayo Fasidi, on Thursday said that Lagos Deputy Gov. Obafemi Hamzat took oath of allegiance in the U.S. to renounce Nigerian citizenship. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fasidi, a Nigerian, testified before Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal. She was led in...
Mr Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate for Lagos State in the 2023 General Elections, on Monday said the process leading to the sponsorship of the candidacy of re-elected Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was unlawful. Adediran also claimed as unlawful the process that led to...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Tuesday berated fuel marketers for taking undue advantage of Nigerians by hiking fuel prices. Sanwo-Olu expressed his displeasure when he paid a surprise working visit to civil servants at the secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja. The governor was accompanied by the Deputy Gov....
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Saturday submitted their Asset Declaration Forms. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is in compliance with Paragraph 11 Part 1 to the 5th Schedule of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship and the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidates have filed a petition against the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The PDP candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran known as Jandor, and the LP candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vigour, separately asked the tribunal to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State and its Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) have submitted a petition before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal of Lagos State. The party and Adediran are calling for the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) candidates...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State winner of the Saturday’s Governorship elections. Prof. Adenike Oladiji, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, (FUTA) Akure, the Returning Officer, disclosed this on Monday in Lagos. She said that Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 762, 134...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the APC gubernatorial candidate, is currently leading 15 other candidates in the Governorship Election held on Saturday in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state collation of results of the gubernatorial poll is ongoing at the INEC...
Dr Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor of Lagos state, has delivered his polling unit for the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a wide margin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dr Hamzat voted at Oke-Balogun polling unit 002, where he delivered massively for the APC flag bearer,...
The Lagos APC Independent Campaign Council (ICC) Directorate, on Thursday boasted that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu would be re-elected in Saturday’s Governorship election in the state. The council said its confidence was based on the increasing endorsements of his candidacy. Addressing a news conference in Ikeja, Prince Adewale Samson, Director,...