A pressure gronup, Leaders After God’s Own Spirit Initiative A New State (LAGOSIANS), says political decisions in the forthcoming Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State should not lead to war. The convener, Pastor Bolaji Akinyemi, made these remarks at a news conference on Saturday in Lagos. Akinyemi said it was necessary to […]
Former Lagos Deputy-Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, alongside other elected senators, received her Certificate of Return (CoR) from the INEC, on Tuesday in Abuja. The NewsZenith reports that Adebule won the Lagos West Senatorial District seat in the Feb. 25 National Assembly election. INEC National Commissioner, Sam Olumekun, presented the certificate to the senators at the […]
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, began a campaign tour of major markets, populated by people from the South-East. Sanwo-Olu took a tour of the markets ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial election. This followed the open endorsement for his re-election by Ndigbo community in the state. It was a rousing welcome for the […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has assembled a team of 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to represent it at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. APC National Legal Adviser, Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The team is, besides 50 SANs, led by Chief Wole Olankpekun (SAN), put […]
A member of House of Representatives, from Badagry Constituency, Babatunde Hunpe, has mobilised 500 N-Power beneficiaries and volunteers for Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid. Speaking during the programme, on Tuesday, Hunpe commended the people of Badagry for voting en-mass for Sen. Bola Tinubu and other APC candidates during the Feb. 25 elections. He said Gov. Sanwo-Olu […]
Lagos State Governorship Candidate of the Action Alliance, Mr Abdulrazaq Tope Balogun, on Tuesday said he had not slept at home in the past year due to his political ambition. The 40-year-old politician told The NewsZenith in Lagos, that he sacrificed the comfort of sleeping in his house to enable him to study Lagos State […]
The Grand Khalifa of Tijaniyya, Sheikh Aminullah Akoshile, has urged Muslims in the Lagos State to re-elect Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term in office. Akoshile made the appeal when he led a delegation of Tijaniyya leaders in Lagos State on a solidarity visit to the governor and his deputy, Dr Babafemi Hamzat at […]
The Lagos State governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA), Abdulrazaq Tope Balogun, on Monday, reaffirmed his candidacy in Saturday’s governorship election. Speaking to newsmen, Balogun denied stepping down from the race to support re-election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The 40-year-old Computer Scientist and IT expert said he was determined “to unseat Sanwo-Olu”. The NewsZenith reports […]
The European Union in Nigeria has dismissed a report that it called for the sack of the Chairman of the INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. A report alleges The EU, in partnership with National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, wanted the INEC boss sacked. The EU, in a purported letter currently circulating, allegedly observed that […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will, on Tuesday, begin the presentation of Certificates of Return to elected members of the National Assembly. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja on Saturday. Yakubu said that the commission would present certificates to senators-elect on Tuesday, March […]