•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has scheduled the state council election for July 12. Mr Tope Ojo, LASIEC’s Head of Public Affairs, made this announcement yesterday in Lagos, reports Saturday Vanguard. He revealed that the election for 57 council chairmanship positions and 376 councillor s...
•Buhari Immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari has advised those in leadership positions to attach more importance to the welfare of the people than their personal welfare. The former president also said that he left office as the president with the same physical assets he had before his election, reports Vanguard. Speaking when he received...
•Atiku, Tinubu and Obi The House of Representatives today passed for second reading a bill seeking to bar individuals above 60 years from contesting for the offices of President and Governor in Nigeria. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, proposes amendments to the 1999 Constitution to revise eligibility requirements for these ...
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa today held that vacancies exist in all the 30 local government areas in the state and mandated the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission to fill the offices. Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe, while ruling on a motion on notice filed by the Peoples Democratic Party in a suit number […]
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa The governorship election petitions tribunal for Ondo State November 16, 2024 gubernatorial election today began sitting in Akure, the state capital. Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), its candidate, Agboola Ajayi, through their attorney, Ishaka Dikko, filed petition against the declaration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, ...
Barely 48 hours to the Saturday local government election in Ondo State, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has withdrawn from the exercise. The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) had scheduled this Saturday for the council election, with no fewer than 10 political parties participating in the upcoming exercise, rep...
A sociocultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo under the aegis of the Igbo Patriots, a body comprising key stakeholders and members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Oyo State, has issued a communique expressing serious concerns over the ongoing efforts to conduct an election within the state chapter of the socio-cultural association. The group, after an emergenc...
•Presiding officer, Caroline Sharkey (R) looks on as an Islander casts his ballot inside the polling station Vote counting in Ireland’s general election gets underway today with an exit poll indicating a tight finish between the three main parties. After voting concluded late yesterday, an exit poll indicated that pro-Irish unity party Sinn Fe...
The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the conduct of the Ondo State governorship election on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), calling it ‘a sham’. The opposition party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, yesterday, said it is reviewing the outcome of the poll, repor...
•Barack Obama and Donald Trump Former President Barack Obama yesterday congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, noting the importance of a peaceful transfer of power. Obama’s comments stand in stark contrast with Trump’s unprecedented refusal four years ago to concede defeat to Joe Biden, culminating with the violent attack by his s...

