•Fubara The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his supporters were conspicuously absent yesterday during election into the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the state. Fubara was not seen in Opobo Local Government Area, where he hails from, though the election took place on a limited scale, reports Sunday PUN...
•Vote casting Residents in the 23 local government areas of Rivers State will today cast their votes in the council election scheduled to be held across 6,866 polling units. The elections are coming six months and two days after the Supreme Court nullified the local government election conducted on October 5, 2024, by the Rivers […]
•Tinubu and Fubara A legal practitioner, Chetam Nwala, says the local election slated to take place in Rivers State tomorrow, Saturday, August 30, 2025, is not in the best interest of the people of the oil-rich Niger Delta state. “The election in Rivers State is not in the best interest of Rivers people, and that […]
•Tinubu and Ibas Some Rivers indigenes have dragged President Bola Tinubu; the sole administrator of the state, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (rtd.); Rivers State government, and the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) beÂfore a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, seeking a restraining order against the conduct of the August 30...
•Tinubu and Fubara Prominent Rivers indigenes, including former Governor Celestine Omehia, former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, have asked President Bola Tinubu to halt the conduct of local government elections in the state. The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has scheduled the election for loc...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu casting his vote 25-year-old Ahmed Iliya slipped into his recently bought Chelsea FC jersey. His hose, neatly washed, reached up to his knees, while his shiny Adidas boots embraced his feet. He was ready for action. His destination was the popular Orege Road in Ajeromi-Ifelodun area of Lagos State, which youths were prepari...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to launch an investigation into the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) over allegations of electoral fraud and manipulation during the July 12, 2025, local government council elections. The party also urged th...
•Electoral officials trek to polling units A mild drama ensued at the Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area of Lagos State today, as election officials were left stranded. Our correspondent on the ground to cover the polls observed that presiding officers and election staff as of 9:30am were unable to leave for their stations, due to [&h...
•Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba Ahead of the Lagos Local Government elections on Saturday (today), the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has inaugurated two LG Election Appeal Tribunals. Each panel, which will sit simultaneously on Lagos Island and in Ikeja, is made up of four chief magistrates and is [&hell...
The chairperson of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile, says no political party is restricted from participating in the local government election coming up in the state on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Justice Okikiolu-Ighile refuted the claim that the Labour Party was barred from the electio...
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