Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, there has been a surge in momentum in Lagos state as political parties and their candidates intensify efforts to win the electorate’s support and votes. Earlier fixed for Saturday, March 11, 2023, the governorship and states’ House of Assembly elections were later shifted to March 18, 2023, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The one-week extension has not only afforded the three-leading governorship candidates in Nigeria’s commercial capital to...

The National Assembly, on Monday, postponed the plenary till Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The clerk of the Senate, Chinedu Francis Akubueze, relayed the information in a statement. The upper and lower chambers had earlier adjourned plenary till Tuesday, March 14, 2023, (today) to enable lawmakers to partake in the governorship and states’ House of Assembly elections earlier fixed for Saturday, March 11, 2023, which was later shifted to March 18, 2023. Akubueze’s statement read, “This...

Peter Obi has said that he is challenging the electoral process that produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections as well as the declaration of the election results. Obi ran for the presidency in the recently concluded election under the umbrella of the Labour Party (LP). He made this known on his social media pages on Monday, a few hours after...

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has assured the Labour Party’s (LP) legal team of the commission’s readiness to provide all documents the party has requested to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential polls. Yakubu gave the assurance on Monday during a meeting with the legal team of the LP at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The 60-man legal team, led by Dr Livy Uzoukwu, was at...

An Ibadan-based journalist, Baba Bintin, has been reported dead after he slumped on his way to work on Saturday morning. The ace radio twins, Komolafe Olaiya and Olalomi Amole announced his death on air yesterday. According to the duo, the radio presenter with Ibadan-based private radio station, Fresh FM Nigeria, was trekking from the Amuloko area where he lived to Ayefele Music House, Challenge, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, as a result of his inability to...