There has been a chorus of public indignation at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Nigeria Police Force over the reported cases of violence in some areas of Lagos during Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly election Yesterday, social media was awash with reports and videos of hoodlums disrupting the law and order in various polling units across the state. Igbo residents from the southeastern part of the country were intimidated and bullied...

Nollywood actor Desmond Elliot has won his third term bid to represent the Surulere 1 constituency at the Lagos State house of assembly. Elliot who has occupied the position in the last eight years under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated his colleague Olumide Oworu, a firebrand ‘Obidient’ that contested on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), at the polls. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Elliot appreciated his constituents for...

Bayo Onanuga, director of media of the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Igbo are aliens in Lagos state and should be excluded from the politics of the state. Onanuga made the comment on Saturday night as his contribution to the ethnic controversies that marred Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly election in Lagos. Yesterday’s election in Lagos witnessed an unprecedented level of violence and voter intimidation spurred by ethnic sentiments....

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 65 suspects across the 28 states, during the governorship and State House of Assembly elections on Saturday. According to a press statement by Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC Spokesperson, 20 of the suspects were arrested by operatives from the Ilorin zonal command while 13 suspects were nabbed by operatives on election monitoring duty at the Kaduna zonal command. Uwujaren noted that the teams monitoring the polls in...

The gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State have been marred by unprecedented low turnout, intimidation, violence and suppression of voters across the state. Analysts agree that it is not surprising, stressing that the action of the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the first leg of the 2023 general elections is largely responsible. Again the lukewarm attitude of the security agencies in dealing decisively with electoral offenders and the activities...

The former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubarkar (retd) and former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu have said that the low voter turnout in the governorship and House of Assembly elections can be traced to the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections. The duo maintained that the electorate lost confidence in the process because of what happened on the 25th of February, during the precedential and National Assembly elections....

The Governorship and State Elections were generally peaceful across Adamawa State under tight security, there was an impressive turnout of voters in some polling units while others recorded low turnout. Voting commenced on time due to the earlier arrival of election materials and INEC ad-hoc staff as some voters arrived at polling units as early as 7:am. People also complied with the restriction of vehicular movement as directed by security agencies throughout the elections. There...

Ahead of the Saturday’s State House of Assembly polls in Anambra State, the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) in Anambra State has banned Point of Sale( POS) machines in polling units across the state. Anambra State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Queen Elizabeth Agwu, announced the ban on Friday. She warned the state ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressive Congress (APC) and other political parties...