Polling units in the Awolowo Road area of Ikoyi, Lagos, experienced significant delays, with Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission officials yet to arrive as of 8:51am on Saturday. Our correspondent observed that many of these polling units were deserted, save for a handful of patient voters awaiting the election officers. Specifically, at Polling Unit 29,…
On Monday, as anti-government protests swept across parts of Kenya, 12-year-old Bridgit Njoki sat watching television in her family’s modest home. She had no idea that the deadly clashes between these protesters and Kenya’s armed police would find their way into her living room. A single bullet pierced the roof, puncturing the ceiling and striking…
Nigerian defender Benjamin Fredrick has joined Belgian Pro League outfit, FCV Dender on loan for the 2025/26 season. Fredrick linked up with the newly promoted club from Premier League side, Brentford. The loan will afford the 20-year-old more game time, and experience. The centre-back shone for Brentford’s U-21 side last season, and was included in…
The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has voted at his polling unit in Lagos on Saturday. He was at the St Andrew Primary School Polling Unit 006, Ward E3, Okepopo, Lagos Island East LCDA, in the ongoing Local Government Election in Lagos State. He was accompanied by his wife, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu. The governor reportedly cast…
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has on Friday inaugurated two Local Government Election Appeal Tribunal panels ahead of the state’s council polls. They were inaugurated at the Ikeja High Court Conference Room, with sittings to hold in Lagos Island and Ikeja. Justice Taofikat Oyinkan-Abdullahi (Rtd) will chair the Lagos Island Panel,…
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) officials have arrived at polling units across the state as accreditation and voting exercise commences at the local government election. As captured in different of posts shared on X, LASIEC Ad Hoc staff reportedly arrived as early as 7:30am in some polling units in Lagos Island, Ikorodu, and…
The vehicular movement restriction at the ongoing local government election has not only affected commuters but have also left some officials of the Lagos Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) stranded. NPO Reported that the Lagos State Police Command had yesterday announced the reviewed time of movement restriction ahead of the LG election. While the election was…
The federal government says about 161 million Nigerians are currently food insecure, even as it intensifies efforts to avert an impending food and nutrition crisis. The Director, Nutrition and Food Safety Department, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Nuhu Kilishi, said this on Friday in Abuja during a stakeholders’ consultative meeting on the development…
Movement across Lagos State has been officially restricted from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. today, Saturday, as the state conducts its local government elections. The revised restriction order was announced earlier on Thursday by the Lagos State Police Command through a statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police,…
The Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has notified the management of the National Assembly of her intention to resume legislative duties on Tuesday. This followed the judgement of the Federal High Court declaring her suspension by the Senate unconstitutional. Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan made the notification in a letter dated 11 July and addressed to the Clerk of the…
