The visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to Lagos on Friday ahead of tomorrow’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Nigeria has generated accusations and counter-accusations between the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the state and the major opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The APC had accused the PDP of planning to rig…
TELL Poll: Jonathan Scores Low On Boko Haram
In a recent poll conducted on www.tell.ng, the web publication of TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL magazine, majority of Nigerians have expressed the view that the President Goodluck Jonathan administration cannot win the war against Boko Haram, an Islamist terror group. The Islamic rebels first launched terror attack on the country in 2009 and…
I Will Remain in PDP – David Mark
Reacting to allegations that he is planning to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, David Mark, Senate President has described the allegation as an “unnecessary fabrication.” Some newspaper recently reported that the Senate President is already holding secret meetings with leaders of the APC in a bid to…
Pipeline Explosion Kills Four In Delta
A fire outbreak resulting from pipeline explosion has killed a yet-to-be identified woman and her three daughters in Odidi community of Delta State. The tragedy occurred on Monday in the oil rich state due to oil spillage from expired pipelines belonging to the Nigeria Petroleum Development Corporation, NPDC. The incident, which was attributed to refusal…
MEND Expresses Confidence In Buhari’s Administration
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND has expressed hope that the government of elected President Muhammadu Buhari would bring peace and unity to Nigeria. In a congratulatory message to Buhari for emerging winner of the March 28 presidential election, MEND said Nigerians made the best choice by choosing the retired General…
Election Results in Lagos
Ibeju/Lekki local government area: APC: 12016; PDP: 10,812. Ikorodu: APC: 49, 901. PDP: 29,604. Epe: 19,179. PDP 16,400. Badagry: APC:24,137. PDP:23,294. Ifako/Ijaiye: APC:20,607. PDP:22,980. Mainland LGA: APC: 33,898. PDP: 23,857. Surulere: APC-52798. PDP:59649. Oshodi/Isolo:APC:42585, PDP:48,878. Ikeja: APC:29,893. PDP:23836. Agege:APC:54,611. PDP:25596. Etiosa: APC:28,188. PDP:21,480. Ajeromi-Ifelodun: APC:37,716. PDP:57,494
Lagos PDP Allege Sinister Moves To Alter Results
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has raised allegations of sinister plans to alter the results of the just concluded presidential and National Assembly election in the state. In a petition addressed to Akin Orebiyi, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the early hours of Monday, the party said the continued…
Polls Results for Collation in Lagos
I.F. Adewole, vice chancellor, university of Ibadan and returning officer for Lagos State has just arrived INEC office at Yaba for announcement of the state presidential and national assembly election results. Meanwhile, the results of many local government areas of the state have arrived for collation at the INEC office. INEC conducted elections in 90…
Lagos INEC Shifts Voting in 5 LGs
The resident electoral commissioner, REC, Lagos State, Mr. Orebiyi, has announced that the commission will hold elections in Kosofe, Alimosho, Shomolu, Eti-Osa and Oshodi/Isolo local government area of the state tomorrow, Sunday March 29, 2015. This is because the exercise could not be conducted in some polling units in the those LGAs on Saturday, March…
Lagos: Card Reader Performance Flaws Election
The Presidential and National Assembly elections held today have been flawed by poor Smart Card Reader, SCR performance in Lagos State. Briefing journalists on update of the elections at about 4pm today, Akin Orebiyi, Lagos Resident Electoral Commissioner asked his team to use manual verification process as alternative in cases where the Smart Card Readers,…
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