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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos State, has expressed his gratitude to the people of the State for voting for him. Sanwo-Olu said he was honoured to be re-elected as the Governor of Lagos State, pledging to continue to work tirelessly to deliver a better...

In line with the vision of the governing council, the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS)  to admit into their membership community, persons who have distinguished themselves as thoroughbred professionals of the calibre deserving of being honorary stockbrokers, the Council resolved to admit 10 eminent Nigerians, seven of who have already...

  The Kano State Government has imposed dawn-to-dusk curfew with a view to avoid a breakdown of law and order, following tensions generated from the collation of results of the governorship and state Assembly elections. The state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba, made the announcement in a...

The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the National Youths Service Corps members deployed to work as ad hoc staff during last Saturday’s governorship and State assembly elections The NYSC Director General who hailed the selfless and tremendous...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the Oyo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Makinde polled 563,756 votes to beat his close rival Teslim Folarin of All Progressive Congress who scored 256,685 votes,...

  During the elections, there was a rise in comments breeding ethnic and religious strife, especially on social media. The remarks gave rise to voter intimidation and targeted attacks during the governorship and state assembly elections held on March 18. In a statement on Monday, Isa Sanusi, Media Manager, Amnesty...

  The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to pay the N50 billion outstanding Earned Allowances to universities and Inter-University Centres in the country. The SSANU National President, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, made the appeal on Sunday in a communiqué issued at the end of...

    The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, in Lagos State, has rejected the just-concluded governorship election in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the election that was believed to have been marred by intimidation, voters suppression and violence. Reacting in a...

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians now trust the All Progressives Congress (APC), and as such, the party will be victorious in the governorship and state assembly elections. He said this on Saturday after casting his vote in Daura, Katsina state, Buhari said he was not surprised by the results of...

No fewer than 65 persons were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday March 18, 2023 across the 28 states where Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections were conducted, for alleged voter inducement. A total of 20 of the suspects were arrested by operatives from...