Author: Margaret Eke

COV/Kike 10-8-21 WAEC-NIN The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has advised all prospective candidates to ensure that they register with the National Identity Management Commission. This is to enable them obtain their National Identification Number, NIN on time and avoid being denied the opportunity of registering for the examination next year. According to WAEC, the […]

COV/CHRIS/FSB The All Progress Congress, APC, has won all the chairmanship and councilorship seats in Saturday’s Local government election in Lagos State. Though the exercise was ajudged peaceful, some election observers, however expressed worry over the low turnout of voters. One of them is a group of election observers known as “YIAGA AFRICA” which deployed […]

Counting of votes in the Local Government election in Lagos State is underway. Voting ended at three o’clock in the afternoon. Reports from our team of correspondents show that turn out in the exercise was generally low. Details will be updated as events unfold.

COV/RIO As at 11 am, election was yet to start at most polling centres in Ojo Local Government Area. At polling centres 01 to 08 located along Ojo military Barracks area, many voters were seen, waiting for the LASIEC officials to arrive the centres with election materials to commence the election. The story was the […]

COV/OMOS The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised that the State would increase voters education/enlightenment to ensure robust participatory democracy. He made the promise in an interview shortly after casting his ballot at polling Unit 019, Lateef Jakande/Femi Okunnu, in Ikoyi, Eti-Osa local government area of the State at eight minutes past […]

COV/Kikelomo Ifekoya The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat has advised Nigerians to always make their choices known on the type of people they desire to govern them by voting the right people into political offices at every election. Dr. Hamzat gave the advice while casting his vote in Epe at the ongoing […]

Accreditation and voting have started in all the polling centre visited in Ikorodu North. At Olorunda ward E4, the LASIEC officer there said, voting materials arrived around 7.30 this morning, while accreditation and voting commenced 8am on the dot. As at 8.39 am this morning when Radio Nigeria visited the centre, residents have started gathering. […]

Voting Materials are yet to arrive at many polling units in Oshodi Isolo Local Government Area. Metrofile observed that many polling units had not opened as at 8:45am. Security agents are on strategic locations to ensure orderliness and prevent likely outbreak of violence. At Lagos State Independence Electoral Commission in Oshodi-Isolo Council Secretariat, election materials […]

COV/EGO Activities leading to the the electoral process have commenced at the Ikoyi Obalende LCDA. Vehicles conveying voting materials to polling units in the area are already leaving the Ikoyi-Obalende secretariat. Each vehicle is being accompanied by INEC ad-hoc staff, police Officials, men of the Civil Defence and the Neighborhood Corps. Ikoyi Obalende is relatively […]

COV/OMOS Those taking care of children with special needs have been advised to be more attentive to the children and teach them to be independent in the awareness of the realities of covid-19 and the new normal The General Manager of the Lagos State Office of Disability Affairs, LASODA, Mr Dare Dairo gave the advice […]