The recent flag-off of presidential campaigns by candidates of the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has reopened debate about the power of the electorate in deciding who becomes their next president. Candidates of both parties, as usual, presented to Nigerians, policy documents of their campaigns, which…

The recently appointed Permanent Secretary, by the Lagos State government, Mr. Sesan Tunde Ogundeko has assumed office as Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC).   According to a statement from Director, Public Affairs, LASIEC, Mr Oladapo Olatunde, Ogundeko, a lawyer, succeeds Mr Olumide Abayomi Lawal, the former Permanent Secretary of the…

Ambode made this known at the Stakeholders Conference and book launch organised by the United Nations Information Office in conjunction with the Lagos state Citizens Mediation Centre, to commemorate the annual International Day of Peace.

The elections into all the local governments in Lagos State have been won and lost but the lessons therefrom must not be lost on all who believe in the finest form of democracy.

In fact, in some Local Government Areas, candidates of the opposition parties, voluntarily stepped down for candidates of the APC, because of their belief in Governor Ambode’s transformation of the local councils in terms of infrastructural development as their main reason.

Details of final results of Saturday’s local government election in Lagos released by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) on Monday indicated that the Peoples Democratic Party

Once again, the penchant of ruling political parties at the state level to record landslide victories in local council elections organised by their governments, has been repeated in Lagos.

A policeman and two others yet to be identified were arrested in the Agege area of the state with sensitive election materials. Items recovered from the suspects included thumb-printed ballot papers and ballot boxes.

In a place like Lagos where mega bucks are used to prosecute elections, the NCP has been perpetually in the fringes, at best making litigious noises. The party ought to be very strong at the grassroots.

As Lagosians troop out today to elect their representatives at the Local Council level, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has disclosed...

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has expressed worries over unremitting violence in some Lagos suburbs, especially Mushin, ahead of today’s Lagos State council election.

Towards ensuring a free, fair and transparent local council elections this weekend, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has promised to announce the outcome at the ward and collation centres.