Category: Lagos State

Agency report Some opposition political parties in Lagos State have called for outright cancellation of the Saturday’s Local Government Elections in the state, describing the exercise as undemocratic and daylight robbery. The parties, including the Labour Party, Young Progressives Party, African Action Congress, Action People’s Congress, and the Accord Party made the call at a […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has swept last Saturday’s local government elections in Lagos State, winning all 20 chairmanship seats, and 376 councillor positions except one. The results were announced on Sunday by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC). APC lost only Ward D in Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA), where the […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has debunked the rumoured rift between him and President Bola Tinubu. He dismissef the rumour as baseless media speculation driven by outsiders “crying more than the bereaved.” Sanwo-Olu spoke to journalists on Sunday shortly after attending a high-level closed-door meeting with President Tinubu at his private residence in Ikoyi, Lagos. […]

– Protests rock councils over controversial list – Party defends consensus, denies allegations Crisis is brewing within the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the July 12 local government elections, as many chairmanship aspirants and party leaders have kicked against what they described as a plot to impose candidates. The aggrieved […]

Lagos State’s Peoples Democratic Party’s  governorship candidate in the last election, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, aka Jandor, on Monday defected from the party  and moved over to the ruling All Progressives Congress. He announced his defection at a press conference in his Ikeja office on Monday, complaining of internal crises, indiscipline, and anti-party activities, which allegedly […]

Lagos State has cemented its position as one of Africa’s economic powerhouses, with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) hitting $259 billion based on purchasing power parity (PPP). This milestone places Lagos as the second-largest city economy on the continent. This was revealed during the official launch of the Lagos Economic Development Update (LEDU) 2025 on […]

President Bola Tinubu has supported the return of Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the embattled Lagos State House of Assembly despite an earlier recommendation by closest associates for his resignation. He took this decision as his way of resolving the leadership crisis that has for about two months been rocking the assembly of his […]