The lawmaker representing Somolu State Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Abiodun Orekoya, has expressed appreciation to All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Somolu following his victory at the primary election organised by the party to pick its candidate in the forthcoming general election, reports thegazellenews.com He described the victory as a reflection of the party’s confidence in his ability and performance. Orekoya said the overwhelming support from party faithful and residents of Somolu had further strengthened his resolve to continue delivering quality representation and impactful grassroots development. In a statement issued shortly after the exercise, the…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
By Emmanuel Oladesu In politics, like in other human endeavours, prevailing circumstances dictate the direction to take. A regiment does not go to battle without a strategy and the likelihood of rejigs. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is not alien to power, having displaced the erstwhile ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 general election and retaining the position. In previous elections, the party had adopted various methods to elect its candidates. Ahead of next year’s general election, the party has adopted the consensus and direct primary. Can the two modes of primary now be trusted to produce…
Efforts at curbing students’ involvement in drug abuse, cultism and electoral violence received a boost Monday, 25 May, 2026, in Lagos, as the Apapa Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) partnered the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Violence (POCACOV) to organise a sensitisation programme for students of junior and senior secondary schools in the area. Themed ‘Your Futures Is Not For Sale: Say No To Election Violence, Cultism & Drug Abuse’, the programme held at Iganmu Senior High School, attracted students of 13 schools drawn from Apapa Iganmu and Coker Aguda LCDAs. Speaking at the event, the Chairman of…
The Lagos State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, has commended party members, leaders, members of the Local Organising Committee, security agencies and the media over the peaceful conduct of the primary elections of the party in the state with particular reference to the presidential primary election, reports thegazellenews.com Ojelabi spoke at the party secretariat ACME road, Ikeja during the presentation of the collated results of the presidential primary election in the state. The collated results were formally signed and presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Lagos State Agent, Bldr. Olusesan Daini, in the presence of…
By Lanre Adewole The question can’t be “have you heard about him?”. It should be “have you met him?”. Billionaire businessman, adroit administrator, humanitarian, noiseless philanthropist and youth builder; Kunle Soname, will effortlessly don the epaulette of “Pillar of Football in Africa”, going by his exploits in football development home and abroad. Talk of power of enthusiasm backed by conviction. So last Thursday, a beloved uncle invited me to visit the moneyed one with him. Despite my worries about Ogun State roads, the terror of the highway; articulated vehicles (trailers in local parlance) which recklessly ply the axis in their…
By Simbo Olorunfemi Whatever the merits of the case in the matter between the Youth Party and INEC, which resulted in the judgement by Justice Mohammed Umar ruling that some portions of the INEC Guidelines and Schedule are inconsistent with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2026, there are questions around the circumstances under which the suit was filed and judgement delivered that leaves one wondering. Who filed the suit? Was the person so authorised to do so? How did this matter, said to have been filed since March 11, 2026, manage to not to make it to the News?…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSA-SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has congratulated Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat on his emergence as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. Orelope-Adefulire conveyed the congratulatory message following the just-concluded APC primary election, where Hamzat reportedly emerged as the party’s flag-bearer for the 2027 governorship election in Lagos State. She described his emergence as a reflection of the confidence and trust party members have in his leadership capacity, loyalty and commitment to service. In a statement personally signed, the presidential aide described…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Chairman of Alimosho Local Government, Hon. Akinpelu Ibrahim Johnson, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his emergence as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for a second term in office, describing him as Nigeria’s structural engineer. Johnson, in a congratulatory message, praised the President’s leadership style and ongoing reforms, stating that Tinubu’s economic and political policies have continued to reflect purposeful governance and a commitment to national development. He noted that the President’s approach to restructuring key sectors of the country had demonstrated that Nigeria could function effectively under focused leadership. “Mr.…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola A pressure group within the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos APC Youth Vanguard, has berated Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Digital and New Media, O’tega Ogra, over his congratulatory message to Gbenga Abiola on the Lagos State House of Assembly primary election in Agege Constituency I, describing the post as misleading and divisive. The group’s convener, Comrade Gbenga Osolana, said Ogra’s statement was an attempt to distort the outcome of the APC primary and undermine the democratic decision of party members in the constituency. Ogra had, in a post on his official…
By Simbo Olorunfemi So, I submitted here yesterday, that “despite the landmines, with direct primaries, party members at the grassroots have MORE influence in who flies the party ticket.” The operative word here is – MORE. Knowing that people, desperate to read things upside down, only see what they want to see, I put it in CAPS to draw more attention to it. My thought was that it would help with context and an understanding that this was a comparative analysis between direct and indirect primaries. Predictably, it did not, as some began to relay what had happened in some…