The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has released notice of election for local government poll in the state. According to a statement by the Head of Public Affairs of LASIEC, Tope Stephen, the election will take place in all the 20 local governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas on 12 July. Campaigns and rallies by political parties will …

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has insisted that the local government elections scheduled for Saturday will proceed as planned despite an appeal from the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, to suspend the polls. In a statement on Friday, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Mr. Olawale Rasheed emphasised that democracy is guided by the rule of …

The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) has fixed 2 November to conduct elections in the local government areas of the state. ABSIEC Chairman, Prof. George Chima, announced the date and timetable on Saturday in Umuahia, during a meeting with political parties and other stakeholders in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the chairmanship and councillorship elections …

The Chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC, Mr Hashim Abioye has disclosed the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as well as other political parties have 48 to undue infractions in the nomination of its candidates. He also disclosed that candidates of the APC, the Allied Peoples Movement and the Action Peoples Party, APP, who were …

The chairman of the Labour Party (LP), in Imo State, Calistus Ihejiagwa, has said that the party would not participate in the forthcoming 21 September local government election in the state. Ihejiagwa stated this during the party’s stakeholders meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital over the weekend. He said, “We cannot participate in any election organized by the All …

Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that the local government council election would be held shortly in the state. Assenting to the Local Government Amendment Bill at the Government House, Ilorin, AbdulRazaq said: “We are looking forward to holding the local government elections very shortly”. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaye, late …