Some residents in Lagos on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing local government elections, because the restriction of movement came as a surprise to most of them.

By Esther Onyegbula Some of the polling units within Otto Awori Local Council Development Area are having a difficult time as the card readers are malfunctioning and unable to recognize the fingerprints of voters who want to cast their votes. For instance in Ward B unit 005 and unit 008 card reader failed. The have […]

By Esther Onyegbula Some of the polling units within the Otto Awori Local Council Development Area are having a difficult time as the card readers are malfunctioning and unable to recognize the fingerprints of voters who want to cast their votes. For instance, in Ward B unit 005, and unit 008 card reader failed. They […]

Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, along with his wife, Dr. Ibijoke at about 11.04 cast their votes at Ward E, polling Unit 019, Femi Okunnu/Jakande, Eti-Osa Local Govrnment Area, LCDA, Ikoyi Lagos, amid low turn out of voters.

Elections into the 20 Local Government Areas (LGA) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) of Lagos State took off on a slow start on Saturday with voters trickling in at polling centres across the state. The polls report that while some officials of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) arrived promptly, others got […]

The local government elections in Festac town, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State started in many of the polling units on time, but witnessed low turn-out as at 11am.

It was only at two polling units on 512 Road, that witnessed a reasonable turn out of voters, and a source told this reporter, that it was because a chairmanship candidate and also a counselorship candidate of one of the political parties lives in the area.

Following late arrival of Ad-hoc staff of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, to polling unit, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is yet to cast his vote for the local government/ councillorship elections.

Some voters at the Okerube Ward B Polling Unit (PU) 025 were sent back to get their nose masks before being accredited to vote in the ongoing election into Local Government Councils in Lagos.

As elections into local government councils get underway in Lagos, some officials of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) have blamed their late arrival to polling units on the non-availability of card-readers.

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The much-touted local government election in Ogun State commenced as early as 8.00 a.m across the state.