Tag: LGA
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LGA in Ondo bans ‘Okada’ over insecurity
The Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has banned the operation of commercial motorcycles in the area from 6:00 pm to 6:00 a m. Mr Akinrinwa Igbekele, Chairman, Okitipupa LGA told NAN on Monday
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JUST IN: Lagos extends Okada ban to more LGA’s
The Lagos State Government has extended the ban on commercial motorcycles to four more Local Government Areas and five Local Council Development Areas. The Commissioner for Transport, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, confirmed this on Thursday.
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OSIEC dares PDP, fixes date for LG elections in Osun State
The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) has picked October 15, 2022, for the conduct of local government elections in the state. This disclosure was made known by the commissioner of OSIEC, Segun Oladuntan at a press conference on Monday in Osogbo the Osun state capital.
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APC guber primary: NWC orders re-run in 12 LGAs of Benue
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has ordered re-run for the governorship primaries in 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Benue. The Chairman, Benue Governorship Re-run Committee, Mr Joel Omajali, disclosed this when he addressed APC members on Thursday in Makurdi. Omajali listed the affected LGAs as Kwande, Ushongo, Buruku, Konshisha,…
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Zamfara govt imposes curfew on all 14 LGAs
Zamfara state government on Wednesday imposed curfew on all the fourteen local governments from 7 pm to 7am. Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Bello Dankande Gamji, announced the decision in Gusau. The commissioner explained the curfew became unavoidable in view of the security threat bedeviling the state. He lamented a woman and her child were…
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Sokoto: Tambuwal leading with slim margin, as INEC awaits results from one LGA
Governor Aminu Tambuwal, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Sokoto State governorship election, now walks a tightrope as the margin of win between him and the opposition has narrowed with results from only one local government area, Kebbe, now being awaited for collation. Earlier, after results from 18 LGAs of the 22…
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Bayelsa Primaries: PDP members in Jonathan’s LGA reject results, defect to APDA
No fewer than 200 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, including an aspirant from Ogbia, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s local government area, have defected to the Advanced Peoples Democratic Party Alliance. The defectors, who protested on Saturday in Yenagoa, the state capital, lamented that an unpopular candidate and incumbent member of the Bayelsa State House…