Full List of Candidates Who Will Be Contesting Against Governor Sanwo-Olu in 2023

• The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released 16 names of candidates and political parties for the Lagos guber election in 2023
• The parties and candidates would be jostling to unseat the present governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in next year's poll
• INEC has cleared the 16 political parties in which, 15 of which will be challenging the dominance of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state

No fewer than 15 candidates will challenge Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the 2023 Lagos state governorship election.

16 of the 18 political parties have been cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest the governorship seat where Sanwo-Olu is seeking re-election, Vanguard reported.

According to the list published by the commission, below is the list of those going for the governorship election:

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1. Sanwo-Olu - APC
2. Olajide Abdulazeez Adeniran - PDP
3. Dickson Olaogun - Accord Party
4. Balogun Abdurazaq - AA
5. Olayiwola Olajide - AAC
6. Doherty Adesina - ADC
7. Bamidele Ishola - ADP
8. Kupoliyi Funmilayo - APM
9. Awamaridi Ifagbemi - LP
10. Jim-Kamal Olarewaju - NNPP
11. Braithwaite Akinwunmi - NRM
12. Uthman Olakunle - SDP
13. Ajayi Adebayo - YPP
14. Adenipe Adekunle - ZLP
15. Adeyemi Abiola - APP
16. Oluwo Olawale - BP

Full List: About 50% of Nigerian senators will not be returning to red chamber in 2023

According to a report by legit.ng, assessing the Nigerian political scene ahead of the 2023 general elections, it is observed that about 50 senators will likely not return to the upper chamber after the polls.

The affected senators cut across the All Progressives Congress (APC) members and the largest opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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Research has shown that many of the senators lost their primaries while some joined other political parties to secure tickets to contest in the 2023 poll.

Video shows primary school pupils making emotional demands from government as they protest against ASUU strike

Legit.ng, in another report, came across a video going viral on the internet that has shown some primary school pupils protesting against the ASUU 5-month-old strikes.

According to the video, the pupils were protesting in from of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun state, with placards carrying different inscriptions.

The pupils who were seen singing and changing that ASUU is fighting for them called on the government not to borrow their future away in one of the inscriptions on their placards.

Source: Legit.ng