Nigeria, July 23 -- A total of 15 political parties will participate in the July 24 local government election in Lagos State, the electoral body has said.

The Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASEIC), Ayotunde Philips, said this on Friday during a press conference at the LASEIC secretariat.

"The result of our validation exercise of candidates of political parties indicated that 15 political parties are participating in this election," she said.

Mrs Philips said the final list of candidates for the election is out following approval and screening by political parties.

Mrs Philips said as part of preparations for the Saturday election, non-sensitive materials have been deployed to different wards.

She discl...