Media Room
Press, statements and photographs
Official statements from the Media Office, selected coverage and interviews, and photographs cleared for editorial use with credit.
Coverage and interviews
Pulse Nigeria · Aug 2026
Desmond Elliot stuns fans with surprise movie set appearance
Legit.ng · Feb 2025
Desmond Elliot marks 50th birthday: 'Thank God for making my crooked path smooth'
ThisDay · Mar 2024
Desmond Elliot: I am a victim of misconceptions in politics
A wide-ranging interview on his constituency record, from transformers and medical outreaches to the widows' programme.
The Sun · Feb 2022
Lagos lawmaker takes free medicare to constituents
Within Nigeria · Jun 2021
Twitter ban is a violation of our human rights
His public statement opposing the federal government's suspension of Twitter in June 2021.
Dubawa · Nov 2020
Fact-check: Desmond Elliot never called for social media regulation as widely claimed
Independent fact-check of the October 2020 plenary remarks.
ThisDay · Oct 2018
Adewale Ayuba, Desmond Elliot bag Afroglobal award in Canada
ThisDay · May 2017
Desmond Elliot, Mercy Aigbe volunteer to champion campaign against widows' maltreatment
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