Lagos Assembly
2 Mar
The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed all staff and legislative aides to work remotely from home indefinitely to prevent potential violence arising from the ongoing leadership crisis. The directive, issued by Acting Clerk Mr. Babatunde Ottun Abubakar in a memo addressed to all staff, was aimed at ensuring their safety and preventing a…
2 Mar
The Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), on Sunday, said it is perturbed by the alleged ongoing conspiracy against President Bola Tinubu in Lagos State over the crisis in the state’s House of Assembly. The group warned against further divisions in Lagos, saying the last presidential election result in the state was a pointer to the…
28 Feb
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has described the impeached speaker, Mudashiru Obasa’s plenary with four lawmakers and the disruption of the assembly as a ‘show of shame’. Speaking to journalists after the court hearing at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on Friday, Meranda said that a quorum in the Assembly…
28 Feb
Prince Tajudeen Olusi, the Chairman, Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos State says council was not consulted before impeaching Mr Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Olusi, speaking with newsmen in an interview at his residence on Friday, said that lawmakers neither consulted the party nor the council. He…
28 Feb
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have insisted that Mrs Mojisola Meranda remains Speaker of the parliament and has not resigned. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Stephen Ogundipe, made this declaration in Lagos on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa…
28 Feb
Justice Yetunde Pinheiro of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has fixed March 7 for hearing of all preliminary applications filed
28 Feb
Lagos State House of Assembly lawmakers have condemned what they described as the invasion of the assembly by its former speaker, Mudashiru
28 Feb
The embattled member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said he would always do the right thing even without the approval of President Bola Tinubu. Obasa said this during an interview on Channels Television's Politics Today programme on Thursday. The lawmaker representing Agege Constituency 1 had been removed from office as…
28 Feb
Chaos erupted yesterday at the Lagos State House of Assembly as ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa staged a dramatic return to the Assembly complex, asserting his authority despite being removed 45 days ago.
27 Feb
The police in Lagos have announced that they have restored the security details of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda. Meranda's security details were controversially withdrawn on Thursday morning, hours before the ousted speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, returned to the assembly with security officials and claimed he was still the speaker.…
27 Feb
Mudashiru Obasa, the reinstated Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has issued an apology to the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force for the assault on their operatives at the Assembly on February 17. In a statement he signed on Thursday, February 27, which was made available to The…
27 Feb
The impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, says he was never removed Obasa also said that he had returned to the assembly to take charge. Obasa spoke with reporters shortly after he arrived the assembly complex with some security personnel on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
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