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Lagos Assembly Crisis: Obasa, Meranda Claim Speakership

Mojisola Meranda vs Mudashiru Obasa
Yesterday’s spectacular reappearance of evicted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over a “plenary session” with just four MPs present, gave the turmoil roiling the Lagos State House of Assembly a new dimension. However, the 36 MPs who remained requested that Obasa was removed, stating that they were still loyal to Mojisola Meranda. This occurred in spite of Obasa’s January 13 lawsuit challenging his dismissal. The assembly and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, the home state of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have become polarized since Obasa, a sixth-term lawmaker representing Agege constituency I, was removedRead More

Presidency To Ortom: You’re Ethnic Jingoist Fanning Embers Of Disunity

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom
Says he’s a political failure that has changed party five times The presidency has reacted to some recent utterances by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, where he accused PresidentRead More

House Threatens to Withhold CAC’s 2022 Budget over Missing Financial Reports

House of Representatives
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has threatened to withhold the 2022 budgetary allocation to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) over non-rendition of its financial statements in the pastRead More

Oyetola Urges APC Chairman To Discontinue Court Case

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, yesterday urged the state All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Chairman, Gboyega Famodun, to discontinue the court case against some chieftains of the party who invadedRead More

INEC Threatens To Prosecute Voters Involved In Double Registration

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday threatened legal prosecution against anyone caught registering more than once in the ongoing registration of voters. INEC clearly stated that double registration isRead More

Senate President Debunks Allegation Of $10m Bribe

Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has described as false the $10 million bribe allegedly offered to members of the two chambers of the National Assembly to pass three per centRead More

2023 Election: The Leader Nigeria Needs, By Tambuwal

Aminu Tambuwal
As the 2023 general election draws nearer, the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP,) Governors Forum, (PDP-GF) and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has declared that NigeriaRead More

PDP Crisis Worsens as Court Restrains Secondus from Parading As Chairman

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Efforts by elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to quell the leadership crisis might have come to naught as a High Court of Rivers State yesterday issued an orderRead More

PDP Unveils Anambra Governorship Campaign Council

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has unveiled a star-studded campaign council, advisory council, elders forum, and campaign committee that would serve as the PDP Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation for Anambra State.Read More

Defection: Court Orders Substituted Service Of Suit Seeking Removal Of Edo Lawmakers

Law court
Adjourns suit till September 27 Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Benin City, Edo State, has ordered the service of a suit seeking the removal of eight lawmakersRead More

Yobe PDP Governorship Candidate Disowns Suit Against Buni

Chairman of the APC National Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State
The controversy over the two positions being held by the governor of Yobe State and National Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, as governor andRead More