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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

Igbo Leaders’ Wickedness Won’t Stop Biafra – Nnamdi Kanu

IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
The leadership of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday said “the wickedness and stinginess of Igbo leaders” would not deter it and its believers from actualising the SovereignRead More

Edo Polls: APC Govs Arrive National Secretariat

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki vs Adams Oshiomhole
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have arrived the party’s National Secretariat to hold talks with the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee to broker truce betweenRead More

Edo 2020: No Man Can Stop Me From Returning As Gov – Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki
Godwin Obaseki has said that no man can stop him from returning as the Governor of Edo State. He said this amid internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress inRead More

Edo 2020: APC Faction Picks Ize-Iyamu As Consensus Aspirant

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu
Former Secretary to Edo State Government and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2016 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has emerged the consensus aspirant of the AllRead More

INEC Okays E-voting From 2021, Says Voters Without Face Masks Won’t Be Allowed To Vote In Edo, Ondo Elections

Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be used for future elections in the country beginning from 2021. However, it noted that the forthcomingRead More

Reps Strip PSC Powers To Recruit Constables, Protect CPs From Govs

Nigeria House of Representatives
The House of Representatives has stripped the Police Service Commission recruitment and training powers and domiciled them with the Nigeria Police Force in a bill amending the Nigeria Police Act,Read More

NASS Commences Work On 2020 Revised Budget

Nigerian Senate
The Presidency has said the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic caused the delay in presenting the 2020 revised budget to the National Assembly. This came as the Chairman, SenateRead More

Gov Election: We’ve Not Decided Mode Of Ondo Primaries – APC

All Progressives Congress (APC)
The All Progressives Congress has yet to take a final decision on the mode of primaries to adopt in picking its Ondo State governorship candidate. One of our correspondents gatheredRead More

APC NWC Can’t Decide Edo Primary Mode, Obaseki Tells Oshiomhole

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki vs Adams Oshiomhole
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said the All Progressives Congress’ National Working Committee has no power to decide how the party governorship primary election in state will be conducted.Read More

Buhari Endorsed Obaseki, Akeredolu For Second Term – Odigie-Oyegun

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun
The immediate past National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed an agreement that Governor Godwin Obaseki and Rotimi AkeredoluRead More