Obasa sues Lagos assembly over impeachment

Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has taken legal action against the Assembly and his successor, Mojisola Meranda, challenging the legitimacy of his removal from office. He filed the suit at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, arguing that his impeachment on January 13, 2025, was unconstitutional as it […]

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Lagos installs speed limit monitors, imposes N50,000 fine

Lagos State Government, in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, has deployed four new Intelligent Transport System sites to monitor and detect speeding and manage traffic flows. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this during a press briefing on Thursday, stating that the new installations would complement the existing Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras and other […]

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Tinubu’s directive to reinstate Obasa as Lagos speaker false – Lawmaker

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly has debunked the report that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had ordered the reinstatement of the sacked Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. He described the report as “fake news” meant to distract the new Speaker, Mojisola Lasbat Meranda. Speaking off record, the lawmaker said: “This is nothing but fake […]

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Lagos Assembly insists Obasa’s removal legal as DSS grills lawmakers

The Department of State Services on Thursday grilled members of the Lagos State House of Assembly in connection to a petition reportedly written by the former Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa. According to reliable sources, more than half of the lawmakers were interrogated by the DSS for hours on Thursday before they were released […]

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Sanwo-Olu pledges to work with new Lagos speaker

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday pledged to work harmoniously with the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, to deliver policies that will benefit Lagosians. He made this pledge while receiving the new Speaker and other principal officers of the House who were on a courtesy visit to him at his […]

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Inside story: How hubris, intrigues, power play sealed Obasa’s fate

Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday over multiple allegations of fraud, with keen followers of Lagos politics insinuating that his removal was a fallout of underground intrigues and battles. His removal came days after he was alleged to have overseen the withdrawal of N43.5bn for […]

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Sanwo-Olu suspends media aide for saying #EndSARS arsonists executed

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended his senior special assistant on print media, Wale Ajetunmobi, for his remark about the perpetrators of the arson on Television Continental (TVC) during the #EndSARS protest in 2020. A report by QEDNG quoted Mr Ajetunmobi to have said, in a post on X, that the majority of the […]

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Sanwo-Olu’s aide, Abdulrahman Lekki, dies

Mr. Abdulrahman Lekki, an aide to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, has passed away. The Lagos State Head of Service confirmed his death in a statement released Wednesday, saying he passed in the early hours following a brief illness. “With total submission to the will […]

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