The Lagos State House of Assembly has approved Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s nominees for positions in some strategic agencies in the state. The nominees’ confirmation took place during a plenary presided over by the Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Friday. Obasa, citing Section 192 (Part II), Chapter 6 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria …

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, yesterday, said the resignation of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, was not included in the terms of settlement reached in the leadership crisis of the House. This is coming as Mr Obasa, yesterday, held a peace parley to reconcile with his aggrieved colleagues barely 24 hours after his …

The political crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly may not be over despite Monday’s return of Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa to his seat as Speaker, having been removed by an overwhelming members on 13 January. Although Hon. Mojisola Meranda, who presided as Speaker at plenary on Monday, resigned her position, and was later re-elected Deputy Speaker, the re-election …

Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa has returned as the Speaker oc the Lagos State House of Assembly. This followed the resignation on Monday of Hon. Mojisola Meranda, who held the office for 49 days. She stepped down after a meeting with the embattled former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, …

Are you still wondering what has been going on in the Lagos State House of Assembly? Never mind; it is the usual power dynamics on full display by our politicians. They have taken positions and fighting for leverage. No one is amused except that, this time, Lagos State – a highly prized jewel and the centre of excellence – is …

On Wednesday, 25 February 2025, a very toxic but innocuous advertorial was published in The PUNCH newspaper. It was authored by a group which called itself De Renaissance Patriots Foundation. Entitled, “Systematic Marginalisation of Lagos State Indigenes”, and signed by Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (rtd.) and Yomi Tokosi, the advertorial explains the legislative gangsterism currently going on in Lagos State, …

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Friday, ordered that all members of the Lagos House of Assembly be joined as parties in the suit filed by ousted Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. Justice Yetunde Pinheiro has also adjourned the case till 7 March to hear all pending applications. Obasa had approached the court to challenge his removal by at …

Muda had four wives. To their neighbours, all was well. There was never any noise of fight from their expansive compound. People envied the man . He must be a good man. He must be full wisdom. How is he able to make four women live under the same roof without broken jaws or endless stream of swear words and …

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that the speculation that 27 members are about to defect from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to the Labour Party (LP) is not true. In a statement on Wednesday, the spokesperson of the House, Hon. Stephen Ogundipe, who is the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, said …

The newly appointed Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Olohundare Jimoh, has assured that operatives will continue to secure the Lagos State House of Assembly as they have always done. Jimoh made this known on Tuesday while responding to questions regarding the security situation at the Assembly complex. When asked about concerns that the police’s role as the lead agency …