At a point I was in a quandary on how to address Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. What unfolded at the Lagos State House of Assembly presented a dilemma similar to that which confronted journalists after the annulment of the 12 June 1993 presidential election, won free and square by Moshood Abiola. Should we address Abiola as president-elect and winner of the …

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 …

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 …

Lagos Assembly speaker: Meranda may step down as Akande panel shortlists seven The speakership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly might be resolved soon as the intervention of heavyweights in the All Progressives Congress may be leading to a headway. The No. 1 seat in the House will go back to an unnamed member from Lagos West senatorial …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it did not invade the Lagos House of Assembly on Monday. Earlier on Monday, there were reports of heavy security presence in and around the roads leading to the complex. But the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda later gained access to the chambers. The incident comes amid the leadership tussle rocking the …

The Speaker of the Lagos State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda has finally gained access to the chambers of the House following hours of heavy security presence in and around the roads leading to the complex. Monday’s incident comes amid the leadership tussle rocking the House of Assembly following the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker last month. Earlier …

Embattled Lagos lawmaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has approached the court to challenge his removal as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The lawmaker dragged the Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, before a State High Court in Ikeja, claiming that the lawmakers were wrong to have removed him when the Assembly was on recess. In a motion …

A team from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has promised the institution’s support to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda. Dean of School of Postgraduate Studies at the institution  Prof. Abraham Osinubi, who led the delegation on a courtesy visit to the Speaker on Thursday, described Meranda’s emergence as a triumph for vision …

Following the meeting of the leadership and some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Wednesday, the House on Thursday expressed support for the President, commending his administration’s economic policies and their impact on the citizens. Last Monday, the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) held a meeting with the Assemly members at Lagos …