Armed officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) sealed the office of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda, on Monday, amid reports that some forces were pushing for the return of former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. The action led to a tense standoff between legislative workers and security…
The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has forwarded the names of 16 commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Danladi Jatau, disclosed this during plenary on Monday in Lafia. He said: “The governor has submitted 16 names of commissioner nominees to the Assembly for…
A review of Ondo State’s 2025 budget document by SaharaReporters reveals that the State House of Assembly plans to allocate N200 million for telephone charges. The document shows that between January and September 2024, the state government spent N39 million on telephone charges. This indicates a projected monthly expenditure of N16 million…
The Lagos State Assembly has disclosed plans to conduct a probe following the fraud allegations levelled against the impeached speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Recall that Obasa was impeached on January 13 while he was living in his alleged home in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Obasa did not show up when the Assembly reconvened on…
The new Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, officially moved into the office on Monday. Meranda was accompanied by members of the Assembly to the complex in a show of solidarity. This development followed the impeachment of the former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, for alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office on…
Ex-Speakers sanction Obasa’s removal Today’s (Monday) sitting of the Lagos State House of Assembly may be rancorous except there is an intervention to achieve a middle ground in the political crisis besetting the hallowed chamber. The Assembly, The Guardian, learnt will be sitting today and two presiding officers, Mojisola Meranda and Mudashiru Obasa, are laying…
Mudashiru Obasa, the impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has said he remains the rightful speaker, arguing that due process was not followed in his removal. Speaking at a rally at his residence in GRA, Ikeja, on Saturday, Obasa also denied corruption allegations against him, describing them as fictitious and unsubstantiated. He…
BudgIT Foundation, Nigeria’s civic tech organisation, has revealed that the National Assembly in a budget padding spree of the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act, inserted over N40billion in the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos 2024 proposed budget. According to BudgIT report, the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos State in Southwest…
The Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara has presented the 2025 budget to a faction of the state House of Assembly. He presented the N1.1 trillion budget to the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House of Assembly on Monday. According to DailyPost, the four-member Assembly faction led by Oko-Jumbo had earlier read Fubara’s letter requesting…
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been petitioned to investigate Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, over allegations of financial misconduct, breach of public trust, and abuse of office. A petition filed by the Progressive Youth Movement of Ikeja, Lagos State, accuses Obasa of using proxy companies to…
