Politics

WE REJECT OBASA IN TOTALITY – LAGOS LAWMAKERS Thirty-six members of the Lagos State House of Assembly loyal to Mojisola Meranda on Thursday reaffirmed that the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker was final, declaring Meranda as the legitimate leader of the House. The lawmakers convened at the Assembly garden, maintaining their stance based on their February 17 vote of …

OBASA STORMS LAGOS ASSEMBLY, SAYS HE REMAINS THE SPEAKER Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has announced that he has resumed his position as the leader of the parliament, Obasa made the declaration on Thursday after arriving at the Assembly complex with police and State Security Service (SSS) personnel, marking his first return since his …

MASSOB SLAMS FANI-KAYODE OVER COMMENTS ON 1966 COUP The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has condemned former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode over his recent claim that the January 15, 1966, coup was orchestrated by the Igbo. MASSOB said it condemned Fani-Kayode’s “bold, empty claim and assertion that former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, …

NEW TWIST IN LAGOS ASSEMBLY AS POLICE RESTORES OBASA’S SECURITY DETAILS, WITHDRAWS MERANDA’S ESCORTS Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa who was impeached as speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly on January 13, 2025, is set to return. His security details have been restored just as those of Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, have been withdrawn. Meranda was Obasa’s deputy before the …

TOTAL SHAMELESSNESS – EL-RUFAI FIRES BACK AT RENO OMOKRI Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has hit back at ex-presidential aide Reno Omokri, following allegations that he played a role in the genocide of Southern Kaduna Christians. Omokri had accused El-Rufai of enabling violence and demolishing the homes of political opponents while in office. He also referenced El-Rufai’s controversial past …

I INHERITED N8.9BN DEBT AS APC CHAIRMAN – GANDUJE Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has disclosed that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) under his leadership, inherited a debt burden of N8.9 billion. Ganduje revealed this in Abuja while speaking at the ongoing National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the APC. According to …

TRUMP THREATENS 25% TARIFF ON EU, SAYS BLOC WAS FORMED TO SCREW USA Donald Trump has said he will impose 25% tariffs on the EU “very soon” and claimed the bloc was “formed in order to screw the United States”. The US president made the remarks while holding his first cabinet meeting at the White House since his inauguration in …

I CHALLENGE ANY LAWYER TO SHOW ME WHERE COURT REINSTATED SACKED OSUN LG CHAIRMEN – OKUTEPA A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jubril Okutepa has challenged any lawyer to quote any section of the Court of Appeal judgement that ordered the reinstatement of the sacked Osun council chairmen. Speaking on Arise TV News Night on Tuesday evening, the SAN said the …

COURT AFFIRMS EXPULSION OF PDP NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital, has affirmed the expulsion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman South-East Chief Ali Odefa from the party. This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by applicants in Suit No: FHC/AI/CS/FHR/197, between Hon. Herbert Onyedikachi, Hon Anoke, Egbe, Njoku …

BUHARI, EL-RUFAI, AMAECHI ABSENT AS APC HOLDS NEC MEETING Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have converged at the National Secretariat of the party for its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in the nation’s capital, Abuja. All roads leading to the venue of the meeting on Blantyre Street were cordoned off by a combined team of armed security …