Onozure Dania

6 days ago | punchng.com | Johnson Idowu |Onozure Dania

A teenager, Alabi Quadri, who was freed on Thursday after being incarcerated for three months following his arraignment by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on allegations of armed robbery, has demanded N100m in compensation from the police. Quadri became an internet sensation after standing in front of the convoy of the 2023 Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during his visit to Lagos in 2023.

1 month ago | punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Muhammed Lawal |Olufemi Adediran |Onozure Dania

There is no end in sight to the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly as the 35 lawmakers who removed Mudashiru Obasa as speaker insisted that the embattled lawmaker would not be reinstated. According to the lawmakers, the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, remains the leader of the Assembly despite Obasa’s declaration that he had resumed his position. Obasa had gone to the Assembly on Thursday after his security details were restored.

1 month ago | punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Onozure Dania

The reinstated Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Olalekan Onafeko, has threatened a contempt suit against the acting Clerk of the House, Ottun Babatunde. The development followed the drama that occurred at the Assembly complex on Wednesday when Onafeko was barred from entering the Clerk’s Office. Onafeko was suspended by the House on January 13, the same day Mudashiru Obasa was removed by 36 of the 40 lawmakers sitting on the fateful day.

1 month ago | punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Onozure Dania

The legal team of ousted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said there is no plan to withdraw the suit filed to challenge his removal as Speaker. Obasa’s lead counsel, Chief Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), who spoke to The PUNCH on Tuesday, said he was prepared for the court hearing fixed for February 28, notwithstanding the moves to resolve the Assembly crisis politically.

2 months ago | punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Stephen Angbulu |Onozure Dania |Deborah Musa |James Abraham |Peter Ajayi Dada | +3 more

Former military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, on Thursday, expressed regret over the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, acknowledging that the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, MKO Abiola, won the poll.