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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Shakirah Adunola |Oluyemi Ogunseyin
By Shakirah Adunola 07 March 2025 | 11:17 am Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have arrived at the State High Court sitting in Ikeja for the hearing of a case instituted by their colleague and Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Gbenga Salau |Kehinde Olatunji |Shakirah Adunola
• Meranda becomes Deputy Speaker; Fatai, Chief Whip; Setonji, Deputy Chief Whip • Lawmakers divided between tears, triumph, pledge harmony • APC spokesman hails resolution as victory for democracy, Lagos politics • PDP leaders call for urgent measures to ‘save soul of Lagos’ • Rhodes-Vivour decries events as ‘disgraceful state capture’ In an unexpected twist that reshaped the political dynamics of Lagos State, the House of Assembly witnessed a rare and dramatic leadership transition...
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Seye Olumide |Gbenga Salau |Shakirah Adunola
• Obasa presides over session with four lawmakers, denies occupying Speaker’s office• Police restore security details for Meranda after withdrawal• Suspended Clerk Onafeko resumes duty citing court order• Yoruba Ronu condemns crisis, urges resistance to Tinubu dynasty
Chaos erupted yesterday at the Lagos State House of Assembly as ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa staged a dramatic return to the Assembly complex, asserting his authority despite being removed 45 days ago.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Yetunde Ayobami Ojo |Shakirah Adunola
Drama as suspended Clerk attempts to resume office
A federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, granted bail to three members of staff of the Lagos State House of Assembly, who were alleged to have assaulted operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) on February 17, 2025. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them. However, following their plea of not guilty to the charges, Justice Daniel Osiagor adjourned the trial to April 24, 2025. The prosecutor, M. O.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Yetunde Ayobami Ojo |Shakirah Adunola
• Fixes today for possible arraignment• Union demands immediate release
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the remand of three employees of the Lagos State House of Assembly in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly assaulting its officers.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Bertram Nwannekanma |Shakirah Adunola
By Bertram Nwannekanma and Shakirah Adunola 25 February 2025 | 2:30 am Lagos State government has advocated collaboration among residents of its estates to ensure the sustainability of infrastructure, housing assets and market value of their property.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Kehinde Olatunji |Shakirah Adunola |Ngozi Egenuka
• Blames agents of destablisation • LP accuses House of stifling defection plans • I’ve no plan to resign, says Speaker • CSOs pledge support for Meranda Lagos State House of Assembly has refuted the claims that 27 of its members are planning to defect to the Labour Party (LP), labelling the reports as “malicious and unfounded.” In a statement, yesterday, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode, dismissed the allegations as “entirely...
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Gbenga Salau |Shakirah Adunola
Forum urges Speaker Meranda to step down if unable to lead
Lagos State House of Assembly has debunked an online report alleging that the president’s wife, Oluremi Tinubu, is influencing the ongoing internal crisis within the House. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy, and Security, Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode, the Assembly described the claim as false, baseless and misleading.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Gbenga Akinfenwa |Shakirah Adunola
CHSR raises alarm over plans to remove MerandaThe Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, called on the state government to urgently complete all abandoned roads in the state, including the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Road in Igbogbo-Bayeku, Ikorodu, which had been abandoned since it was awarded in 2017.
Aro Moshood, representing Ikorodu II Constituency, raised the motion at the plenary session, highlighting the dangers posed by the neglected road.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Terhemba Daka |Shakirah Adunola
By Terhemba Daka (Abuja) and Shakirah Adunola (Lagos) 11 February 2025 | 3:32 am Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, assured the Muslim community in the country that no Nigerian intending pilgrim will miss the 2025 Hajj exercise, vowing a hitch-free conduct for the participants.
