Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has issued a fresh warning that it may shut down legislative activities nationwide if state governors fail to implement the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS). This warning was delivered in a statement released on Friday in Abuja by PASAN’s National President, Mohammed Usman....
Lagos State House of Assembly
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– The management of Guardian Newspapers Limited has apologized to the Department of State Services (DSS) over a story the newspaper house published portraying the secret police as meddling in the affairs of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Entitled “Lagos Assembly Crisis Worsens, Reveals Deeper...
Lagos State House of Assembly members have again dismissed reports alleging that 25 lawmakers are planning to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to an unnamed political party. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, Stephen Ogundipe, made this known in a statement issued...
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended members of the State House of Assembly for prioritising collective goals over personal interests. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmakers on Monday resolved the 49-day speakership crisis that had stalled legislative activities in...
The impeached Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, is holding a meeting with the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda and 34 other lawmakers, at the assembly complex. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also present at the meeting is the Lagos State Chairman, All Progressive Congress (APC),...
The Speaker of the Lagos Mojisola Meranda, has resigned from office. Meranda announced her resignation at plenary on Monday in Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that Meranda became the first female speaker after Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the former speaker ,was impeached by his colleagues for alleged misconduct. The...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have reinstated Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker, ending 49 days of the speakership crisis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obasa returns as the Speaker following the resignation of the former speaker, Mojisola Meranda, during Monday’s plenary. The former...
Lagos State House of Assembly has directed all staff and legislative aides to work remotely indefinitely, to prevent potential violence from the ongoing leadership crisis. The directive, issued by Acting Clerk, Mr Babatunde Ottun, was communicated in a memo to all staff in Lagos on Sunday. The memo is...
The suit filed by the former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, challenging his removal as speaker, on Friday resumed before an Ikeja High Court. The respondents in the suit are members of the state assembly and the current speaker, Mojisola Meranda. The News Agency...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have insisted that Mrs Mojisola Meranda remains Speaker of the parliament and has not resigned. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Stephen Ogundipe, made this declaration in Lagos on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has described the impeached speaker, Mudashiru Obasa’s plenary with four lawmakers and the disruption of the assembly as a ‘show of shame’. Speaking to journalists after the court hearing at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on Friday, Meranda said...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have faulted the claim by the impeached speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa,that he had returned to the assembly as speaker. A member of the assembly, Mr Stephen Ogundipe, spoke with reporters on Thursday in Ikeja, on behalf of the 36 members of...
The ousted Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, who was removed by his colleagues, stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday, surrounded by security personnel. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent observed that Obasa arrived at the Lagos Assembly at exactly 12:05 p.m., accompanied by two lawmakers loyal to...
The impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, says he was never removed as speaker and that he is back to the assembly to take charge. Obasa spoke with reporters shortly after storming the assembly complex with some security personnel on Thursday. The News...