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The ousted Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has been reinstated as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. He was reinstated following the resignation of Mojisola Meranda during Monday’s plenary. He was nominated by a lawmaker, Noheem Adams, representing Eti-Osa I. During his speech, he thanked the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmakers and his deputy, Ms Meranda, for their support. …

In her speech, Princess Mojisola Meranda stated: “I wish to let every one of you know that I have made a personal sacrifice towards resolving the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly. I recognize the role my family has played and continues to play in entrenching democracy, good governance, and the betterment of our people. I will …

•As SERAP tells Tinubu to direct CBN to suspend fee hike pending court verdict Banks have commenced implementation of the new Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fee charge on customers following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) directive. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored some banks’ ATM gallery in Abuja and environs on Sunday, reports that some …

CNN — When emergency workers arrived at the home of Tetyana Kulyk and her husband Pavlo Ivanchov shortly after it was hit by a Russian drone on Wednesday, all they could do was recover their charred bodies. Kulyk, a renowned Ukrainian journalist, and Ivanchov, a surgeon and university professor, were killed when the drone hit their home just north of Kyiv. Neighbors …

A coalition of over 360 women’s rights advocates, under the umbrella of Womanifesto, have called for a public hearing into recent tensions within Nigeria’s National Assembly. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan had sparked controversy when she accused the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, among other things, of reallocating her seat in the Senate Chambers in order to “silence” and intimidate her while …

CNN — To seasoned diplomatic observers, US President Donald Trump’s furious dressing down of Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was a planned political mugging, a trap set by the Trump administration to discredit the Ukrainian leader and remove him as an obstacle to whatever comes next. Whether it was orchestrated or not, Moscow – which reacted with glee to the White House slanging match – …

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday asked the federal government to jettison any planned hike in electricity tariff under any guise, threatening to lead mass resistance against such move. It also threatened to shut down operations of telecommunications companies should they fail to implement the 35 per cent hike in tariff agreed with government, against the 50 per cent earlier …

“Although we disagree with the judgment, we are bound to obey the order made therein as a law-abiding government,” Mr Fubara said, adding that the state is back to its trying time. Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has ordered the 23 Local Government Chairpersons in the state to hand over to heads of local government administration in their domains on Monday, …

The directive was issued during a plenary session in Port Harcourt on Monday by lawmakers loyal to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, following a recent Supreme Court judgment. The Rivers State House of Assembly has issued a 48-hour deadline for Governor Siminalayi Fubara to present the 2025 budget. The directive was issued during a plenary session in Port Harcourt on Monday …

We strongly suspect the voice of Jacob and the hand of Esau in this high-stakes political comedy. The quicksand of politics has sucked in the Lagos State House of Assembly over the past couple of months, leading to the emergence of two speakers, both laying claims to the seat at the same time. The former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, was removed from office …