Lawmakers in the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday declared their support for Speaker Mojisola Meranda by passing a vote of confidence in her leadership. The decision came during a tense plenary session, which Meranda presided over under heavy security. The assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja, was thrown into confusion earlier in the day … [Read more…]
Operatives from the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigeria Police have taken over the Lagos State House of Assembly, sealing off the offices of Speaker Mojisola Meranda, her deputy, and the House clerk. According to Vanguard, security personnel arrived in the early hours of Monday, occupying the Assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja. Passersby were frisked, and … [Read more…]
The former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has filed a suit against the Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, challenging the legality of his sack. Obasa, in the suit which is yet to be assigned to a judge, is urging the … [Read more…]
Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has called for peace and unity among the members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southeast Zone and the entire country, urging aggrieved members to seize the opportunity presented by the ongoing reconciliation process to come back to their fold. The governor made the appeal when he … [Read more…]
Another Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Salisu Koko, representing Koko-Besse/Maiyama Constituency of Kebbi State, has defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Amos Magaji, representing Zango Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency of Kaduna, had, during the plenary on Tuesday, defected to the ruling APC. The … [Read more…]
…say suspension engineered by APC backed Pro-Wike group led by Anyawu, Ikpeazu Nigeria’s Opposition Lawmakers Coalition has urged Nigerians and party faithful to disregard the purported suspension of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Distinguished Senator Adolphus Wabara from the Party. The Coalition in a statement by its Spokesperson, … [Read more…]
…Anambra has overtaken Enugu – Ugo Agballah Ewoh Doris, Enugu The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Mr Uche Nnaji has appealed to citizens of Enugu State to join the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The Minister made the appeal in an event held in Enugu on Friday, February 7, 2025 to receive Mr Basil … [Read more…]
Embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Sam Anyanwu, has accused party governors and the Board of Trustees (BoT) of orchestrating efforts to remove him due to his close relationship with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. In an exclusive interview with Saturday Tribune, Anyanwu claimed that the … [Read more…]
The Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) will, on Monday, meet to discuss the speakership crisis at the Lagos State House of Assembly and not the possibility of Mudashiru Obasa returning as speaker. A member of the apex advisory body in the state, who spoke in confidence with the … [Read more…]
…Urges FG to revisit macroeconomic policies over hardship The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum rose from its first 2025 monthly meeting held in Asaba, Delta State capital, on Friday, with a resolution backing the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which pronounced the former National Youth Leader of the party, Hon. S.K.E Udeh-Okoye, as … [Read more…]
The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the 2023 general election, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, have reopened talks that could pave way for the return of the erstwhile party member to the PDP fold. Edeoga, a former PDP Member of the House of Representatives between … [Read more…]
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has emerged as the chairman of the South-South Governors Forum. Diri, a serving two-term governor, emerged during the ongoing meeting of the South-South Governors Forum taking place in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. This was disclosed in a communique issued on Tuesday after their meeting. “The South-South Governors’ Forum … [Read more…]