Tag: Lagos State House of Assembly
Lagos Assembly pumps additional N162.89bn into Sanwo-Olu’s budget, passes N4.4trn
The legislative action took place on Thursday, transforming the original N4.237 trillion proposal into a robust N4.4 trillion appropriation.
Lagos Assembly receives Sanwo-Olu’s request to present 2026 budget
He said the breach of legislative procedure informed the committee’s recommendation for nullification. The House adopted the recommendation in line…
Lagos Assembly wades into power crisis at Royal Gardens Estate, summons Residents’ Association
The dispute has already spilled into the courts. After the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) invited both parties for hearings…
Lagos Assembly advances landmark Railway, Energy Bills to reshape State infrastructure
Leading the debate on the Railway Corporation Bill, Majority Leader Hon. Noheem Adams, who also sponsored the private-member bill, described…
Obasa speaks as Lagos court declares his impeachment by majority ‘illegal’
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has hailed the judgement of the Lagos High Court…
Lagos Court deals major blow to Assembly, rules Obasa’s removal unlawful
The ruling came after Obasa, through his legal counsel, Chief Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), filed a suit challenging the legality of…
Three Lagos Assembly workers apologize for assaulting DSS operatives
The three Lagos Assembly staff assaulted the DSS officers during the recent leadership crisis that rocked the legislative house. They…
Obasa continues fight in court over removal allegations
An Ikeja High Court on Friday extended until March 10 to hear the suit filed by the reinstated Speaker of…
Breaking: Obasa apologizes for assault on security operatives at Lagos Assembly
Mudashiru Obasa, the reinstated Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has issued an apology to the Department of…
Breaking: Drama as Obasa storms Lagos Assembly with armed men in shocking comeback
Sources revealed that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) ordered the withdrawal of all security operatives attached to Meranda, leaving…
Lagos Assembly fumes over unauthorized entry by suspended Clerk
The Assembly’s Chief Security Officer, Mr Kabir Kushoro, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday said…
Lagos Assembly drama: Court reinstates sacked Clerk in ruling
His dismissal coincided with the leadership shake-up that saw Mojisola Lasbat Meranda assume the position of Speaker. In the aftermath,…
Lagos Assembly opens up on alleged plan by 27 members to dump APC for Labour Party
OluKayode, in the statement he issued on Wednesday described the report of impending defection of the lawmakers from the ruling…
Lagos Assembly under siege! DSS locks out Lagos Speaker as lawmakers revolt
The invasion, which many legislators described as an "assault on democracy," saw DSS operatives preventing Speaker Mojisola Meranda from accessing…
Obasa goes to court: Ex-Speaker fights for justice after dramatic removal
In an urgent suit filed on February 12, 2025, through his lawyer, Chief Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), Obasa is calling for…
Tinubu the best thing to happen to Nigerians, says Lagos Assembly
Speaking during plenary, the lawmakers took time to eulogise the President saying he came into office at a time when…
Lagos Assembly turmoil: DSS detains two lawmakers over Obasa’s impeachment
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The political crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly took a dramatic turn on Thursday as…
GAC member slams Lagos lawmakers for reconvening during recess to impeach Obasa
Lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly reconvened on 13 January, 2025 while the House was on recess to…
Lagos Assembly fires back: Obasa’s impeachment stands
Obasa, who had rejected the impeachment on Saturday, claimed due process was not followed in his removal, maintaining that he…
Lagos Assembly calls out Sanwo-Olu over increasing theft of public infrastructure
The Speaker called on Sanwo-Olu to instruct relevant law enforcement agencies to arrest individuals caught stealing or vandalising public infrastructure…
Lagos Assembly names new principal officers
According to Meranda, the announcement of new officers is as a result of the change of the leadership of the…
Why we impeached Obasa as Speaker – Lagos Assembly
In a sweeping overhaul, Tobun said all principal positions and standing committees were dissolved, signalling a fresh start for the…
Lagos Assembly injects N360.88bn, passes Sanwo-Olu’s N3.4trn budget
Following its passage, Obasa instructed the Clerk of the House, Olalekan Onafeko, to forward the document to Governor Sanwo-Olu for…
2025 Budget: Lagos Assembly questions Sanwo-Olu’s plan to borrow N408bn
While raising concerns over the projection of N408 billion deficit financing in the budget, Olumoh, who noted that loans are…
Lagos Assembly reverses stance: 37 LCDAs have come to stay
The Speaker emphasised that the bill also introduced a four-year tenure for elective offices in the local government, which, according…
‘Reconsider move to scrap LCDAs,’ Council chairs tell Lagos Assembly
The Assembly on Thursday during a public hearing said the bill was being considered to replace the current 37 Local…
Lagos Assembly approves reordering of 2024 Budget, increases capital expenditure
Though the total budget size remains the same, the recurrent expenditure was reduced from N952,430,566,998 in the original budget to…
Alimosho crisis: Lagos Assembly Speaker stops suspension of council chairman
After what a member of the House, Sa'ad Olumoh, described as a painstaking two months investigation in which all parties…
Lagos lawmakers invite Attorney-General over Supreme Court judgement on LGs
A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court had declared on Thursday that the 774 local government councils in the country…
Governors must see lawmakers as partners, not appendages – Lagos Assembly
The House further urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to recognise past speakers of the Lagos Assembly for their contributions to the…