Mudashiru Obasa
13 Apr
If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu successfully waded into the party crises in Rivers and Ondo states, members of the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) are hopeful that he would use his wisdom to resolve some salient issues that may jeopardize its chances of winning future elections.
5 Apr
Concerned residents of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), yesterday, staged a protest at Lagos State House of Assembly demanding the removal of chairman, John Ogundare, who was allegedly indicted in a report by the legislative council...
14 Feb
Lagos State House of Assembly has decried the continued downward slide in the value of the naira against the dollar.
18 Dec
The youths of Odoragunshin community in Epe have staged a peaceful protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly and called for urgent intervention on the vacant Obaship stool of their community after eight years.
1 Dec
Lagos State House of Assembly has begun an assessment of roads in the state to ascertain their current conditions and ensure they are fixed.This is coming days after the House members decried the parlous conditions of some roads within the state.
12 Sep 2023
Speaker of state Houses of Assembly in the South West region gathered, yesterday, at the Lagos State House of Assembly for discussions aimed at the progress of the zone. The gathering came a few days before the Abuja meeting of the Conference of Speakers of state legislature in Nigeria, where a national chairman is billed to…
11 Sep 2023
That flexing of muscles in Lagos between Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, over the list of commissioner-nominees is on the surface a minor matter that could have been trashed via phone chats between the two political leaders.
8 Sep 2023
Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, again rejected two commissioner-nominees, while confirming 15 of the 18 other nominees recently sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
5 Sep 2023
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sent another list of 18 commissioner-nominees to the House of Assembly for screening after the rejection of 17 nominees sent previously.
29 Aug 2023
The Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa has fired veiled shots at the state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the rejected commissioner-nominees. The Lagos State House of Assembly last Wednesday confirmed 22 and rejected 17 out of the 39 commissioner-nominees sent by governor Sanwo-Olu for screening. Reacting, Mr Obasa said it was unfortunate…
29 Aug 2023
The Lagos State House of Assembly has insisted on its decision not to confirm some of the commissioner-nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening and approval.
14 Jul 2023
Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, received a letter from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu nominating Adewuyi Moshood Adewale for the position of Auditor-General of the State. The letter was read by Clerk of the House, Olalekan Onafeko, during the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.
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