Author: Lawan

The substantive Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda, has just arrived at the court. Her arrival was met with a standing ovation from the 35 members of the Assembly present.

Thirty-five lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly, who support the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker, have arrived at the Lagos State High Court for the hearing of the case he filed to challenge his ouster. Obasa had approached the court to contest his removal by at least 36 of his colleagues on January 13, 2025. In an application dated February 12, 2025, and filed by his counsel, Chief Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), Obasa claimed he was removed while he was out of the country, making the process unlawful. The legal team representing Speaker Mojisola Meranda includes lead counsel,…

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed Muslims in the country to start looking out for the new moon of Ramadan 1446 AH today. The Sultan urged those who sight the crescent of the new moon to report the sighting to the nearest district or village head for onward communication to the NSCIA president general. A statement yesterday in Sokoto by the Sultanate Council Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Prof. Sambo Wali Junaidu, reads: “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah that…

The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Oil Theft, chaired by Ned Nwoko (APC, Delta North), has visited the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, seeking a partnership with the military to curb the menace. The panel has set up and inaugurated a surveillance team for overt and covert oversight on oil facilities and institutions. A statement yesterday in Abuja by the Director Communications to Nwoko, Gloria Okolugbo, said the committee called for the reinforcement of intelligence-sharing mechanisms, surveillance operations and fostering of seamless inter-agency collaboration to dismantle the complex networks behind crude oil theft. The statement reads: “This…

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sadiq Mamman Lagos, has criticised former Governor Nasir El-Rufai over his 2027 comment against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani. Mamman Lagos, who is one of the strongest allies of Governor Sani, told El-Rufai to steer clear of Kaduna. He said only God will decide the winners of the governorship and presidential elections in 2027 and not any individual. Mamman Lagos addressed reporters yesterday in Kaduna after all the state’s 255 councilors rose from their one-day meeting and endorsed President Tinubu and Governor Sani for second term. The…

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has revealed that he turned down N500m given to him by ministers, permanent secretaries, directors, DGs of agencies, when his mother d!ed. He said this on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) 38th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) Conference in Abuja. The event was themed, ‘Ethics, Integrity, Corruption Risk Assessments, and Anti-Corruption at National and Sub-National Levels in Nigeria: Sustaining the Fight Against Corruption’ “I lost my mother in the year 2019 (in Ekiti State). We went for the funeral. I was…

A 17-year-old female student has attempted su!cide after she was repeatedly bull!ed and assaulted at a high school in Ethekweni – Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. The victim slit her wrists and overdosed on medication on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) was called to the home (details withheld) and found the teenage girl in a critical condition. She was rapidly transported to a local hospital. When interviewed, her mother informed Reaction Officers that her Grade 11 daughter was being bullied and nothing had been done to the perpetrators. One of the assaults was recorded on a phone and…

Adaora Soludo, the daughter of Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo, has responded after she was dragged into events happening in Anambra State. Earlier this month, a state security personnel was seen announcing that Soludo has ordered that women seen without a bra or panties should be arrested.However, the Anambra State government released a statement denying that such trivial directive was from Soludo. Despite the official statement from Soludo’s team, a security agency allegedly went ahead to harass a woman for indecent dressing. A video circulating online shows a woman at the back of a security van allegedly for stepping out…

Suspected herdsmen have k!lled two farmers, identified as Lucky Salami and Julius Arewa, in Eware Village, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. The victims were hacked to d3ath with machetes on Thursday, February 27, 2025. A third victim, identified as Omokhagbon Abu, popularly known as Udugboya, is said to be battling for his life at an undisclosed hospital. The latest incident occurred a few days after herders k!lled three persons, including a vigilante commander in Okpekpe, Etsako East, and Ivbiaro, Owan East. The Chairman of Etsako West Local Government Area, Marvelous Zibiri, confirmed the attack in a statement…

A 30-year-old man, Darlington Watson, was stoned to d3ath by rival cult members at the Agudama-Epie community in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, The incident occurred on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, as the ongoing cult war between the cult groups intensifies. It was gathered that Darlington, a member of a cult group, was dragged out of a moving tricycle before he was stoned to d3ath by the rival group. “The boy was in a tricycle (keke) when suspected members of a rival cult group stopped the vehicle, dragged him out, and brutally assaulted him with sticks and stones until he…