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Feb
27
2025
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By Abia ThinkTank
Lagos Assembly Crisis Deepens As Speaker Meranda’s Security Withdrawn

Lagos Assembly Crisis Deepens As Speaker Meranda’s Security Withdrawn

House Of Assembly, Lagos, News Flash, Politics
Lagos Assembly Crisis Deepens As Speaker Meranda’s Security Withdrawn The ongoing crisis at the Lagos State House of Assembly has taken a dramatic turn following the withdrawal of all security details assigned to Speaker Mojisola Meranda. The development, which comes amid a leadership tussle within the Assembly, has left the Speaker vulnerable to potential attacks. An aide to the Speaker, speaking in confidence to Vanguard, confirmed that security personnel, including police officers and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), were withdrawn on Thursday morning without any replacement. “In the early hours of Thursday, we woke up to the…
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Feb
18
2025
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By Abia ThinkTank
How DSS Stormed Lagos Assembly, Sealed Speaker, Deputy’s Offices

How DSS Stormed Lagos Assembly, Sealed Speaker, Deputy’s Offices

House Of Assembly, Lagos, News Flash, Politics
Men of f the Department of State Security, DSS, and Nigeria Police, in tye early hours on Monday, stormed the premises the Lagos State House of Assembly, sealing up the offices of the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, her deputy and clerk of the house. As of 10 am, armed security personnel have taken over the premises at Alausa, Ikeja, and environs frisking every passersby. Meranda, however, arrived with her convoy at about 11.15am. Recall that the embattled, former Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, has sued the state lawmakers challenging his removal as the Speaker of the Assembly. Obasa, it was…
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Feb
16
2025
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By Abia ThinkTank
NAFDAC Seals 3,000 Shops In Lagos, Seized 12 Truckloads Of Fake Drugs

NAFDAC Seals 3,000 Shops In Lagos, Seized 12 Truckloads Of Fake Drugs

Business, Health, Lagos, News Flash, South West
NAFDAC Seals 3,000 Shops In Lagos, Seizes 12 Truckloads Of Fake Drugs The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has intensified its enforcement efforts against the sale of illicit and counterfeit pharmaceuticals, sealing over 3,000 shops within the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos in the first week of operations. This was made known in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday by NAFDAC During the raid, officials uncovered alarming violations, including vaccines stored in dilapidated, unventilated rooms sealed with iron sheets, posing severe health risks. Large consignments of banned and dangerous drugs were also…
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Jan
18
2025
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By Abia ThinkTank
Man Using Earpiece Crushed To Death In Lagos By A Moving Train

Man Using Earpiece Crushed To Death In Lagos By A Moving Train

Lagos, Accident, Mishap, News Flash
Train Crushes Man Using Earpiece To Death In Lagos There was pandemonium in Lagos on Friday when a trader was knocked down by a Lagos-Ibadan train around Oshodi Lagos. The incident happened around 2pm with sympathisers and passers-by thronging the area. Eyewitnesses said the trader was crushed to death in front of Arena Shopping Complex, Oshodi. The middle-aged man was said to be urinating while standing on the middle of the rail tracks, with an earpiece on his two ears. Witness told out reporter that despite the heavy horn of the train and passers-by shouting to warn the man, he…
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Jan
13
2025
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By Abia ThinkTank
‘Why We Impeached Obasa’ – Lagos Lawmakers List Ex-Speaker’s ‘Many Sins’

‘Why We Impeached Obasa’ – Lagos Lawmakers List Ex-Speaker’s ‘Many Sins’

Lagos, House Of Assembly, News Flash, Politics
‘Why We Impeached Obasa’; Lagos Lawmakers List Ex-Speaker’s ‘Many Sins’ Lagos lawmakers have listed perpetual lateness to legislative sections and meetings, highhandedness and inciting members against each other as some of the ‘sins’ over which Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as Speaker of the state assembly Recall that members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, impeached the embattled Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, representing Agege, over alleged financial misappropriation. The lawmakers replaced Obasa with his erstwhile deputy, Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, representing Apapa I. This makes her the first substantive female Speaker in the history of the state assembly. The Assembly…
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Jan
10
2025
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By Abia ThinkTank
Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Assaulting 3-Year-Old Pupil, Gets N200,000 Bail

Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Assaulting 3-Year-Old Pupil, Gets N200,000 Bail

Education, Human Rights, Judiciary, Lagos
Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Assaulting 3-Year-Old Pupil, Gets N200,000 Bail Stella Nwadigo, a teacher arrested for physically assaulting a three-year-old pupil at Christ-Mitots International School in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, appeared before Magistrate M.O. Kusanu at the Ogba Magistrate Court on Thursday. Nwadigo, who was apprehended after a video surfaced online showing her repeatedly slapping the young child, Abayomi Micheal, reportedly pleaded not guilty to the charges read to her. The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency disclosed this in an update on X.com on Thursday. The statement read, “Following the ongoing viral case of child…
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Jan
10
2025
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Lagos State Governor Approves A Record-Breaking Budget Of N3.366 Trillion

Lagos State Governor Approves A Record-Breaking Budget Of N3.366 Trillion

Economy, Lagos, News Flash
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the 2025 Appropriation Bill into law, approving a record-breaking budget of N3.366 trillion. The budget, which is geared towards advancing the Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat administration’s developmental agenda, focuses on infrastructure, education, healthcare, and economic growth. During the signing ceremony, the governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to delivering impactful projects that improve the quality of life for Lagos residents and ensure sustainable development across the state. Gboyega Akosile, spokesman of the governor, wrote on X: “Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu today signs the 2025 Appropriation bill to law. “The budget size is N3.366 trillion meant for…
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Dec
27
2024
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Senator Ndume Mocks Poverty In Southern Nigeria, Circulates Video Of Queues At President Tinubu’s Lagos Mansion

Senator Ndume Mocks Poverty In Southern Nigeria, Circulates Video Of Queues At President Tinubu’s Lagos Mansion

Economy, Empowerment, Gossips, Lagos
Ndume Mocks Poverty In Southern Nigeria, Circulates Video Of Queues At Tinubu’s Lagos Residence The Lawmaker representing Borno South in the Senate, Ali Ndume, has shared a video of long queues of Nigerians waiting for palliatives at President Bola Tinubu’s Lagos residence on Christmas Eve. The lawmaker posted the video on his X account on Wednesday, December 25. “Queues for presidential handouts at Bourdillon on Christmas Eve highlight a sobering reality. Poverty is a universal challenge that demands collective action and sustainable solutions,” Mr. Ndume wrote. The senator’s comment comes on the heels of three deadly stampedes during palliative distributions…
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Nov
25
2024
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Lagos 2027: Seyi Tinubu’s Campaign Team Ignores Critics, Releases Biography Of President’s Son

Lagos 2027: Seyi Tinubu’s Campaign Team Ignores Critics, Releases Biography Of President’s Son

News Flash, Lagos, Politics
2027: Seyi Tinubu’s Campaign Team Ignores Critics, Releases Biography Of President’s Son The campaign team of Seyi Tinubu has launched a biopic on the president’s son in preparation for his 2027 governorship ambition in Lagos state. A documentary of the younger Tinubu has been making the rounds on various social media platforms, over the weekend. The video highlights the president’s son’s biography, focusing on his education, career, and humanitarian activities as a Nigerian. It also documents his involvement in youth development in the country. The biopic comes on the heels of some groups’ endorsements of Seyi Tinubu as a potential…
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Nov
24
2024
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Seyi Tinubu: Lagos Can’t Serve Father, Son – PDP

Seyi Tinubu: Lagos Can’t Serve Father, Son – PDP

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Lagos, News Flash, Politics
Seyi Tinubu: Lagos Won’t Serve Father, Son – PDP The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has declared that citizens would resist any attempts to impose Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, as the next governor of the state. This statement follows recent endorsements of Seyi as a potential successor to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in 2027 by some groups. One of such groups, the Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders, issued an endorsement on Tuesday in Owerri, Imo State, suggesting that Seyi would be welcomed to run for governor in Osun or Imo states, where his family is…
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