The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has praised the Lagos State House of Assembly for setting aside a day every week to conduct its activities in Yoruba language. Oba Ogunwusi also called on other State Assemblies in Yoruba Land to follow the example of the Lagos State Legislature. The Ife Monarch said people in other…
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have joined in calling for justice over the murder of twenty-two-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole inside a BRT bus. The Assembly, led by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, promised that the House would ensure that justice is done in the case. Speaker Obasa, who gave the assurance while addressing a group of…
Former deputy speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Women Leader of the People’s Democracy Party for Lagos Central, Adetoun Adediran, is dead. The Lagos State spokesman for the APC, Seye Oladejo, confirmed to newsmen that Adediran died in the early hours of today. Late Adeniran was the speaker of the Lagos State House of…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, MUDASHIRU OBASA, has called on the Police to treat everyone in Lagos with respect and dignity. Speaker OBASA cautioned the police against engaging in acts of harassment, intimidation and extortion of residents, which he said would not earn them the respect of citizens. The Speaker made the call…
Lagos State looks set to become the second state in Nigeria, after Rivers State, in the making of a law for the collection of Value Added Tax. This is because the Lagos State House of Assembly has just passed the Lagos State VAT Bill, which comes after a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt ruled in favour…
A bill seeking to ban open grazing of cattle has passed second reading in the Lagos State House of Assembly. The bill has been sent to the House Committee on Agriculture for further legislative work, while another bill seeking to create the Lagos State VAT Law has also been moved to the committee stage. The Speaker of…