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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with Lagos State Assembly Speaker Rt on Wednesday. honor. Mudashiru Obasa and other MPs in the Presidential Villa of Abuja.
At the end of the closed-door meeting, Obasa refused to talk to the reporters who gathered to get the details of the discussion.
According to Vanguard, Obasa arrived at the villas at about 2:50 p.m. and was taken to the president’s office, while his colleagues (who had earlier taken two roller coasters buses) took another route to attend the meeting.
Although the agenda was not officially disclosed, sources have indicated that the discussion centered on the Lagos State Capitol’s recent leadership crisis.
When lawmakers left Tinubu’s office around 4:30 pm, they heard them chanting “According to your mission, we will stand up”, a political slogan confirming their loyalty to the president.
Obasa leaves the meeting with House Representatives RT. honor. James Faleke rejected reporters’ attempts to get his comment. When asked about the results, Farick simply said: “It’s going well.”
Tensions in River State escalated Wednesday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his members of the Executive Committee were banned from entering the parliamentary dormitory where the parliament was located.
Naija News gathered that the governor reportedly arrived at the dormitory along ABA Road, where the state reportedly complies with the recent Supreme Court ruling to relist the 2025 Appropriations Act. However, he encountered a locked gate that blocked his passage.
Fubara, wearing a white outfit and a red hat, was surprised by the situation. He was frustrated by the inaccessibility of the rally complex while speaking on the spot, noting that he had tried several times to contact Speaker Martins Amaewhule and other legislators, but received no response.
He explained that he had formally written to a spokesperson asking for an invitation to propose a budget, but received no response.
Chief of Staff Edison Ehie, who accompanied the Governor, and the State Secretary (SSG), Dr. Tammy Danagogo.
Daniel Bwala, a special adviser to policy communication, said former Labour presidential candidate Peter Obi will join all the rulings of the Progressive Conference (APC).
Naija News reported that Bwala said the president and APC had succeeded in clearing the Labor Party.
A presidential spokesman said in an interview with TVC on Wednesday that the former Labor presidential candidate would not hold the presidency under the party.
Asked why he confirmed Obi’s defection to the ruling party, Bouwara explained that the defection of lover Ozigbo showed the APC’s defection to former Governor Anambra.
He added that opposition political leaders rebelled against the Social Democratic Party (SDP) were invalid.
According to him, who becomes the presidential candidate and who gets the issue of any league movement.
House Representative Ikenga Ugochinyere claims that the Pro-Nyesom Wike group, led by Samuel Anyanwu, is planning to permanently prevent the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from holding a national congress.
He further claimed that the group’s plan is to block the PDP’s run for the gubernatorial and presidency in the 2027 election.
Naija News reported that lawmakers representing the federal constituency of the IMO state brought charges at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
He proposed that the professional group’s plan was to make a court decision for this.
He said the organization had the courage to develop such plans because of the weak institutions in the country.
Legislators revealed that most members of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) did not support returning Samuel Nwayanwu to the party’s state secretary.
He added that if Anyanwu wins in court, NWC members will remove him again.
Nyesom Wike, the former governor of the Rivers and current minister of the Federal Capital Territory, announced that nothing would have happened if Martins Amaewhule led the impeachment governor of the House of Representatives Siminalayi Fubara.
Speaking on Abuja media Parley on Wednesday, Vick said if lawmakers find him guilty of impeachment, including constitutional rights to remove Fubara, including accusation that he had withheld for months of salary.
He refuted concerns about Fubara’s removal, which could cause chaos in the state, saying, “I heard people say, ‘Oh, if they implode him, law and order will collapse.” Trash! Nothing will happen. ”
Assistant Inspector General (AIG) AISHATU BAJU has confirmed that police regulations require the firing of unmarried female police officers who have been formally removed from office during their service.
Nigeria’s highest-ranked policewoman Baju spoke as a guest on the channel’s TV show Morning Summary on Wednesday.
She stressed that the laws that have been removed from office to discriminate against women in the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) have been removed to promote gender inclusion.
When asked about the 2021 Omolola Olajide case, an unmarried police corporal was fired for pregnancy, Baju clarified that such sacking will not happen again.
When asked if an unmarried female official could continue to serve when she was pregnant, AIG replied: “Yes.”
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike said that to return to peace in the state, Governor Siminalayi Fubara must do the right thing.
He said that to make peace rule peacefully, Fubara must represent the 2025 budget of the state legislature led by Martin Amaewhule and also resubmitted the name of its commissioner for permission.
Wick insists that there would be no peace for Forbala without doing the right thing.
The minister said this while addressing a news reporter during a live media chat in Abuja.
He recounted how he chose Governor Siminalayi Fubara to the position, although some politicians opposed the decision.
He also said that in the River State and the Niger Delta, Iyas is a minority group and has no chance to become governor of any other state in the region except Bayelsa.
Agents from the FCT Police Command eliminated a notorious robber, Salisu Mohammed (also known as Dogo Saleh), after a strong counterattack operation designed to dismantle a criminal group responsible for violent crime.
“The killing of the infamous kidnappers whose gangs operate primarily on the Kaduna-Lokoja-Enugu highway and within the FCT marks a major breakthrough in the fight against criminals in the region intimidating the region,” police said.
The operation was conducted on March 3, 2025 and is based on reliable intelligence on the bandits’ movement toward the FCT. Officials from the anti-killing unit successfully intercepted and arrested Salisu Mohammed on the way to the FCT to the Bwari Area Council.
Mohammed, a 21-year-old Fulani man in Baban Saural Village in Chiken Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was identified as the killer of the robber leader who operated in Kaduna Rijana Forest. He is associated with numerous kidnappings and blackmail along major highways.
Police also revealed that Mohammed’s gang was deeply involved in the kidnapping of motorists along the Lokoja-Enugu highway and was led by infamous robbers Kanaboro and Chareices Saleh and Abubakar. The gang had previously kidnapped a young tribal leader and others to collect ransoms before being released.
Former Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick failed to secure re-election for the FIFA committee during the voting process at the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday.
Naija News reported that Pinnick received 28 votes and missed one of six available membership positions in Africa.
He was second only to Ahmed Yahya of Mauritania and Souleiman Waberi of Jibouti, who won the last two slots.
The newly elected members are Faozi Lekjaa (Morocco), Ahmed Yahya (Mauritan), Soleiman Waberi (Jiboti) and Hani Abo Rida (Egypt).
Nollywood actress Lola Fanimokun debunks allegations of illegal incidents with content creator Oluwadolarz.
Naija News reported earlier that Oluwadolarz’s fiancée Ifeluv claimed she caught Fanimokun and hid in her lover’s bathroom.
Ifeluv also said it was shocking that the actress had multiple abortions for Oluwadolarz.
Fanimokun responded to the allegations in a statement released on Wednesday, suggesting Ifeluv focuses on solving her relationship problems rather than dragging her into the drama.
Lola stressed that she would not be involved in public spitting and urged Ifeluv to leave her alone.
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