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Video: Lagos state legislature defends its rejection of commissioner-nominees

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The political face-off in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, took fresh dimension on Monday after the Speaker of State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa defended the decision of the House to reject 17 of the 39 commissioner-nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening last week.

Speaker Obasa declared that no amount of intimidation would persuade the Assembly to reverse its constitutional decision about the governor’s rejected nominees.

The Assembly would not leak its discovery during the screening of the rejected commissioner-nominees, the Speaker, who presided over the House’s Monday plenary, declared, despite threats from some people.

Lagos is the political home of President Bola Tinubu, who lost the state to the Labour Party during the February 2023 presidential elections.

Some observers have attributed the ruling party’s (APC) performance in the state at the presidential elections to Sanwo-Olu’s limited reach at the grassroots. The same factor has been linked to why the state legislatures rejected some of his potential appointees.

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Video: Nigeria’s Vice-President Shettima questions Badenoch’s migration stance

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In this video, Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, lends his voice to the trending issue of migration in the global arena. Shettima addressed the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, Kemi Badenoch, stressing that even if she changed her first name, that would not change Nigeria’s position as “the greatest black nation on earth.”

Migrants are the source of life in all societies, Shetimma argued.

Since becoming the leader of the UK Conservative Party, Badenoch, who is of Nigerian descent, has pledged to enforce stricter immigration policies, warning that the current pace of migration risks were overwhelming public services and undermining social cohesion.

Over the last few decades, migration numbers in the UK have generally been comparable to those in other high-income nations. Addressing issues around migration has become a strong political and policy topic in the UK, with the previous administration under Rishi Sunak pushing for an unconventional approach to the matter by sending migrants to Rwanda, East Africa.

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#GhanaDecides : Ghana’s former VP Bawumia concedes defeat (Video)

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In this video, Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, concedes defeat in the recently concluded presidential election.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have conceded defeat like any consummate Democrat would do. But we have not abandoned the fight to transform Ghana and expand opportunities to all sections of our society. We will not be a disruptive opposition.”

In Ghana, members of Parliament are chosen by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, but the president is chosen through a two-round process.

Former President John Mahama, the candidate of the National Democratic Congress, secured a majority in the first round, enough to be declared the president-elect.

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