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Who is Mojisola Meranda?
The First Female Lagos Speaker Mojisola Meranda has been elected and sworn in as the speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, replacing Mudashiru Obasa, who was impeached for gross misconduct and abuse of office by the legislative arm on Monday.
Meranda, representing Apapa Constituency I, is the first female to emerge as speaker in Lagos House of Assembly. Meranda was born in August 1980 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Her educational journey began at Randle Primary School, where she completed her primary education in 1992. She attended Anglican Girls Grammar School and later Ansar-Ud-Deen Secondary School, earning her West African Senior Certificate (WASC) in 1998.
She obtained a Certificate in Software Development (Network Engineering) from NIIT. In 2013, she graduated with a B.Sc. in Public Administration from Lagos State University (LASU).
She later earned a Master’s in Public and International Affairs (MPIA) from the University of Lagos in 2020.
She is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) inPublic Sector Management at the University of York, UK.
Her career began as a personal assistant to the senior special assistant on information technology. She later became the personal assistant to the Director of the Land Information System Support Unit (LISSU) of the Surveyor General’s office.
She worked as the office manager of Cirrus Nigeria Limited in Lekki, Lagos, and was the managing director/CEO of Worthline International Services Limited, a company she founded.
She also served as the senior special sssistant on Intervention and Inter-Governmental Relations in Apapa Local Government and as supervisor for Health in the same local government.
Her involvement in politics began as a member of the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD), which later became the Action Congress (AC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and eventually the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In 2015, she contested and won an election to represent her constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly. In 2015, she contested and won an election to represent her constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
In the 8th Assembly, she chaired the House Committee on Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA).
She also chaired the House Committee on Establishment, Training, Pension, and Public Service.
In the 9th Assembly, she served as the chief whip. Until her emergence as the speaker, she was deputy speaker of the 10th Assembly of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
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Military Troops Battle ISWAP Attack in Maiduguri
The affected areas include Dala, Bulamari and Ajilari Cross, where residents reported intense gunfire coming from the outskirts of the Borno State capital.
Residents in parts of Maiduguri were thrown into panic late Monday night after heavy gunfire was heard across sections of the city.
Witnesses say the sound of gunshots triggered fear and confusion, forcing many residents to flee their homes in search of safety.
The affected areas include Dala, Bulamari and Ajilari Cross, where residents reported intense gunfire coming from the outskirts of the Borno State capital.
Security sources say suspected fighters linked to Boko Haram or ISWAP launched an attack on the outskirts of Maiduguri, prompting a swift response from Nigerian troops.
Nigerian Air Force fighter jets were also deployed and are currently engaging the assailants as efforts continue to repel the attack.
Authorities are yet to release an official statement on the incident, while residents remain on edge as security forces work to contain the situation
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Insecurity: Nigeria’s Internally Displaced Persons Hit 3.726m
According to the report, Zamfara is hosting 276,887 IDPs in 9 camps as of March 2026, while , Benue State hosts over 500,000 internally displaced persons, making it one of the worst-hit states.
Data compiled by the International Organisation for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix, showed that there are 3,725,593 internally displaced persons, IDPs, now scattered across about 3,900 camps and settlements nationwide.
According to the report, Zamfara is hosting 276,887 IDPs in 9 camps as of March 2026, while , Benue State hosts over 500,000 internally displaced persons, making it one of the worst-hit states.
In Taraba State, about 90,000 displaced persons are currently sheltered in eight camps located in Peva and Kufai Ahmadu in Chanchanji Ward of Takum LGA.
The report said that the crisis has largely been driven by insurgency in the North-East, banditry in the North-West, farmer–herder conflicts in the North-Central, and communal clashes in parts of the South.
It further said that Nigeria’s 3.726 million displaced population is larger than the population of at least 63 countries whose populations are under 3.7 million, according to United Nations population estimates.
Among countries with fewer than 3.7 million people are Uruguay (3.4m), Jamaica (2.8m), Qatar (2.7m), Namibia (2.6m) and Botswana (2.6m).
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Atiku’s Media Aide, Ifeanyi Izeze is Dead
The media office said that further details about Izeze’s burial would be made public by his family.
Atiku Media Office has announced the death of Ifeanyi Izeze, a member of the media team of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
In the statement , Izeze a prominent and pioneer member of the ex-VP’s media team died on Sunday.
“Ifeanyi Izeze joined the media team of the then Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2006, from Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), Ikot-Abasi as the Office Manager.
He brought to bear on the work of the media team at that critical stage of Atiku’s political career, his wealth of experience in the media, Niger Delta and Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
Izeze trained as a geologist at the University of Port Harcourt up to postgraduate level, but carved a niche in journalism where he reported and wrote extensively on oil and gas industry in Nigeria for many years in the defunct Sunray, Anchor, and NewAge newspapers among others, before he joined ALSCON.
In the Atiku Media Office, Ifeanyi was a senior member of the team and its pioneer Office Manager who helped shape the campaign policies of the Atiku Presidential Campaigns in the Niger Delta, particularly in the oil and gas sectors,” the statement further reads.
Atiku Media Office described the deceased as a man with a prodigious sense of humour and a born-again Christian of the Christ Embassy.
The media office said that further details about Izeze’s burial would be made public by his family.
He left behind children, grandchildren and an elder and only surviving brother, Pastor Emeka Izeze of the Guardian Newspapers fame
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