Nigeria 2027

The former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and ex Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Godswill Akpabio has emerged victorious over Challenger, Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, the former Governor of Zamfara State in the race for the Senate President of the 10th Assembly. Senator Godswill Akpabio scored 63 Votes while...

Senators of Southeast geo-political zone on Monday endorsed Sen. Godswill Akpabio (APC-Akwa-Ibom) and Sen. Barau Jibrin (APC-Kano) as their choice candidates for Senate President and Deputy Senate President of the 10th Assembly, respectively. The 10th Assembly is due for inauguration on Tuesday. Imo’s Gov. Hope Uzodinma made this known in Abuja...

The All All Progressives Congress (APC) Legislative Forum has adopted Hon Aminu Sani Jaji representing Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency for the position of Speaker. In a statement signed by Hon. Mrs Bako Idris and Hon. Simon Aondona, its President and Secretary General respectively, the APC forum said Jaji has...

Some All Progressives Congress, APC, stakeholders in Southern Taraba State have called on President Bola Tinubu to consider one of their own for ministerial nomination. The stakeholders, in an open letter to the President signed on Monday by the Chairman, Taraba APC Youth Forum, Jamilu Bawa, said the zone performed...

Ahead of the inauguration of the 10 National Assembly, there are indications that the preferred candidates of the All Progressives Congress for the leadership positions may suffer defeats. Senator Godswill Akpabio and Hon Tajudeen Abbas have been backed by the ruling party for the Senate Presidency and Speaker of the...

Comrade Michael O Matthew. National President, United Summit Friends Development Association. A group, United Summit Friends Development Association has urged senators-elect to put the nation’s interest first and vote for the choice of a president Bola Tinubu for the position of the Senate President in the next Senate. The group...

Vice- President Kashim Shettima says he is ready to kneel down to beg the incoming senators to give Sen. God’swill Akpabio (APC-Akwa-Ibom) and Sen. Barau Jibrin (APC-Kano), opportunity to lead the 10th Assembly. Shettima said this at an interaction with senators across party lines held in Abuja. “I’m ready to...

Former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that he could have slapped his predecessor, Musa Kwankwaso if he had met him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Ganduje said this while addressing State House reporters after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Friday. He accused Kwankwaso of masterminding...

A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Abedemi Joseph on Friday told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that they were instructed by INEC, their employer, not to give copies of election results to political party agents who declined to sign the results. The witness made the revelation...

A day after meeting the All Progressives Congress, APC, federal lawmakers-elect, President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday afternoon, met with 109 Senators-elect and 360 House of Representatives members-elect at the Presidential Villa Abuja, where he urged the lawmakers-elect to close ranks and support the APC consensus candidates for the 10th National...