Nigeria 2027

A think-tank of intellectuals from the 19 Northern states has urged a group of six aspirants for Speaker in the 10th National Assembly to adopt Idris Wase as their consensus candidate for the position. The Northern Patriotic and Democratic Coalition said the aspirants must unite behind the Deputy Speaker to...

By Douglas Blessing The Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA), has insisted that denying Benjamin Okezie Kalu and South East deputy speakership position at the House of Representatives rubs insult on loyalty of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The group made the remark yesterday, in a statement signed by its...

The Arewa Young Christian Forum of Nigeria (AYCFN) has asked the incoming administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu to zone the position of the SGF to a Christian from the North Central region of the country. The group noted that the recent endorsement of candidates for the offices of Senate President,...

Former Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr. Gani Ojagbohunmi on Tuesday affirmed that the voting during the election of the two Presiding Officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, is usually secret ballot. This is coming on the heels of recent agitation over plot to doctor the House...

A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has urged the International Community to disassociate themselves and also steer clear of the proposed inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Frank who described such event as illegal, specifically called...

By Paul Williams As battle for the speakership of the 10th House of Representatives continues to gather momentum, a group operating under the aegis of Coalition of True Democrats yesterday rose from an emergency meeting opposing the ongoing moves to impose Dr Tajudeen Abass as Speaker. National Coordinator of the...

…Says competence, productivity, defunct CPC factor considered…Urges Tinubu, NWC to resist pressures As the race for the Speakership of the House of Representatives intensifies, a prominent group of the ruling party, Progressives Foundational Movement (PFM) has thrown it’s weights behind the choice of Dr. Tajudeen Abass to oversee proceedings of...

By Paul Williams The socio -political group under the umbrella of ‘Oduwa Frontiers’ has called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to follow the path of honour and justice by reversing the unsolicited, unpopular zoning proposal and allow democracy and its tenets to thrive....

Amidst growing tension as to who succeeds the incumbent Speaker of the House of Representatives, the leading contender for the exalted position, Hon. Mukhtar Aliyu Betara has said that the coalition of seven contestants now known as G-7 will determine who finally emerges. Hon. Betara who spoke at the unveiling...

The Equity and Justice Forum in the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the national leadership of the ruling party not to make mistake of exclusion the North-central region from the National Assembly leadership positions. The forum, however, recommended the incumbent Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Idris...