Politics

…says Nigerians need dividends of democracy Some Bola Tinubu support groups have thrown their weight behind the Chairman of, the House Committee on Appropriations, Hon Aliyu Muktar Betara for the position of Speaker in the 10th National Assembly. The pro-President-Elect groups, under the aegis of the Coalition of Asiwaju Groups...

Amidst the silence of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee on the zoning arrangement for offices of Presiding Officers of the National Assembly, a group in the ruling party, Concerned APC Members Forum, has demanded adherence to the federal character principle. Addressing newsmen at the weekend in Abuja, National...

Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the North Central, National Assembly caucus as well as other party leaders from the region, have been urged to adopt Hon Yusuf Gagdi as their consensus candidate for Speaker. The North Central APC Progressive Leaders’ Forum made this appeal in a statement...

Senate Presidency: APC groups beg Jibrin to support, deputise Akpabio for national cohesion and unity The Conference of All Progressives Congress (APC) support groups, has appealed to Sen. Barau Jibrin to work with Sen. Goodswill Akpabio, in the contest for the Senate Presidency and be his deputy. The groups made...

With barely six weeks to the inauguration of the tenth National Assembly, a group under the aegis of the Wase Bogghom Development Association Jos Branch has appealed to the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and authorities concerned to zone the position of Speaker of the House of...

Barely seven months to the governorship election in Kogi State, the people of the Igala Kingdom in the state have been called upon to unite and regain political relevance, as they are fast declining politically. They have also been reminded that the incumbent governor of the State, Yahaya Bello, has...

Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political group, says Nigerians may be inclined to forgive President Muhammadu Buhari if he effects changes to alleviate suffering in the country before he hands over on May 29. On Friday, Buhari asked Nigerians to forgive him for any way he has hurt them. Reacting in a...

By Aaron Steven As justle for the speakership of the House of Representatives position continues, a coalition of former members of the House of Representatives from the six geo-political zones of the country have endorsed Hon. Muktar Betara Aliyu, member representing Biu/Bayo/Shani/Kwaya Kusar Federal Constituency of Borno State, as the...

By Eleono Augustine Former Enugu Governor Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, on Sunday, asked the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, to withdraw his petition against the President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and join him in the task of making a new nation. Nnamani in a statement in Abuja, urged...

The Disability Community in Kaduna State has appealed to the state Governor-Elect, Sen. Uba Sani to appoint Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) into  his cabinet. Representatives of the community, made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday. They said that the measure...