The 10th National Assembly was formally inaugurated on Monday with the federal lawmakers electing their leaders who would pitot the affairs of the two chambers for the next four years. First to elected their leaders were the Senators who chose former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio...
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Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, a former presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s actions and steps towards ensuring good governance since he assumed office as president. Kachikwu said this in his goodwill message to Nigerians on Tuesday in Abuja to commemorate the democracy day....
Sen. Godswill Akpabio(APC-Akwa Ibom) has been sworn in as the Senate President of 10th National Assembly after he was elected by the Senators-elect in Abuja. Akpabio, who represents North West at the national assembly, scored 63 votes to beat his rival, Sen. Abdulaziz Yari who polled 46 votes in...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Senator Abdul’aziz Yari has finally stepped down for Senator Godswill Akpabio, to emerge as the next president of the 10th Senate at the National Assembly. The head of The Coalition for Good Governance and Democracy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, disclosed this in a statement issued...
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...
Ahead of the Kogi governorship election scheduled for Nov. 11, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka has emerged Kogi East consensus candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Gabriel Aduku, Chairman of the Kogi East Elders Committee unveiled and presented the candidate to Kogi people at a news briefing in Abuja on...
All 55 members-elect of the House of Representatives from the South-South geopolitical zone have endorsed Rep. Tajudeen Abbas to emerge as speaker of the 10th Assembly. In a statement by the Abba Campaign Team on Monday, the members-elect also endorsed Rep. Benjamin Kalu as Deputy Speaker in the June...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency on Monday made clarification on Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s remarks on support for southern Senate President. Mr Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice-President, stated in Abuja that the vice-president’s remarks were taken out context. During an interactive session with senators campaigning...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says some of his colleagues have resolved to support the choice of President Bola Tinubu for Senate President for the 10th National Assembly, scheduled for Tuesday. Makinde stated this on Monday in Ibadan during the post-second term inauguration interdenominational thanksgiving service, organised in his...
Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr Ade Adetimehin, has assured Nigerians that they will soon begin to reap the gains of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’. Adetimehin, in his goodwill message on the 2023 Democracy Day issued in Akure, said that the pains which trailed...
Following repeated violence against political actors and the media in Kogi State in the march to the 2023 governorship election, Ukomu Igala Organization, a socio-political group in Kogi East Senatorial District, has written a petition to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call Governor Yahaya Bello to order and halt...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has warned its factional members to either respect the party’s constituted authority or risk being sanctioned. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the spokesman of the party in the state, Chief...
Mrs Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi, former presidential aspirant of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, has charged government on protecting the voices and dignity of all citizens to enjoy dividends of democracy. Okunnu-Lamidi made the call in a statement titled: “Nigeria In Transition” on Monday in Lagos to...
Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Radda, on Sunday endorsed the aspirations of Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin to lead the National Assembly’s 10th Senate. Malam Ibrahim Kaula, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Katsina. According...
… Sure of Yari’s Vvctory as Senate President in 10th NASS leadership contest A national socio-political group, Women For Yari Movement (W4YM), has felicitated all Nigerians on the occasion of June 12 Democracy Day and appreciated His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from dissociating himself from the now botched...
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...
A group, APC Voice of Progressive Youths, has alleged marginalisation of the North Central in the 10th senate leadership zoning arrangement by the APC and its national working committee, while urging President Bola Tinubu and the party for a review. The National Coordinator of the group, Abubakar Bagwai, made...
A former Governor of Edo, Sen. Oserheimen Osunbor, has advised lawmakers-elect to respect the decision of their political parties while electing leaders on June 13. Osunbor, a two-term member of the Senate, who gave the advice in a statement, said it would consolidate the party’s confidence in them to deliver...
Former Vice President Atiku says for Nigeria democracy to be fully fledged, it must constantly evolve away from the current practice where the governing elite determines the outcome of elections. Abubakar, who was the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, said this...
Two leading contenders in the 10th National Assembly speakership race, Rep. Muktar Betara (APC-Borno) and Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), have stepped down and endorsed Rep.Tajudeen Abbas. This is contained in a statement by the Rep. Tajudeen Abbas/Rep. Benjamin Kalu Joint Task Campaign Office on Sunday in Abuja. The statement...