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At the Arewa House in Kaduna on Friday, hundreds of people from the North threatened to stop supporting the administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) unless the North was given control of the National Assembly and other ministerial appointments. The Democratic Research Institute (DRI) hosted a one-day round table on nation building and democracy with the theme, “The imperative of participation, equity, and equitable development of Northern Nigeria.” The Northerners emphasized that their...

Idris Wase, the deputy speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, and a few other candidates for the speakership of the 10th Assembly’s House of Representatives broke into the APC’s national secretariat on Wednesday in the afternoon. Wase’s visit to the secretariat coincides with the debate surrounding the 10th National Assembly’s zoning template for leadership positions. The ruling party’s National Working Committee (NWC) released a zoning template on Monday, according to a previous report from...

The House of Representatives has decided to postpone the plenary that was scheduled to start today, May 9, 2023. May 16 has been set as the new date for the House meeting. This information was provided in a statement on Monday night that was published on the House’s official Twitter account (@HouseNGR) and signed by the clerk of the House, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria. The postponement was made so that House members could take part in...

Senior members of the ruling party in Nigeria have vowed to contest their party’s selection for Speaker of the House of Representatives. Tajudeen Abbas (Kaduna) has reportedly been chosen by the ruling APC to serve as the Speaker of the 10th House, which will be inaugurated next month. This announcement was made on Monday. The APC claimed that Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, had been consulted before making the decision. Five high-ranking APC lawmakers, who had...