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Three North Central lawmakers running for the leadership of the National Assembly have been urged to withdraw from the race after Senator George Akume, a former governor of Benue State, was named the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Senator Sani Musa, who wants to be Deputy Senate President, Idris Wase, who is currently the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Yusuf Gagdi, who is running for Speaker, are the three North...

President Bola Tinubu has been advised not to appoint any former governors to his cabinet by Engineer Kailani Muhammad, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He believed that all of the former governors who were hanging around President Tinubu, especially those who fought against local government autonomy, should be removed.   He also urged the president to fire any former senators and ministers who had served under a previous administration but had...

Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, a former governor of Nasarawa State, withdrew his case from the ongoing election petition tribunal where he was contesting Mohammed Onawo’s victory in the recently held 2023 Nasarawa South senatorial election. Al-Makura revealed the information in a press release sent to journalists that our Lafia-based correspondent was able to obtain on Saturday. For the stability of Nasarawa State and all of Nigeria, the former governor claimed he withdrew his case opposing...

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has expressed his displeasure with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in the state for ignoring his instructions on political appointments. According to reports, the Governor adamantly stated that he would not accept any list of politically fabricated appointments. Fintiri claimed that party stakeholders had ignored his previous directives, which urged them to consult with their constituents and present their top eleven candidates for political appointments. The Governor emphasised his...

The Labour Party’s (LP) Lamidi Apapa faction has urged its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to withdraw his case at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal due to a lack of merit. According to the faction, the advice was required following the incident at the tribunal on Thursday. It was recalled that the court had postponed hearings on the petition filed by Obi and the LP challenging President Bola Tinubu’s election. Abayomi Arabambi, the factional national publicity...

The hearing of the petition by the Allied Peoples Movement has been continued until Friday, May 9, 2023, by the Presidential Election Petition Court. The petitioners asked for more time to decide how to proceed with their petition, and the court granted their request.   The All Progressives Congress’ Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima were elected as president and vice president, respectively, in the election that the APM is contesting. They argue that Tinubu was...