Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has rubbished Senator Dino Melaye’s alleged governorship ambition, saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain does not have what it takes to contest for the Kogi state’s governorship.
Wike disclose this during a live media chat with selected journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
He...
Convener of the North Central Coalition for Good Governance, Hon. Abraham Dauda, on Saturday, disclosed that the group has nominated the lawmaker representing
Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke Federal constituency of Plateau State, Hon Yusuf Gagdi, as the preferred candidate from the North Central for the position of Speaker in the 10th Assembly.
Addressing newsmen...
Immediate past minister of Niger/Delta Affairs and Senator-elect, Godswill Akpabio, may opt out of the race for president of the Senate in the 10th National Assembly to take appointment in the incoming cabinet.
Sources familiar with Akpabio within the All Progressives Congress (APC) told LEADERSHIP that the former Akwa Ibom...
In the absence of a zoning formula for the 10th National Assembly leadership positions by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has met with 10 aspirants to the office of Speaker of the House.
Sources says that Gbajabiamila is angling to...
vows culprits will be sanctioned
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu, said the party’s loss in the March 18 governorship election in Kano state was as a result of selfishness.
Adamu disclose this in an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday.
Recall that the APC governorship candidate,...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the failure of 10 governors to make it to the Senate in the 2023 general elections means there is no longer a guaranteed route to power and the voter is truly the king when it comes to elections.
Buhari, according to a statement by a presidential...
The Chairman, House Committee on Navy, Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi has joined the race for the Speaker House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly.
Gagdi is the member representing Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency of Plateau State in North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
He was a deputy speaker of the State...
Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC have condemned agitations by some elements to have an Interim National Government ING in place, rather than swear in the President-Elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu on May 29.
Urging the Department of State Services DSS to initiate the arrest and prosecution of those...
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has said that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost governorship election in the state because of Peter Obi effect.
Ikpeazu stated this duirng an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.
Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party was declared winner of the...
Vice president-elect Senator Kashim Shettima arrived in Minna, the Niger State capital yesterday and held closed door meetings with former military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and ex-head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Immediately he left IBB and Abdulsalami’s houses, Shettima visited the Emir of Minna, Alhaji Umar Farouk Bahago....
