…NWC zoning to South-South justified Following the zoning of Senate President position to the South-South and the subsequent nomination of Senator Godswill Akpabio by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ali Ndume has applauded the party leadership for what he called a job well done, even as he warned his colleagues not to collect money from any aspirant. Ndume speaking during an interview on Monday said that he was disappointed...

….As NWC zones NASS Leadership The immediate past member of Board of Trustee (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ken Mordi has commended the nomination of Senator Godswill Akpabio for Senate President of the10th Senate by the National working Committee (NWC) of the party, even as he pointed out that the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State was picked because of his commitment and loyalty to the party. Speaking to our reporter on...

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, presidential election, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) for an order allowing live broadcast of the day to day proceedings of the court. The former Vice President is one of the petitioner’s challenging the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,  the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate and the President-elect in that election. Atiku and the PDP in an application...

Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs has expressed the need for the British colonists to return the loot taken away from African countries. Akinyemi, during an interview on Monday, stated that King Charles III should take a view different from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II and address issues of slavery, loot and reparation. Akinyemi said, “The key issue that will determine the British’s relationship with the rest of the world, with the commonwealth,...

The 35-member Labour Party caucus in the 10th Assembly of the House of Representatives has elected Hon. Afam Victor Ogene as its Leader. Hon. Ogene, a ranking member from the 7th Assembly, emerged as the Labour Party leader with 21 votes, after a keenly contested election yesterday in Abuja. Although 34 Members-Elect of the Party were present at the voting session, only 31 of them took part in the exercise, with the trio of Honourables...

The Managing Director and CEO of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, Mr. Umar-Sadiq, say Enugu will serve as a site for NSIA’s first oncology centre in the South East. The MD stated this at the official transfer of the Enugu State Medical Diagnostic Centre to NSIA for rehabilitation, upgrading, and re-operationalization of the health facility to a comprehensive diagnostic and oncology (cancer) treatment centre in line with NSIA’s healthcare expansion programme. “NSIA is excited...