The appointment of chairmen for Special Committees in the 10th Senate has been generating ripples. How the Senate leadership intends to settle the matter without rancour remains to be seen; TOPE SUNDAY writes. Last week, the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, named Chairmen for Special Committees in the 10th Senate. In his first appointment, no member of the Read More
A member representing Kachia/ Kagarko federal constituency at the national assembly,Mr David Gurara, has assured his constituents of quality representation and the provision dividends of democracy. Gurara made the pledge in Kachia at a grand reception organised in honour by the Kachia Joint Peace and Reconciliation Forum (KJPRF) and Kagarko Peace Ambassadors. He said he is going to be a Read More
A non- partisan group, Youth Alliance has urged the speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, consider the interest of the Nigerian youth in his administration. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, spokesperson of the group, Dami Adeyi, said the emergence of Tajudeen would is a renewed hope for Nigerian youth. He said that the group had Read More
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, a group, Youth Alliance for Renewed Hope, on Monday urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives to ensure the emergence of Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker of the House. The spokesperson for the group, Dami Adeyi, who said this during a rally in Abuja, noted that Abass possessed the right qualities to Read More
As the 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, the Amalgamated Niger Delta APC Support Group from 9 states of the Niger Delta has called on all Honourable members-elect to support the speakership of Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively. Convener/National Coordinator of the Support Group, Comrade Tamaramienbi Read More
The Communication Adviser to Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu Campaign Group, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has commended House of Representatives members-elect from the South-East region for adopting Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Kalu, for positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the incoming 10th House. Deputy chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Hon. Igariwey Iduma Enwo, who made the announcement during Read More
A group, Stayalert Human Right Awareness Initiative, has called on senators-elect to rally support for Senator Godswill Akpabio for President of the Senate and Barau Jibrin as deputy President of the Senate, respectively, in the interest of peace and unity of the country. The executive director of the group, Ambassador Hilary Onah, who made the appeal during a press conference Read More
The chairman, Media Dialogue Communication Limited, Amb Joseph Tanimu Yakubu, has called on senators-elect on the platforms of opposition political parties to elect a former deputy majority leader of the Senate, Abdul Ningi, as the minority leader of the 10th Assembly. Yakubu, who made the call in an interview with Blueprint Weekend, said the vibrancy, charisma and legislative exposure of Read More
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some House of Representatives members-elect and senators-elect on the party’s platform are on a collision course over the election of presiding officers of the 10th National Assembly. TAIYE ODEWALE and BENJAMIN SAMSON in this report examine the insistence of some aspirants to contest despite the party’s directives. Just a few days Read More
Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has given reasons the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, must yield to the demands of the north in sharing leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly CNG said the region gave him the highest number of votes in the just concluded 2023 general polls. CNG was reacting to a statement made by Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Read More
As the race for the Senate Presidency gathers momentum, it is becoming clear that the main contenders for the coveted office of the number three man in the country is a three-man race. Former governors Orji Uzor Kalu and Godswill Akpabio have hitherto been the frontline contenders before the coming on board of Osita Izunaso, the senator-elect for Imo West Read More
Benjamin Kalu is a deputy speakership aspirant for the 10th National Assembly. He provides some insight into his choice and that of Tajudeen Abbas as speaker by the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as the reasons the Southeast was considered ahead Northcentral. TOPE SUNDAY reports as monitored on Channels Television. Excerpts From being a spokesperson of the House to Read More
Ahead of the election of the leadership of the 10th National Assembly, the Coalition of Middle Belt Youths Leaders has urged the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, to allow lawmakers-elect to choose their presiding officers without interference. Shettima was recently quoted as saying that the Senate President and the speaker of the House of Representatives cannot be of the same faith Read More
A Network of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to reverse its recent decision which led to the choice of Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the consensus House of Representatives deputy speaker aspirant for the 10th National Assembly. The Coalition in a unanimous presentation during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday also Read More
A group, under the aegis of Renewed Legislative Vision (RLV), has congratulated Senators Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin over their endorsement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), for the position of Senate President and Deputy Senate President, respectively This was contained in a statement signed by the convener of the group Mallam Bala Usman on Tuesday Read More
Barely 24 hours after the All Progressives Congress (APC) zoned the positions of presiding officers of the National Assembly, the lawmakers-elect in the two chambers have squared up for a fight to resist ‘imposition’ of any sort. At the end of its meeting Monday, the APC zoned the position of Senate President to South-south with Akpabio as its choice, and Read More
Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Femi Gbajabiamila may face impeachment from office ahead of the inauguration of the 10th Assembly over alleged doctoring of the House Standing Order. It was gathered that over 100 aggrieved members of the House have signed a notice of impeachment to be served on the Speaker at the resumption of plenary, Tuesday, which Read More
Former senators from the second to the present fourth republic, have thrown their weight behind the aspirations of Senators Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau for positions of president and deputy president of the 10th Senate. Support by the non – serving senators for Akpabio and Barau was declared in Abuja Monday at a meeting convened by Senator Basheer Lado, who Read More
His historic election as Chairman of the National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum (NASLAF) in November 2020 was an electoral tour de force of gargantuan proportions as he buried his slew of opponents in a cascading landslide that sent many of them scurrying for cover and safety not sure of their pending fate in Comrade Salisu Zuru’s brave new world of Read More
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Navy, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, has formally declared his interest in the race for speakership of the 10th House of Representatives, giving clues on reforms he would introduce if elected. The lawmaker during his public declaration in Abuja on Saturday, promised to strengthen oversight by standing committees of the House, and make Read More
From every perspective, what shaped the events and activities leading to the 2023 general elections was a massive agitation for a regenerated Nigeria where everything is working for the good of all. The political parties, candidates and the electorate were unanimous that Nigeria must work “now or never”. The level of the expressed desperation, justifiably borne out of deep-rooted frustrations, Read More
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” Martin Luther King Jrn. By the time you are reading this, the conscience of some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are trying to deprive the North-west the senate presidency Read More
Ahead of inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June, the management of the federal parliament has set machinery in motion for induction of the 469 federal lawmakers – elect next month. Induction programmes for the federal lawmakers as outlined in a statement signed by the Chairman of sub – committee on Media and Publicity , Ali Barde Umoru, in Read More
As the race for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly gathers momentum preparatory to their inauguration in June, 2023, North-West Stakeholders under the auspices of North West Democratic Agenda, have thrown their weight behind the candidature of Plateau State Rep. Member Hon. Yusuf Gagdi as the Speaker. The stakeholders at a press conference in Kaduna argued that, for Nigeria Read More
The National Vice Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-west, Mallam Salihu Moh Lukman, has asked elected Senators aspiring for the office of Senate President in the yet to be inaugurated 10th Assembly to step down for a Christian from the South-south. The North-west APC chairman also appealed to the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu Read More
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