Eko Hot Blog reports that the Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that its governorship candidate for the forthcoming election will emerge from the southern zone of the state. The spokesperson of the state PDP, Kennedy Peretei, made this known in a chat with journalists on Friday in Akure, the … Read more
Bola Tinubu may convene a meeting with dissatisfied aspirants vying for leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly who are unhappy with the zoning arrangement of the APC. Aspirants have presented their disaffection over the choice of Tajudeen Abbas representing Zaria federal constituency of Kaduna State Tinubu is looking at a review of the template … Read more
The APC’s National Working Committee has met with Senators Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau for the Senate President and Deputy Senate President positions respectively. The purpose of the meeting is to address the crisis arising from the party’s decision to zone the leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly. Over 40 senators arrived at the … Read more
Muktar Betara Aliyu has announced his bid to contest for the position of Speaker in the 10th House Representative. He made his intentions known at Transcorp Hilton hotel and was flanked by other contestants and allies. The APC had officially zoned the position of the speaker to the North-West while the Deputy Speaker was zoned … Read more
Opposition members-elect have rejected the All Progressives Congress’ zoning arrangement for the Speaker position. They have vowed to elect Hon. Muktar Aliyu Betara as the Speaker of the 10th Assembly, despite his North East origin. The minority members believe that APC’s decision cannot be binding on them and that they want a speaker who can … Read more
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, has warned that the party may face issues in zoning positions in the 10th National Assembly. The zoning controversy started when the National Chairman of the party endorsed Ahmad Lawan as the party’s consensus presidential candidate against the zoning arrangement. Nabena suggests that the … Read more