As the House of Representatives members-elect are preparing for tomorrow election, two top contenders for the position of Speaker of the 10th Assembly, Mukhtar Betara and Yusuf Gadgi have withdrawn from the race and endorsed the anointed candidate of the ruling APC, Abbas Tajudeen.The two agreed to step down for Mr Tajuddeen after the duo had a meeting with President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.

The Kwara State Governor, Mr AbdulRahman Abdulraqaz and his Oyo State counterpart, Engr Seyi Makinde have been elected as the chairman and vice chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum.The duo will be taking over from Gov Fayemi and RT Hon Tambuwal respectively.Honoured to be the new Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. I look forward to working with the new Chairman, His Excellency AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the forum secretariat staff and all members of the...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said that the killing of the United States humanitarian workers in Anambra State, South-East region of Nigeria by gunmen is one of the outcomes of a prolonged leadership failure and rising rate of unemployment and poverty in the country.It had been reported that gunmen ambushed a diplomatic convoy carrying US Embassy personnel on a humanitarian mission to Anambra on Tuesday and killed four people, i...