Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has appointed Prof. Abubakar Suleiman as Director-General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS). Saraki, in a statement by Mr Nwajei Kanayo, Communication Adviser of NILDS, on Monday, said ”the appointment takes immediate effect.” According to Kanayo, in a letter dated May 28, conveying theContinue Reading

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, has petitioned the Court of Appeal over what he called a deliberate ploy, to truncate the constitutional timeline of the presidential election petition before the Tribunal. This comes 11 days after the President ofContinue Reading

Chief John Odigie Oyegun, the immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, lacks capacity to manage a political party. He was reacting to the allegation by the South-South APC chairmen, that he laid landmines for the Oshiomhole-led national executive. InContinue Reading

The last may not have been heard about the race for the Speakership of the House of Representatives in the Ninth National Assembly as the outgoing Speaker of the Eight Assembly, Hon Yakubu Dogara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reportedly joined the race. This was announced through aContinue Reading