Press Release Why The Tajudeen/ kalu  ticket must be be Sustained! By Coalition of APC Northwest Support Group In a representative democracy, citizens participation in politics is vital to the sustenance of democracy, both as a process, and an institution. It is no surprise, as the leadership tussle of the 10th National Assembly gathers steam, so is citizen's involvement in process. Although, the process of selecting the next Speaker of the 10th National Assembly is the exclusive prerogative of members-elect, but, as citizens, with equal stake, it is democratic to watch over the process, as events unfold. The leadership of APC, the NWC, had endorsed candidates for the 10th president of the Senate and House of Representatives. As expected, Speakership aspirants who lost out in the zoning arrangements opposed with stiff resistance such pronouncements. That in itself is a democratic culture. Conceding defeat, in any political contestations is one of the most difficult act. Regardles

  A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States. The court ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. A copy of the judgement delivered by the court was obtained Friday morning by our correspondent. The Court in Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023 filed by Mr Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim against the Labour Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ruled that the failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to the INEC within 30 days before their primaries renders the process invalid. “The party that has not complied with the provisions of the electoral act cannot be said to have a candidate in an election and cannot be declared winner of an election; this being so, the votes credited to the 1st defendant is a wasted vote,” the Judge ruled. DA

  In what appears to be a twist of events in the political arena, a group of North westerners who are staunch supporters of Hon Makki Yalleman have thrown their weight behind the APC consensus candidates for the leadership of the national assembly and are drumming support the Tajudeen Abbas / Benjamin Kalu ticket. In an open letter addressed to the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress, the group cited several reasons why their principal Rt. Hon Makki Yalleman and the entire group of North western supporters have decided to support the Tajudeen Abbas/ Benjamin Kalu ticket. Below is a copy of the letter as sighted by our correspondent. The National Chairman All Progressive Congress APC Blantyre Street Wuse, FCT Abuja. Rt. Hon. Makki Yalleman is a firm Believer in Party Supremacy, drum support for Tajudeen/Kalu ticket In any political contestations, political party is supreme. In every modern democracy, Political parties organize politics, which is what induces and strengthen

  ........... as the struggle for Senate Presidency rages on In what appears to be a major setback for the ambition of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the All Progressive Congress has suspended the senator representing Abia North thereby putting an end to his Senate Presidency ambition. Sen Orji Uzor Kalu has been accused of engaging in anti party activities in the last election where he openly campaigned for the APP gubernatorial candidate to the detriment of the All Progressive Congress. Rising from a meeting held in Owerri the Imo state capital, the APC south east stakeholders resolved to discipline erring members of the party who sabotaged the party in the last election. However, it is rumoured that the preferred candidate for the Senate Presidency is Sen Godswil Akpabio. Senator Ali Ndume has disclosed that senator Godswill Akpabio is the president's preferred candidate to clinch the senate presidency seat. Ndume said:  “As you can see, I'm leading the campaign for Akpabio, becaus

FOR THE 10th ASSEMBLY, BENJAMIN KALU IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN ACRIMONY AND HARMONY -  Professor Ukaogo  By  Njideka Nelson A Professor in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Victor Ukaogo yesterday called members of the House of Representatives to be bold and resolute in choosing their leaders after their inauguration on May 29th,  2023. And in this direction, he urged them to elect Hon. Benjamin KALU, a returning member representing Bende Federal Constituency to be the speaker. Prof. Ukaogo made the call when he fielded questions from reporters in Enugu on his way back from Israel where he had gone for the christian pilgrimage. The truth, it would seem is that 40 years after Edwin Umezeoke presided over the affairs of the House, no person from the  south-east has been found fit to hold forth at the Green Chambers.  He argued that while micro zoning the position to the South East is necessary, the core issue of competence, capacity and acceptability remain key to who holds sway at th

  10𝒕𝒉 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑: 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔, 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎. A mild drama played out on Friday as the Coalition of Northern Patriotic Front, South West Professionals, Coalition of Arewa Youth Groups that earlier asked member representing Bende Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu to shelve his ambition of contesting for Speakership of the House of Representatives,ended endorsing him. The groups on Thursday at a press briefing in Abuja asked the lawmaker who is the current Spokesperson of the lower legislative Chamber to drop his ambition of contesting for the Office of the Speaker. The group again said, they were misled with false information to justify the plot against Benjamin Kalu. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday the group said, “Some of the issues raised by this Coalition yesterday were obvious attack on the personal

  The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has challenged the competence of a petition the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election. Tinubu, in a preliminary objection he filed alongside his Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, maintained that Obi was bereft of the locus standing to file a petition to challenge his election victory. 1. He argued that Obi was not validly nominated to contest the presidential election in line with the mandatory provisions of sections 77(2) and (3) of the Electoral Act, 2022. 2. He insisted that Obi’s name was not found on the register of members of the LP, noting that he defected to the party from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, less than 30 days before the primary election that produced him as a presidential candidate, was conducted. 3. Adducing reasons why he won the presidential election, Tinubu, in the preliminary objection he filed through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, said it was h

 REASONS WHY SOUTH EAST NEEDS TO PRODUCE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. .............𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 10𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒚  02/04/2023 Zoning the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South East will represent a symbolic gesture of inclusivity and recognition of the region's political and cultural importance.  It will also provide greater representation and accountability for the South East in the functioning of the House of Representatives.  Here are some general benefits that the Southeast (SE) region can gain when it produces the speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria. 1. Increased political influence: The Southeast region will have a strong political voice and influence in the House of Representatives, which will help in pushing for policies that will benefit the region. 2. Improved representation: With the Speaker coming from the Southeast, the region will be bett