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Ahead of Monday meeting with the National Assembly members-elect slated at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has moved to form a government of national unity, Vanguard reveals. Coming after the presidential election whose outcome is perceived in some quarters as controversial, the moves were ultimately initiated to calm frayed nerves around the country and reunite the people. It was learnt that already, the President-Elect is freely disposed to the zoning of the senate presidency of the incoming 10th National Assembly to the South East to assuage the feeling of real or perceived disparity among the…

The Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has given reason God raised the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate up. In a statement he disclosed via his Twitter handle, Keyamo, unambiguously said that the former governor of Anambra state was raised by God in other to make the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tinubu the president of Nigeria. His words: “Indeed, God Almighty raised Peter Obi for a purpose: that purpose was to make Bola Ahmed Tinubu President. “Peter Obi was the means to an end, but not the end itself.”

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has described the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, as the hero of the 2023 presidential election. Governor Wike said the decision of Mr Peter Obi to contest the presidential election under the platform of the Labour Party, primarily prevented the north from retaining power after the end of President Muhammadu Buhari's tenure. The Rivers State governor made the commendation during interactive meeting with Technical Dealers Association of Nigeria, Computer Dealers Association, Garrison Phone Dealers Association and Building Materials Traders Association in Port Harcourt on Saturday. Governor Wike explained that contrary to…

The son of the great Nigerian politician, late M. K. O. Abiola, Kolajo S. Abiola says, for the sake of equity, fairness and justice, the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu is eminently qualified to be the next Senate President. In a statement he made available to newsmen, Abiola said “With the 10th National Assembly beginning to take formation, the conversation surrounding the next Senate President is beginning to intensify. “Our vibrant compatriots from the five States of the South East region of Nigeria are clearly in a state of despondency, feeling…

House of Representatives member-elect for the Esan South-East/Esan North-East Federal Constituency, Prince Odi Okojie, has dedicated his certificate of return to his actress wife, Mercy Johnson. He made this known on his Instagram page on Saturday, where he shared photos of himself and his wife. Praising his wife, Okojie stated "I want you to know that my love and appreciation to you for all your effort to this victory for our Constituency is immeasurable and may God in His infinite Love and Mercy, continue to shine His light of glory on you, for in me is the reflection of that…

Former Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has stated that he is strong and healthy while dismissing the rumour that he is dead. The Abia Central Senator, in a Facebook live video on Saturday afternoon shared by his aide, Ifeanyi Umere described the rumour as wicked. "Dead man dey talk? Rumours doesn't mean anything to me; I am used to rumours. I am used to serious rumours, so it doesn't mean anything to me. It is you my friends that are worried, and you have come here to see that I am alive; I dey kampe," he said. Concerns had been…

Barrister Friday Nwosu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national welfare secretary, is dead. The ruling party announced his demise in a tweet on Thursday night. The cause of his death is unknown. He is said to have passed on at a hospital in the federal capital territory (FCT). “Words are not enough to describe the monumental loss brought by the passing of the party’s National Welfare Secretary, Sir Friday Nwanozie Nwosu on the APC family. May his soul rest in peace,” the party tweeted. In the build-up to the 2019 general election, Nwosu was a governorship aspirant in Abia state…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11. In a statement on Wednesday night, INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education, Festus Okoye, said the elections will hold on Saturday, March 18.