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Abdul’aziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara state, says the 10th assembly deserves a compassionate, honest, and result-driven senate president. Yari had declared interest in running for the office of senate president in March. In a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in April, Yari said the incoming senate president should be from the northern part […]

A pancreatic cancer vaccine in its first phase of trial has shown encouraging outcomes. The results were published on Wednesday in Nature, a scientific journal. Out of 16 trial participants who had previously undergone surgery to remove their tumour, eight responded to the vaccine by developing T cells which taught their immune […]

Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the forced abortions allegation against the Nigerian army came to him as a rude shock. Irabor spoke on Friday when he testified before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) investigative panel. The panel was inaugurated to probe a report by Reuters on alleged human rights […]

Kashim Shettima, vice-president-elect, has implored lawmakers-elect to accept the zoning arrangement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the leadership of the 10th national assembly. Shettima spoke during a meeting some of the house of representatives members-elect on Friday. Earlier this week, controversy ensued within APC after the party nominated Godswill Akpabio, […]

Idris Wase, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, says Femi Gbajabiamila should have properly advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the zoning of the 10th national assembly leadership positions. Wase said he consulted with Gbajabiamila, the speaker, on his ambition before the party announced its zoning preferences. On May 8, […]

Idris Wase, a member of the house of representatives, has declared his intention to run for the speaker of the 10th assembly. Wase, who is the deputy speaker of the house, declared his speakership bid on Friday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Wase said the north-central deserves to produce the […]

Kashim Shettima, vice-president-elect, on Friday, met with some of the house of representatives members-elect for the 10th assembly. The meeting with the reps-elect, including returning and new lawmakers, was held at the residence of the vice-president-elect in Abuja. The sit-down was organised by the Joint Task, an alliance of eight political parties, […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he must be the president of Nigeria either now or in the future.  Speaking on Friday at a book presentation titled “Peter Obi: Many voices, one perspective” in Awka, the Anambra capital, Obi said it might be today or in the future – […]

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has appointed Linda Yaccarino as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter. Musk made the announcement in a tweet on Friday. The development comes less than 24 hours after Musk said he had found a successor for the position. “I am excited to […]