Senior Iranian and American delegations met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Saturday to begin negotiations towards a deal to end the Middle East war unleashed six weeks earlier by US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.

A leading 2027 Lagos governorship aspirant, under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Olajide Adediran, has dismissed speculations making the round that a preferred candidate has already been endorsed by party leaders and chieftains ahead of the primary slated for next month.

The former vice president also sympathised with victims and affected communities, urging authorities to take decisive and coordinated action to tackle the worsening security situation.

Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emeruwa, has thrown his weight behind Governor Alex Otti’s re-election bid, declaring that the governor “deserves a second term” to consolidate what he described as “unmatched achievements.”

President Bola Tinubu has showered praise on Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, describing him as a “very progressive governor” who has demonstrated the “power of very purposeful leadership.”