When the Senate or the House of Representatives moves into a closed door session, it is normally an opportunity to discuss their finances or other sensitive matters that they would not want members of the public to know. In some cases, a closed-door session would also be held to discuss communication or issues emanating from the executive branch of government; in which case, it is technically referred to as an executive session.

Onyemachi Mrakpor, Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State You have the names of the appointees and you know where they come from, I take back the question to you. Mr Vanguard, is there anything federal about the character, is there anything character about the federal there. Federal character is clearly stated in the Constitution, it is a general question. The layman should know what is a federal character, is it not to give to Paul what is for Paul and to give to Peter what is for Peter. Let the layman study it to know whether Peter has what should go to Peter and Paul has what should go to Paul.

Chief Mike Loyibo is the National Coordinator of Concerned Niger Delta Elders, CNDE and Nigerian Leaders for Peace, two platforms working to promote peace and stability in the troubled region. In this interview, the Arepamowei of Kabowei Kingdom, dispels claims that the Niger Delta is opposed to the President Muhammadu Buhari, insisting that only with those ulterior motives would do so because Buhari means well for the Niger Delta given what he has done so far for the region.

For an administration and a legislature looking for every opportunity to embarrass the other, the issue of constituency projects seems to be a readily available issue for dispute.

Barrister Nkechi Chukwueke, a frontline activist, public affairs analyst and lawyer was a former spokesperson for the Federation Of International Women Lawyers (FIDA). In this interview, she bares her mind on the legal conundrum in her home state of Abia, calling for the swearing-in of Uche Ogar as the governor of the state. Excerpts:

PDP candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu yesterday described as inhuman the concentration of projects meant for Edo North in Iyamho, Etsako West LGA, the hometown of the outgoing governor and said that if elected he would ensure that all sections of Edo North and the state are equally treated.

THE governorship election has apparently split the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Edo State with two different groups pledging support for the two major candidates, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the PDP and Godwin Obaseki of the APC.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo Central Senatorial Zone, Comrade Matthew Emiole has said that the reconciliation of Governor Adams Oshiomhole with his deputy, Dr. Pius Odubu was the tonic needed by the party to win the governorship election slated for 10, September 2016.

Theresa May, who took over as Britain’s new prime minister on Wednesday charged with pulling the country out of the EU, caused surprise by immediately appointing leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson as foreign minister.

David Cameron bowed out of parliament as prime minister on Wednesday with a poignant echo on his own career, leaving with the line: “I was the future once.”