The North-Central Governors’ Forum, on Monday, kicked against exclusion of the zone from the sharing of principal officers of the National Assembly.

Centre for Excellence and Performance in Governance, CEPG, has berated a Southeast group, COSEYL for dabbling into Bende politics out of “sheer jealousy, have opined that Benjamin Kalu has not changed the narrative, as concerns representation of Bende people, since representing them.

There were concerns at the weekend within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that the party could lose control of the National Assembly following subtle threats by aggrieved aspirants for leadership positions in the 10th Assembly to ditch APC.

A group, the Oduwa Frontiers, has called on the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee to rescind its zoning proposal.

Some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC are currently meeting with former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George.

Battle for the presidency of the 10th National Assembly may end up producing a dark horse as northern and South-West leaders have weighed into the raging storm over the choice of National Assembly principal officers.

The brewing crisis in the All Progressives Congress over the zoning of principal officers’ offices has been blamed on a top principal officer who unilaterally orchestrated the selection now causing ripples in the ruling party.

Front line aspirant for the Speaker of the 10th Assembly and Chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Gagdi (Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency) has declared that only a presiding officer position in the 10th Assembly will be fair compensation to the region in light of the consistent delivery of votes to the APC.

The Northerners have described their demand for the leadership of the National Assembly, NASS as non-negotiable.

Hundreds of Northerners who converged on the Arewa House Kaduna on Friday, have threatened to withdraw support for the government and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) unless the North was given the leadership of the National Assembly and other ministerial appointments.

Hundreds of Northerners who converged on the Arewa House Kaduna on Friday, have threatened to withdraw support for the government and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) unless the North was given the leadership of the National Assembly and other ministerial appointments.

A coalition of 92 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to keep away from the elections of the presiding officers of the incoming national assembly.

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has lauded the All Progressives Congress, APC, for zoning the position of Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives to the South-East.

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned further proceedings on the joint petition the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.

The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was present at the Thursday hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja.