The Niger State House of Assembly has officially sworn in Hon. Dagara Daje as the member-elect for Munya Constituency under the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The swearing-in ceremony took place today, August 26, 2025, during a plenary session of the House, presided over by the Speaker, Abdulmalik Mohammed Sarkin-Daji. Sarkin-Daji, who administered the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Membership to Hon. Daje congratulated and welcomed him into the 10th Assembly of Niger State. He assured Daje of the House’s support to enable him to succeed and contribute meaningfully to legislative a...
A political scholar, Prof. K’tso Nghargbu, has warned that both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may lose the 2027 presidential election for sidelining the North. Prof. Nghargbu, who leads a group of North Central stakeholders pushing for power shift to the region, said this on Tuesday at a press conference in Abuja. He faulted the APC for adopting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its sole candidate and the PDP for zoning its ticket to the South. He stressed that ignoring the North—especially the North Central—would have serious politic...
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda appointed the Social Democrat Inga Ruginienė as the country's new prime minister on Tuesday. The 44-year-old former minister of social affairs and labour was earlier confirmed by the Lithuanian parliament in Vilnius. Ruginienė, who was nominated by Nausėda as a candidate for the premiership two weeks ago, received 78 votes in favour, with 35 votes against and 14 abstentions. Ruginienė now has 15 days to form a new government, whose members must be formally confirmed by Nausėda. After that, she must face another vote in parliament with her Cabinet and govern...