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National Assembly Reconvenes Today After the Recess According to This Reports , the National Assembly will resume Today from its annual vacation and may immediately adjourn sitting to Wednesday over the death of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Funke Adedoyin. The Assembly is resuming amid conflicting report about plans by legislators of All Progressives Congress, APC, to change the leadership of both chambers of the Assembly. The National Assembly, which went on recess on July 24 had to extend its resumption date by two weeks from September 25 to October 9 to allow the lawmakers to participate in their respective parties’ primary elections which ended on October 7 across the country. At the special national convention of the APC held in Abuja weekend, the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Lasun, told the gathering that the ruling party has clear majority in the federal legislature and woul

PDP Presidential Ticket bearer Atiku:  Considers Soludo, Adesina, Chike Obi, Peter Obi, Ekweremadu as Running Mate •To decide on zoning of position between South-west and South-east tomorrow •Age, knowledge of economy key criterion for nomination According reports from Thisday, The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun earnest search for his running mate as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of parties’ candidate expires on Monday. By the 1999 Constitution as amended and the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, no candidature is complete without a running mate. THISDAY sources close to the Atiku camp said at least three technocrats and two politicians have been penciled down for the position. The technocrats are, former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo; former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; and