Sign up for our breaking news email to get free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox. Sign up for our free Latest News email First Minister Humza Yusuf has told how coming from a minority background “gives you an important perspective”, as he accused the UK government of “rolling back” on … Read more
Sign up for our breaking news email to get free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox. Sign up for our free Latest News email Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday sentenced a prominent journalist working for an influential newspaper serving the country’s sizeable Polish minority to eight years in prison. The decision … Read more
The G7 candidates for Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives met with a “supermajority” and resolved to present a unanimous candidate for Speaker and Vice Speaker. The group met in a conversation in Abuja on Saturday. The G7 reiterated its commitment to work with the Minority Caucus to present a common front for the … Read more
The Minority Caucus for the Inauguration of the 10th House of Representatives stated that it has not endorsed any candidate for the position of Speaker as reported in some media platforms. The caucus is also known as a ‘great majority’ due to the collective number of 182 member-elects among minority parties, a statement signed by … Read more
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Receive our free Inside Washington email A new mayor has been sworn in in northern Kosovo after a vote in April that was boycotted by the ethnic Serb minority, which dominates the region. Erden Atić, who is … Read more
by Eric James Ochigbo The Minority Forum of the House of Representatives has supported Mr. Tajuddin Abbas and Mr. Benjamin Kalu for the post of Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively. The Forum, which is a part of the Minority Caucus, made the position known in a communiqué issued at the end of its inaugural meeting … Read more
The Minority Caucus has dropped out of the 10th Assembly Speakership after failing to get a candidate to join the race. It would be recalled that all the members elected from the minority parties formed an alliance to produce a presidential candidate to challenge the ruling party. A committee was formed to shop for a … Read more
A coalition of newly elected MPs from minority parties has formed a committee to produce consensus candidates from their ranks for Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. Members elected from seven minority parties said in a statement on Monday that they would use the strength of their numbers to present the presiding … Read more
A coalition of newly elected MPs from minority parties has formed a committee to produce consensus candidates from their ranks for Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. Members elected from seven minority parties said in a statement on Monday that they would use the strength of their numbers to present the presiding … Read more
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Receive our free Inside Washington email Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was silenced by her Republican colleagues on Wednesday in a vote that bars her from participating on the House floor for the remainder of the 2023 … Read more