Lawan swears-in Okorocha as senator for Imo West ADVERTISEMENT Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday swore-in the immediate past governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, as the senator representing Imo West. Okorocha was on Tuesday issued his certificate of return by the Independent National...
The newly-elected President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured that the National Assembly will have a good working relationship with the executive arm of government. He spoke Tuesday night after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lawan polled 79 votes...
Ekweremadu returns official vehicles ADVERTISEMENT Senator Ike Ekweremadu The Deputy Senate President in the just concluded 8th Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has returned his official vehicles. Our correspondent who was at the Deputy Senate President’s designated car park on Tuesday morning saw the...
The Senator says he’ll go into the election on Tuesday, saying it’s either he wins or loses. Following the purported endorsement of APC senator, Ahmed Lawan by 60 PDP senators for Senate Presidency, Senator Ali Ndume has said he’s more interested in votes not endorsement. According …
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The battle for the soul of the Nigerian Senate has taken another twist and turn as President Muhammadu Buhari is concluding plans to drop charges preferred against Senator Danjuma Goje by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), SaharaReporters can confirm. Goje who had indicated...
Senator Danjuma Goje. A key contender for the Senate Presidency, Senator Danjuma Goje, has explained why he backed out of the race after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on …
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Senate Leader, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday spoke on his ambition to become Nigeria’s ninth Senate President. He told newsmen in Abuja that although his mission is to have a Senate and the National Assembly that will work for Nigerians, his ambition is not a do-or-die affair. …
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By Henry Umoru ABUJA- AFTER his sojourn in the Senate for twenty years, representing the people of Benue South Senatorial district, former Senate President, Senator David Mark, will today begin a thank you tour to all the local governments that make up the zone. David Mark In a …
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Calls for use of open ballot system to elect presiding officers PDP Senators yet to take position on a preferred candidate Goje yet to declare formally, Ndume vows to run By Henry Umoru, Assistant Political Editor ABUJA- AHEAD of the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly and election …...
The Adamawa Chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has thrown its weight behind the candidatures of Sen. Ahmed Lawal and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila for the leadership of the 9th National Assembly (NAN). Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, state Organising Secretary of the party, made the declaration in...
Outgoing governors of Ogun and Borno States, Ibukunle Amosun, and, Hashim Shettima, both of whom are also senators-elect had long conversation on Tuesday during the orientation programme for new lawmakers. The two governors were said to have excused themselves from the orientation venue in Abuja...
The North-East Youths Development Association has endorsed Danjume Goje, senator representing Gombe central, as the next senate president.
The protesters besieged the national assembly premises on Thursday and asked the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to not only zone the...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has urged members of the 9th National Assembly to work together. Saraki, who is an outgoing Senate President said the incoming lawmakers must work together in the interest of Nigerians. The Senate President made the appeal during the ongoing orientation...
Abba Kyari has denied telling a suspect to implicate Senate President, Bukola Saraki in the Offa Bank Robbery incident which occurred last year. Recall that we reported earlier today that Akinnibosun , the suspect who told the court that Abba Kyari asked him to implicate Bukola
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Many Nigerians including the president of the senate, Bukola Saraki have expressed concerns regarding the collapsed 3-storey building, which housed a school. The building collapse occurred on Wednesday at Ita Faaji area on Lagos Island, leaving many pupils, among those trapped within the...
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, said that the Senate would begin the debate on the 2019 Appropriation Bill on Wednesday. He made the announcement on the floor of the Red Chamber. According to the verified Twitter handle of the Senate, “Senate President, @bukolasaraki announces...
The Senate has again adjourned sitting till March 12, 2019 for failure to form a quorum.Only eight members, including the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, were present yesterday. The Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan, had raised the point …
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Senate President Bukola Saraki won Saturday’s senatorial election in his polling unit in Ilorin, capital of Kwara state.
Similarly, the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, also won in the Mr Saraki’s polling unit.
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