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Friday, July 10th, 2015
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday said the Boko Haram insurgency had worsened under President Muhammadu Buhari. Ekweremadu said the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration had almost rolled back Boko Haram and its activities in the North-East. The deputy senate president also expressed the fear the […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja The South-East National Assembly caucus said yesterday any further attack or plot against Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu would be an attack on the zone as well as an affront on democracy. The federal lawmakers rose from a marathon meeting in Abuja, passed a vote of confidence on him, noting that […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Senate
Monday, July 6th, 2015
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja Senate President Bukola Saraki said yesterday there would be no sacred cows in the fight against corruption, noting that the Eighth Senate will have zero tolerance for graft. Saraki disclosed this when the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, led some officials […]
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Sunday, July 5th, 2015
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu | credits: File copy The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, had summoned the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over alleged forgery of the Senate Rules on election of its principal officers. The PDP said Ekweremadu is expected to […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Senate
Friday, July 3rd, 2015
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu | credits: File copy A group, Democracy in Action, has warned the All Progressives Congress against removing the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The group, in a statement by its Chairman, Dr. Donald Abraham, on Thursday, insisted that Ekweremadu’s election followed due process and vowed to resist any […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, June 25th, 2015
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – AS the alleged jumbo salary for members of the National Assembly continues to generate controversy, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Tuesday stormed the National Assembly protesting and demanding for 60 per cent cut in salaries and allowances of the federal lawmakers and political appointees in Nigeria. The protesting CSO members from […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Senate President, Bukola Saraki ADVERTISEMENT NIGERIANS that have expressed surprise that each senator receives N506,600 per annum as wardrobe allowance may be in for a shocker as the lawmakers receive far more allowances under different other categories. Investigation by our correspondent on Monday showed that senators’ allowances totalled N18,642,880 on annual basis. In all, […]
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Friday, June 12th, 2015
The crisis sparked by the election of National Assembly officials was still smouldering yesterday. President Muhammadu Buhari has invited Senator Ahmed Lawan’s Unity Forum, which is contesting the election of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President , for a meeting today. “It is all to save the party from being factionalised,” an All Progressives Congress […]
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
Saraki and Dogora The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday kicked against the emergence of Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. Saraki, a former Kwara State governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, emerged unopposed shortly after the Clerk of the […]
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
Senator Oluremi Tinubu | credits: File copy ADVERTISEMENT Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday administered oath of office and allegiance on Ahmad Lawan and 27 other All Progressives Congress senators who were absent at the formal inauguration of the Eighth Senate. The senators were gathered at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, waiting […]
