Tension rises in Senate

The Senate for the second time in two days held an executive session  on Wednesday because of  the fear that an open deliberation  on the defection bid of the 11 Peoples Democratic Party senators to the All Progressives Congress could generate tension. But tension still played out as the aggrieved senators and their APC counterparts  […]

Senators’ defection will not affect us — Rivers PDP

THE Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has said the defection of two senators from the party to the All Progressives Congress will not affect its fortunes in the state. Two senators, Magnus Abe, representing Rivers South-East; and Senator Wilson Ake, representing Rivers West, defected from the PDP to the APC. But the […]

Aggrieved PDP senators shun meeting with Mu’azu, govs

PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu National chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, and governors elected on the platform of the party held a closed door meeting with the PDP senators at the official residence of Senate President David Mark, on Wednesday. The agenda of the meeting was not known but sources […]

Defection: Saraki, 10 other PDP senators write Mark

MarkThere was confusion on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, following unconfirmed reports that 11 Senators defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to join the opposition All Progressives Congress. A statement earlier issued by the Interim National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had said that the 11 Senators had defected. In […]

17 PDP senators’ll defect to APC this week –Saraki

  Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki No fewer than 17 senators of the Peoples Democratic Party will this week defect to the All Progressives Congress,  Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said. In an interview with journalists in Ilorin on Sunday, Saraki said the concerned […]

I WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST —Senator Abe finally clears the air •Accuses FG of plotting to kill him

Views: 3234 The fog surrounding the London medical trip of Senator Magnus Abe, the Senator representing Rivers South East zone and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), has finally been cleared. There had been controversy over whether Abe was really shot during a political rally penultimate Sunday (January 12) in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, […]

Senators in near fight over Rivers crisis

An exchange of hot words between Senators Ahmed Lawan and Alkali Jajere both from Yobe State and their colleague from Delta State, James Manager, caused a serious confusion on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. The development, which almost led to a physical combat between  Jajere and Manager, happened during a debate on the […]

Abe: Senate committee in Rivers to probe lawmaker’s attack

FROM CHRIS ANUCHA, PORT HARCOURT Members of the Senate Committee on Police   yesterday  arrived in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to investigate the crisis which led to the alleged shooting  of the senator representing Rivers South-East, Mr. Magnus  Ngei Abe. The committee will  investigate  teargas and rubber bullets attack by the police and present its report […]

Update: Shot Rivers Senator in critical condition, may be flown abroad for treatment

  The condition of Senator Magnus Abe, who was shot this morning during an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally organised by the Save Rivers Movement at the College of Arts and Science, Rumuola, Port Harcourt, the state capital, is critical, according to state chapter of APC. According to a senior state APC official who spoke […]

Breaking News: Senator shot in Port Harcourt, battles for life in hospital •Rivers political crisis turns bloody

  The political crisis in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria, is assuming a more dangerous dimension by the day. Information reaching News Express has it that Senator Magnus Abe, a staunch supporter of embattled Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, was shot this morning during a rally in Obio Akpor by the Save Rivers Group. The state chapter […]

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