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Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
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 […]
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Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News
Saturday, February 1st, 2014
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 […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
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 […]
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Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
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 […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate
Sunday, January 26th, 2014
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 […]
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Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
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, […]
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Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
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 […]
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Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
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 […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News
Sunday, January 12th, 2014
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 […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, January 12th, 2014

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 […]