Tag: ekweremadu
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See offences UK police are charging Ekweremadu, wife with at Uxbridge Court
The charges against Ike Ekweremadu, wife Beatrice at Uxbridge Magistrate court are conspiracy to arrange the travel of a child, child trafficking, potential modern slavery, and organ harvesting. TheNewsGuru.com reports that both will soon be arraigned in the UK. According to a statement released by the police, “A woman and a man were charged today with…
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2023: Kalu, Ekweremadu, other southeast leaders unite, task political parties on Igbo presidency
The agitation for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction got a boost on Tuesday as different leaders of the southeast zone across political divides tasks all parties to choose their presidential candidates for the zone. In a communiqué signed by Senators Orji Uzor Kalu, Ike Ekweremadu, Anyim Pius Anyim, and others at the end of…
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I’m not Ekweremadu, you can’t intimidate me, Wike blasts IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Monday said leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu cannot intimidate him. He said he is not Senator Ike Ekweremadu who was harassed by IPOB members when he traveled out of the country. Wike was reacting to alleged threat to his life by Kanu whenever…
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Sen. Ekwereamadu mourns Abba Kyari
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, (PDP Enugu-West) has joined other well-meaning Nigerians in mourning the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari. Ekweremadu, on his Twitter handle, @iamekweremadu, expressed deep sadness and heartfelt condolences to Kyari’s immediate family, President Buhari and the entire Presidency. He also prayed…
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Court quashes assets declaration case against Ekweremadu
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out non-declaration of assets charged filed against former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu by the now disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) for the Recovery of Public Property. In 2018, the SPIP, led by Okoi Obono-Obla, alleged, among others, that Ekweremadu, “without reasonable excuse, refused and neglected…
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Ninth NASS poll: Ekweremadu’s political faux pas, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The most timid and lame excuse for entering into an elective contest – the exalted position of the Senate Deputy President for that matter – was offered by Prof. Ike Ekweremadu on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. It’s at the inauguration of the Ninth National Assembly. The 107 (of the 109) Senators-elect present…
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I now have time to rest, says Ekweremadu after defeat
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, says he is not discouraged by his loss to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who defeated him in the deputy senate election. Ekweremadu, who was deputy senate president from 2007 to 2011; 2011-2015 and 2015 to 2019; said now that he s no longer in power, he will have time…
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Ninth Assembly will rise above political, ethnic divides – Ekweremadu
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has said that the 9th National Assembly will rise above political, religious, and ethnic divides to address the myriads of challenges facing Nigerians. Speaking during the dinner to mark the end of the orientation programme organised for Ninth National Assembly members-elect, Ekweremadu described the institution as Nigeria in microcosm. He…
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2019: Ekweremadu speaks on dumping Atiku, PDP
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has described as untrue, reports purporting division in the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2019 General Elections. Ekweremadu, who made this known in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Uche Anichukwu on Monday, described the reports as “fake news, cheap blackmail, smear campaign and extreme…
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PDP speaks on Ekweremadu, South-East govs allegedly working for Buhari’s reelection
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied the statement attributed to the Buhari Media Organisation that the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and South-East governors were working for President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection. A statement by the party after its meeting with party leaders in the zone accused the All Progressives Congress of inciting the people…