Tag: ekweremadu
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Expect more defections to PDP – Ekweremadu
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has described the recent defection of over 50 lawmakers from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a tip of the iceberg. The Deputy President predicted that there would be massive defection to the main opposition party in the months ahead. He…
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Siege on Saraki, Ekweremadu: NIM petitions international community over growing presidential impunity
Sequel to security operatives’ early besiege on the homes of Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in the early hours of Tuesday, the Nigeria Intervention Movement, NIM, has petitioned the international community to come to Nigeria’s aid. The movement said this in a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity…
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Secondus, Atiku condemn security siege on Saraki, Ekweremadu’s homes
The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has condemned Tuesday morning security siege on the Abuja residences of Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. Secondus in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja described the development as “attack on democracy, using state security apparatus’’. He said that Directorate of…
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Siege: Neither police nor EFCC invited me for questioning – Ekweremadu
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday, faulted the siege on his home by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, the deputy Senate president said neither police nor DSS invited him. Ekweremadu said he…
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Rowdy session as Ekweremadu, other South-East senators accuse Buhari of lopsided appointments
Plenary at the Senate was rowdy for about 30 minutes after its President, Bukola Saraki, read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking legislative confirmation of appointments into the board of the Federal Emergency Road Maintenance Agency. Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, raised a point or order to protest against non-compliance by the…
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Establish state police to end killings, attacks across Nigeria – Ekweremadu advises FG
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has called for the establishment of state police as the only panacea to stop killings across the country. This, he said, was necessary to stop the rising insecurity in the country, particularly the killing of over 100 people in 11 villages in Plateau State by armed Fulani…
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Omo-Agege: Urhobos drag Saraki, Ekweremadu, other principal officers to court
Sequel to the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on Thursday for a total of 90 legislative days from the Senate, the Urhobo ethnic nationality (Delta Central Senatorial District) have dragged the leadership of the Senate before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop it (the Senate) from denying them (the Urhobos) representation by…
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Hidden assets: Don’t mess with Ekweremadu, Ohaneze Ndigbo tells FG
Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, said it would resist any attempt to discredit Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu. President-General of the group, Chief Nnia Nwodo, in a statement on Thursday, in Enugu, said it was preposterous for the Federal Government to be carrying out unwarranted inquisition into Ekweremadu’s life. He said…
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2019: Saraki’ll run for president with Ekweremadu as his running mate – Dele Momodu
Media mogul, Dele Momodu has disclosed that Senate President Bukola Saraki will join the 2019 presidential race. Momodu said this in a lengthy statement on his ‘Boss Newspaper’. It read in part: “The Boss can exclusively reveal that Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has joined the 2019 Presidential race. “There is no doubt that…
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Asset forfeiture: Go after Maina, Babachir Lawal, leave Ekweremadu – PDP tells FG
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said rather than pushing for the forfeiture of properties allegedly belonging to the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government should beam his anti-corruption search lights on corrupt officials withing the corridor of power. According to a statement signed by its National Publicity…