Tag: Ike Ekweremadu
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Ekweremadu denies joining Labour Party
Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu has denied, moving along with former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi into Labour Party (LP). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Obi joined LP today and several media report emerged that Ekweremadu had himself followed suit.
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Ekweremadu withdraws from Enugu PDP gubernatorial primary
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu has announced his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries.
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IPOB: South East NASS caucus makes move for release of Nnamdi Kanu
IPOB: South East NASS caucus makes move for release of Nnamdi Kanu
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2023: How Igbo presidency can be achieved – Ike Ekweremadu
Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate has said an Igbo presidency can only be achieved in 2023 if the South East begins to engage and negotiate with the Northern region of the country. Ekweremadu said this on Wednesday when he spoke at the 2020 edition of the Brandish Meeting of Minds Colloquium.…
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Ex-Dep Senate President, Ekweremadu bags new appointment
The International Parliamentary Congress, (IPC) has appointed former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, as its Chief Coordinator for Africa. The appointment was conveyed to Ekweremadu in a letter dated October 26, 2020, by the Secretary-General of the IPC and member of the Pakistani national parliament, Senator Muhammad Ali Saif, according to a…
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JUST IN: Ekweremadu emerges Leader of South East caucus
Ex-Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is now the leader of the South East caucus in the Senate, it was learnt Wednesday. Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, disclosed this during Plenary on Wednesday. Abaribe who came via a point of Order, said Ekweremadu was unanimously elected in an election that was very…
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NASS Election: APC vows to appeal Ekweremadu’s victory
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will appeal the victory of former Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, at the State and National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal in Enugu. The Chairman of the party in Enugu State, Mr Ben Nwoye, this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
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Breaking: Senate requests FG suspends all excise tariffs
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday requested the federal government (FG) suspends all excise tariffs until all parties involved are appropriately and adequately consulted and engaged for serious discussion. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Senate made the request following report presented by Senator Umaru Kurfi of the Committee on Finance on the Urgent Need to Review the…
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Rail development: Senate invites Rotimi Amaechi
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday resolved to invite the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, to brief the Committee on Land Transport and Local & Foreign Debt on federal government plans for rail development from the Port Harcourt and Enugu railway axis. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports this follows a motion moved by Deputy President of the Senate,…
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Ekweremadu accuses Buhari’s govt of giving less attention to South East
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is giving less attention to the Eastern part of the country. TheNewsGuru(TNG) reports Ekweremadu, representing Enugu West in the Senate, stated this during plenary on Wednesday. TheDeputy Senate President cites orders 42 and 52, and raised a motion on…