Tag: senator
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JUST IN: PDP loses only senator from Rivers to APC
The Senator representing Rivers West, Osinakachukwu Ideozu, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Majority Leader at the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, announced Osinakachukwu’s defection at plenary on Wednesday. Lawan, who was moving a motion for the adjournment of plenary till November 6, welcomed and congratulated him for joining…
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Serving senator, ex-minister, 13 others dump PDP for APC in Ebonyi
The senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sonni Ogbuoji, and an ex-Minister of State for Power and Steel, Goddy Ogbaga and 13 others on Saturday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. The defectors announced their defection during a rally organised by the state chapter of the…
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Thugs attack: Kaduna APC Senator escapes death
Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi (APC Kaduna North) on Sunday escaped being killed by thugs during a political gathering of stakeholders and leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) he convened in Kaduna. Hunkuyi had convened the meeting to sensitize party supporters to resist an alleged plan to impose candidates on them during the APC Congresses…
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EFCC grills two PDP senators over alleged N4bn contract scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives on Monday quizzed a serving senator elected on the plat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Peter Onyeluka Nwaoboshi over alleged unexecuted N4billion contracts and 20 accounts in six banks. The senator, who represents Delta North Senatorial District (PDP), is also under investigation for allegedly obtaining a…
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Saraki appoints Ex-Senator as Special Adviser
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has approved the appointment of Sen. Abubakar Danladi Abubakar as his Special Adviser on Special Duties. According to a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, to the President of the Senate, the appointment takes immediate effect. Abubakar, according to the statement has served in the…
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BREAKING: Senator Mustapha Bukar is dead
Senator representing President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown Katsina North (Daura Zone), Mustapha Bukar is dead. Family sources said Bukar died on Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Kanta Bukar, the younger brother of the deceased, confirmed the death. He stated that the senator died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Nizamiyya hospital, Abuja. He…
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Drama as senator accuses colleague of planning to impeach Saraki, Ekweremadu, others
There was mild drama at plenary on Thursday as a senator representing Ebonyi Central (PDP), Obinna Ogba accuses his colleague, Abdullahi Adamu, who was recently removed as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, of planning to impeach the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and other principal officers. Ogba on Thursday tendered “evidences”…
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Okorocha joins Imo West senatorial race
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday declared his intention to contest for the Imo West senatorial seat in 2019. The governor said his participation would brighten the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) . Okorocha, who spoke at the Government House in Owerri, at the inauguration of…
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2019: El-Rufai, Senators’ misuse of power, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon What’s happening (happened) in the Kaduna chapter of the All Progressives Congress, and at the Senate of the National Assembly is what warrants the charge of politics being a dirty game. Whereas it should be otherwise: the politicians, and not politics, are dirty! How do you classify the action of Governor Nasir…
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Monkeys invade, cart away N70m in senator’s farm house – Shehu Sani
Senator representing APC Kaduna Central in the Senate, Shehu Sani on Wednesday explained how and why a fellow senator, Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa-APC) was removed as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum. Sani said about N70 million belonging to the group was claimed to have been carted away by monkeys in a farmhouse. Recall that Adamu’s…