Tag: senator
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How Do You Want the Result, Senator? – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene Kicking the can down the road is government art. Once politicians maneuver themselves into office, they govern by repeating the promises they made and hope that problems would go away. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. For six years we’ve been trying to find an electoral law that works for voters.…
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What Sound Sultan will be remembered for- Senator Comedian
Popular comedian and actor, Bethel Njoku a.k.a Senator has stated that Sound Sultan’s legacy will continue to live on. TheNewsGuru recalls that Sound Sultan died after battling Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. He has since been buried in New Jersey in the United States of America. In a chat with TheNewsGuru, Senator said: ”His legacy already lives.…
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2023: Bauchi Senator kicks against electronic transmission of election results
Senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Sen. Lawal Gumau, on Friday, kicked against moves to amend the Electoral Act to give room for electronic transmission of results ahead of 2023 General Elections. Gumau who stated this while speaking to newsmen in Abuja said Nigeria was not ripe for electronic transmission of results . Gumau said:…
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Cross River North: Tribunal affirms PDP senator’s election
The Election Petition Tribunal seating in Calabar over the By-Election of December 5, 2020 in Cross River North Senatorial district, on Friday gave its final judgment affirming Senator Stephen Odey of the Peoples Democratic Party as duly elected. The three man tribunal, presided over by Justice Yusuf Ubale Muhammad in a four hour long judgment…
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Bandits open fire on Edo Senator’s convoy, three policemen injured
Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, Clifford Ordia on Monday escaped death by a whisker when suspected bandits opened fire on his convoy. Ordia who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts happened said his attacked twice by the criminals along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja road same day. The senator said during the exchange of…
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Osun senator escapes ‘assassination attempt’
The senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Adelere Oriolowo, was reportedly attacked by gunmen on Sunday during a meeting of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the district. Mr Oriolowo was rushed out of the meeting that held at his constituency in Ikire, Osun State, by security personnel present during the attack. The…
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Panic as thugs storm Ibadan senator’s residence, cart away 300 motorcycles[VIDEO]
A myriad of hoodlums in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, hiding under the #EndSARS demonstration, broke into the Oluyole Ibadan residence of the representative of the Oyo Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Teslim Folarin, located at Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, on Saturday. TheNewsGuru gathered that the hoodlums crushed the entrance doors and windows…
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No lawmaker collected N20m palliative from NDDC – Senate
The Senate said on Tuesday that none of its members received N20m COVID-19 palliative from the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Director of Projects, Interim Management Committee of the NDDC, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, had alleged in a recent newspaper interview that the agency gave N20m to each senator while each of the House of Representatives…
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Kogi West: Melaye loses final bid to return as 9th Assembly senator
It is end of the road for Senator Dino Melaye as the Appeal Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed his appeal against Senator Smart Adeyemi. The court upheld the victory of Adeyemi as winner of the Kogi West Senatorial District election held last year. The Electoral Tribunal had thrown out Melaye’s suit, but he went…
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Photo News: Senate President, Ahmed Lawan leads senators to Orji Kalu’s house
Sequel to his release from Kuje Prison on Wednesday night, Senator President Ahmad Lawan led other senators on a solidarity visit to the Chief Whip of the senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Thursday. Kalu, former governor of Abia, was jailed alongside Ude Jones Udeogu, a former director of finance and account of Abia state.…