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  • BREAKING: Lawan swears-in Smart Adeyemi as Senator

    BREAKING: Lawan swears-in Smart Adeyemi as Senator

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    Olaotan Falade
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    …APC now has 63, PDP 46, YPP 1 lawmakers in Senate Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday swore-in Senator Smart Adeyemi to represent Kogi West Senatorial District. Adeyemi emerged victorious at the bye-election recently conducted in the district by the Independent National Electoral Commission. He defeated Senator Dino Melaye who earlier occupied the seat. With…

  • Fake Police Commissioner dupes Senator N1.6m

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    Bayo Millz
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    The Zamfara State Police Command on Wednesday said it has arrested a suspect parading himself as Mr Usman Nagogo, the State Commissioner of Police. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, said that the suspect was arrested after duping Sen. Lawali Dan’iya of Zamfara West Senatorial District of N1.6 million. Shehu said the command…

  • Ajimobi speaks on rejecting Buhari's ministerial offer

    Ajimobi speaks on rejecting Buhari's ministerial offer

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    Olaotan Falade
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    … Says he prefer being senator to minister Immediate past governor of Oyo State Abiola Ajimobi has revealed his focus is on retrieving his senatorial mandate in the court as against pursuing ministerial appointment. He stressed serving at the Senate is his personal preference. The former governor denied he rejected ministerial appointment by President Muhammadu…

  • Court sacks Ebonyi senator, orders fresh poll

    Court sacks Ebonyi senator, orders fresh poll

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    Bayo Millz
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    A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki has sacked Sen. Sonni Ogbuoji, representing Ebonyi South Senatorial District from office. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh election with immediate effect in the senatorial district. The presiding judge, Justice Akintola Aluko, handed down the judgement on Thursday in Abakaliki.…

  • Ninth Senate: I will outperform Saraki as senator, Oloriegbe boasts

    Ninth Senate: I will outperform Saraki as senator, Oloriegbe boasts

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Senator-elect for Kwara Central, Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, on Thursday declared that his performance in the ninth Senate will far outweigh the performance of Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Saraki, the current Senator representing Kwara Central, has represented the Senatorial District since 2011. Oloriegbe assured that his output for his constituents and the state in general…

  • Why Saraki lost senatorial seat – Kwara senator-elect

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    Bayo Millz
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    Mallam Sadiq Umar, the senator-elect for Kwara North Senatorial District, says Senate President Bukola Saraki lost his senatorial seat because he was no longer connected with the electorate. Umar said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin. The senator-elect, who was reacting to the victory of the…

  • Kogi senator survives auto crash

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Mr Ahmed Ogembe, the Senator representing Kogi Central on Friday survived an auto crash along the Abuja-Lokoja road on his way to Okene for elections. Mr Duke Opeyemi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senator, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lokoja. He…

  • Bandits invade Zamfara community, kill serving senator’s sister, kidnap in-law

    Bandits invade Zamfara community, kill serving senator’s sister, kidnap in-law

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Suspected bandits have killed Ade Marafa, a sister of the senator representing Zamfara Central, Kabiru Marafa, and abducted her husband in Zamfara State. The senator confirmed the incident to Tuesday afternoon. He said the assailants killed her sister “around 3 a.m” on Monday in Ruwan Bore. He said several other villages in the Gusau Local…

  • Senator dumps PDP, defects to APC

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    Olaotan Falade
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    A senator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Joshua Lidani (Gombe South), has announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, formally made the announcement on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. “Let me inform this Senate that very distinguished Senator Joshua Lidani representing Gombe South is defecting…

  • 2019: APC Senator under attacks for predicting Buhari's loss in Northeast

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    Olaotan Falade
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    A serving senator on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bukar Abba Ibrahim on Monday came under heavy attacks for predicting a loss for President Muhammadu Buhari and the party in the Northeast in next year’s elections. His comment does not reflect the reality on ground and he is not speaking for…