Tag: Senators
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Senate Presidency: Senators betrayed me, says Yari
Aftermath of the 10th assembly election, the former governor of Zamfara State , Senator Abdulaziz Yari has accused senators of betraying him over the Senate Presidency position.
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2 Senators resign membership of PDP
Two serving Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mathew Urhoghide (Edo)Ayo Akinyelure(Ondo) have resigned their membership of the party. Their resignation is contained in separate letters, read at plenary on Wednesday by the Deputy
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Insecurity: Senators in close door session with security chiefs
Apparently the security situation in the country has assumed a larger than life posture since the first week of July after terrorists stormed Kuje Correctional facility and casually walked away their detained members. To stem the tide, the leadership of the Senate is currently in a meeting with Heads of Security Agencies. The meeting…
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Defection: APC Chair, Adamu worried over senators leaving party
APC Nationa Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has expressed concern over the gale of defections in the ruling party. Seven senators dumped APC for other opposition parties after they failed to secure the governing party’s ticket to contest the 2023 elections. Members of the Senate who have defected from the APC are Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano), Yahaya…
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3 more APC senators resign from party
Three Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have resigned their membership of the ruling party. The senators are: Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Edo North). The notices of their resignation and defection are contained in three separate letters read during plenary by the President of the Senate…
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Senate Majority Leader, 1 other dump APC for PDP
Two frontline members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate Majority Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, and Adamu Aliero, have officially defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The formal defections of the two APC senators from Kebbi State were conveyed in two separate letters addressed to the President of Senate Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary…
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73 out of 109 senators append signatures to veto Buhari over rejection of electoral bill
A federal lawmaker Senator
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Obosi community pours anger on Senator Ekwunife, accuse her of ‘insensitivity, disconnection’
The Obosi community in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State has queried the senator representing the area, Uche Ekwunife, for being absent during voting on electronic transmission of election results at the upper legislative chamber last week. The constituents, under the aegis of the Obosi Development Union, issued the query in a…
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Buhari meets, dines with 109 senators tonight
President Muhammadu Buhari will meet with the 109 senators of the National Assembly this evening. The scheduled meeting between members of the upper chamber and President Buhari was conveyed in a letter received from the State House and read during plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. “I write to inform the Distinguished President…
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Senators back Buhari’s controversial tweet
By Emman Ovuakporie Some Senators on Thursday back President Muhamnadu Buhari’s controversial tweet that was deleted by Twitter for breaking its rule. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls that President Buhari had tweeted on Tuesday after meeting with the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the State House in Abuja threatening to decisively deal with…