Amid the debates over the zoning of the presidential tickets within some political parties ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, Senator Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South District, has given a reason why northern politicians should support a southerner to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. According to Ndume, if the President […]
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Senator Ali Ndume, of Borno South, has said he was one of those who asked the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to run for the Presidency in 2023. According to him Amaechi “has the pedigree, energy and intellect” needed to rule Nigeria. The Chairman Senate Committee on Army, spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, while […]
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Ali Ndume, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army has told President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to stop salaries of politicians and use the money to fight insecurity in the country. The lawmaker had made the call while urging Buhari to take the issue of security very seriously. Ndume, who spoke with newsmen in Abuja yesterday, […]
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Senator Ali Ndume has claimed most of arms and ammunition used by terrorists against Nigerians were stolen from the Nigerian military and other security agencies in the country. Ndume, who represents Borno South in the Senate, added that the terrorists also get weapons from places like Libya and Chad. “Most of the arms and ammunition […]
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Senator Ali Ndume, the chairman of the Senate committee, on Army, has said the number of soldiers Nigeria has lost since 2013, is 847, according to record by the cemetery. He stated this while he was briefing newsmen in Abuja, saying the records were for only those in Maiduguri cemetery, that there were still some […]
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Sen. Ali Ndume has insisted on contesting for the Senate Presidency even after meeting with the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting between the vice-president and Ndume lasted for over an hour. The agenda of the meeting was unknown to […]
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Senator Ali Ndume and Ovie Omo-Agege, on Tuesday appeared before a joint panel of the House of Representatives and the senate to answer questions regarding their roles in the mace theft saga. However, Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, refused to testify before an ad hoc committee of the national assembly, insisting he would not […]
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The national assembly has summoned Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, and Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, over their alleged roles in the theft of the senate’s mace. On April 18, Omo-Agege invaded the red chamber with suspected thugs and the mace, the symbol of authority of the upper legislative chamber, was stolen in […]
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Suspended senator representing Borno south, Ali Ndume, says since he graduated from the university, this is the first time in six months that he will not receive salary or allowance. On March 29, Ndume was handed a six-month suspension for “deliberately bringing up an issue that painted the red chamber in bad light”. The senator […]
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Ali Ndume, a senator from Borno state, who is standing trial for allegedly sponsoring terrorism, has admitted that he had contact with the Boko Haram sect. Speaking at the federal high court, Abuja, on Tuesday, Ndume said the charges against him were unjust and unfair since he gave former Vice-President Namadi Sambo and the then […]
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