The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Wednesday applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to temporarily seize some properties belonging to the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, for failing to declare the assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau. Nine of the targeted properties are said to be in Abuja, two of them in […]
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The Defence Headquarters wish to respond to a comment by the Deputy President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Ike Ekweremadu on Wednesday 7 March 2018, regarding the Nigerian Military, while contributing to a debate on a motion sponsored by Senator Ahmed Ogembe, representing Kogi Central. In his comments among others, the Distinguished Deputy President of […]
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The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has scored the All Progressives Congress (APC)- led administration low on security, economy, job creation, and national unity. This was even as he described the 16 years that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in power as glorious years for the country, noting that “good men and […]
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The Deputy President of the Senate, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, has commended the effort of the Federal Government on the rehabilitation of the 41-kilometre Ozalla-Akpugo-Amagunze-Ihuokpara-Nkomoro federal road. The road, earlier awarded in 2010, stopped due to poor funding, but was re-awarded by the present federal administration following the intervention of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Ekweremadu, and […]
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Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, says the May 30 sit-at-home order declared by some right groups in south-east should be optional. The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) had called on citizens of south-east to stay at home on May 30 to observe […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Government on Friday dismissed all allegations of forgery against a former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and his deputy Benedict Efeturi. Maikasuwa and Efeturi were charged alongside Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, for allegedly falsifying the Senate standing rule to help the Senate President and his deputy […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government of Nigeria has filed a motion to withdraw the charge of criminal conspiracy against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. An affidavit in support of the motion was filed before the High Court of Federal Capital Territory on Thursday by a litigation officer from the Federal Ministry of Justice, […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking on the floor of the senate during a debate on the state of the economy, some senators on Wednesday kicked against the call by Business mogul, Aliko Dangote and some Nigerians for the sale of the nation’s assets as a means of surviving the current economic recession. The senators also called for constitutional amendment […]
Continue ReadingDeputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, has written to the United Nations (UN), US Government, European Union (EU), and other international organisations over the forgery trial brought against the leadership of the 8th senate. The letter dated June 28, 2016, is titled: ‘Re: Trumped up charges against the presiding officers of the 8th Senate: Nigerian Democracy […]
Continue ReadingJustice Yusuf Haliru, of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, has granted Senate President Bukola Saraki, deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and two other accused persons — Salisu Maikasuwa, former clerk of the national assembly, and Benedict Efeturi, deputy clerk of the legislature, conditional bail. The judge held that the essence of bail was to enable […]
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