The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a decision that comes few days after the national body of the APC submitted the name of Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s political adviser, Uba Sani, as the candidate for that senatorial district. Mr Sani made his resignation known in a letter […]
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The Nigerian senate on Tuesday, set up an ad hoc committee to probe a $3.5 billion “subsidy recovery fund” said to be managed by Maikanti Baru, group managing director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and the corporation’s finance director. The decision of the senate was sequel to a motion on matters of […]
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Senators and members of the house of representatives have adjourned plenary over the death of Funke Adedoyin, a lawmaker in the lower legislative chamber. While members of the lower legislative chamber will resume on Thursday, those in the senate would reconvene on Wednesday. Adedoyin passed on in Abuja on September 28 after fighting with cancer. […]
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The national body of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Shehu Sani remains its senatorial candidate in Kaduna central. Yekini Nabena, acting national publicity secretary of the party, gave the clarification in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Sunday. He said Sani was the only senatorial candidate from the zone duly recognised by the […]
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The battle for Kogi West Senatorial district in 2019 will be between Smart Adeyemi, a former senator and Dino Melaye, incumbent lawmaker representing the constituency. While Adeyemi is vying for the position on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Melaye is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In 2015, the reverse was the […]
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Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray Bruce has announced that he will not be seeking re-election into the upper chamber of the National Assembly. He announced his withdrawal from the senatorial race in a letter to PDP stakeholders which he also published on his Facebook page. The Senator said he is withdrawing from the race […]
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A serving member of the house of representatives, Razak Atunwa, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kwara state. Atunwa defeated Sha’aba Lafiagi, the senator currently representing Kwara north, who participated in the rescheduled exercise held on Monday. According to the results, Atunwa scored 1555 votes ahead of Lafiagi who recorded 578 […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says he is not losing sleep over the plot of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to remove him, as those talking about impeachment are engaging in cheap blackmail. The ruling party has repeatedly called on him to resign or be removed from office over his decision to join the Peoples Democratic […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says the failure of the presidency to submit INEC budget on time is a display of lack of foresight. He however, said the the national assembly is committed to ensuring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is well funded to conduct the 2019 polls. He said this on Sunday in reaction […]
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The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, rebuking President Donald Trump’s statement that the news media is “the enemy of the people”. The Republican-led Senate, in the unanimous resolution across the aisles, affirmed that the news media is not the enemy of the people. The Senate affirmed its commitment to protecting freedom of […]
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