Senator Abdullahi Adamu has accused Senators elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC of working against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the party on which platform they were elected. Adamu spoke in reaction to the presidential veto of the amendment to the Electoral Act on Tuesday. It will be […]
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Senator representing Kaduna central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, in an interview he granted THENEWS magazine but was made available online by Sahara Reporters, revealed he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost. Sani said the running cost was in addition to over N750,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances of each senator. “I […]
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Northern senators forum on Wednesday removed Abdullahi Adamu as its chairman because of alleged financial mismanagement, and it was alleged that monkeys carted away N70 million from his farmhouse. Senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani, said monkeys carted away N70 million gathered by northern senators. Sani said the northern caucus in the 7th senate handed […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight bills earlier passed by the National Assembly into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, briefed State House Correspondents after the President signed the bills into law. Prominent among the bills signed into law is the Legislative Houses (Power […]
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The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, on Friday re-posted videos of some senators criticising her husband. It is not exactly clear what she was trying to achieve, but this is not the first time that she would disapprove of her husband in public. In the video posted on Twitter, Isah Misau, senator representing Bauchi-central and […]
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Senator representing Ebonyi south, Sonni Ogbuoji, was stopped from defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday. Speaking on the floor of the senate, Ogbuoji cited problems in the PDP, both in his state and at the national level, as the reason why he wanted to leave the party. But his colleagues in the […]
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Godswill Akpabio, minority leader of the senate, has said some senators from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have made up their minds to join the opposition the party after the crisis rocking the PDP is resolved. The former governor of Akwa Ibom state urged governors elected on the platform of the the Peoples Democratic […]
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BY AYO OLOWO Senators loyal to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, under the aegis of “Like Mind Senators” on Thursday faulted the invitation of Bukola Saraki’s wife, Toyin, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions over alleged corruption, saying the invitation may be politically-motivated. The group, in a statement said it found the decision […]
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