President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the National Assembly’s approval for the issuance of N16.7 billion promissory note to Borno Government as refund for reconstructed federal roads in the state. The request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary on Tuesday....
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The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NDICOM) for a second term. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the report,...
By ESTHER AGADA, NKECHI ANADU, FOLASHADE OGUNREMI & ZAINAB SHUAIB We are the Mothers of the Nation; we gave birth to the incoming senators and members of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly (NASS). We are women who vote. We are the women who voted for...
Mr Nathan Ekpo, a former Trustee of Abuja Akwa Ibom Community, said that Sen. Godswill Akpabio as the country’s next Senate President would be a perfect fit for the incoming administration of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect. He said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of 12 nominees as members of the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC). The President’s request is contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Ahmed Lawan dated May 3,...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, says the 9th National Assembly has performed creditably well in terms of delivering democracy dividends to Nigerians, since its inauguration in 2019. Lawan said this in his goodwill message to the Nigerian workers in Abuja. “By 2019 when the 9th assembly was inaugurated, the nation’s...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji-Uzor Kalu, has urged the incoming governments at all levels to partner the Church in accelerating the reconciliation of Nigerians. Kalu made the call in Abuja on Friday at a mass to mark his 63rd birthday anniversary. Kalu said there was an...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A Northern Group, Arewa Youths for the Sustenance of Democracy and Good Governance, has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the Senate Presidency to the South-East Zone. This, the group said, is in the interest of fairness and...
A group, Presidential Support Committee (PSC), has called on the leadership of the APC to zone the position of the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly to the South-South . The group, in a statement in Abuja, also proposed Sen. Godswill Akpabio for senate president and charged APC...
The race for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly has reached its defining moments. Zones and other political interests in the country have been making their cases. However, concerned Nigerians need to weigh in and point to the greater need for experience and competence as very crucial factors...
A Group, the Niger Delta Conscience Coalition (NDCC) has endorsed Sen. Godswill Akpabio as its preferred candidate for the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. The President of the NDCC, Mr Aniefiok Fabian, who addressed a news conference on behalf of the group in Uyo on Thursday, said...
A former Assemblyman in Cross River, Mr Cletus Obun, has said that the Presidency of the 10th Senate should be zoned to the South South geopolitical zone. Obun, who was member of APC 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, South South Coordinator of the Public Affairs Directorate, said this in an...
Not wanting to be left out of what shape, color, texture, content, and context should dominate in the the10th National Assembly, perhaps in his capacity as a prominent political elite and a former principal officer of the National Assembly to boot, the former senator from Cross River State Mr....
Sen. Osita Izunaso (APC-Imo) says he is most qualified for the Senate Presidency of the 10th National Assembly, going by situations on ground. Izunaso said this when he spoke with in Abuja on Monday, saying that the South-East should be allowed to produce the Senate President for the 10th...
The Progressive Youth Group, has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the Senate Presidency to the South-East. To this end, the pressure group had endorsed Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu (APC-Abia) who is the Chief Whip of the Senate as the next Senate President. This is contained in...
Senator Godswill Akpabio has been tipped as the most deserving candidate for the leadership of the 10th Senate due to his governance experience, political skills, and the remarkable contributions of the South-South region to the victory of the APC in the last presidential election. He received the nod from...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Malam Muazu Dansarauniya, has advised the leadership of the party to zone the Senate presidency to the Northwest region. Dansaraunita told newsmen in Kano on Friday that the party in the zone had performed credibly well during the presidential...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The North-West Coalition of Youth, a pressure group has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC), to zone Senate Presidency to the North-West Geo-political zone. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by the Chairman of the group, Mr Zakariya Shuibu...
The Diaspora Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South Korea on Thursday, endorsed Sen. Orji Kalu for the position of President of the 10th Senate. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the APC South Korea Chairman, Mr Yuccee Uwah and the Secretary, Chief Charles Mokwe....
The National Young Progressive Forum (NYPF) has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of Sen Osita Izunaso (APC-Imo) to be elected as the 10th National Assembly Senate President. Alhaji Sulaiman Talba, National Coordinator, NYPF made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday He said the endorsement was...