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Some All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators-elect are suspecting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting a secret ballot voting system to hijack the leadership of the National … Read more via Nairaland – http://bit.ly/2v5A4c9 Get More Nigeria Political News

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday said it has no problem with Ahmad Lawan, its choice for the position of Senate President, meeting with relevant stakeholders in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to canvass for votes. Despite the threat by Adams Oshiomhole, the National...

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Wednesday withdrew from a suit filed by the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, seeking an order compelling INEC to issue to him a certificate of return as the senator-elect for the Imo West Senatorial District. INEC had...

A pressure group, Ogene Ndigbo Support for Equity and Good Governance, yesterday endorsed a former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu for Deputy Senate President in the 9th National Assembly. The group said that Kalu who was elected to represent Abia North Senatorial District … Read...

WORRIED by the increasing insecurity in the country, the Senate yesterday, reiterated its call for the establishment of state police if the problem must be nipped in the bud, just as it condemned in very strong terms, the killings nationwide.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

At least 36 senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are backing Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, for the position of senate president, a senator-elect who did not want to be named, has said. The senator-elect, who is from the north, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking...

Against the adoption of Senator Ahmed Lawan by the ruling All Progressives Congress, there are strong indications that no fewer than thirty-five Senators from the APC are backing former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume to clinch the seat of Senate President for the Ninth Assembly. It was gathered …...

As the race for the leadership of the 9th Senate gathers momentum, Senators from Kano have pledged total support for the aspiration of Senator Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North). Lawan received the endorsement of Kano senators, yesterday, in Kano when … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

As part of his ongoing consultations with stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over his interest in the Senate presidency, the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has met with four APC governors in Abuja, Akelicious has learnt. This is coming as two other ranking APC...

President Buhari has written to the Senate seeking confirmation and renewal of the appointment of Omolola Abiola Edewo as Executive Director Corporate Services, Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). Ms Abiola Edewo is the first daughter of the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential...

The Senate yesterday said it would pass the 2019 Appropriation Bill, which is currently being processed by the various sub-committees of its Committee on Appropriations on April 16. The apex legislative chamber also adjourned plenary till April 9, to allow the Committee on Appropriations...

Below are five key things that Saraki asked lawmakers of the 9th National Assembly to do. 1. In its constitutional role, the National Assembly carries out oversight, makes laws and.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2CRIjNn Get More Nigeria Political News

Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, said that party discipline would be upheld in addressing the leadership tussle of the 9th National Assembly. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Tinubu said this while speaking with newsmen in Lagos on Friday after a Prayer Programme...

A group of senators-elect campaigning for Senate Leader Ahmed Lawan yesterday, dismissed claims by former Senate Leader Mohammed Ali Ndume as untrue and misleading. This has heightened the intra-party intrigues in the APC around the choice of the president of Nigeria’s ninth Senate...

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has disagreed with the position taken by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan should be the next Senate President. The Adams Oshiomhole-led APC national leadership recommended Lawan to...

Reactions have trailed Ali Ndume’s rejection of the endorsement of Senator Ahmed Lawan for President of the 9th senate by the All Progressives Party (APC). The former senate leader in a letter to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, revealed his...

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, slated April 8 to deliver judgment on a suit seeking to invalidate the election of the former Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, into the Senate. Former Gov. Chimaroke Nnamani In … Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria –...

The Senate yesterday went into a rowdy session following a motion moved by Senator Dino Melaye and co-sponsored by seven other lawmakers on the obvious militarisation of the 2019 elections. The upper chamber became raucous when the Minority Leader, Sen. Biodun Olujinmi, stood up to calm nerves...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has commended the Senate for the approval of the new N30,000 minimum wage. Following months of negotiations, Senators finally approved the new minimum wage after hearing the recommendations of the Minimum wage Committee on Tuesday. NLC … Read more via...

The elections of persons who will represent Nigerians across all 36 states of the country, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, were conducted on Saturday, February 23. Nigerians from across 774 local governments have selected 109 among them who will represent their interests and make...