Tag: Nigerian Senate

By Steve Oni, Ilorin A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has declared that any plot to impeach the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, would never succeed. He has, therefore, admonished those behind the purported plot to retrace their steps, saying any attempt to remove Saraki as the Senate President…

By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, kicked-off the 2018 edition of the Ikeoha Youth Sports Championship at the Awgu Township Stadium, Enugu State at weekend. Declaring open the annual Championship, which features competitions in football, basketball, and athletics by the youth in the five Local Government Areas, LGAs, in…

By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, kicked-off the 2018 edition of the Ikeoha Youth Sports Championship at the Awgu Township Stadium, Enugu State at weekend. Declaring open the annual Championship, which features competitions in football, basketball, and athletics by the youth in the five Local Government Areas, LGAs, in…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has assured the people of Kwara state of his avowed commitment to attracting more capital projects and appointments into the state. He said the people of the state deserve nothing but the best in acknowledgement of their support for him and the ruling All Progressives…

By Aaron Ossai Former Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated a serving Member of the Community Parliament, Senator George Oppong Weah, on his victory in the Liberian presidential election. Ekweremadu also commended President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for guiding the West African nation…

By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has identified high cost of governance and inherent disconnect between political leaders and the populace as the major flaws of the presidential system. On the contrary, he said the parliamentary system was cheaper to run and promoted popular participation and accountability. Senator Ekweremadu…

By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has donated gift items worth millions of naira to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Gombe State during the Christmas holiday. This was even as the Senator and his wife, Lady Nwanneka Ekweremadu, feted 250 widows from Enugu and distributed wrappers and food…

‎‎By Steve Oni, Ilorin Associates and supporters of the Senate President‎, Dr Bukola Saraki, have marked his 55th birthday with a special prayer. The prayer was held at Saraki’s Iloffa, GRA, Ilorin residence between 7.00 and 8.00 A.M. The celebration was low keyed as neither the Senate President nor his wife; Mrs Oluwatoyin Saraki attended…

By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, tasked the Prince Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee (NWC) to get down to work immediately as there is no honeymoon for them. Ekweremadu also commended the PDP faithful for a credible and hitch-free national convention, noting that the party had lived up to…

By Najem Francis, Sokoto The elder Sister of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Hajiya Hawwa’u Barade, popularly called Hajiya Yar’Daudu, is dead. This was contained in a statement issued in Sokoto by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Bashir Rabe Mani. According to the statement, the late Hajiya Yar’Daudu died on Sunday at the Usmanu…