Tag: Nigeria Senate
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Ekweremadu Scores APC Low, Decries Unprecedented Debt Profile
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has scored the All Progressives Congress (APC)- led administration low on security, economy, job creation, and national unity. This was even as he described the 16 years that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in power as glorious years for the country, noting…
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Kwara Poly Tuition Fee Crisis: Saraki Wades In
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has intervened in the tuition fees crisis rocking Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. Though, the management of the institution insisted that it had not hiked the fees payable by all categories of students, concerned students had staged demonstrations in Ilorin, alleging outrageous increments in the…
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Ekweremadu Hails Atiku’s Return, Sees a Better Nigeria Unfolding
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has described the return of the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a welcome development, not only for the party, but the nation’s democracy. Ekweremadu said the move represented a massive Vote of No Confidence in…
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Nigerians Can Live Happily Together- Ekweremadu
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says a united Nigeria where every citizen could actualise his or her potentials in any part of the country irrespective of his or her ethnic or religious background is possible. Ekweremadu spoke in Enugu when he was conferred with the Rotary International’s 2017 Outstanding Citizen…
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Ekwueme: A Pillar of Democracy Has Fallen- Ekweremadu
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has expressed grief over the death of the former Vice President of Nigeria, Chief Alex Ekwueme. Ekweremadu described the death as a sad event for Nigeria and her democracy, noting that Ide Oko, as he called him, was a pillar of the nation’s democracy and…