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May

2023

Tinubu Support Group Backs Orji Kalu For 10th Senate President

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #BolaTinubu, #Dr.OrjiUzorKalu

Tinubu Support Group Backs Orji Kalu For 10th Senate President A support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Volunteers Group (AVG), has backed the former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to become the next Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. The Cross River State Coordinator of the group, Hon. George Ichichere Sunday, in a statement signed on Sunday evening in Calabar and made available to newsmen, stated that Kalu is the most qualified among other contenders. It noted that Kalu, who is the incumbent Senate Chief Whip, apart from being a ranking…

Apr

2023

By Famous Reporters

North Central Senators Endorse Sani Musa For Deputy Senate President

POLITICS#APC, #SaniMusa

North Central Senators Endorse Sani Musa For Deputy Senate President no Senators from the North Central geo-political zone of the country, have endorsed the aspiration of Senator Sani Musa for the Deputy Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. Senator Sani Musa is the representative of the Niger East Senatorial district in the current ninth National Assembly. He is also the Chairman Senate Services Committee. Addressing Journalists this weekend after their meeting in Abuja, the Senators, under the aegis of the North Central Caucus Senators elect, confirmed that the zone is now settling for the position of Deputy President of…

Apr

2023

By Famous Reporters

JUST IN: Senators -elect from North Central want senator Sani Musa as Deputy president of Senate

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #SaniMusa

LJUST IN: Senators -elect from the North Central want senator Sani Musa as Deputy president of Senate Details coming soon...

Apr

2023

By Famous Reporters

10th NASS: Senator Adighije Endorses Orji Uzor Kalu For Senate President

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #OrjiUzor

10th NASS: Senator Adighije Endorses Orji Uzor Kalu For Senate President Senator Chris Adighije, the Chairman Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State, has lent his support to the Senate President’s aspiration of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Senate. Adighije gave his support to the Senate Chief Whip when he paid him a condolence visit over the death of his wife, Mrs. Ifeoma Kalu in Abuja. The Pro-Chancellor in his remarks described Senator Kalu as the “oldest National Assembly legislator having been elected to the House of Representatives in 1992. Senator Adighije,…

Apr

2023

By Famous Reporters

Tinubu, Orji Kalu meet behind closed doors

POLITICS#BolaTinubu, #OrjiUzorKalu

Tinubu, Orji Kalu meet behind closed doors Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is currently meeting with the former Lagos State Governor and President-elect of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the farmer's Asokoro home in Abuja. Kalu leading contender for the Senate Presidency, according to sources arrived Tinubu’s residence at exactly 5:31pm. Shortly after disembarking from his Black Toyota Land cruiser SUV, the former Governor decked in white attire was ushered in straight to meet with Tinubu. The APC stalwart, who was officially out of Nigeria since March 22, returned about one month…

Apr

2023

By Famous Reporters

10th SENATE PRESIDENCY: S’E/S’S Alliance throws weights Oshomole, says he is round peg in round…

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #AdamsOshiomole, #APC

10th SENATE PRESIDENCY: S'E/S'S Alliance throws weights Oshomole, says he is round peg in round... By Charity Uwakwe A Socio-political group known as South-East/South-South Alliance has described the Senate-elect for Edo North Senatorial District Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshomole, as 'a round peg in a round hole', for the position of a Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is even as members of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, hustle and bustle for the position of a Senate President, among who are past Governors of some States, as well as those…

Apr

2023

By Famous Reporters

Benue Governor, Ortom cries out over alleged assassination plot, Former Emir Of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, Others fingered

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#Assassination, #SamuelOrtom

Benue Governor, Ortom cries out over alleged assassination plot, Former Emir Of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, Others fingered "I’m being targeted for elimination by former Emir Of Kano, Lamido Sanusi and other fulani elites", were the words of the Governor of Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom. Governor Ortom pointedly accused the former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi as one of those who levelled all manners of accusations against him in an attempt to set him up for hatred, vilification and attacks. Governor Samuel Ortom has alleged that he is being targeted to be killed by those he described as a group…

Apr

2023

By Famous Reporters

APC Behind Cloning Of Obi’s Identity, London Airport Detention – POSN … As Ohanaeze insists on Obi’s election petition, not Senate presidency

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#EFCC, #FemiFani-Kayode, #PeterObi

APC Behind Cloning Of Obi’s Identity, London Airport Detention - POSN ... As Ohanaeze insists on Obi’s election petition, not Senate presidency A group of supporters of the Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, under the aegis of Peter Obi Support Network, POSN has accused Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC of being behind the cloning of Obi’s identity in Britain, culminating in his recent detention by UK immigration officers at Heathrow Airport in London. The group in a statement issued yesterday and signed by FCC Onwuasoanya Jones of its Directorate of Strategic Communications expressed shock…

Apr

2023

By Famous Reporters

Senator Kalu Has Clinical Understanding Of Senate—-NASSLAPF

POLITICS#Dr.OrjiUzorKalu, NASSLAPF

Senator Kalu Has Clinical Understanding Of Senate----NASSLAPF The leadership of the National Assembly legislative Aide publishers Forum (NASSLAPF); has described the Chief Whip of the Senate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, as a man with the Clinical understanding of the workings of the Nigeria Senate with the needed wits to tackle any legislative challenge when elected as the next Senate President in the 10th Assembly. According to them, Nigeria does not need a Senate President that will reduce the prestige of the Nigerian Senate to Pedestrian business. Senator Kalu’s feat is bold and exceptional; from business to governance and politics.…

Apr

2023

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Abia Governor-elect, Otti Forms Transition C’tte, Ubani, Other Notable Personalities Shortlsted

POLITICS#AbiaStateTransitionCommittee, #AlexOtti, #MondayUbani

Abia Governor-elect, Otti Forms Transition C'tte, Ubani, Other Notable Personalities Shortlsted The Abia Governor-Elect, Dr. Alex Otti OFR, has named the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani as member of the Transition Committee ahead of his inauguration as the Governor of Abia state on May 29, 2023, a statement from the special adviser to Mr Otti, Ferdinand Ekeoma has said. According Ekeoma, “The Transition Committee list which contains many eminent Nigerians from different backgrounds, has Mr. Victor Onyenkpa, Partner and COO, KPMG, as Chairman, and cochaired by Mrs. Ifueko…