Tag: #10thSenatePresidency

Dec

09

2023

Kalu celebrates Akpabio on 61st birthday

NEWS#10thSenatePresidency, #BenjaminKalu, #GodswillAkpabio

Kalu celebrates Akpabio on 61st birthday Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu has felicitated the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, on his 61st birthday. In a congratulatory message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Levinus Nwabughiogu on Friday, Kalu lauded Akpabio's democratic credentials, saying that his patriotic zeal, dedication and commitment to the Nigerian project are commendable. He said that Akpabio who was a two term governor of Akwa Ibom State, former minority leader of the 8th Senate and minister of Niger Delta Affairs in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has brought…

Oct

04

2023

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BREAKING: Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominee Slums During Screening

NATIONAL NEWS#10thSenatePresidency, #BalarabeAbbas, #BolaAhmedTinubu

BREAKING: Tinubu's Ministerial Nominee Slums During Screening Balarabe Abbas, the Ministerial nominee from Kaduna State, collapsed during screening on Wednesday. President Bola Tinubu had sent his name alongside those of two others… Balarabe Abbas, the Ministerial nominee from Kaduna State, collapsed during screening on Wednesday. Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu had sent his name alongside those of two others to the Senate on Tuesday. Senate President Godswill Akpabio had read the letter the president sent and subsequently announced that the nominees will be screened on Wednesday. Details later…

Aug

13

2023

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Senate threatens action against Akpabio over holiday allowance remark

NATIONAL NEWS#10thSenatePresidency, #AliNdume, #Holidayallowance, #SenatorGodwinAkpabio

Senate threatens action against Akpabio over holiday allowance remark There is an ongoing plan by the Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to take a drastic action againstAkpabio over his recent holiday allowance remark, during a live broadcast at the Red Chamber. Senator Ali Ndume, member representing Borno South has revealed plans by senators to take serious action against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio if he continues to make unbecoming remarks. It would be recalled that on Monday, shortly after the red carpet chamber concluded the screening and confirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees, thereafter, the senators…

Jun

11

2023

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10TH SENATE PRESIDENCY: WHO IS INTIMIDATED BY THE GLOWING PROFILE OF H.E. DISTINGUISHED SEN. (DR.) ORJI UZOR KALU?

OPINION, POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #Dr.OrjiUzorKalu, intimidation

10TH SENATE PRESIDENCY: WHO IS INTIMIDATED BY THE GLOWING PROFILE OF H.E. DISTINGUISHED SEN. (DR.) ORJI UZOR KALU? As the storm gathered by the struggle for who becomes the leader of the 10th Senate rises to fever-pitch on Tuesday next week, different gladiators and stakeholders in the business of the National Assembly and, indeed, political pundits are all positioned to see who takes home the golden trophy on that magical Tuesday, the 13th.While so much has been written and spoken on what will go down the annals of the nation's political history as the fiercest leadership contest of the both…

Jun

07

2023

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Senate Presidency: APC Diaspora Rallies Support for Orji Uzor Kalu

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #Dr.OrjiUzorKalu

Senate Presidency: APC Diaspora Rallies Support for Orji Uzor Kalu Ahead of the inauguration of Nigeria’s 10th National Assembly on June 13, 2023, and anticipated election of the Senate president, All Progressives Congress (APC), South Korea Chapter has appealed to senators-elect across political parties to prioritize equity, justice, inclusiveness, and fairness as guiding principle in the selection of its leadership. The APC Diaspora members in a communique after a meeting in Seoul, Korea South last weekend, noted that as Nigerians in Diaspora and members of the governing party, they express happiness over the nation’s 4 years of democratic journey, with…

Jun

06

2023

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Concede Senate Presidency to Kalu, Shettima pleads with Yari

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #Dr.OrjiUzorKalu

Concede Senate Presidency to Kalu, Shettima pleads with Yari The leader of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima has pleaded with the Former Governor of Zamfara State and frontline Senate Presidential aspirant, Senator Abdulaziz Yari to concede the Senate President to the Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Thursday morning, Shettima hinted that allowing a South Easterner and a Christian to be the Senate President will help to strengthen the unity of the country. He said the partnership between Senator Yari and Senator Kalu…

May

22

2023

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10th National Assembly: Leadership Contest Should Be Thrown Open – Northern Stakeholders

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency

10th National Assembly: Leadership Contest Should Be Thrown Open – Northern Stakeholders Northern stakeholders from the 19th Northern states have reiterated that the leadership of the 10th National Assembly should be thrown open instead of zoning it to a particular region, group, or association. In a communique read by the convener of a one-day colloquium, held at Arewa House, Kaduna, Nasiru Abdulkadir Dambatta, on Saturday noted that “the colloquium finally resolved to call the attention of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be vigilant as political opportunists that surround him have the intent of…

May

16

2023

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Senate Presidency: Support S’E for Justice, Fairness, Equity – Kalu implores Nigerians

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #Dr.OrjiUzorKalu, #EquityFairnessAndJistice

Senate Presidency: Support S'E for Justice, Fairness, Equity - Kalu implores Nigerians Frontline contender for the position of the Senate president in the 10th National Assembly, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to Nigerians to support the South East to produce the president of the 10th senate Kalu said Nigeria stands on a tripod, namely Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba arguing that the place of the Igbo should be accommodated In a newspaper advert, placed on the front page of Daily Telegraph Newspapers on Tuesday, Kalu also urged Nigerians to support the incoming government of President-elect, Asiwaju Ahmed…

May

13

2023

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10th NASS: Stop Campaign Of Calumny Against Orji Kalu, South-South Group Warns Afegbua

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #APC, #OrjiUzorKalu

10th NASS: Stop Campaign Of Calumny Against Orji Kalu, South-South Group Warns Afegbua A pro-democracy group under the aegis of Niger Delta Political Assembly (NDPA), has said the campaign of calumny against the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu by Kazeem Afegbua is total disappointment to the South South region A statement on Friday by the leader of the group, Dr. Offiong Offiong warned Afegbua to desist from campaign of calumny against the former Abia State Governor in his desperate bid to becomes "Akpabio's SA on Media". Kazeem Afegbua, a former Commissioner of Information in Edo State says…

May

10

2023

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Breaking!!! 10th NASS: APC Governor rubbishes Party’s zoning arrangement says its injustice

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #APC, #OluwarotimiAkeredolu

Breaking!!! 10th NASS: APC Governor rubbishes Party's zoning arrangement says its injustice Governor of Ondo State and chairman of South-West Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has condemned the zoning arrangement of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the principal offices of the 10th National Assembly, describing it as a “skewed arrangement that reinforces injustice and enhances inequity”. Akeredolu, in a statement personally issued in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Wednesday, noted that the “intentions and motives of the zoning formula represent early signs of steps aimed at attempts to cabin the hard-earned Presidency for our Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed…