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Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Ugochinyere, has endorsed the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Land Transport, Tajudeen Abass and the Chairman of the Media and Publicity, Benjamin Kalu, for the positions of speaker and deputy speaker, respectively. Ugochinyere said at a media briefing in Abuja that himself and 62 other opposition lawmakers-elect have resolved ...

Rep. Benjamin kalu (APC-Abia), and the spokesperson of the House of Representatives, says his emergence as the Deputy Speaker of the 10th National Assembly will make South-East youth believe in the Nigerian project. Kalu said this in a statement which was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Kalu was on May 8 announced as the consensus deputy speaker ...

A group, under the aegis of South East Fact Check, SEFC, has celebrated the non-nomination of former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu as consensus candidate for Senate President. This followed the nomination of Senator Godswill Akpabio from Akwa Ibom for the seat of Senate Presidency, by his party, All Progressive Congress, APC, early this week. The group, which ...

The Igbo Union (IU), a cultural political and developmental Igbo group, have called on the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to zone the Office of the Senate President to South East because of how Orji Uzor Kalu marketed the Muslim Muslim ticket when other members of the party were confused. Speaking through the President, Prince Elias ...

The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has described himself as the best candidate to emerge as the next Senate President. This was as he disclosed that he was the best candidate to work with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Kalu disclosed this after a closed-door meeting with Tinubu in Abuja yesterday. The senator said he has the capacity to unite ...

The Progressive Youth Group has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the Senate presidency to the South-East and has endorsed Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC-Abia) who is the Chief Whip of the Senate as the next Senate President. A statement by the group’s Convener, Mr. Idris Jibril, said the senate as a critical institution provides a crucible for ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sympathized with former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu. The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Senate Chief Whip lost his 61-year-old wife, Ifeoma Ada. The President also consoled the family, friends and associates, urging trust in God for comfort and care during the difficult period. Buhari believes the testimonies of Ifeoma’s ...

Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was on the verge of collapse from the threats of internal crises but had God’s intervention. Kalu said this yesterday while addressing members of the State House Press Corps, after a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Abia North lawmaker suggested ...

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has raised the alarm over attacks on his personality as the race for Senate Presidency hots up. The former Abia State governor who made this known in a statement on Thursday, said people have resorted to telling lies with the aim of damaging his reputation over the position of senate ...

Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has denied supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, during the election slated for Saturday as claimed by  the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, Recall that Ikpeazu is a member of the five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, popularly knowns as G-5, who have vowed not to work ...