Tag Archives: Senators

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has been criticized for allegedly exposing how senators voted for him. Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, said Akpabio’s action was unstatesmanly. Adeyanju said Akpabio’s action of exposing how senators voted can divide the senate. Tweeting, the rights activist recalled that former Senate President, Bukola Saraki tore the list in 2015. According to Adeyanju: “What Senate President ...

Three Senators of the  All Progressives Congress (APC) have dumped the ruling party. The lawmakers are Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Edo North). It was gathered that  Babba Kaita and Alimikhena decamped to the  Peoples Democratic Party, while Gumau, on the other hand, moved to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). ...

The former Lagos State Governor and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will today meet the Senate caucus of the party by 2.30pm. The intimation was made by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,  in a letter read during plenary on Wednesday. It was learnt that the letter was signed by the Senate Leader, Senator ...

A group within All Progressive Congress, APC  Youth Solidarity Network APC-YSF, has blasted the Senate for asking the current Service Chiefs to resign The group said the call by the senate was senseless and shadow-chasing. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, leader of the group, Danesi Momoh said the call by the senate was an indication that lawmakers are no longer in ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate, on Wednesday, rejected the Bayelsa and Kogi Governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The senators, led by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, made the rejection at a news conference in Abuja. INEC had declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned the Senators-elect from the state against relegating the masses to the background as they legislate in the ninth National Assembly. According to him, Rivers people sacrificed their lives for the victory of the PDP during the 2019 General Elections. Speaking yesterday when the Rivers State PDP Agents presented the official INEC Results of ...

Is President Muhammadu Buhari right to suspend Justice Walter Onnoghen and install Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)? This is the “puzzle” the Senate is asking the Supreme Court to resolve. But the APC caucus said it will not be part of the legal journey, The Nation reports. Justice Onnoghen is facing charges at the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators and candidates to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the dinner, the National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiohmole, described the event as a “nice meeting”. He said the event had provided an opportunity for the president to meet with the caucus of ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted of moves by some unnamed agents of the Presidency to bribe senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) extraction to protect President Muhammadu Buhari from imminent parliamentary sanctions for alleged constitutional breaches and gross misconduct. The main opposition party said in a statement Sunday that intelligence available to it indicated that it was ...

Former Edo governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has stated that his party cannot fix in three years what he claimed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) destroyed in 16 years.