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Senate President contest : Not a do or die affair - Lawan

9th Assembly: Ubah backs Lawan for Senate President

March 23, 2019 5:41 pm

Anambra South Senator-elect, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, has pinched tent with a group of elected lawmakers in the incoming 9th Senate led by Sen. Ahmed Lawan.

Elected under the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Feb. 23, Ubah is one of the 11 senators-elect who were with Lawan at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja.

Lawan, who represents Yobe North in the 8th Senate under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is seeking to lead the 9th Assembly as President of the Senate.

Ubah told newsmen at the forum that Lawan is a good man with the best experience in the …

₦900b probe: Senators, Reps to return fake projects funds

Abia APC backs zoning of Senate Presidency to Southeast

March 21, 2019 12:24 pm

The Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has joined other Abians and well-meaning Nigerians to call on the National leadership of the party to ensure that the position of Senate President in the 9^th National Assembly was ceded to the Southeast.

Abia APC speaking through the Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Comrade Benedict Godson on Thursday in Aba, the commercial nerve of the state posited that it will be both politically and morally correct to do so.

Niger East: APC shortchanges Sani Musa, backs David Umaru

February 28, 2019 11:19 am

After winning the Niger East Senatorial seat in last Saturday’s national assembly election in Niger state, the All Progressives Congress has made a u- turn saying Senator David Umaru was its candidate in the election.

The APC national chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomole had in obedience to court order forwarded the judgement of an Abuja High court which declared Alhaji Sani Musa as the candidate to the Independent National Electoral Commission which on its part recognised him (Musa ) as the candidate for the election.