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Ndume Kicks Against Blanket Amnesty For Bandits

₦2bn Fraud: I Can’t Find Maina – Sen Ndume Tells Court

October 3, 2020 5:50 am

Ali Ndume, Senator representing Borno South, on Friday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja, that he cannot find the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulraheed Maina.

Ndume is standing as bail surety for Maina, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 12 counts of money laundering involving about ₦2billion.

Maina has been absent in court for three times in a row within one week.

Read Also: Ex-Pension Chairman, Maina Released From Kuje Prison

In line with terms and conditions of the bail which the judge Justice Okon Abang gave …

US Senator Vs EFCC On Abacha's $300m Loot

US Senator Vs EFCC On Abacha’s $300m Loot

April 28, 2020 12:58 pm

Following controversies over the recently-recovered Abacha loot, Ikenna Anyanwu examines the legal implications of the war of words between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and American Senator.

Some senior Nigerian lawyers have weighed-in on the recent altercation between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and a prominent United States of America (USA) Senator, Charles Grassley, who is the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. They expressed serious concerns at the exchanges of words in strong language between the duo.

Grassley reportedly wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery …

Imo: Uzodinma’s Flawed 388 Polling Units And Review

February 28, 2020 1:52 pm

I strongly feel the pains and anguish of  Imolites whose polling units were among the fabricated  388  the Supreme Court relied on to award 213,456 votes to Senator Hope Uzodinma and on the basis of that declared him winner of the 2019 Imo governorship election. More so for those who religiously undertook their civic responsibility on March 9, 2019, by  going to their polling units to vote for the governor of their choice. The worrisome outcome of their efforts has naturally etched in their minds a lasting devastating impression, which the apex court is fascinatingly set to amend by …

Tinubu

2023 Presidency: Tinubu On His Own, No MoU With Buhari

February 24, 2020 4:20 am
Former governor of Zamfara state and three-term Senator, Ahmed Sani Yarima has tipped himself as an aspirant for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023 and has declared as unworkable any power transfer understanding or agreement Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have contrived with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Yarima, who is from the north west region like Buhari and was a founding member of the All Progressives Congress in 2014, even disputed the existence of any agreement between Buhari and Tinubu.

Yarima spoke in an interview published by Daily Trust on Monday and cited Buhari’s recent statement that he doesn’t have a candidate and …

Araraume

Imo: APGA Expels Senator Araraume For Anti-Party Activities

January 27, 2020 1:50 pm
The caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Imo State, John Iwuala, has said that the party has expelled Senator Ifeanyi Araraume.

Iwuala said that the senator who represented Imo North between 1999 and 2007 and was the APGA governorship candidate during the 2019 election in Imo State was guilty of alleged anti-party activities.

Araraume had publicly pledged to work with the governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress.

Read Also: We Wrote APC Manifesto At Pat Utomi’s House, Says Osinbajo

Araraume had endorsed the APC candidate

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President Buhari Sends Message To Senator Amosun

January 25, 2020 8:06 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his birthday wishes to a former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

The congratulatory letter, a copy of which was made available to NAN by the President’s Special Adviser, Femi Adesina, said Buhari “felicitates most sincerely, with the immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on the occasion of his 62nd birthday.”

It added that the President rejoiced with him, “for legions of achievements and successes in various fields of human endeavour.”

Read Also: Anxiety In Okorocha’s Camp as Uzodinma Appoints Loyalists

According to President Buhari, the former governor’s “dedication to public

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Denies Congratulating Senator Hope Uzodinma

January 22, 2020 12:36 pm
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has distanced itself from the purported congratulatory message sent to Senator Hope Uzodinma after the Supreme Court declared him the winner of Imo state governor.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo noted that Senator Hope Uzodinma came under a circumstances many are uncomfortable with, urging the Apex Court to respect the rule of law.

A statement signed by Uche Aching Okpaga, Ohanaeze’s National publicity Secretary, made available to newsmen on Wednesday, also warned its estranged secretary against using its name.

Read Also: PDP Chairman In Kano Defects To APC

The statement explained, “I have been inundated with calls and text

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Imo: What Senator Abaribe Said About Sacking Of Ihedioha

January 17, 2020 2:27 pm
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling that sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Governor of Imo State.

He warned against an imminent weakening of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and some critical agencies of democracy.

Abaribe pointed out that if the present trend like the Supreme Court ruling that removed Ihedioha continues, agencies of democracy would collapse.

The lawmaker and chieftain of the PDP said n a statement on Friday in Abuja signed by his Media Adviser, Uchenna Awom.

He called on the PDP not to

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Ifeanyi Ubah: I Have Not Been Sacked As Senator

January 17, 2020 10:06 am

Ifeanyi Ubah says he has not been sacked as the lawmaker representing Anambra South senatorial district.

Ubah, in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Abuja, on Friday, said the FCT Court only refused to vacate its earlier ruling, which had since been faulted on the grounds of jurisdiction.

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He explained that Justice Bello Kawu ruled on an application to vacate an earlier judgement of the court on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction and asked the parties to proceed to the Appeal Court.

 

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INEC Issues Certificate Of Return To Senator Hope Uzodinma

January 16, 2020 6:30 am
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificate of Return to Sen. Hope Uzodinma as winner of March 19, 2019 governorship election in Imo, in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after the ceremony at INEC headquarters in Abuja, Uzodinma dedicated his victory to God and “functional judiciary” of the country.

“We thank God that at the end of the day through His Mercy, His will and the mandate of our people of Imo, who came out to vote for APC and myself, that at the end of the day their wishes and mandate have

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Senator Sabi Tells Buhari Govt What To Do Over US Sanction

December 22, 2019 1:44 pm
Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has said the passage of the Hate Speech Bill under consideration by the National Assembly will address all issues of discrimination associated with religious and ethnic persecution in Nigeria.

Sabi Abdullahi stated this against the backdrop of impending sanctions faced by Nigeria following its inclusion on the ‘special watchlist’ of the United States Government over high cases of religious and ethnic persecution.

The United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, had announced Nigeria’s inclusion into the religion violations list.

Also, the 2018 report of the United States Commission for International

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The ‘Masses Senator’ Returns To The Red Chamber

December 11, 2019 8:19 am

Ibrahim Oyewale writes that the return of Senator Smart Adeyemi to the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, for a third tenure, has revived hope for another season of quality representation for the people of Kogi West

It is no longer news that Senator Smart Adeyemi won the Kogi West Senatorial rerun election and subsequently returned to the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. This is his third time as a serving senator. In a keenly contested election, Adeyemi polled a total of 88,373 votes to defeat his political arch rival, Senator Dino Melaye who scored 62,133 votes.

Melaye …

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