#10thSenatePresidency Archives

Aug

2023

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

2023

By Famous Reporters

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

2023

By Famous Reporters

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

2023

By Famous Reporters

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

2023

By Famous Reporters

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

2023

By Famous Reporters

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

2023

By Famous Reporters

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

2023

By Famous Reporters

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…

May

2023

By Famous Reporters

Senate President: What Should Not Happen Between Bola Tinubu and Orji Kalu

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #BolaTinubu, #Democracy, #OrjiUzorKalu

Senate President: What Should Not Happen Between Bola Tinubu and Orji Kalu Since I am not a spokesperson for any politician, I worked harder than any other intellectuals of my calibre to see Tinubu's presidency to fruition robustly just in the interest of Nation-Building and National Interest. The argument against the choice of South East's Senator-Elect Orji Kalu for the Senate Presidency should not be lightly centred on parochialism. We must rather advocate for the right thing to do at this time of our evolving democracy. Having written a few paragraphs on this platform yesterday, I need to say that…

May

2023

By Famous Reporters

Emulate OBJ to concede Senate President to S/east, group tells Tinubu By Comrade Murtala Mohammed 10 10

NATIONAL NEWS#10thSenatePresidency, #BolaTinubu, #OlusegunObasanjo

Emulate OBJ to concede Senate President to S/east, group tells Tinubu By Comrade Murtala Mohammed 10 10 The President Elect Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been told by a group known Concerned Citizens For Greater Nigeria to quash any commitment he made with anybody elsewhere over Senate President slot and emulate former President Olusegun Obasanjo to concede Senate President slot to the Southeast geopolitical zone to avoid continued marginalization of zone considering the fact that the zone was further denied the chances of producing the President as well as the Vice President. The Concerned Citizens in a Press briefing at…