The Senate, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, confirmed that a ministerial nominee, Amina Mohammed, would be screened as a nominee from Gombe State, not Kaduna. There had been controversies over the true state of origin of Amina and there were moves to disqualify her. Petitions were received from some indigenes of Kaduna State, who kicked…
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State capital, has upheld the victory of former Senate President, David Mark, in the senatorial district poll held in March 2015. The Tribunal struck out a petition filed by Comrade Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress, APC, challenging the victory of Mark. Mark contested the election…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, finally read out names of the ministerial nominees sent to him by President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki unveiled the list to his colleague on the floor during plenary on Tuesday. The list was delivered to the Senate President by Buhari last Wednesday evening on September 30, 2015…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has submitted, to the Senate, the names of seven people he hopes to make ministers if given the go ahead by the lawmaker as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution. A controversial former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, who lost the Lagos State governorship slot of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
The Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has stamped his deputy, Umar Ganduje, as his successor in 2015. Kwankwaso is aiming to win the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the 2015 presidential election in 2015. At a crucial meeting of the APC’s stakeholders held in Kano on Friday, it was agreed that…
The Senate has received a request sent by President Goodluck Jonathan to extend emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. In May 2013, the President imposed emergency rule on the three northern states of Nigeria due to activities of Boko Haram sect in the area. On Tuesday, the Nigeria Senate confirmed getting a letter…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has explained why he is aiming to be at Senate in 2015 after the expiration of his tenure same year. The governor of the oil-rich state disclosed that his ambition to represent the people of Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly is fuelled by the need to…
Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said he will represent the people of Delta South Senatorial District at the National Assembly in 2015. At the secretariat of Delta State chapter of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Asaba on Thursday, Uduaghan said he would ensure his people are well represented at the National Assembly when…
Ben Murray-Bruce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Silverbird Group, has declared his intention to contest for the Senate in 2015. Murray-Bruce, addressing his people in Brass local government area of Bayelsa State on Monday, lamented the level of neglect in the area by the government. The former Director General of the Nigeria Television Authority,…
Premium Times reports that the Presidency has mounted pressure on the Senate to stop the probe of missing N8 trillion oil funds leaked to the public recently. The report is reproduced below; The Nigerian Senate has come under intense pressure from the presidency, the petroleum ministry and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to abandon…