A contender for the position of the Senate President in the ninth National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has said he won’t step down from the race despite pressure being brought to bear on him.
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The senator arrived at the villa at about 3:20pm and went straight to the vice-president’s office for the meeting
The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, met behind closed doors with Senator Ali Ndume at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has defied the position of President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, All Progressives Congress, on the candidate to be presented as the Senate president in the ninth National Assembly.
Senators-elect on the platform of All Progressives Congress on Wednesday countered Senator Mohammed Ndume’s claims that Senator Ahmad Lawan’s nomination…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night hosted State Governors and Senators-elect of the All Progressives Congress to a dinner at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Senator Ali Ndume says the relative peace in the North East contributed to the high number of votes President Muhammadu Buhari got in the area in Saturday’s presidential election.
The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, of the All Progressives Congress, has emerged the winner of the Southern Borno Senatorial District election.
Some lawmakers have expressed disappointment over the postponement of the general election scheduled to commence on February 16.
Senator Ali Ndume has blamed delay in consideration and passage of the 2019 Budget of N8.83 trillion on the Senate leadership.
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has justified the payment of salaries and allowances to convicted Plateau Central senator, Joshua Dariye.
Ndume told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja that if the comment credited to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, on the budget was true, it was unnecessary.
Speaking as special guest on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja, Ndume blamed the situation on “bad leadership’’ in the upper legislative chamber.
Senator Ali Ndume, Borno South Senator in the Upper Chamber, has said the battle for the number one office in the 2019 general elections will be a contest between the looters and the patriotic people especially, the masses.
Senator Ali Ndume says there is no cause for alarm over crisis that rocked the All Progressives Congress primary elections.
Ndume, who said this in Abuja while speaking as a guest on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum, was reacting to the allegation that the President Muhammadu Buhjari-led administration was using its Special Investment Programmes, including TradeMoni, to buy the electorate over.
Senator Ali Ndume, Chairman, Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, on Tuesday backed the proposed new National Minimum Wage of N30,000.
Senator Ali Ndume on Tuesday identified insurgency, and not the lack of political will, as the factor hindering development in Northeast Nigeria.
Senator Ali Ndume says plans to impeach the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, are much alive.
The Senate on Tuesday began investigation into the alleged mismanagement of over $3.8 billion fuel subsidy fund by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.