The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday raised the alarm over the missing Independent National Electoral Commission result sheets for Enugu West Senatorial District during last weekend’s botched Presidential and National Assembly elections.
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Ekweremadu stated this while addressing the mammoth gathering at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, during the flag-off of the Enugu State presidential campaign on Friday
The National Minimum Wage Bill (2019) on Thursday scaled both first and second reading in the Senate, after which it was committed to a Special Adhoc Committee for further legislative work.
The Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee, Modibbo Hamman Tukur, as the director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has urged the people of the South East region not to miss the opportunity of the 2019 general elections to reposition Nigeria and also return the geopolitical zone to the realm of power.
This was made known by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, while responding to a point of order raised by Senator Oluremi Tinubu over the recent theft in her National Assembly office.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has urged the Federal Government to withdraw the charges against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and also apologise to the nation’s judiciary.
Ekweremadu, who made this known in a statement by his Media Adviser, Uche Anichukwu on Monday, described the reports as “fake news, cheap blackmail, smear campaign and extreme propaganda”.
The Enugu West All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, has described as false allegations that Senator Ike Ekweremadu gave her N500 million to step down her senatorial ambition.
Onoh spoke at a meeting of leaders and stakeholders of Ngwo Iri in Udi Local Government Area of the state
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has expressed deep grief over the passing on of the Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari.
This followed a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan (APC Yobe), at plenary and seconded by Senator Philip Aduda (PDP-FCT) on behalf of the minority.
Abubakar gave the assurance at the North East zonal rally of the party in Gombe on Tuesday.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday disagreed with the Majority Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan, over the composition of the membership of the upper legislative chamber.
The bill, sponsored by Senator Jibrin Barau, was read for the first time at plenary presided over by Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday.
Ekweremadu in a statement by his Special Adviser Media, Uche Anichukwu, described Ikedife’s passing away as a grave loss to Ndigbo and the country.
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has disclosed that it is going to be difficult to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral (Amendment) bill.
The figure consists of N102 billion as refund for federal projects executed by Delta and Taraba states; N43.5 billion for debts owed five contractors, and N193 billion as outstanding Export Expansion Grant claims by 269 companies.
The staff, under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, took the action as they began a strike and protest over the non-payment of their N5.8 million allowances on Tuesday
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has taken time out to explain to the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, the reason why he chose a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as his running mate.