Lawan defeats Ndume, set to be announced Nigeria’s Senate President
Former Senate Leader, Mr Lawan is the favoured candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
Former Senate Leader, Mr Lawan is the favoured candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
The inauguration of the ninth assembly is underway and the lawmakers are currently electing presiding officers of the upper chamber.
The coast is now clear for election of number three citizen of the country and his deputy.
Abstract: The party urges its members in the legislature to abide by its decision.
Mr Lawan is expected to be in contest with Ali Ndume, a former Senate Leader on Tuesday for the position.
A PREMIUM TIMES count confirmed only 32 senators were present at a news briefing Saturday.
“Party is all about consultation, imposition is not in the constitution of the party”
Mr Ndume, who represents Borno South in the Senate, is in a neck-to-neck contest with Ahmed Lawal, the incumbent Senate ...
The APC leadership has endorsed Ahmed Lawan as its candidate for the position.
The Abuja-Kaduna expressway is being threatened by kidnappers, armed robbers and other kinds of criminals.
She says zoning the position to the South-east will address the “demand for equity” from the zone.
“He (Ndume) is my kinsman, but we will continue to prevail on him to align himself with the aspirations of ...
Ali Ndume is one of the contenders for the position of senate president.
Femi Gbajabiamila is considered the leading candidate for the speaker's position.
The commission also presented similar certificates to the 28 elected members of the State House of Assembly.
“Such a decision was taken and we were not given the chance to ask questions. We were not allowed to ...
Some APC governors were also at the meeting.
“My vast legislative experience and my deep desire to take Nigeria to the next level of development are reasons for ...
The group is one among many who have called on several lawmakers to contest for the position.
The party got a total of 3,238,783 from the six north eastern states of Borno, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and ...
INEC has announced at least 80 senators who won the elections in their senatorial districts.
Mr Ndume defeated Kudla Haske of the Peoples Democratic Party
Goni was governor of old Borno State, that comprised the present Yobe State, from 1979 to 1983.
Those who defected met with President Buhari on Monday.
The senator blames the situation on “bad leadership” in the upper legislative chamber.
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