Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
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new senate president of the fedral republic announced
The other senators were at the International Conference Centre at the time Saraki was declared President
Ekweremadu and Ali Ndume are the contenders for Deputy Senate President:
UPDATE: Immediate
past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has been elected Deputy
Senate President. He was nominated by Abie Sekibo from Rivers State.
Ekweremadu is a member of the minority Peoples Democratic Party. Senator Bukola Saraki, ex-governor Kwara State governor
and senator representing Kwara Central, has been elected as the new
President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Senator Ahmed Lawan(Borno), who emerged the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was not nominated.
Saraki (APC-Kwara Central) was elected unopposed by 57 of 108 Senators, with 51 Senators missing, Lawan among them.
Wath the video how Bukola Saraki was declared the Senate President for the 8th National Assembly:
Ekweremadu and Ali Ndume are the contenders for Deputy Senate President:
Senator Ahmed Lawan(Borno), who emerged the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was not nominated.
Saraki (APC-Kwara Central) was elected unopposed by 57 of 108 Senators, with 51 Senators missing, Lawan among them.
Wath the video how Bukola Saraki was declared the Senate President for the 8th National Assembly:
Jonathan demands N2tr election funds refund, audit
Following the defeat suffered by President Goodluck Jonathan and his
party, the Peoples Democratic Party, during the March 28 and April 11
elections, the President has asked the party and government officials,
who handled campaign funds, to refund unspent monies, or those not
judiciously expended, SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report.
Jonathan, credible sources said, has also set up a committee of five to get those with the funds to return them.
FOX Reports:
Prince William's wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, "was safely delivered of a daughter" Saturday morning, less than three hours of checking into central London's St. Mary's Hospital, royal officials said.
Kensington Palace said the baby was born at 8:34 a.m. London time and weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces
The announcement was greeted by cheers outside the hos
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