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The  Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District, Robert Boroffice, on Tuesday clarified that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress,  Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, did not impose Senator Ahmad Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as consensus candidates of the party for the National Assembly leadership positions. There was a general  outcry among some federal lawmakers over the roles played by Tinubu, towards the inauguration of the eight National Assembly when the election into the office of the Senate President; his deputy; Speaker of the House of Representatives and his deputy, were conducted. There was a section among the APC federal lawmakers,  who are loyalists of Senator Bukola Saraki, and Hon. Yakubu Dogara, who believed that Lawan and Gbajabiamila were single-handedly picked by the former governor of Lagos State for alleged personal interests. But Boroffice, in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday argued that, Tinu...

The nine stalwarts of the All Progressive Congress in Bayelsa State expelled and suspended by the All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, have described the decision of the party as laughable. The sanctioned members led by a former Security Adviser to the State Government, Chief Richard Kpodo, said their purported suspension and expulsion was illegal, unconstitutional and breach of process. They said the sanction without proper trial was a deliberate act by some questionable characters to cause an implosion within the party in the state. The APC had on Monday expelled two and suspended seven of its leaders for anti-party activities. The two expelled members are former Chairman of defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Perekeme Kpodo and a top member of the party, Mr. Sunday Oputu. Those suspended were Mr. Godwin Sidi;  Fred Akamu; Rosemary Okeazi; Chief Livinus Opratapu; Harrow Zuokumo; Enoch Koripamo; and Christopher Abariowei. The APC ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has said the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and their supporters are welcome in the PDP should they decide to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress. The opposition party said its doors are open to defectors in the National Assembly. The APC had chosen Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila to run for Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. Bukola Saraki and Dogara, however, moved against the party’s decision. With the backing of members of the PDP and other opposition parties, the duo emerged winners in the National Assembly leadership election held on Tuesday. Consequently, there have been fears that the APC might punish the rebel lawmakers. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, PDP, Abdullahi Jalo, said the party was ready to accept Saraki, Dogara and their supporters in the National Assembly back to its fo...

Saraki and Dogara The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday kicked against the emergence of Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. Saraki, a former Kwara State governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, emerged unopposed shortly after the Clerk of the National Assembly,   Salisu Maikasuwa,   proclaimed   the eighth Senate   into existence. Senator Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party trounced Ali Ndume of the ruling party to become Saraki’s deputy. Dogara   defeated the   former Minority Leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, in a keenly contested poll. All Progressives Congress on Tuesday kicked against the emergence of Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. Saraki, a former Kwara State governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Go...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has pushed forward the meeting with its federal lawmakers initially slated for yesterday to Saturday. Speaking on the postponement yesterday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed told THISDAY that the leadership of the party took the decision to shift the parley with its Senators and House of Representatives members in order to make way for the valedictory sessions of the Seventh Assembly, which took place yesterday. Mohammed said the meeting with the Senators will now hold on Saturday morning, while another meeting with House members will take place in the afternoon on the same day. However, THISDAY learnt from reliable sources that the party foresaw a likely clash of interests among the contenders for the leadership positions in the National Assembly. According to the source, “As far as the issue of the emergence of a new leadership for the 8th National Assembly is concerned, APC remains a divided house a...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied putting forward any candidate for the Senate Presidency, reports   The Nation. The party noted that it is not behind the plot to present incumbent Senate President David Mark as a candidate for the Senate Presidency. Briefing newsmen at the end of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the party has no plan to take away the position from the All Progressives Congress (APC) which formed a majority in the Senate. He stated that the senators are matured with vast experience and can determine who leads them in the assembly without external influence. He denied that the issue of the election of Senate President and the deputy was discussed during the retreat organized for the party’s senators-elect. From News24