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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GODSWILL AKPABIO ANNOUNCES SENATESTANDING COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP OF THE 10TH SENATE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AIRFORCEAKWASHIKI GODIYA SENATE COMMITTEE ON ANTI CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMESUDENDE EMMANUEL SENATE COMMITTEE ON AVIATIONBUHARI ABDULFATAI SENATE COMMITTEE ON CAPTAL MARKETOSITA IZUNASO SENATE COMMITTEE ON ESTABLISHMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICESCYRIL FASUYI SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGESERIAKE DICKSON SENATE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVT.AMINU TAMBUWAL SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIORADAMS OSHIOMHOLE SENATE COMMITTEE ON DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM SENATE COMMITTEE ON DEFENCEAHMED LAWAN SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTSWADADA AHMED SENATE COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL DUTIESKAKA SHEHU LAWAN SENATE COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVT GOALSIDIAT OLURANTI SENATE…

Akpabio Makes First Appointment, Names Okonkwo, Enyiekere As Chief of Staff And Deputy Chief of Staff, Respectively The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio CON, has approved the appointment of Chief Barrister Sylvester Okonkwo as his Chief of Staff. Chief Okonkwo attended Dennìs Memorial Grammar School Onitsha and he is also an alumni of the University of Nigeria, Enugu campus where he bagged a Bachelor Degree in Law. (LL.B. Hons. B.L) He hails from Ojoto in Idemili South LGA of Anambra State, South East region of Nigeria. He is a corporate lawyer and an astute politician spanning more than two…

It’s Unfair To Have Leaders Of Three Arms Of Government From The South – Yari Abdulaziz Yari, senator-elect representing Zamfara west, says it would be unfair to the northern part of the country if leaders of the three arms of government are from the south. Yari spoke in an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday. The former Zamfara governor, who declared his bid for senate presidency last month, has been one of the loudest critics of the zoning arrangement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the leadership of the 10th national assembly. The ruling party had nominated Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin…

Orji Kalu, Izunaso, Umahi, Bamidele, Others Battle For Senate Majority Leader Political bigwigs and ranking senators have now shifted their attention to the election of principal officers with the election of the Senate President and deputy over. The office of the majority leader is attracting more interest among the lawmakers. Lawmakers reportedly eyeing the Majority Leader position include former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia North), Osita Isunazo (Imo West), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi South), Ali Ndume (Borno South) and Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central). The Senate President and Deputy Senate President are the only positions senior to the Majority…

Senate Leadership: Fresh Tussle Resumes As Ndume, Bamidele, Others Battle For Leadership Positions Less than one week after a bitter campaign for the positions of the President of the Senate and the Deputy, a fresh leadership tussle is brewing in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly. This time, eight positions are up for grabs in the Senate. They are Majority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Majority Leader, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Leader, Minority Whip, Deputy Minority Leader and Deputy Minority Whip. According to existing Senate practices, geopolitical zones that didn’t produce the President of the Senate and the Deputy,…