A Senator-elect, who is part of the campaign train of Zamfara West Senator-elect and Senate President hopeful, Abdulaziz Yari, has cried out that there were plans to stop their candidate from accessing the Senate chamber on Tuesday when the 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated. According to the lawmaker-elect, who said even though about 65 […]
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10th NASS: Yari A Disruptor, Has No Respect For President, Party – Afegbua
A former Commissioner for Information in Edo state, Prince Kassim Afegbua on Saturday said he and other like minds are pushing for Senator Godswill Akpabio as the next Senate President because he has the leadership qualities and experience needed to give Nigerians qualitative lawmaking. Speaking in an interview, Afegbua an ally of President Bola Tinubu […]
Tinubu And Ex-Gov Yari In Fresh Tussle Over Senate Presidency
Few hours after President Bola Tinubu openly endorsed Senator Godswill Akpabio for the 10th Senate Presidency, three Senators-elect Abdul’aziz Yari, Jimoh Ibrahim and Elisha Abbo called for a counter meeting slated for June 9 at 9pm at the Fraiser Suites, Abuja. The notice of the meeting was signed by Abbo, who became famous four years […]
Christian Group Endorses Yari For Senate President
The Christian Organisation of Nigeria (CON), a group comprising pastors and bishops, has endorsed Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara state, for the position of senate president. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, on Thursday, Blessing Fashola, a bishop of the Celestial Church, said Yari has the capacity to be the senate president. Fashola […]
Yari, Kalu, Izunaso Fight Dirty Over Choice For Senate President
All appears not to be well in the Camp of Senators Abdulaziz Yari, Orji Kalu and Osita Isunazo, on who to finally support for the office of the Senate President, with Kalu said to be threatening Yari’s supporters with a defection to the camp of the president. Trouble started when the trio, who are yet […]
Senate Presidency: Buhari Rejects Yari, Urges Him To Respect Party Decision
AHEAD of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, the Senate Presidency ambition of former Senate Minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio may have got a boost as the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari has asked the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari to respect the decision of the party on the zoning of Presiding […]
Ex-Govs Yari, Kalu Join Force To Produce Senate President
Barely 13 days to the inauguration of the leadership of the National Assembly, the former governor of Abia state and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzo Kalu on Tuesday disclosed that he and Abdulaziz Yari have formed an alliance to produce the next Senate President. This is coming barely three weeks when the leadership […]
Senate Presidency: North Resumes Bid Through Ex-Gov Yari
Despite the recent announcement regarding the zoning of leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), some members-elect from the North are still pushing for a different agenda. In the announcement by the APC, the position of the President of the Senate was zoned to the South South, with […]
I’m Very Qualified To Run For Senate Presidency – Yari
Senator Abdulaziz Yari, the former governor of Zamfara state and aspirant for the senate presidency has said he is qualified for the exalted position as a ranking member of the National Assembly. Speaking on Arise TV, Yari who first became a member of the National Assembly in 2011 when he was elected as a member […]
Yariman Bakura Endorses Akpabio, Barau For Senate Leadership
The aspirations of Senators Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau, Senate President and Deputy Senate President hopefuls, on Monday received a major boost with their endorsement by former governor of Zamfara state, Ahmad Sani Yariman Bakura The Spectacles report that, Borno South senator, Ali Ndume has said yesterday that the All Progressives Congress has secured the […]