Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, his deputy, will be arraigned before an Abuja high court on June 27 for alleged forgery, TheCable has learnt. Although, the duo have not been served with the court summons, Yusuf Haliru, justice […]
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday declared himself innocent of the forgery allegation in the upper chamber. He also said he had not received any police invitation for questioning over the matter. Charges preferred against suspects in the alleged forgery […]
The senate has accused the executive arm of government led by President Muhammadu Buhari of attempting to “muzzle the legislature and criminalise legislative processes” in order to cause leadership change in the national assembly. In a strongly worded statement issued […]
The Federal Government has filed charges at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, about a year after the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disowned media report claiming that the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has been named as the commission’s “Anti-Corruption Ambassador”. The commission stated this in a statement by its Head of Media & Publicity, […]
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the problem of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has always been that of manipulation. Ekweremadu who has thrown his weight behind Ali Modu Sheriff-led PDP is optimistic that the party would […]
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has assured Nigerians that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which is the leading opposition in Nigeria, would not allow the government to degenerate into totalitarianism. This, he noted, the party would […]
Former acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in multi-billion deals involving an oil tycoon, Jide Omokore. It was gathered […]
The All Progress Congress (APC), has decried the incessant disapproval of President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption, by key members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The ruling party in a statement it issued yesterday by its Assisant Director of […]
Deputy President of the senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the anti-graft trap of President Muhammadu Buhari only catches members of the opposition peoples Democratic Party and those he has axe to grind with. He warned against the trampling of […]
Fresh details have emerged on how members of the National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution withdrew N7.75 billion purportedly to amend Nigerian constitution. Premium Times had last week exposed how the federal lawmakers collected the money in […]
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Sunday said members of the Constitution amendment Committee of the 7th Senate did not pocket N8 billion as claimed by a report. Ekweremadu, who was chairman of the committee, said “fathom pocketing of public […]
