Tag: Ndume
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Granting Boko Haram Amnesty Is So Wrong – Sen Ndume
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has faulted the granting amnesty to repentant Boko Haram insurgents. Operation Safe Corridor had granted amnesty to repentant insurgents after undergoing a six-month De-radicalization, Rehabilitation and Re-integration programme. Addressing newsmen in Abuja at the weekend on his findings after touring different villages and towns within his constituency, Ndume…
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Senate Presidency: Lawan’s Support Base May Suffer Heavy Blow As Saraki Set To Intervene
The outgoing Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki is said to have been averse to the candidacy of Senator Ahmad Lawan owing to the way the ruling party is going with his candidature, Starnews reports. The London trained medical doctor also fears that the Senate under Lawan’s leadership will not be “bold” and “courageous” enough to…
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Buhari Does Not Oppose My Ambition of Becoming Senate President – Ndume
A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has said his ambition to be the next Senate President is not at cross-purposes with the interest of the Presidency. Ndume is vying for the office of the Senate President, in spite the decision of his party, the All Progressives Congress, which has endorsed Senator Ahmed Lawan for the…
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Borno citizens disown Shettima, back Ndume for senate presidency
Sequel to Governor Kassim Shettima’s backing of Ahmad Lawan for the senate presidency in the Ninth Assembly on account of his adoption by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a group, Concerned Borno Citizens, has, instead, supported Muhammed Ali Ndume’s aspiration. In statement by its spokesman, Alhaji Yakubu Kwangyang Umar, the prominent citizens stated that…