Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has been briefed by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate chamber and theft of the mace...
The Nigerian Army has reacted to the statement by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu suggesting the possibility of a coup owing to alleged anti-democratic acts by...
The Nigerian government has written to the authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom and the United States of America after discovering hidden assets...
Fresh indications have emerged of a plot by some politicians in the National Assembly to sack the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and...
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has admonished President Muhammadu Buhari to emulate former president Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 example and resist the temptation of sitting tight if...
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has stated that the resistance to restructuring by some parts of the country is due to the fear of survival...
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has branded the return of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “a welcome development”, adding that it...
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has argued that restructuring Nigeria was inevitable, pointing to signs from the different regions showing increasing gravitation towards the concept. Ekweremadu...
Strong indications emerged Wednesday that the Senate may soon commence moves to scrap some “moribund departments and agencies” of the Federal Government. According to the Deputy...
The EFCC has said that no amount of scare-mongering will dissuade it from “vigorously enforcing its mandate to rid Nigeria of corruption”. The commission was responding...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has argued that Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are to blame for Ike Ekweremadu’s emergence as Deputy Senate President, and...
All is not well within the camp of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the National Assembly, particularly the Senate. Senators elected on the...
DEPUTY Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, PDP, Enugu West is leading a seven- member delegation of the Senate to South Africa following the return of Xenophobic attacks...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and chairman, Senate committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Chukwuka Utazi, on Thursday, clashed over the deployment...
Senate Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu, has finally rejected claims that he is nursing plans to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ekweremadu’s denial is...
The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected Federal Government’s ban on the importation of vehicles through the land borders in the country. It described the policy as anti-people...
Worried that his confirmation by the Senate may meet brick walls, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has...
The Senate, Wednesday gave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) up to December 10, 2016 to conduct the pending National Assembly Elections in Rivers State. The...
The National Assembly on Thursday, transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act (CCT)...
The current economic recession and delay in the release of funds, may have stalled the constitution review exercise in the Senate, checks by Ripples Nigeria have...
The Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has offered to be one of the sureties for the former National Publicity Secretary of the...
National leader of the APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reacted to the Federal government dropping its forgery case against some officials of the Senate. Tinubu...
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu today described the verdict of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory dismissing the charges...
Despite widespread cries in the land, state governors in the country have said they have confidence in the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and her...
The tenure of Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been extended for one year. The tenure elongation came through vote of...
The hope of Chief Raymond Dokpesi of becoming the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), national chairman has been quashed as the party finally zoned its chairmanship to...
The peace and harmony the House of Representatives seemingly enjoyed following the crisis over the election of its principal officers, was shattered recently soon after Honourable...
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday apologised to Senate over the statements by Okoi Obono-Oblo, his Special Assistant on Prosecution from the office of the Attorney-General. Okoi, had on Thursday...
For the second time, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF, Abubakar Malami, failed to honour the Senate summons to explain the...
The Senate, has for the second time within eight days, summoned the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN),...
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has taken the forgery case involving Senate President, Bukola Saraki; himself and others outside the shores of the country. He called...
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has warned that the recent happenings in Nigeria’s democratic process, may be leading the country “down the road to...
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu have arrived the Federal High Court, Jabi to face charges over allegations that they conspired...
An Enugu state traditional ruler, Igwe Hafford Agana, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to tackle the real problems facing the country. He stated that...
With the case of forgery proffered against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, the Federal Government has made known those who will...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, Thursday shunned the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. The...
For those who thought President Muhammadu Buhari is getting bugged down by age or ill health, especially in the wake of his recent 10-day vacation, they...
Ripples Nigeria has learnt that what began as an innocuous award to Deputy Senate President,Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday has created serious unease in the camp of...
The Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has obviously fallen for a scam plot by the EFCC National Assembly Liaison Officer, Suleiman Bakari who recently appointed the...
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The Federal Government, Sunday, reacted to remarks made by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over the poor state of...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Senate, said he escaped an attempt to assassinate him on Tuesday while...
The sharp division in the Senate reared its head again on Wednesday, as some pro-Lawan Senators, led by Senators Ahmed Lawan and George Akume, walked out...
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has come under fire over comments credited to him that worsening cases of Boko Haram attacks have been recorded under the...
Latest reports reveal that the petition to the Inspector- General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase accusing deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and others of having forged...
Apex Igbo body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned that any attempt to malign the Senate Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu, would be stoutly resisted by the people of...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators appear to be following the footsteps of their All Progressives Congress (APC) counterparts as crisis looms in the opposition party over...
Still peeved by the emergence of Senator Ike Ekweremadu of the PDP as Senate deputy president, the APC is still insisting that he has to go,...
