Civil Liberties Organization, Anambra State chapter has asked the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to tender unreserved apology to former deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu over Saturday’s attack in Germany. It noted that the ugly incident was a practical demonstration…
Lawan visits Ekweremadu after IPOB’s attack (Punch)
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Monday paid a solidarity visit to Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who was assaulted by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in Nuremberg, Germany on Saturday. Lawan visited the former Deputy Senate President, at his…
IPOB’s attack on Ekweremadu, an assault on decency —APC (Punch)
The All Progressives Congress has condemned the attack on the immediate past Deputy Senate President and serving Senator, Ike Ekweremadu, by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday in Nuremberg, Germany. The ruling party in a statement by…
Group condemns attack on Ekweremadu by IPOB, demands apology (Punch)
The Progressive Students Movement, a pan-African students’ movement, on Sunday, condemned the attack on Sen. Ike Ekweremadu by the proscribed Independent People of Biafra in Germany. PSM also called on the members of IPOB to tender an unreserved apology for…
Attack on Ekweremadu, a sacrilege, reprehensible —Abaribe (Punch)
The Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has described as reprehensible and utterly sacrilegious, the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu by some persons in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday. Abaribe, in a statement on Sunday, condemned the…
Court gives conditions for Saraki, Ekweremadu’s removal (Punch)
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit seeking a declaration that Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, could only be removed from office by the Senate resolutions backed by the votes of…
9th NASS: Use 2011 rule book for voting, Enang tells lawmakers (Punch)
The presidential liaison officer to the Senate, Ita Enang and the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, have disagreed on the rule book to be adopted while electing new presiding officers for the 9th Senate. Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to…
Ekweremadu denies being placed on travel ban (Guardian)
Nigerian Senate deputy president Ike Ekweremadu said he was not barred from travelling out of the country by the Special Presidential Investigative Panel (SPIP) on Recovery of Public Property as speculated across social media platforms. “For clarity and emphasis, the…
Ekweremadu: We were on a mission to steal not assassination – Suspect (Nation)
Mohammed Yusuf, 25, the principal suspect in the alleged assassination attempt on Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has confessed that they only were on a mission to steal and not for assassination. “We did not go to the residence of…
Buhari, Atiku clash over N30,000 minimum wage (Nation) * Ekweremadu: Senate dismisses police burglary claim, alleges cover-up (Punch)
Buhari, Atiku clash over N30,000 minimum wage (Nation) Rather than subside, the row over the minimum wage keeps growing. President Muhammadu Buhari explained yesterday his position on what the least paid worker should earn. The Ms Ama Pepple committee set…