Former Abia State Governor, Sen . Orji Uzor–Kalu, has said President Bola Tinubu is aware of the current hunger in the country and was taking bold decisions to reverse it. Uzor–Kalu made the disclosure on Thursday at Ekoli, Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi during a New Year visit...
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Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said that he was not fighting anybody. “I am, rather, defending the state against predators; I am protecting Rivers against those who feel that they own the life of others,” he said in Port Harcourt on Wednesday when the Senate Committee on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Kalu, has mourned the death of the first civilian governor of the state, Dr Ogbannaya Onu at the age of 72. Onu, a former Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation died in an Abuja hospital on Thursday...
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to collaborate with Finish government to extradite Simon Ekpa for prosecution, given his alleged roles on persistent “sit-at – home orders and killings in the South-East. The senate resolution was sequel to the consideration and adoption of a motion at plenary...
The Senate Chief Whip, Dr Orji Kalu has cautioned parents and guardians against child abuse and other social vices. Kalu, in his children’s day message issued on Saturday in Abuja urged governments at all levels to uphold Child Rights Act. The former Governor of Abia, who described children as...
Daniel Bwala is a known mouthpiece of Atiku Abubakar’s failed (for the umpteenth time) presidential ambition. But in the crazy political world of the Turakin Adamawa where it’s now apparent that the water has since dried on the back of his fish, his lieutenants now seem to be trying...
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja, held a closed door meeting with the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu. Kalu, who arrived Tinubu’s Asokoro residence in Abuja at 5:31pm, decked in white attire and red cap, was ushered into a meeting with Tinubu. The News Agency of...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, visited the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu, over the death of his wife, Ifeoma. Atiku, who arrived Kalu’s Abuja residence at 3:30 p.m., expressed sadness over the senator’s wife. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kalu’s wife, Ifeoma, died on...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji-Uzor Kalu, has urged the incoming governments at all levels to partner the Church in accelerating the reconciliation of Nigerians. Kalu made the call in Abuja on Friday at a mass to mark his 63rd birthday anniversary. Kalu said there was an...
Some residents of Nsukka town in Enugu State have urged the leadership of the APC to ensure that Senate President in the 10th National Assembly (NASS) is zoned to South East. They said this in Nsukka on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on their...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, has held an open casket viewing ceremony for his late wife, Ifeoma Ada Kalu, at McEwen Funeral Service-Pineville Chapel, North Carolina, in the United States. NATIONAL ACCORD recalled that late Mrs Ifeoma died at the...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu has commiserated with the government and people of Anambra over the death of Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Kalu, in a condolence message issued on Tuesday night in Abuja acknowledged the contributions of the former governor to...
The Diaspora Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South Korea on Thursday, endorsed Sen. Orji Kalu for the position of President of the 10th Senate. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the APC South Korea Chairman, Mr Yuccee Uwah and the Secretary, Chief Charles Mokwe....
The Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has condoled with Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu over the death of his wife, Dr. Ifeoma Uzor Kalu. Her death was made known in a statement, personally signed by the former Abia State governor, where he announced that his wife died in...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has suggested to President Muhammadu Buhari to take over the position of the APC”s Board of Trustees (BoT) immediately after handing over to the President-elect on May 29. Kalu made the suggestion, in the course of the week, after a closed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Kalu revealed that he officially informed the president of his intention to run for the position of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu has congratulated Chief Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) on his victory in Abia governorship election. Kalu in a goodwill message issued on Thursday in Abuja, applauded the political maturity demonstrated by candidates of all political...
Sen.Orji Uzor-Kalu, the Chief Whip of Senate, has signified his interest in becoming Nigeria’s 10th Senate President, should the position be zoned to the South East by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uzor-Kalu said this when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. ” I will like the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, some first term senators-elect from North East and North Central are rooting for the emergence of former Abia state Governor and Senate’s Majority Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the next senate President, describing him as bridge...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has called for zoning of the 10th President of the Senate to the South South for equity and fairness. Okechukwu, also a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “Methinks it’s...