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Borno South Senator Ali Ndume has appealed to the upper chamber to support the widow of late Ifeanyi Ubah to replace her husband as the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District. Mr Ndume made the appeal on Tuesday during the valedictory session organised by the Senate in honour of the late senator. Mr Ubah, a […]
President Bola Tinubu has submitted the names of three Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) nominees to the Senate for approval. The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, read the correspondence during Tuesday’s plenary session. The request has been referred to the Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is expected to review the nominations and […]
And President Joe Biden will take part in the second day of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. Source link
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Monday released its long-awaited farm bill draft text with a little more than a month before funding for many farm programs dries up on Dec. 31. The release of the Senate bill could ramp up action during the lame-duck session, but it remains to be seen if lawmakers can complete […]
Donald Trump will return to the White House with a Senate Republican majority that is larger than the start of his first term and friendlier to him overall, a combination that gives him a powerful advantage to filling his Cabinet and other positions. There’s a high likelihood that Republicans will have a 53-seat majority when […]
Growing backing among Filipinos for the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the killings that took place as part of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs signals the waning of his populist appeal ahead of next year’s midterm elections, analysts say. Duterte, who is running next year to be mayor of Davao City once […]
The week started calmly enough with the news that Trump wanted Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state. Senators rarely object to having one of their own elevated to Cabinet status, so long as they are as politically reliable as Rubio has been. Real trouble started brewing with Pete Hegseth, an Army […]
Republican lawmakers plan to bring a bill to the 2025 legislative session that would create a new court in Montana they said is designed to boost the state’s economic competitiveness and take up constitutional questions. Sen. Tom McGillvray, R-Billings, brought up the draft bill creating a Court of Chancery to the Senate Select Committee on […]
WASHINGTON — Since he began taking over the Republican Party nearly a decade ago, President-elect Donald Trump has demanded increasing levels of loyalty from lawmakers who serve in Congress. With few exceptions, they have gone along, refusing to convict him in two impeachment trials and, even after he was convicted of 34 felonies, helping him […]
PHILADELPHIA — Republicans went to court in Pennsylvania on Thursday amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, as the campaigns prepare for a recount and press counties for favorable ballot-counting decisions. The lawsuits ask courts not to allow counties to count mail-in ballots where the […]