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2023: Reflecting, trying to fault Senator Abaribe’s stand on APC’s Igbo presidency

On Monday night, November 25, 2019, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia State), Minority Leader in the Senate was a guest of Ladi Akeredolu-Ale on Channels TV’s interview programme. When asked his thoughts on South-East producing the President from the ruling…

S’East, S’South worried on continued silence on revival of PH-Maiduguri rail line

More reactions have continued to trial ministerial briefings of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting especially in the areas of rail transport infrastructure upgrades. Before now, there had been outcries on why the Federal Government unilaterally abandoned all forms of…

REA: Senate seeks explanation on why Varsities are classified rural areas

The Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy has asked the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to explain before the end of this week, how the environment of a federal university is classified as a rural area in its 2018…

S’East leaders puncture Amaechi’s claims on rail projects covering all states

Barely 24 hours after the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi said in Lagos that ongoing drive by the current administration to revamp the rail sector in Nigeria, will cut across the 36 states of the federation, followers of the…

Amaechi to explain why S/East, N/East were excluded in new rail schemes before Senate

The Nigerian Senate after reviewing the superior argument of South East and North East lawmakers lead by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on the clear exclusion of the regions in the new railway schemes, has summoned the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi…

S/East Senators move to stop Buhari’s $6bn loan request for rail over zone’s exclusion

…Proposes inclusion of Aba-Onitsha Railway as solution Indications emerged at the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday that the $6bn loan request brought forward by President Muhammadu Buhari for the funding of three new railway projects may suffer rejection…