Senate of Nigeria

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... a s- member of the Nigerian Senate, a senator-

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... are also tacitly supporting, um, the, the, the APC.

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When you look at the Nigerian Senate, 'cause we have a bicameral legislature-

Yeah, similar to the US.

His candidate for governor is a man named Chris Ngige.

Before the election, according to Ngige's own accounts to the Nigerian Senate, the terms are set in the written part.

Ngige also alleges an oath

is sworn at the Okija Shrine.

He runs the state without new borrowing.

The debt management office rates Anambra the least indebted state in the country.

The Senate rates it the most financially stable.

And so we have the peyote, the lodge, the land letter, the DMO ranking.

Sonia's father was Ike Ekweramadu, one of the most prominent and powerful figures in Nigeria.

Ike Ekweramadu had been elected to the Nigerian Senate for a fifth consecutive term in 2019, and served as deputy president of the Senate.

His reputation extended beyond national borders after his stint as Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States in the 2010s.

It was while Sonia was studying for her master's degree in film at Newcastle University in 2019 that she became sick.

in Nigerian politics and given all the issues with gender and with a female Senator, I'm not going to name the person.

Everybody knows who I'm talking about in the Nigerian Senate at the moment.

I'm always amazed that nobody has gone to court to file a court case to say, hey, you know what? Federal character applies to women too.

And I'm going to create a legal precedent, a binding precedent that makes it clear that that quota system applies to women.

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On the news this hour, Senate President Godswill Akpabio believes the Tinubu administration already has enough achievements to campaign with in 2027.

Akpabio argued is that the government inherited a difficult economy with many states struggling to pay salaries and pensions.

He pointed to what he described as improvements in the economy, agriculture, security, and education.

Many of these governors, you see, you had, uh, according to reports, I heard some said 16, some said 22, but it was obvious that, uh, the entire, the entire component of Nigeria's were present in O- [laughs] in Osun there.

Even the Senate president, the deputy Senate president, you know.

So you would wonder what, uh, uh...

The, the intimidation was quite obvious.