Politics

Orji Uzor Kalu reveals amount he earns monthly as senator

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1 year ago

October 17, 2024

The lawmaker representing Abia North in the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has disclosed that he earns a total of N14 million every month as a Senator.

The Senator, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, dismissed the belief among some Nigerians that lawmakers are living in affluence while the masses live in poverty.

“I earn N14 million for everything in a month. That is everything encompassing, the overhead, the worker’s salary, everybody,” Uzor-Kalu said.

Uzor Kalu, who is a former governor of Abia State, argued that the N14 million is not enough to buy petrol to travel to his constituency, maintain the constituency office among other things.

No official vehicles for lawmakers
One of the most controversial issues that have always been raised against the national assembly is the luxury cars given to lawmakers as their official vehicles.

However, Senator Uzor Kalu denied that lawmakers are given official personal vehicles, saying that the only the various committees in the national assembly that are given vehicles.

“I am in the Senate and a lot of things are said about the Senators and I sit there quietly and watch, and most of these things are not true. All I know is that committees get vehicles, no lawmaker is given any vehicle,” the Senator said.

On the economic hardship in Nigeria, Senator Uzor Kalu said it is not peculiar to Nigeria as the impact of COVID-19 is still affecting economies globally. He said the only reason some countries are no longer feeling the COVID-19 impact the way Nigeria is feeling it is because they have built a robust economy for a very long period.

According to him, President Bola Tinubu is aware of the country’s unstable economy and is taking steps to address the challenges facing Nigeria.

“The president himself knows that Nigerians are suffering and hungry. He is a street person; he knows the street very well.

“The president some nights uses his car to go around and know what is happening in Abuja here,” he said.

Politics

Board of Peace: US Forces are ‘annihilating’ terrorists in Nigeria– US President Donald Trump

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56 minutes ago

January 22, 2026

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US President, Donald Trump, says the American forces are “annihilating terrorists who are k!lling Christians” in Nigeria.

He made the remarks during the Board of Peace signing ceremony on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, while discussing what he described as progress in global peace and security efforts on Thursday, January 22.

He stated that militants had “k!lled thousands and thousands of Christians.”

“Many good things are happening. In Nigeria, we are annihilating terrorists who are killing Christians. We’ve hit them very hard. They’ve k!lled thousands and thousands of Christians.”he said

Recall that in October 2025, Trump declared Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern over the mass k!llings of Nigerian Christians. According to him, the k!llings are being masterminded by Islamic terrorists. On Christmas day in 2025, he ordered a military airstrike on an enclave inhabited by some of the Islamic terrorists in Northern Nigeria.

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Governor Abdulrazaq Suspends Kwara Poly Rector Over Student Protest

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6 hours ago

January 22, 2026

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Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, has ordered the Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Engr. Dr. Abdul Jimoh Mohammed, to immediately step aside from his role until further notice.

The suspension of Mohammed follows Tuesday’s protest by students of the institution over the use of the school’s facilities as a temporary camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation service.

A statement on Wednesday by the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, said the Governor has set up a committee to investigate the protest.

The Governor ordered the Rector to step down and hand over to the most senior Deputy Rector pending the outcome of the investigation.

The Governor also announced a three-person panel to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the recent student protest at the Kwara State Polytechnic.

The committee is headed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Bar. Senior Ibrahim Sulyman. Other members are the Commissioner for Environment Hon. Nafisat Buge and the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare, Dr. Mrs Mercy Olufunke Shittu.

The statement by the Commissioner reads: “Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced a three-person panel to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the recent student protest at the Kwara State Polytechnic.

“The committee is headed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Bar. Senior Ibrahim Sulyman. Other members are the Commissioner for Environment Hon. Nafisat Buge and the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare, Dr. Mrs Mercy Olufunke Shittu.

“The committee has two weeks to submit its report to the Governor, while their terms of reference are: (1) to look at the remote and immediate causes of the protest and handling of same; (2) recommend ways to prevent such things in the future; (3) make further recommendations on the growth of the school.

“The Governor has meanwhile directed the Rector of the Polytechnic, Engr. Dr. Abdul Jimoh Mohammed, to immediately step aside from his role until further notice, while the most senior Deputy Rector acts in his place in the interim.

“The committee will engage with all relevant stakeholders on its assignment.”

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Court Removes Abure, Directs INEC to Recognise Nenadi Usman–Led Labour Party Leadership

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1 day ago

January 21, 2026

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has removed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party, ruling that his tenure has expired and is no longer valid in law.

In its judgment, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately recognise the leadership of the party under the Senator Nenadi Usman–led National Caretaker Committee as the lawful authority of the Labour Party.

The court held that the decision to replace Abure followed due process and was consistent with existing legal precedents, rejecting arguments that the matter was purely an internal party affair beyond judicial review.

With this ruling, the Nenadi Usman–led committee is now recognized as the legitimate leadership of the Labour Party, pending the conduct of a properly constituted national convention to elect a substantive executive.