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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance Julie Su’s nomination to be Labor secretary, with several senators’ floor votes still in question.   The committee voted 11-10 to advance Su, who took over as acting secretary last month after Marty Walsh’s departure...

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Thursday, said that the office of the Senate President, should be zoned to the South-East. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, National Coordinator, HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, drummed support for Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, saying that he was the best man for the job...

From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa A group, Niger Delta Peace and Development Advocates (NPDA), has reiterated the call for the position of the Senate Presidency to be zoned to the South East geo- political zone. The President of the NPDA, Mr Kelvin Ebi-Thomas, said in a statement that the call has become imperative to promote justice...