Senator Ali Ndume is Chairman, Senate Committee on Army and represents Borno South, the hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency. In this interview, Ndume speaks on the recent claim by Chadian President Derby that he led his country’s troops against insurgents on the Nigerian soil while Nigerian soldiers were missing in action (MIA).

FORMER Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South said weekend that men of the Armed Forces are at the moment,  chasing members of Boko Haram insurgents to their various operational bases in the North-East geopolitical zone.

…Urges FG to strengthen the military, return the withdrawn Chadian forces By Henry Umoru – Abuja Former Senate Leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South said that two women on suicide mission detonated bombs in a mosque located in Bulabulum ward in Gworza town within his senatorial district of Borno state […]

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has given reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari cannot afford to change or appoint new service chiefs for now. He told medium in an interview that Buhari could not afford to change the military leadership because Nigeria was in a complete state of war. The […]

THE Senate said Wednesday that as representatives of the people, it would vehemently resist any action that would inflict pains on the People.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Sen. Mohammed Ndume, has faulted the N100 billion budgetary allocation to the defence sector. He said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 8, presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N10.33 trillion to a joint session […]

Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) has urged all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Gwazo taking refuge in Maiduguri, to return home, assuring them of their safety.

Born in 1959 into a Christian home in  Borno, Senator Samuel Ali  Ndume  (APC,  Borno  South) is many things to different people.   Some see him as a defender of democracy. To some, he is a stubborn senator. Yet there are those who see him as  Boko Haram senator. In a no-holds-barred interview in Abuja after the inauguration of the Ninth Senate, Senator Ndume told Vanguard why he refused to step down for Senator Ahmad  Lawan  (APC,  Yobe  North) despite intense pressure mounted by the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and why he must ensure that Lawan succeeds. The lawmaker spoke on his growing up and humble beginnings, how he went to a Polytechnic instead of any of the two universities that offered him admission, where Nigeria went wrong, and how personalization and privatization of government have destroyed the country among others.

en. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) on Tuesday, described the conduct of the senate president election for the 9th National Assembly as ”free and fair.”

 Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) on Tuesday, described the conduct of the senate president election for the 9th National Assembly as ”free and fair.