Abubakar was reported to have kicked against the restructuring the country at the opening ceremony of the national colloquium organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress
Author: Emmanuel Leke
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, earlier on Monday said Buhari had sent the letter resumption to the National Assembly
The duo had before now visited Buhari during his first medical treatment in London along with other Principal Officers of the National Assembly
ASUU had on Monday embarked on indefinite strike over the failure of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement with the Union.
Among the people sacked by the Senate President is the Director of Protocol, Arthur Ndiwe, who has spent a total of 10 years on the position
The Committee had before now been holding its sittings in public
The meeting was held barely a week after the Committee threatened to arrest the CEOs
Those whose nominations were withdrawn are Maimuna Aliyu and Sa’ad Alanamu
The senators were about briefing the press when a mob struck at the venue
According to the highly authoritative newspaper, the students were rescued from Aboto creek, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State at about 3.30pm on Friday
The Senate resolution was sequel to adoption of the report of the Adhoc Committee on planned concession of the Port Harcourt Refinery to AGIP/ENI and Oando Plc by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources
Kaduna State had requested for a $350 million loan for Development Policy Operation from the World Bank
The House approved the Devolution of Power proposal, a move that was aborted by the Senate on Wednesday
This disclosure was made in a motion sponsored by Senator Adamu Ailero, who observed that that the present Revenue Allocation Formula has been in operation before the commencement of this democratic dispensation in 1999
The Senate adhoc Committee on Review of 1999 Constitution had presented 33 clauses for amendment, but the Senate passed 29
Before now, only political parties could sponsor candidates for elections in yhe country
The Chairman, Senate Sdhoc Committee on the Review of 1999 Constitution, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in the report of the Committee presented for consideration on the floor of the Senate, said part of the amendment is to remove Land Use Act from the Constitution so that it could be subjected to regular process of amendment
The reaolution is part of the ongoing consideration of the amendment of the 1999 Constitution by the Senate
Abacha in March 1995 had arrested former President Olusegun Obasanjo with some other military officers in connection with what has come to be known as a phatom coup plot.
Speaking while receiving a delegation led by the President of LAUTECH Alumni Association, Prof. Adewale Sunday, in Abuja, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,