Saraki administered the oath of office on the senators on Thursday
Author: Emmanuel Leke
The Senate’s decision was sequel to the Interim Report of the Senate Adhoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East
The Senate in session had on Wednesday demanded the resignation and prosecution of Lawal for allegedly awarding a N200 million to a company in which he allegedly has interest
The Senate made the call on a day President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to present the 2017 Budget to the National Assembly
The shift was confirmed by the Special Adviser on Media to the President, Femi Adesina
The team won the last African Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon
The budget proposal that would be presented by President Buhari on Wednesday is now N7.3 trillion
This is even as the groups alleged that operatives of the EFCC, Department of State Services and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies had twice invaded the Abuja residence of former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan
The screening is coming six months after the Presidency forwarded a letter to the Senate seeking Manu’s confirmation as EFCC chairman
“The best practice around the world indicates that Nigeria cannot overcome its road infrastructure development challenges unless reforms are embarked upon to reposition the road sector and bring it in synchronies with its peers in the developed and developing nations of the world
Olukoya said it was bought from the Ogun State Government, the original owner of the land
He said though health is very important and deserves priority attention, government must free funds from other areas to make enough money available for the sector
“Many of them, like Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN, teamed up with politicians to wage a very serious propaganda to discredit the work we were doing
The decision followed a presentation by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje, who explained that during the interaction with MDAs, the committee observed that there other areas of critical needs that must be included in the virement in order to stimulate the economy
Sani collapsed and died at the entrance of the National Assembly on Monday morning
The campaign by Ibrahim for Akeredolu became public knowledge when the businessman openly supported the Senior Advocate of Nigeria on his Twitter handle
The position of the Representatives is coming just one day after Obasanjo lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress-led government, adding that the National Assembly is corrupt
Akpabio pleaded to senators not to reject the document based on unrealistic projections of the proposal by the Presidency.
He said further, “We can see that we don’t have a perfect document in our hands but of course we are looking at assumptions and assumptions may not necessarily be correct. I want to suggest that we send it to the committee
The motion was titled: “The need for a detailed explanation of the $15 billion proposed MOU with Indian government and over $80 billion MOU signed by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources with Chinese Firms
This is coming a day after he publicly declared his resignation from the PPA