The campaign by Ibrahim for Akeredolu became public knowledge when the businessman openly supported the Senior Advocate of Nigeria on his Twitter handle
Author: Emmanuel Leke
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
Top on the list of the nominees was a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Senator Olorunnibe Mamora
The Chairman informed the lawmakers that out of the 47 nominees, only four of them were unable to recite the National Anthem properly
The upper chamber dumped the budget proposal after careful consideration of recommendations of its Committee on Finance, headed by Senator John Enoh, representing Cross River Central Senatorial District
“As regards the issue at hand, 238 hectares in Maitama extension, I want to concur and also acknowledge the position of the Minister of FCT
The bill, when passed into law, would create efficient and effective institution with clear and separate roles for the petroleum industry and also create a conducive business environment for petroleum industry operation
This is coming a day after the House of Representatives mandated INEC to conclude the elections
The Senior Special Assistant (Senate) to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enag, told the newsmen that details of the borrowing plan will be made available to National Assembly very soon
Buhari had last week written to the National Assembly proposing to borrow the money
He said that the panel would also ensure that the highly rated academic standard of the university was revived.
Olanipekun said: “Academic activities in the university have been paralysed due to lack of funding and disagreement between the owner states
This was disclosed on Thursday by the Minister of Budget and National Planing, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma
The bill was first debated on the floor of the Senate on May 24
The Deputy Speaker, who addressed newsmen after the petition was submitted, said: “Since EFCC has claimed that the commission does not have any complaint against those holding power in Abuja, we have decided to submit this petition openly so that Nigerians and, indeed, the entire world will be able to follow it up and ask questions from the EFCC as to what has happened to it
The Justice Abdul Aboki-led panel of the Court of Appeal had on October 6 heard the appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT and reserved for judgment
The statement said the committee members were unhappy at the inability of the Distribution Companies to meter customers and their use of the estimated billing system
The nominee, who was expected to appear before Senate Committee on Power for screening, was conspicuously absent from the scheduled screening