He said that the Senate had empowered the NERC to determine tariff for electricity and as such the increment was not unlawful
He said: “Electricity is a product
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The Committee however appealed to Nigerians in South Africa to remain calm as appropriate steps are being taken by relevant authorities to unravel the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate incident and ensure that justice is done
Sources told The Eagle Online that Obaigbena was sited at the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja on Tuesday afternoon
“Osun State is now a state of jeopardy because Governor Rauf Aregbesola embezzled, diverted, encroached and scrutinized Osun State resources into his own personal account
The governors, chaired by the Ondo State helmsman, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, made their position known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja by the Coordinator of their Forum, Osaro Onaiwu
It could be recalled that last week, suspected Niger Delta militants blew up the Abiteye flow station and Sagara Chevron pipelines in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State.
Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, who launched the first attack, described President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 Budget as “dead on arrival”
NNPC’s subsidiaries expected to submit their audited accounts are the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, the Nigerian Petroleum Investment and Management Service and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas among others
President Buhari had in a letter read on Tuesday to the National Assembly notified the lawmakers of some corrections in the budget proposal
He said: “One child in every seven in the world who dies of preventable, treatable diseases every year in the whole world is a Nigerian child.
“One out of seven mothers who die anywhere in the world is a Nigerian mother and every year 58,000 Nigerian infants catch HIV from their mothers who love them because they didn’t get the drugs to stop the transmission of HIV from mother to child
However, briefing newsmen, the Senate Leader, Senator Muhammed ali Ndume, said: “If we considered what PDP has done to Nigeria for the past 16 years in power, Nigeria ought to have killed the PDP
Saraki levelled the accusation on Thursday
The open revelation that the budget was missing came through Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe after Saraki had informed the lawmakers that the copies of the budget will be made available to them and the debate on it will start by next week Tuesday
Abaribe, who came in through a Point of Order, said the matter was discussed at the closed-door session the senators had on Tuesday.
He called for an investigation into the issue
This was announced during plenary on Wednesday by the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki
Ekweremadu, who is the second defendant in the suit filed by Senator Abu Ibrahim and four others against the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and five others on the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order 2015, has earlier alleged that Justice Ademola was biased
Ndume explained that apart from the ceremonial copy laid by President Buhari, each chamber will also have its own copy of the budget proposal
Senators on Tuesday at the resumption of work declared the Budget proposal, submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, shortly before they went on Christmas and New Year breaks, missing
In the Girls’ U14, Marylove Edwards made a winning debut by beating Patricia Nyarko of Ghana 6-1, 6-0 and she was emulated by Sani Musa, who edged Ivorian Soulemane Quattara 6-2, 4-6,7-6 (4) in the Boys’ U14
According to Bawa, the department has already sent the samples to the National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom in Plateau State for confirmation