Briefing newsmen in company of both Senator Lawan and Senator Gorge Akume, Senator Barnabas Gemade explained the group’s endorsement is to ensure stability in the Senate
Author: Emmanuel Leke
A truck was said to have run into the motorcyclists
However, the Senate as at press time has not fixed any date for the consideration of the report
“We have the sun and innovative technologies to bring electricity to homes and communities. We now need to consolidate African expertise,” said Samba Baithily, who founded Akon Lighting Africa with Akon and Thione Niang
Saraki explained that the fuel subsidy is the platform for fraud in form of huge racket being used by oil marketers and government officials to rip off the national treasury on yearly basis
Amaechi said his disagreement with President Jonathan was thus fueled in part by the disposition of Dame Jonathan
According to a statement issued and signed by Senators Robert Ajayi (South West), Bukar Abba Ibrahim (North East), Barnabas Gemade (North Central) and Abu Ibrahim (North West), the endorsement was done in the overall interest of the party
Fayose described the crisis between the Hausa community and commercial drivers in Ado-Ekiti that led to the imposition of the curfew as unfortunate
The Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, disclosed this to PRNigeria.
Olukolade said the essence of the evacuation was to enable the affected persons to undergo a psycho social rehabilitation programme arranged by the Office of the National Security Adviser
Islam however, buttresses the point that serving Allah should encompass all spheres of human endeavours, be it private or public Ibadat or Mu’amalat. Says the most High: say truly, my prayers and my services of sacrifice, my life and my death are all from Allah
Briefing journalists in Asaba, the 25 council chairmen in the state condemned the speculations across the state that the state government was pilfering the councils’ funds
The president of the Senate noted that Zanna was a gentleman who was very mindful of his legislative assignments and the welfare of his constituents and the nation at large
In the Seventh Senate, those who had died so far included Senators Gyang Datung (PDP Plateau North) who died in 2012; Pius Ewherido (PDP Delta Central ), who died in 2013; Awaisu Kuta (PDP Niger East), who died in 2015; and Uche Chukwumerije (PDP Abia North), who also died last month
In a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday, General Buhari described as false, insinuations in the media that he was in support of any particular Senator’s emergence as Leader or that he belonged to any camp pushing for the emergence of a leader from a particular part of the country
But after a closed door session, which lasted for about one and half hours, the President of the Senate, David Mark, said senators will not break any law in that regard
Declaring open a public hearing on the bill: NAITES Establishment 2015, at the National Assembly complex on Tuesday, the Senate President, David Mark, underscored the importance of technology and Environmental studies needed to engender development
Ibrahim noted that President Jonathan mistook the insurgency as a religious war rather than due to lack of good governance, poor leadership, misinterpretation of the teaching of Islam and poverty in the north-east
Senator Mark stressed that the not-too impressive showing of the PDP in the last elections may in the long term be a blessing to the party and the nation “because we are going back to the drawing board to do a critical review and fashion out a blue print that would get us out of the woods for good
But Ndoma-Egba explained that the road to the defeat of the PDP in the March 28 and April 11 elections was paved from the December 2014 primaries of the party when the governors deliberately shut out “unwanted candidates” and imposed their own on the party
The appropriation bill was put at N4.493 trillion as against N4.357 trillion proposed by the executive in December last year, giving a difference of N135.4 billion