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A tweet by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has confirmed that he has received the ministerial list from President Muhammadu Buhari. The ministerial list was delivered to Saraki at 5.30 pm on Thursday, and meets the September deadline Buhari set for himself to release the list which has been a subject of speculation for months. The letter was delivered by Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari and Senator Ita Enang, the senior special assistant on National Assembly matters to President Buhari. For the full story, check the PM NEWS newspaper.

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, says the police have been placed on red alert as the nation celebrates her 55th Independence anniversary on 1 October. Arase, in a statement assured Nigerians of a peaceful anniversary celebration, as officers and men of the Force have been charged to provide round the clock security, including effective aerial and vehicular patrol of all nooks and crannies of the country, to enable Nigerians mark yet another Independence anniversary. For the full story, check the PM NEWS newspaper.

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, October 1, 2015, make a nationwide broadcast as part of the programme of activities to mark Nigeria’s 55th Independence Anniversary. The broadcast will take place at 7:00 a.m. For the full story, check the PM NEWS newspaper.

I do not understand the reason behind the honourable member of   Senate passing a vote of confidence on the Senate President and those protesting that he should be left alone to perform his duty. To me, it is a slap on the Nigerian public. We are trying to purge our country and the honourable Senators are telling us they are comfortable with the situation whether the Senate President is guilty or not. Forget about motive and witch-hunting!   The Senate President has been alleged of a crime. He should come out and defend himself or is he above the law. A government agency is doing his job. That a crime was committed yesterday, today or ten years ago does not matter.   What matters is that a crime committed and well covered have been exposed and the law should be allowed to take its course. I heard a sitting Senator being     interviewed on the 30 th of September, 2015 on Channels and I am not too happy with his view. ...

Kogi State Deputy Governor, Mr Yomi Awoniyi, says Governor Idris Wada’s performance will earn him victory in the November governorship election. Besides, he says among others in this encounter that the impartiality of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Police and relevant agencies will guarantee a free and fair election in Kogi on November 21. By Dapo Akinrefon The conditions that will guarantee free and fair election in Kogi. The impartiality of all the institutions and agencies involved, including the INEC, the police, and the support facilities. I know the Federal Government is on that track of honesty, truthfulness and anti-corruption. Election manipulation is the height of corruption. It corrupts the democratic process. If we can ensure that the democratic process is not corrupted, there will be free and fair election and we stand to benefit from that type of arrangement. Why is Governor Idris Wada seeking a second term? He is desirous of a secon...

African first ladies across the world are in New York to assess and modify effective means of contributing to the Millenium Development Goals and new  perspectives on HIV & AIDS. Wife of Nigeria’s President, Aisha Buhari, represented by the wife of the Senate President,  Toyin Saraki, at the event, said that in the eye of the current insurgency and the lack of adequate health care for women and children that had been affected by the insurgency and had to live in Internally Displaced Persons’ camps, the need for health care became paramount. For the full story, check the Vanguard newspaper.

OUR obsession with the drama and intrigue of politics has relegated discourse on policy and national development to the background. We all know what Saraki is accused of but how many of us can detail his agenda as Senate president? What were his plans to reform a body which in the eyes of the average Nigerian, is merely a retirement home for former governors or for privileged, would-be influential Nigerians, all barely present (or awake when they are physically present)? Yet commentators on social media can list all of the countries where Saraki is rumoured to have a home. They have, in fact, already begun lists of other senators who they suspect of falsifying their asset declaration forms: if their suspicions are true, we really don’t have a Senate or a House of Assembly for that matter, merely a pack of wolves and co-conspirators. No wonder, according to some, Buhari believes he is the only non-corrupt member of the political class. You might say corruption kills Nigerians so ...