Senate may delay swear-in of Ministers

The much anticipated swearing in of new ministers scheduled for Wednesday may not hold after all, reports Punch. This is because the Senate is yet to officially communicate President Muhammadu Buhari on the list of ministerial nominees screened and confirmed by the red chamber. Although, the Senate had announced the confirmation of 36 nominees as minister-designates, the presidency was yet to receive the list, a pre-condition for allotting portfolios and onward swearing-in of the ministers-designate.  The inability of the Senate to communicate President Buhari may further delay the inauguration of his cabinet. President Buhari had sent the list in two batches, with the Senate on Thursday lvoting to confirm the second batch of 18 ministerial nominees, including the former governors

Photos: Saraki attends Eid prayers in Ilorin...reportedly humiliated

Senate President Bukola Saraki joined other
Muslim faithfuls to observe their Eid Prayers in
Ilorin this morning and according to reports, he
was humiliated by his own people. But why?
Bukola Saraki was whisked out of the Ilorin Eid
Prayer ground this morning after some aggrieved
residents of the state threw stones and sachet
water in his direction. Eyewitnesses say police
men attached to him immediately fired teargas to
disperse the protesters.