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Senate Concludes Screening Of Ministerial Nominees

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The Nigerian Senate has concluded the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Screening of nominees entered a second day this week on Wednesday, with the Senate quizzing five of the persons in the list of 38 ministerial nominees.

The ministerial nominees screened are Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia), Anwuka Anthony (Imo), Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa), Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) and Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto).

One nominee, Aisha Abubakar, who had a petition against her, was asked to take a bow.

All the nominees have been screened but only 18 of them have been confirmed by the Senate.

The remaining 18 are also expected to be confirmed at plenary on Thursday, as indicated by the Senate President, Bukula Saraki, after the screening on Wednesday.

The Senate adjourned sitting to Thursday.

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No Case Against Buhari’s Victory, Tribunal Concludes

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The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is in the process of winding down its operations as no single case has been lodged against the victory of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. The 21 days grace given to political parties and aspirants to file their petitions expired on April 22 .

Section 285 of the 1999 Constitution provides for petitions to be entered before the tribunal 21 days from the day the final result was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The results of the presidential election was announced on March 31.

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