SARAKI Submits List of Confirmed Ministers to President Buhari.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday formally presented the list of 36 ministerial nominees screened and confirmed by the Senate to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. 

Saraki arrived the seat of power about 3:00pm along with the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang and the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Suleiman Kawu.

Saraki confirmed this on his Twitter handle, writing: “Today, I presented the confirmed list of ministers to Mr President.” On September 30, the president had submitted the first list of ministerial nominees containing 21 names to the senate president.

In October, he submitted another list containing 16 names to Saraki. However, he later withdrew the nomination of Musa Ibeto from Niger state owing to an administrative error. The senate confirmed all 36 nominees as ministers after a screening exercise that lasted five days.

Some of those confirmed as minister include Lai Mohammed, Babatunde Fashola, Kayode Fayemi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Audu Ogbeh, Ibe Kachikwu, Amina Mohammed and Chibuike Amaechi.

Others are Heineken Lokpobiri, Cladius Daramola, Adebayo Shittu, Shehuri Mustapha, Ocholi James, Adewole Folorunso, Bawa Bwari, Geoffrey Onyeama, Zainab Ahmed, Mansur Dan Ali, Usani Uguru, Okechukwu Enelamah, Anwuka Anthony, Musa Bello, Adamu Adamu, Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim and Aisha Abubakar

All eyes will now be on Wednesday’s meeting of the federal executive council, where President Buhari is expected to inaugurate the ministers.

Human Waste can Power a Million Homes - UN University

Biogas from human waste has the potential to generate electricity for millions of homes while improving health and protecting the environment, a UN University institute said on Tuesday.

The biogas potentially available from all the human waste in the world would be the equivalent of up to 9.5 billion dollars worth of natural gas a year.

This volume of waste could produce electricity for as many as 138 million homes, the U.N. Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) said in a study.

In low-income countries, the use of biogas – generated by bacteria breaking down the waste – could finance development, it said.

Breaking! Tribunal upholds Abia State Governorship Election

The Abia state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the election of Okezie Ikpeazu as the duly elected Governor of the state. In its ruling delivered today in Aba, the tribunal dismissed the petion of the APGA candidate Alex Otti for lack of merit.

FORMER PENSION BOSS MAINA APPEARED IN ABUJA

The embattled former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina who was declared wanted by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday has appeared in Abuja. He appeared Tuesday on a popular community Radio show Brekete Family hosted by the Ordinary Ahmed Isah. Mr Maina made live calls during the show where he maintained that he has done nothing wrong and wondered why the EFCC will declare him wanted. The EFCC spokes person Mr Wilson Uwujaren who called in during the show described Mr Maina as a fugitive. He said that if Maina is as innocent as he claims, he should come and clear his name in the law court. He however wondered why he has decided to evade justice only to call from an anonymous location. Abdulrasheed Maina has been charged with former Head of service Mr Oronsaye at the Federal High court in Abuja over allegations of  fraud, and diverting  pension fund for his personal use. Mr Wilson Uwujaren said Maina is wanted for his role in the fraudulent biometric contracts through which he and former Head of Service, Steve Oronsaye and two others allegedly stole over N2 billion of pension funds.