Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party could not determine his fate as Speaker of the House.
The Speaker said this on the sideline of the All Progressives Congress North-West Zonal Executive meeting in Kaduna.
According to him, only God and members of the House of Representatives can decide his fate.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Tambuwal, who came to the meeting without his security details, was surrounded by party members and associates.
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources, Downstream, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has described the incessant pipeline vandalism as tragic and a national calamity.
Reacting to the recent pipeline explosion at Ijegun Oil facility, Ije Ododo in Lagos, the law maker in Abuja, on Saturday, wondered why an atmosphere of inaction and helplessness pervade Nigeria’s oil pipelines even in the face of awful threat to the economy of the country.
He said, “Every responsible country consciously puts its best at work to deliver service and when there is a shortfall in this service delivery, the citizens should naturally ask questions.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) screening committee for party primaries into Kogi House of Assembly has certified 103 aspirants for the contest.
Mr Colet Odenigbo, Chairman of the committee, announced this while addressing newsmen after the screening at the state secretariat of the PDP on Saturday.
He said 105 aspirants were screened.
Odenigbo said the process provided the aspirants the opportunity to present their credentials.
The Police in Nasarawa said on Saturday that some gunmen assassinated the Head Driver of Governor Umaru Al-Makura, Mr. Abdullahi Mairuwa.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Ismaila Numan, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lafia.
He said the victim was traveling with his wife from Lafia to Keana Local Government Area on Saturday morning when they were attacked by some gunmen at Tudun Adabu village in Obi Local Government Area of the state.
There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress governors may produce the party’s vice-presidential candidate for the 2015 election.
Saturday PUNCH’s investigations on Thursday in Abuja showed that the governors were demanding that one of them should be given the party’s vice-presidential slot.
It was reliably gathered that their demand was premised on the indication that a former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) or ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar might get the presidential ticket.
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