Worried that some of his ministerial nominees may not scale through the Senate screening, expected to commence next Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, has begged senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for a soft landing for the nominees.

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, is set to clash with the leadership of his party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following the party’s request, yesterday, that he declare the seats of all 37 House members that defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant.

Mixed reactions, yesterday, trailed remarks by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal that the executive arm of government was paying lip service to the fight against corruption.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yesterday, accused the executive arm of government of paying lip service to the fight against corruption even as the African Development Bank (AfDB), says an estimated US2.6 trillion dollars gets stolen annually through high level corrupt practices in Africa.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, Thursday declared that the Parliament was ready to amend any portion of the nation’s law to grant any request of appropriations from the Executive Arm of Government to accommodate the demands and end the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).