Buhari, Saraki, Others Mourn THISDAY MD’s Wife She was my friend, companion, critic, lover and wife of 23 years, says Bello
Deji Elumoye and Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday joined other dignitaries, groups and
organisations to commiserate with the Managing Director of THISDAY, Mr. Eniola Bello, over the death of his wife, Helen, in London on Tuesday. Mrs. Eniola-Olaitan (nee Alemeru), 49, died
at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, after a three-year battle with breast cancer, according to a statement yesterday by Bello to formally announce her demise.
The mourners, in separate condolence messages, described her death as a painful loss. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in
a statement, said the president joined Bello's friends and professional colleagues in mourning his wife, whose motherly love and kindness, Continued on page 6
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With over 300 Bills Passed, Eighth N’Assembly Adjourns Sine Die Today Senate passes 319, House 382 Saraki to release books chronicling his stewardship Kudos, knocks for legislature Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Shola Oyeyipo, Alex Enumah and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja As the Eighth National Assembly winds down its
legislative activities today, with a valedictory session scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., THISDAY’s findings revealed that the Senate passed 319 bills within four years. However, President Muhammadu Buhari vetoed
no fewer than 65 of such bills. Apart from the number of bills, which surpassed those passed by the Fifth to Seventh Senate, the upper chamber of the nation’s legislature also treated 219 public petitions brought before it.
The House of Representatives, however, had more hauls in bill passage, clocking 382 bills, 1,588 motions, and 1,192 petitions The acting Clerk, House of Representatives, Mr. Patrick Giwa, made this known in a
letter informing the federal lawmakers that the Special valedictory session to end the Eight House holds on today. At the session this morning, Senate President Bukola Saraki, who doubles as the Chairman of the National
Assembly, is expected to give his valedictory speech as well as make public some books chronicling his stewardship. However, mixed reactions from different groups and Continued on page 6
Atiku Weighs Options on Delay in Replacement for Bulkachuwa May petition NJC Alex Enumah in Abuja The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is weighing his options on how to get the Court of Appeal, which is serving as the tribunal of first instance, to proceed with the hearing of his petition, challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the February 23 presidential election. The hearing of the petition suffered a major setback on May 22 when the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, recused herself from the tribunal’s sitting, after the judicial panel had delivered judgment in a petition in which Atiku and the PDP demanded that she
should step aside due to perceived conflict of interest. The tribunal, on May 22, had dismissed the petition in which Atiku and the PDP alleged that they might suffer a miscarriage of justice given the fact that Justice Bulkachuwa’s husband, Alhaji Adamu Bulkachuwa, who is a senator-elect, and her son, Mr. Aliyu Abubakar, a governorship aspirant, belong to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). But despite the dismissal of the petition, Justice Bulkachuwa decided to step aside for personal reasons. However, since her stepping aside, efforts by both Atiku and the PDP to get her to nominate her replacement at the tribunal, so that the Continued on page 6
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