TELEPHONE CONVERSATION: PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDOLES ADAMU FIKA OVER WIFE'S DEATH Says Garba

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his sadness over the death of Hajiya Tasallah Fika, the wife of former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Adamu Fika, Wazirin Fika.

In a telephone call from London to the bereaved Wazirin, the President said the loss of such a devoted wife of many years was particularly a painful and challenging moment in the life of any husband.

President Buhari explained that as a family man himself, he understood the depth of pain Dr. Fika was going through at this time "having lost a great and invaluable companion of many years and that the deceased was one of the most devoted wives who was the pride of the nuclear family."

N’Assembly Clerk : Commissioner denies rejecting Sani-Omolori

The controversy surrounding the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori, as the Acting Clerk of the National Assembly, took a dramatic twist on Monday when one of the seven commissioners, who allegedly dissociated themselves from the decision, denied signing any letter of protest.

The commissioner, Mr. Idi Ningi, in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja and titled, “I did not sign any protest letter,” however, admitted that he attended a meeting, alongside five of his colleagues, in the Senate President’s residence on April 26, 2016.

Ningi, who is representing the North-East geopolitical zone on the board of the National Assembly Service Commission, said the meeting had no agenda and that the paper he signed was just an attendance sheet.