Senate President Bukola Saraki says the categorisation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation by the defence headquarters and proscription of the group by south-east governors did not follow due process. In a statement on Monday, Saraki said due processes must be followed in accordance with the law before such declaration […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives on Thursday visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London. Buhari has been receiving medical treatment in the UK since May 7. The president did not make any public appearance in the first two months of his stay in London. But with improved health […]
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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said that due to the rising tensions in the polity, the passage of Bills to mitigate against hate speech and jungle justice will comprise a major part of the Senate’s social impact agenda when it resumes in September. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and […]
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Yusuph Olaniyonu, spokesman to Senate President Bukola Saraki has confirmed the dismissal of some of the aides working in his office. It was reported that 98 aides were affected in shake-up which followed a staff audit earlier in the year. Olaniyonu, however, did not confirm the number of aides sacked. Arthur Ndiwe, Saraki’s director of […]
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Speaking at NAN forum in Abuja on Tuesday, Senate President Bukola Saraki said he had a personal encounter with Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), during the previous administration. It was an encounter that enabled him see Magu stand up for what is right. Saraki said he and some of […]
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Speaking at the conference of speakers and presiding officers of the Commonwealth in Abuja on Tuesday, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says is conflict between the executive and the legislature that make headlines in Nigeria. Reacting to a newspaper reports of threat to Dogara and Saraki, Osinbajo jocularly said it will be suicidal to threaten Senate […]
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The outspoken governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday boasted that all his children are studying in the country. According to Lere Olayinka, spokesman of the governor, Fayose said this at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, while attending the convocation ceremony of Ayorogbayimika, his son. The governor said the standard of education in the county will […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has declared that efforts made to recall Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, should have gone into more “important things”. Saraki said this after Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, contributed to a motion moved by Melaye on the recall process. Melaye had told his colleagues that Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, was […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed confidence that the appeal against the judgement of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which acquitted him of an 18-count charge of false asset declaration, will end in futility. On Tuesday, the federal government filed 11 grounds notice of appeal against the ruling at an appellate court in Abuja. But […]
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Reacting to the acquittal of Senator Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says the federal government made so much noise and gave the impression that Saraki would be sent to jail. Describing Saraki’s discharge at the tribunal as a “victory over tyranny”, Fayose said back in 2016, he […]
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