The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has described his almost two years long trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as a torturous one. Saraki in an official statement on his acquittal by the tribunal said that although he went through a crucible trial, he harboured no grudge for anyone despite the […]
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18-count charges of false assets declaration against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been dismissed by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). On May 4, the senate president told the tribunal that he would file a no-case submission, which implies that he is not opening a defence but asking the tribunal to discharge him of […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has promised that the Senate will look into the high interest rate charged by banks in the country. “It is likely that we will debate it this week,” Saraki said during an interactive session with journalists on Sunday in Ilorin. According to him, the high interest rate is not good for the […]
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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted and united effort by all Nigerians to build a strong economy as a means of sustaining the nation’s democracy. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, to commemorate the 2017 Democracy Day celebration, said the real […]
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Angry workers forced the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, to leave Eagle Square in Abuja during the workers’ day rally on Monday. Chris Ngige, minister of labour, and Adams Oshiomole were among the dignitaries who also left the venue abruptly. Trouble started after Ngige sent Biola Bawa, […]
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The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki, was stalled by the absence of prosecution witnesses on Thursday in Abuja at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The senate president is standing trial over alleged false assets declaration while serving as governor of Kwara . That the trial had suffered similar fate between April 18 and […]
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…Says Sen Isiaka Adeleke Will Be Remembered For His Legacies The leadership of the House of Representatives, led by the Speaker, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has paid a condolence visit to the President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki and the leadership of the Senate over the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who passed on […]
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The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has pledged the commitment of the Senate to ending the menace of CerebroSpinal meningitis, CSM, which has claimed the lives of over 300 Nigerians since January 2017. In a series of tweets on his handle @BukolaSaraki, the Senate’s President pledged that the upper legislative chamber would treat as […]
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Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye, has asked former senate leader Ali Ndume, to tender apology so that Senate President Bukola Saraki will reduce his punishment. The upper legislative chamber suspended Ndume for six months based on the recommendation of its ethics and privileges committee. The committee made the recommendation after clearing Saraki […]
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The Nigerian Senate has suspended its former leader, Ali Ndume, who called for investigation of allegations of importing a bullet proof range rover with fake documents involving Senate President Bukola Saraki and the certificate scandal that involved Dino Melaye. The decision to suspend Ndume was reached on Wednesday, after the resolution to uphold the recommendation […]
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