Recent reports indicate that the President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki may not have benefited from the Paris Club Loan Refund as has been alleged in media reports credited to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to the report, Saraki’s aides and Robert Mbonu, his associate, diverted N3.5 billion of the funds. […]
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Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has disclosed that the report issued by the Department of State Services (DSS) was not the reason behind the senate’s refusal to confirm Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The senate president who spoke on the matter in an interview with TVC News in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari met with Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, on Tuesday. The lawmakers arrived at the presidential villa in Abuja, at 12pm. The leaders of the National Assembly met with the president behind close doors for 40 minutes. Mr. Saraki told State House correspondents that they […]
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Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) chaired by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has approved a 60-day national action plan to push through short term reforms. The Acting President, who addressed journalists after the Council’s meeting at the State House, said the Council will within the stipulated period focus on areas that will not only […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari who is on vacation in London, hosted the Senate president, Bukola Saraki; the speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the senate leader, Ahmed Lawan, during their visit Wednesday. Pictures from the visit: Welcome to London: Buhari receives Senator Saraki Ahmed Lawan’s turn: The senate leader bows as he shakes the President’s […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said on Thursday that he had spoken with President Muhammadu Buhari, now on vacation in the United Kingdom.. According to the Speaker’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan, the President called Dogara on Wednesday night. “The President called the Speaker at […]
Continue ReadingPlans by the National Assembly to amend the 58-year old Fiscal Responsibility Act had reached its final stages with the submission of the report upon which the amendment would be predicated. The report, which was presented to the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, by the Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, recommended that […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Tuesday rejected the request by President Muhammadu Buhari for approval to source $29.9 billion foreign loan from various sources. The request which was introduced for consideration by the Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, and seconded by Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha at plenary, was rejected by majority of the senators in a voice […]
Continue ReadingThe National Assembly on Thursday removed and transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act (CCB and CCT) to itself. At the conclusion of work on the Bill to amend the CCB and CCT, the Assembly successfully altered section 18 (2) to enable the […]
Continue ReadingSenate President, Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate will pass 11 Bills before the end of 2016 to tackle the current economic recession.Saraki spoke at a dialogue at the 22nd Edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said since the beginning of the year, the Senate had worked so hard […]
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