NIGERIA- President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a letter containing the names of 47 ambassadorial nominees, to the Nigerin Senate. The names were read on the floor of the upper legislative chamber by Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday. According to Saraki, Buhari asked that the senate approve the list at the shortest time possible. “I have […]
Continue ReadingThe chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, on Tuesday, said that they were under “serious” influence in the trial of Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He, however, pointed out that despite the “influence” the tribunal was able to deliver justice […]
Continue ReadingSenate President Bukola Saraki has withdrawn an application to stall his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) pending the hearing of his suit at the appeal court. The senate president is facing trial at the CCT for alleged false declaration of assets. On Monday at the appeal court, Kanu Agabi, Saraki’s lead counsel, […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate Tuesday made it categorically clear, that the proposed amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, will under no circumstances affect the on-going case of its president, Bukola Saraki, before the tribunal.In a statement by Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Aliyu Sabi, the Senate stated that many […]
Continue ReadingIn a massive leak of documents that shows offshore holdings of 12 current and former world leaders, Nigeria’s Senate President’s family is found complicit, with no less than four assets belonging to his all tucked away in secret offshore territories. Though these properties existed, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, failed to declare them […]
Continue ReadingThe trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is set to commence officially before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja after the Chairman of the CCT; Justice Danlami Umar struck out an application challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal. Saraki had through his lawyer, Kanu Agabi had filed a motion seeking to quash […]
Continue ReadingJustice Abdul Kafarati of the federal high court, Abuja, has withdrawn from a fundamental rights suit filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki to quash the charges of false declaration of assets brought against him by the federal government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Kafarati explained that his integrity had been called into question […]
Continue ReadingWhile delivering the keynote address at the Maiden Edition of the National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER) on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, disclosed that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would be laid at plenary of the two chambers of the National Assembly. He noted that the 8th National Assembly was […]
Continue ReadingThe Code of Conduct Tribunal has on Friday 18th of March 2016 fixed Thursday March 24, 2016 for ruling on the motion filed by the Senate President’s lead counsel – Kanu Godwin Agabi (SAN) seeking to quash the charges relating to asset declaration against his client, Bukola Abubakar Saraki (Senate President) before the Code of […]
Continue ReadingSenate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, responded to an open sent to the National Assembly by a former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wherein he called the attention of the lawmakers to issues bordering on budgets and finances of the NASS, fiscal policy irresponsibility, extravagance and impunity by some members. Responding to the letter […]
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