The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, will today (Tuesday) be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, an agency of the Nigerian Government. Saraki is facing an abridged three-count charge which derived from the original 18-count charge preferred against him for false assets declaration. In a Facebook post confirming his arraignment, Saraki said […]
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The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has been listed as one of the five owners of “unexplained wealth” in London. According to Transparency International, the report was conducted by Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs), a new investigative power designed to help law enforcement agencies act on corrupt assets. Two buildings, located at 7 and 8 […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh two-count charge of fraud against Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). In the suit filed at the high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) by Festus Keyamo, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on behalf of the EFCC, it was […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, January 14, met with the leadership of the National Assembly over the security situation in Benue state and other parts of the country. The meeting, which held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, was attended by the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday joined other Nigerians to wish a distinguished Nigerian, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, a happy 55th birthday. In a statement signed by his special adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari described Mr. Saraki as a distinguished Nigerian who has made his mark on the political scene. “President […]
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The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has dismissed 15 out of 18 counts false assets declaration charges brought against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki by the federal government for being incompetent in the face of the law. The Court however remitted three count charges to the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to conduct a […]
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The president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has commented on the N8.6 trillion 2018 budget, saying he wonders if technocrats want to embarrass government. Citing an example, the senate president wondered why the budget would be predicated on 2.3 million barrels per day when the country has only able to record 1.9 million barrels […]
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Nigerians have been paying tribute to former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme, who died at the age of 85 in a London clinic. Ekwueme’s younger brother and traditional ruler of Oko, Igwe Laz Ekwueme said in a statement that the Second Republic vice-president of Nigeria died about 10p.m. on Sunday night. Reacting to the sad development, the […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has been named among more than 120 politicians and leaders in nearly 50 countries who have been utilising shell companies in tax havens to either conceal assets, evade tax, or launder funds. This comes 18 months after a similar investigation exposed his ownership of at least three secret offshore firms which […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday saved the request by the executive for virement of N135 billion from the 2017 budget to execute certain priority projects. When the request for virement came up for consideration at plenary, many of the senators kicked against it, describing the request as “unconstitutional”. However, Saraki pleaded with his colleagues […]
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