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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…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 […]
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 ReadingAsiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the withdrawal of forgery charge against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy Ike Ekweremadu.In a statement by Tunde Rahman, Tinubu said the withdrawal of the charge was timely and will enable the National Assembly focus on the important work ahead. “To bring the […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government of Nigeria has filed a motion to withdraw the charge of criminal conspiracy against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. An affidavit in support of the motion was filed before the High Court of Federal Capital Territory on Thursday by a litigation officer from the Federal Ministry of Justice, […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, has ruled that he will not withdraw from the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki, noting that his withdrawal would mean the end of trial.Saraki had asked Umar to withdraw from his trial on the grounds that he was biased. The senate president, through […]
Continue ReadingThe Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has fixed October 5 as a day it will make the verdict on a fresh motion seeking to suspend hearing on the 16-count criminal charge pending against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.Recall that it was alleged that Saraki made false/anticipatory declaration of assets, operated foreign accounts while in […]
Continue ReadingSenate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, said he was ready to go to jail, in order to entrench democracy and stabilise governance in the country. This is contained in a statement signed by him and issued on Monday in Abuja. Saraki was reacting to the trial of the leadership of the Senate, which began on Monday, […]
Continue ReadingJustice Yusuf Haliru, of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, has granted Senate President Bukola Saraki, deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and two other accused persons — Salisu Maikasuwa, former clerk of the national assembly, and Benedict Efeturi, deputy clerk of the legislature, conditional bail. The judge held that the essence of bail was to enable […]
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