The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has fixed March 24 to rule on a motion to quash the false assets declaration charges against the Senate President,...
President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki,Wednesday, swore in Senator Mao Ohuabunwa of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as senator representing Abia North Senatorial District. Ohuabunwa...
Does Senate President Bukola Saraki believe he is innocent of the charges of false and anticipatory assets declaration filed against him at the Code of Conduct...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan should face trial if he covertly instigated the sharing of the $2.1 billion arms procurement money, Senate Leader, Ali Ndume said on...
For national stability of the country, all geopolitical zones in the country must contribute equitably to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This view was expressed...
The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has impressed it on lawmakers, the need to ensure a conducive and business-friendly environment for the growth and development of...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki who only a few days ago took delivery of new exotic vehicles for his office reportedly worth about N330 million against an...
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has shifted by 24 hours the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki on 13-count corruption charges bordering on false declaration...
By Reuben Abati . . . Championed by Senator Ben Murray Bruce, and supported by the Senate President Bukola Saraki, the Minister of State for Industry,...
By Joseph Edgar . . . In the last one week, the Supreme Court has taken centre court with a series of earth shaking decisions. Decisions...
The Nigerian Senate, Monday, announced that it has 30 bills of interest that fast track the change agenda of the current administration slated for the 2016...
The Nigerian Senate has come down hard on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its strict Foreign Exchange policy, and urged the apex bank to...
Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki Tuesday dismissed claims by an online medium (not Ripples) that he was the owner of the N310m said to have...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The Appeal Court, Friday, ruled that the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has the powers to try Senate President,...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . In what seems to be turning out to be a game of who blinks first, the Code of Conduct...
Justice Moore Adumein of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja on Friday adjourned ruling on the appeal brought by Senate President, Bukola Saraki to Monday,...
The Nigerian Senate Wednesday confirmed 18 of the ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki made the announcement at...
The presidency on Friday stated that contrary to beliefs by many Nigerians, the relationship between President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly is...
In what seems like a shifting of ground and a product of the fence mending moves of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, the leadership of both the Senate...
Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) … The much awaited ministerial list from President Muhammadu Buhari may have failed to come, as there are indications that the President...
After a dramatic sequence of events, the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal was adjourned to October 21, while he...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki arrived the Code of Conduct Tribunal as promised, accompanied by his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, several other senators, and Sokoto Sate governor, Aliyu...
After the Senate President Bukola Saraki failed to show up at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for the second day, to answer charges related to false...
I have deliberately borrowed this title from the Nobel Laureate because of the comical nature of the ongoing prosecution and persecution of the person of the...
Owing to his travails since he became the President of the Eight Assembly, against the wishes of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) followers of...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … In an unprecedented response to a Tribunal order, the police have stated it would go ahead with the arrest of Senate...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … One week, one trouble. This aptly describes the lot of Senate President Bukola Saraki since his election to lead the Eight...
The media team of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki has described as frivolous the allegations of false declaration of assets slammed on the him by the...
The troubles which have bedeviled Senate President Bukola Saraki ever since he defied his political party to vie for and become the Senate President just keep...
By Joseph Edgar … The present Governor of Kwara State used to be my friend when he was the Commissioner for Economic Planning under the Bukola...
In from Ali Smart … The World Bank is in a dilemma. Reason: it is cash-strapped and is subsequently asking for lifelines from wait for this:...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has described a publication that he is behind a smear campaign to discredit the EFCC boss...
Another round of crisis may be brewing in the upper federal legislative chamber as the Unity Forum that supported Senator Ahmed Lawan for the Senate President’s...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Thursday charged workers of the National Assembly to shun corruption, inefficiency and bureaucratic delays in the discharge of their...
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the 8th Senate is committed to openness, and assured Nigerians, especially the youths that the upper legislature is...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that holding dual citizenship does not disqualify him from occupying a public office in the country as he was bestowed...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital where he vowed to do everything possible through legislative powers to ensure that...
The leadership crisis in the Senate is still taking its toll on governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as they still failed...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Senators against the election of Senate President Bukola Saraki are unrelenting in their plans to remove him from office before September....
The crisis in the upper chamber of the federal legislative arm of government, the Senate over the emergence of Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, as president...
In from Enite Benjamin… Nothing better captures the actions of some Senators right now than the phrase ‘Foes by day, Friends by night’, as they vehemently...
Fresh crisis looms in the Senate as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hope of having equal opportunities with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the sharing...
The president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has cleared the air on a purported story credited to him that the Senate does not need to screen...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has said that waivers on taxes and duties amounting to about N30 billion which were allegedly granted by the last...
In from Chukwuma Michael… This is the best of times for Senate President, Bukola Saraki as he can heave a sigh of relief given the vote...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa… Senate President Bukola Saraki may be ready to sacrifice the principal officers he announced in place of those favoured by the APC...
If the All Progressives Congress (APC) is honest enough to admit it, the party will confess it is reeling under the weight of two major problems,...
Just after Senate president, Bukola Saraki paid a visit to consult with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State and his predecessor,...
APC federal lawmakers may be heading for another round of crisis that is likely to cause more disaffection within the party as they once again work...
Senator Bukola Saraki has emerged the new Senate president. He was elected unopposed, and was sworn in accordingly. Saraki got the PDP lawmakers’ support when he...
