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Saraki denies congratulating APC senator-elect

Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has denied reports that Saraki congratulated APC senator-elect, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe. Reports have it that Oloriegbe, the APC candidate, who contested against Saraki in the Saturday National Assembly election, won the Kwara Central Senatorial District. Olaniyonu in a statement […]

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Nigerian Senate leader cleared of corruption charges

NigeriaDecides2019: Saraki loses Senate Seat to APC

Senate President Bukola Saraki has lost Kwara Central Senatorial Seat to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Yahaya Oloriegbe. In the latest result announced by the INEC collation officer on Sunday night, Saraki polled 30,075 votes against Oloriegbe’s 51,531 votes in Ilorin West local government area, the last of the four local government […]

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Saraki didn’t make me minister, says Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has debunked a statement by Doyin Okupe, crediting Senate President Bukola Saraki with his appointment in 2015. The Minister’s Office described Okupe’s statement as a bold-face lie. Okupe is the Special Adviser (Media) to the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council. “The entire statement […]

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Leaders should help reduce tension in the polity, Saraki says

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called on Nigerian leaders to help reduce the tension in the polity just as he enjoined them to bear in mind that the February General Elections should be a contest of ideas. Saraki in his welcome back speech delivered today said : ‘To all Nigerians, I […]

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Offa robbery: I’ll present evidence on Saraki lies – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said he is presenting to the public evidences of how the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, lied that he donated ₦10 million to the victims of Offa bank robbery. In a statement in Abuja yesterday, the minister said he was presenting to the public both the […]

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Offa Robbery: Prove your allegation – Saraki’s aide dares Lai Mohammed

Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has advised Alhaji Lai Mohammed to stop using the tragic loss of lives in the Offa robbery as a political tool. This is even as he dared him to prove his claim that subsequent broadcasts of the Senate President’s syndicated […]

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Stop dancing on the graves of victims’ of Offa robbery, Lai Mohammed tells Saraki

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has warned the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to stop dancing on the graves of the innocent souls who died in the April 5, 2018 armed robbery attack in Offa. In a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Mr. Segun Adeyemi, the Minister repeated […]

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PDP raise alarm over fresh plot to remove Senate President, Saraki

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised an alarm over an alleged fresh plot to use the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to forcefully remove the President of the Senate and Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO), Senator Bukola Saraki, from office as the Senate President. The party in […]

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APC wallowing in total confusion, disorganisation – Saraki

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Tuesday lampooned the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying that the party was at the moment, wallowing in total confusion and disorganisation. According to Saraki, rather than concentrate its energy on him as an issue of discourse, the leadership of APC should look forward to how to […]

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Bukola Saraki gestures during an interview with Reuters at his office in Ilorin November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

Saraki will reveal to PDP, secrets on how to defeat Tinubu, APC in Lagos

Senate President and presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, excited members of the party in Lagos as he assured them that he will do everything within his reach to ensure PDP produced the next governor of the state. Saraki, who spoke at the PDP secretariat in Lagos State, where he […]

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Nigerians needed a President we can be proud of – Saraki

President of the Senate and Presidential aspirant, Dr. Bukola saraki has said that Nigerians were tired of things going wrong and could no longer continue with detoriations across the country. Saraki disclosed that Nigeria needs a President that would unite the country, adding that it takes a politician who knows the problems of the masses […]

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No screening for Saraki, Atiku, Tambuwal, others now – PDP

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has explained why it has yet to constitute a panel that will screen its presidential aspirants. Apart from the presidential aspirants, the party has also yet to name the panel that will look into the credentials of other aspirants. Already, many of the aspirants who have purchased […]

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