Leader of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said that the recent amendments made to the electoral law and the other improvements which would be added to it before the upcoming general election in 2019, will eliminate rigging, violence and other malpractices that often take place during election periods. Senator Saraki also said that […]
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President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted efforts by the international community to tackle terrorism, poverty and illegal migration. Saraki in a statement issued by Chuks Okocha, his Special Assistant on Print Media and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, described the menace as global challenge. The statement said […]
Read More Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has advocated the need to prioritize deterrence rather than punishment in other to permanently win the ongoing war against corruption. Saraki gave the charge in his speech at the Public Presentation and Book-Signing ceremony of Senator Dino Melaye’s book titled: “Antidotes For Corruption – The Nigerian Story”, held in […]
Read MoreThe National Assembly on Thursday passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill, with estimates totalling ₦7.441tn. The passage followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate and House of Representatives’ Committees on Appropriations on the bill. Of the total, ₦434,412,950,249 is for statutory transfers; ₦1,841,345,727,206 for debt service; ₦177,460,296,707 for sinking fund for maturing […]
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The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Thursday congratulated the newly-elected President of African Football Confederation (CAF), Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad. Saraki said in Abuja that Ahmad as a consummate technocrat would help to usher in an era of innovation and positive change in the affairs of CAF. “Ahmad’s victory is testament to his determination to […]
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The Senate has said it will consult with its legal team for advice on the decision of the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to withhold assent to four bills passed by the National Assembly. The bills are Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016, National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2016, Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016, […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called on the Nigeria Senate President, Bukola Saraki, not to join the Federal Government in ruining Nigeria by supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for $29.96bn foreign loan. The governor, who called on Saraki to join Nigerians who were against the loan, cautioned him not to because of his own […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has again affirmed the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to try the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on charges bordering on assets declaration breaches before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Saraki, the Justice Abdul Aboki-led panel of the appeal court […]
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The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has hired a maid and a nurse to take care of the late Rasheed Yekini’s mother, Alhaja Sikirat Yekini. Saraki, represented by Alloy Chukwuemeka, the Director of Football, Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC, disclosed this on Friday in Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of the state. He also donated a […]
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The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, were docked before an Abuja High Court on Monday over alleged complicity in forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, 2015. They were arraigned alongside former Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa and his deputy, Mr. Benedict Efeturi. According to The Nation, […]
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Ahead of their trial on Monday for alleged forgery, the Federal Government has listed 14 witnesses against the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, stated in a report by The Nation. Others for trial on Monday are the immediate past Clerk to the National […]
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There are strong indications that the National Assembly is on the war path with President Muhammadu Buhari over the prosecution of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, for alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules 2015. According to Punchng, although some of the legislators were uncomfortable with the anti-corruption war […]
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