The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki on Thursday stopped the request by the executive for virement of ₦135bn from the 2017 budget to execute certain priority projects from being thrown out. When the request for virement came up for consideration at plenary, many of the senators kicked against it and described the request […]
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Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday decried what he described as “arbitrary arrests and intimidation” of members and supporters of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party by security agencies, ahead of the governorship election on Saturday. The PDP in Edo State had accused the Nigeria Police of “unwarranted arrests and […]
Read More Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has reinstated his innocence in the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules filed against him by the Federal Government. He said his only offence was becoming Senate Deputy President against the wishes of the “powers that be”. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, said Ekweremadu […]
Read More 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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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Jabi, Abuja, on Tuesday picked June 27 for the arraignment of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, and other senators for allegedly forging the Senate Standing Rules. The defendants will be arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and forgery. Justice Yusuf […]
Read More Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday denied that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is factionalised. He however, stated that there are “contending interests” in the party, The Nation report. Ekweremadu spoke at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on arrival from Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, where he attended the national convention. Ekweremadu, who was in […]
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Some members of the Senate who contributed to the debate on the 2016 budget in the red chamber on Wednesday expressed doubt over the ability of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement the fiscal document based on the current economic realities. Some of the senators in their contributions maintained that unless there was a […]
Read More The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday reserved judgment in a suit challenging the legality of the Senate Standing Rule used in the election Dr. Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate and Deputy Presidents respectively. The trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, held that the verdict will be handed down within the time limit […]
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