Bukola Saraki, president of the Senate has said that the Senate under his leadership has recorded another feat with the passage of an anti-corruption bill for the protection of whistleblowers in the country.[powr-banner-slider id=f615b390_1500277847679] The Bill, which seeks to encourage and facilitate the disclosures of improper conduct by public officers and public bodies was presented…
Saraki is Free!
The trial of Bukola Saraki, president of the Senate, which started with a lot of drama has ended with as much drama. The prosecuting judge ruled earlier today that the man has been discharged and acquitted of all the charges against him. According to the judge, the prosecution was unable to prove that the former…
Vice President, Osinbajo signs 2017 budget
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has signed the 2017 appropriation bill into law. Mr Osinbajo signed the budget at about 4:40 p.m. on Monday inside his conference room in the presence of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari; Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Ministers and…
Saraki Loses Bid To Stop Trial
The trial storm eating into the personality of Bukola Saraki, the Senate president appears far from being calmed, as the the Court of Appeal in Abuja has on Friday dismissed an appeal Saraki challenging the constitutionality of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, to try him for alleged false declaration of assets. Led by Adumein…
Saraki Appears in Court, to Return October 21
Bukola Saraki, senate president, finally appeared at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT on Tuesday to answer to charges related to his asset declaration. The senate President was accompanied to the tribunal by some of his colleagues, including Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy senate president. The case came up for hearing at 10:32am and was not…
Short And Sharp
Buhari should know that being slow and steady is analogue…. one needs to be smart as well. Abimbola Adelakun, columnist with The Punch Newspaper commenting on the President’s style of governance. You should go to [every nook and cranny] of Bayelsa State to sell this good product. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former governor of Bayelsa State, urging…
Saraki Names Galaudu, Olaniyonu as Aides
Bukola Saraki, Senate president, has approved the appointment of Isa Galaudu, representative of Kebbi North Senatorial District in the Seventh Senate as his Chief of Staff. The Senate president also confirmed the appointment of Yusuph Olaniyonu, the immediate past Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Ogun State, as his Special Adviser on Media. This was…
Saraki Vows to Tackle Corruption in NNPC
Bukola Saraki, Senate President, has promised to visit the alleged corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. He also promised that the Senate, under his leadership, would fix the amount the corporation could spend to run its operations. Saraki said this when member groups of the Civil Society Situation Room, led by the convener,Clement…
NASS Leadership: APC Accepts Saraki and Dogara
John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced on Friday that the party has accepted Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as the President of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. Odigie-Oyegun, who spoke after the transition committee submitted their report to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Defense house in…
Saraki Emerges Senate President
Senator Abubakar Bukola-Saraki has emerged, Senate President of the 8th National Assembly under very controversial circumstance. Meanwhile, erstwhile deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has been re-elected deputy Senator President after defeating Senator Ali Ndume to the position. Elected Senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress,…