An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Olamide Sadiq, has told Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, that properties located at 17 and 17A McDonald Road, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa Local Government Area, owned by a former Senate President and ex-governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, are believed to have…
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and Governors Kayode Fayemi and Dapo Abiodun of Ekiti and Ogun States respectively have thrown their weight behind the trans-generational compendium to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nigeria. The book, entitled Nigeria @60: Foremost Nigerians of the Last 60years; is written by former Society Editor of Thisday, Lanre Alfred.…
The Nigerian legislative arm of government, comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives, is rarely in the good books of the public. No congregation of legislators in Nigeria has arguably suffered public condemnation like the 8th Senate. Some learned figures and media commentators at a point moved beyond reproach to demand the scrap of…
Senator Bukola Saraki, former Governor of Kwara State and former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and the current Senate President trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal was fuelled by those who see him as a threat in 2019. Senator Saraki’s problem is being engineered, fanned, propelled, sponsored and sustained by forces that…
Report reaching us indicates that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is at the moment having a closed-door meeting with Senators Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Melaye. The two lawmakers have been at loggerheads lately after an altercation the erupted between them at an executive session at the Senate last week. Tinubu claimed she was insulted by…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reaffirmed his commitment and loyalty to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, despite his battle with the party. Saraki also reiterated his belief that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government will redeem its electoral promises made during the 2015 general elections. The Senate President, who spoke at the 10th Abuja Housing…
Today, Monday, June 27, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, are expected to be brought before an Abuja High Court by the Federal Government over an alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules. Two other persons would be charged alongside Saraki and Ekweremadu. It is believed that it would be a…
The Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, have been asked to appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs over omissions and irregularities in ambassadorial nomination. The Senate gave this directive on Wednesday following a Point of Order raised by Joshua Dariye at plenary…
Bukola Saraki Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to the recent beheading of a Christian woman in Kano by some Islamic fundamentalists. Few days ago, some youths in Kano killed a woman and cut off her head, parading it on the streets of the ancient city. The victim was alleged to have blasphemed Prophet Mohammed,…
The general public will have the opportunity to access the controversial Panama Papers that have revealed how top figures in the world keep offshore companies not known to many. Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Wale Tinubu, a relative of Bola Ahmed Tinubu are among those already named in the leaks. Aproko247 gathered that the…