President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to confirm Festus Okoye as National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr Okoye is among 26 new appointees the president wrote, in separate letters, to the Senate for confirmation. Mr Buhari’s request on Mr Okoye was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, […]
Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, with headquarters in Lagos State, has warned the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, not to support President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s presidential election. Ayodele, speaking at the dedication of the Emi Ni Aseyori Kan Pro Cathedral a.k.a Sope Parish in […]
* Senator may be suspended over alleged plot to destabilise Red Chamber .Sen Adamu: Allegations baseless, says he’s not interested in Saraki’s position Senator representing Nasarawa, Senator Abdullahi Adamu is in a fix as his colleagues on Thursday accused him of plotting to remove the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, destabilize the Upper Chamber and throw […]
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Thursday adjourned indefinitely, the false assets declaration trial of the Senate President, Senator Dr. Olubukola Saraki. The Chairman of the tribunal, Danladi Umar, announced the indefinite adjournment at the resumed trial of the case in Abuja on Thursday. According to the CCT chairman, it is better to wait […]
The Human and Environmental Developmental Agenda (HEDA Resource Center), has urged the National Assembly to commence the confirmation process of about 60 nominees submitted by the executive to it, saying that the delay is affecting many government agencies. HEDA, in a petition sent to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and signed by the Resource […]
* Wants President to probe bias, impunity by Police High Command * Says police conniving with CAC, Sen Obiora to destroy DTN * Seeks public hearing by NASS over DTN ownership The Management of Folio Communications Limited, owners of Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN) has written a petition to President Muhammdau Buhari in which it […]
* We’ll continue to expose corruption – Saraki Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said the National Assembly will continue to expose corruption in the petroleum sector irrespective of the status of those involved in the act. The development came just as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that the federal government is […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday held that a non governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “sufficient interest to bring its suit to stop former governors and now serving senators and ministers from receiving double pay and life pensions.” Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo also held that the group can “seek […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met, behind closed doors, with the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This information is posted on twitter account of the Presidency Nigeria; @NGRPresident on Sunday in Abuja. The post read: “President Muhammadu Buhari meeting with Senate President […]
The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has intervened in the tuition fees crisis rocking Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. Though the management of the institution insisted that it had not hike the fees payable by all categories of students, concerned students had staged demonstrations in Ilorin, alleging outrageous increments in the tuition fees. Saraki in a […]
Nigeria’s Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo, top politicians including the Vice President and his wife, Prof and Mrs Osinbajo, and business moguls graced the engagement ceremony of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s daughter on Saturday. Amidst the countless photographs flooding the airspace from the glamorous wedding engagement, which held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, […]
Bukola Saraki, Nigeria Senate President says it is the collective responsibility of world leaders to combat terrorism, reaffirming Nigeria’s commitment to the fight. Saraki said this during bilateral meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran, Ali, Larijani, at the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in St. Petersburg, Russia on Monday. The senate president said […]
Top presidential hopefuls in the ruling All Progressive Congresss (APC) have started mobilizing their supporters ahead of 2019 presidential election as President Muhammadu Buhari returned to London last week for an undisclosed reason after participating in the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, investigation by Nigerian NewsDirect revealed. However, unlike previous […]
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said military’s declaration of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) as a “militant and terrorist organization” was constitutional, as against Senate President Bukola Saraki’s claim. Recall that Saraki had said Monday that “the categorisation of the group [IPOB] as a terrorist organisation by the […]
Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin The people of Kwara north led by Etsu Patigi and other monarchs from the area have praised the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki for facilitating the award of reconstruction of Share-Tsaragi- Patigi federal road. The Etsu Patigi, Alh Ibrahim Chatta Umar led his colleagues to Saraki’ residence in Ilorin yesterday on a […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, at the Abuja House in London. The two leaders departed Nigeria at the early hours of Thursday to London where they met with the President. However, detail of their meeting was not disclosed as […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Tuesday that it will work towards ensuring that former president Olusegun Obasanjo, erstwhile vice president Atiku Abubakar, Senate President Abubakar Saraki and all those who held top political offices under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) return to the party The chairman, national caretaker cimmuttee , NCC, of the […]
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that youth unemployment in Nigeria can be curtailed with a collaborative policy and legislative thrust that will help improve access to finance and develop basic infrastructure. Saraki stated this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu and made available […]
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN) has commended the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, for his intervention which led the Federal Government to introduce an Import Adjustment Tax policy last year that has encouraged pharmaceutical industries in the country to thrive. The national president of PMG-MAN, Mr. Okey Akpa, […]
There were online speculations last night that some state governors had held acting President Yemi Osinbajo to ransom, so that they can install Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as President. President Buhari handed over to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo when he left for the UK last week. In a statement released by his media aide, Saraki […]