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The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Thursday adjourned indefinitely the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on charges of false assets declaration. The adjournment, according to the Danladi Umar-led CCT, was to await the decision of Supreme Court on the appeal filed by Saraki and the...

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has filed additional grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court to challenge the December 12, 2017 judgment of the Court of Appeal which overturned the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s ruling acquitting him of false assets declaration and other related charges...

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has appealed against the December 12, 2017, judgment of the Court of Appeal which reversed his acquittal by the Code of Conduct Tribunal where he was prosecuted false assets declaration and other related charges. Delivering a unanimous judgment in …...

A youth group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) known as APC Youth Connect, has commended the Court of Appeal over its decision not to uphold the judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on 15 count charges against Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki. The youth group...

The federal government has said that steps were already on to get copies of the ruling, discharging Bukola Saraki from the false asset accusation trial. The prosecution counsel, Pious Kehinde, after the ruling said the federal government will study the ruling and determine the next course of...

Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi west senatorial district has rejoiced over the victory of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Trial. The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Wednesday upheld the no-case submission made by the Senate President Bukola Saraki and...

The Nigeria's Code of Conduct Tribunal has discharged Senate president, Bukola Saraki of wrongdoings in the asset declaration trial. Sahara Reporters in a series of tweets on prior and after the judgement said the Senate President bragged among colleagues and politicians that his trial at the...

The Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman, Danladi Umar has postponed indefinitely the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The final ruling on Saraki's no case submission was postponed on Thursday afternoon. Details soon,

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that said many things are wrong with his on-going trial at the Code Of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Dr. Saraki stated this in an exclusive interview with DailyTrust Newspaper over the weekend. Saraki said: “So many things in that trial are abnormal. People...

Nigerian government has filed fresh charges against the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The Federal Government who had at the last sitting increased the charges to 17, told the court on Thursday that it has filed a further amendment bringing the charges...

A witness in the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for alleged false declaration of assets, said Saraki borrowed money to buy a piece of property in Lagos, but claimed the money was from the sale of rice and sugar. The witness, Michael Wetkas, a...

The trial of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Abubakar Saraki, over alleged false and anticipatory assets declaration continues today before the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar. At the last sitting October 5, the tribunal dismissed an application by Saraki asking the...

The Nigerian Senate took a bold step on Thursday by finally passing the Code of Conduct amendment bill, 2016. The amendment included - altering the tenure of office of the chairman and members of the Code of Conduct Bureau. Here are nine major adjustments made the CCT Act by the Nigerian...

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. Justice Abdul Aboki-led panel of the appeal court on...

Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has announced that he rule on Senate President Bukola Saraki’s application seeking the withdrawal of the judge from his trial, on October 5. Ibrahim Alhassan, spokesman of the CCT, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. In June...

Mild drama ensued at the Code of Conduct Tribunal as the Chairman, Danladi Umar, on Tuesday threatened to jail senators attending court sessions in solidarity with Senate President Bukola Saraki and throw them out of the tribunal. The chairman got angry over ‘rude’ comments from senators and...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has adjourned the hearing of the appeals instituted by Senate President, Bukola Saraki challenging the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to try him on charges, including false and anticipatory asset declaration till Thursday 2 June following...

See photos of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, some senators that accompanied him to the Code of Conduct Tribunal today as released by PUNCH Newspaper. Photocredit: PUNCH

The chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, said Wednesday that he would go ahead with the trial until uncertainties over organised labour’s strike are resolved. Cross-examination of prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas, is continuing today with Paul Usoro, a counsel to Mr...

The trial of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Abubakar Saraki, over alleged false assets declaration and corruption will continue tomorrow before the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar. The tribunal had granted him an adjournment for his counsel to confer with him and...