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    Nigeria: 5 Strong Reasons Why NASS Leaders Should NOT Get Immunity

    It is not a rare thing for top government officials and officers to have immunity from being prosecuted for criminal offences civil crimes in the world; it helps them to avoid unnecessary distractions in the discharge of their duties. According to the Nigerian constitution, Nigerian...
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    Politics Forgery Trial: Senators Testifying Against Saraki May be Suspended - Premium Times

    Senator Dino Melaye during a closed senate session has suggested the suspension of senators testifying against Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu and other senate principal officers in the ongoing forgery case, Premium Times reports. Senators Kabiru Marafa, Suleiman Hunkuyi, Ahmed Lawan, Ajayi...
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    Politics Why Court Adjourned Saraki, Ekweremadu’s Forgery Trial to Sept 28

    Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Abuja High Court at Apo today fixed September 28 for the Federal Government to open its case against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. The duo are facing trial over their alleged involvement in the forgery of Senate Standing...
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    Politics Dogara Tutors Saraki, Ekweremadu on How To Handle Alleged Forgery Case

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has advised leadership of the senate on the best way to handle the alleged forgery case. Dogara called for caution, warning that the National Assembly may find it difficult to function properly in the face of continuous external...
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    Politics Saraki, Ekweremadu's Alleged Forgery Suit Postponed Till Sept 28

    The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and two other's trial, now to hold Sept. 28. According to Sumner Shagari Sambo ‏, TVC Correspondent in Abuja. the case could not be heard today due to annual recess of Judiciary. Saraki, Ekweremadu, and two co-accused – a former...
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    Politics Forgery Suit: Names of 14 Witnesses Lined Up Against Saraki, Ekweremadu

    The Federal Government has lined up 14 witnesses in the forgery suit against Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, outgoing clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, and his deputy, Mr. Ben Efeturi, slated for today at the High Court of the Federal...
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    Politics Ex-Kano Justice Commissioner Takes Over Saraki, Ekweremadu's Forgery Trial

    A new four-man team of prosecutors have taken over the forgery trial of Nigeria's Senate President Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu and other principal officers of the Red Chamber, The Punch report. The new team is headed by ex Kano Justice Commissioner, Aliyu Umar (SAN). Other members of the...
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    Politics APC's Main Problem With Senate is Ekweremadu and Not Saraki – Oyegun Confesses

    National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, says the party is sad that a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the Deputy Senate President. Reacting to a comment by Senator Dino Melaye that the APC should be grateful that it didn’t lose the...
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    Politics Falana Knocks Saraki, Ekweremadu Over Senate Forgery Scandal

    Prominent Nigerian lawyer, Femi Falana, has scolded principal officers of the Nigerian senate, telling them to face the forgery charges against them instead of attacking the Presidency. Speaking on “The limit of executive immunity”, in Benin on Saturday, Falana called on Senate President...
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    Politics South East APC Joins Presidency, Asks Saraki, Ekweremadu To Resign

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South East has joined the presidency in advising all the principal officers of the National Assembly, NASS, facing trial for alleged forgery to resign their positions in the Assembly to concentrate on their defence. The Zonal Publicity Secretary of the...
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    Politics Senate Forgery: Presidency Scolds Saraki and Ekweremadu; Suggests Their Resignation

    Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir Lawal, has tackled Nigeria's senate president, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, over statements made about their forgery trials. Both senate leaders had pointed fingers and alleged that a cabal exists within the...
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    Politics Senator Akpabio In Trouble For Secretly Visiting Tinubu [SignalNG]

    Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has incurred the wrath of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) colleagues in the Senate over what senators of the PDP have reportedly described as Akpabio’s involvement in “anti-party activities”, Signal NG reports. According to Signal, an...
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    Politics Forgery: 5 Questions Lawmakers May Ask AGF Malami at the Senate Today

    The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Mallami, will today appear before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters over the Senate Rules forgery suit. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, outgoing Clerk...
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    Politics 8 Powerful Points in Ekweremadu’s Letter to UN, US, Others

    The forgery charges preferred against presiding officers of the Senate assumed a new dimension yesterday as Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu wrote to the United Nations and other foreign missions over his trial at an FCT High Court. The letter dated June 28, 2016 was titled: “Re...
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    Politics Senate Forgery Scandal: Ekweremadu Reports Buhari to World Leaders

    Nigeria's Senate Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu, has written a letter to world leaders over the forgery case instigated against him and other principal officers of the senate by the federal government. In the letter, Ekweremadu called for intervention of the United Nations, Us Congress...
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    Politics Forgery Scandal: Buhari Has Declared War On Us – Ekweremadu Issues Statement

    Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has accused the presidency of declaring war on the country’s legislature in the ongoing forgery trial. Ekweremadu in a statement said the country’s democracy, which clearly stipulated the separation of powers, was being threatened by the...
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    Politics Why Saraki, Ekweremadu Was Granted Bail – Judge

    A Federal High Court in Abuja today granted bail to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and the fourth defendant over charges of alleged forgery of the Nigerian Senate Standing Rules. The trial judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, said that the decision was in...
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    Politics PHOTOS: Saraki, Ekweremadu, Others In Court Over Alleged Senate Rules Forgery

    Photos of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy Senator Ike Ekweremadu and two other s at the hearing of a suit filled at the Federal High Court, Abuja by the federal government over alleged forgery of senate rules. Photo Source: Sumner Shagari Sambo of TVC
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    Politics 30 Senators Accompany Saraki,Ekweremadu to Court

    Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu were escorted by 30 senators for their trial at the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, Abuja. READ: Saraki, Ekweremadu Arrive Court For Forgery Trial THE CABLE reports that the Senators arrived in two Coaster buses and...
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    Politics Buhari Has Nothing to Do With Saraki's Trials Over Senate Rules Forgery - Presidency

    Nigeria's Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, has stated that the executive has nothing to do with the travails of the leadership of the national assembly. There have been reports and criticisms that President Muhammadu Buhari is behind the continued "persecution" of Senate President Bukola...
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