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    Politics Saraki, Atiku pray for President Buhari’s son – Daily Post Nigeria

    Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed sympathy over the motorbike accident involving President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, on Tuesday night Yusuf Buhari presently unconscious in the hospital suffered brain injury after he was involved in a bike accident on Tuesday night. Saraki, in a...
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    Politics Boko Haram Fund Won’t Be Spent Without Senate Consideration – Saraki

    The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday gave the assurance that the $1billion withdrawal from the Excess Crude Account, ECA, will not be spent until the Senate considers the processes involved. The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki had on December 14, announced the decision of...
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    Politics Appeal Court orders Saraki to face trial on three charges – Punch Newspapers

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed 15 out of the 18 counts of false assets declaration instituted against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The three-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson...
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    Politics 2019 Election: I’ll Reveal My Intentions In February - Saraki

    Senate President Bukola Saraki has said Nigerians will know about his intentions for 2019 in two months. He said this in an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on the Osasu Show on the sidelines of the unveiling of Bolaji Abdullahi’s book, ‘On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria’...
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    Politics Saraki Will Not Run Against Buhari In 2019 - Chief Aide

    Senate President Bukola Saraki will not run against President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election, his chief of staff has said. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said as long as Buhari seeks re-election, “Saraki will not contest”. He was speaking on a weekly Hausa Programme aired on DITV/Alheri...
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    Politics Saraki Should Apologise to Tinubu On Behalf of Melaye - Women Coalition

    A coalition of 46 women groups, have asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to apologize to Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on behalf of Senator Dino Melaye. DAILY TRUST report that the women group under the aegis of f Legislative Advocacy Coalition on Violence Against Women (LACVAW) said the...
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    Nigeria News Week In 30 Seconds- 04 June 2016

    [WEEK 22] Nigeria News Week – 04th June, 2016 Former Chad President Sentenced To Life Imprisonment Former Chad President Hissene Habre has been sentenced by the Special African Chamber in Senegal to life in prison. He has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for ordering the killing...
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    Metro [LIST] 7 Reasons Why Buhari Should Not Be Embarrassed By Cameron’s ‘Fantastically Corrupt’ Statement

    The British Prime Minister and leader of the conservatives, David Cameron, has since Tuesday been at the centre of criticisms over his ‘fantastically corrupt’ remarks on Nigeria. Cameron was caught on camera on Tuesday telling Queen Elizabeth that leaders of some “fantastically corrupt”...
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    Politics CCT: Saraki’s Lawyer Blast FG ‘for Wasting Tribunal’s Time’

    A mild drama took place at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, on Tuesday as a counsel to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Paul Erokoro lambasted Federal Government’s lawyer for insisting that only one counsel should be allowed to cross examine a witness. Erokoro said this while reacting...
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    Politics Saraki Moves to Stop Danladi From Presiding As CCT Chairman

    The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has filed another application to disqualify Danladi Umar, the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, from continuing to preside over his trial. Ajibola Oluyede, a counsel to Mr. Saraki, who is being tried for alleged false and anticipatory assets...
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    Politics CCT: Umar Orders Saraki’s Security out of Courtroom

    The trial of embattled Nigeria’s Senate president continued in its dramatic form today as Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) ordered security operatives attached to Senate President Bukola Saraki to leave the courtroom. Umar said that his order was for the safety of...
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    Politics CCT Trial: Why Saraki Should Not Resign [OPINION]

    By Fabian Chukwuka The call for the head of Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, appears to get louder daily. At the vanguard of this ‘crucify him’ crusade are some Nigerians who believe his alleged breach of the Code of Conduct Act and subsequent trial make him unworthy to continue to occupy...
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    Politics Buhari’s 2016 Budget Fails Integrity Test - Senate

    The Senate Majority Leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume, yesterday, disclosed that the second budget document failed a series of integrity tests carried out on it by the Senate as strange projects were discovered, Guardian reports He confirmed that the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, would...
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    Politics Exposed! 2016 Budget Doctored in Abuja Hotel [NigerianPilot]

    As controversy continues to trail the emergence of a new version of the 2016 budget, Nigerian Pilot has revealed how the original budget was withdrawn and taken to a highbrow hotel in Abuja, where the document was doctored by highly placed government officials and civil servants. According to...
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    Politics Saraki Orders Review Of National Assembly Security

    The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has directed a review of all security arrangements in the federal parliament in order to keep the institution abreast of the current challenges in the country. The Special Adviser to the Senate President on Security, Major General Saleh Maina (retd.), who...
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    Politics READ: Full Text of Saraki’s Speech During IMF Chief’s Visit

    This is the full text of Nigeria's Senate President, Olubukola Saraki during meeting with the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund, Madame Christine Lagarde with principal officers of the National Assembly yesterday, in Abuja. Read: ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND...
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    Politics Legislatures are more Open and Transparent than the Executive - NASS

    The legislative arm of government has argued that the body is more transparent and open than the other arms of government, most especially the Executive, through the official twitter account. In a series of tweet, the official account said: “Legislatures are more open and transparent than...
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    Politics Nigerian Senate Passes Only 2 Bills in 6 months

    Six months after the inauguration of the National Assembly, the senate yesterday passed the second bill, since inception, DailyTrust learnt. The first bill passed by the senate was the supplementary budget, an executive bill by President Muhammadu Buhari. It was passed on December 1. The...
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    Politics Court of Appeal Affirms Saraki's Election

    The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State capital has affirmed the election of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki as the senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District. ATTACH]
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    Metro Social Media Abusers Must Go To Jail - Saraki insists

    As criticisms continue to trail the ongoing bill by the Senate to censor social media in the country, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said no amount of attacks arising from it would make the Red Chamber abandon the proposed law. Saraki, who acknowledged the roles of the social media...
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