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Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Wednesday removed Dino Melaye as Spokesman of the Senate and announced the names of lawmakers that would chair the different senate committees for the 8th Senate. The list as read out by Saraki during Plenary has Senator Ben Murray Bruce as the chairman...

The Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, yesterday, approached the Supreme Court, urging it to stop the proceeding of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT before the full blown commencement of the trial on 13-count criminal charge against him by the Federal Government. Saraki, is praying...

The awaiting official list of screened and confirmed ministerial nominees was formally handed over to President Mohammadu Buhari by the Senate Presidet, Bukola Saraki at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Saraki arrived the seat of power about 3:00pm along with the Special Adviser to the...

Tension has gripped the lawmakers over who heads the juicy committees chairmen and vice chairmen that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki will unveil today. According to sources, ranking senators across party lines have vowed to resist any move to give them committees that are seen not to be...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that he will head to the Supreme Court in search of justice after a Court of Appeal ruled against him. Saraki’s position was conveyed by his lead lawyer, Mohammed Mogaji. He revealed that Senator Saraki would file a further appeal at the...

Justice Moore Adumen of the Court of Appeal this morning dismissed an appeal for the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Adumen, reading the unanimous verdict of the three man panel, said the tribunal, which docked the Senate President on 22 September and...

Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said they never supported emergence of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. His luck worked for him and that was how he was returned unopposed as Senate president. Akpabio said the PDP caucus...

Senator representing Kaduna Central at the Senate, Shehu Sani, has opined that the current travails of Senate President Bukola Saraki is because of his position and future plans for 2019. Sani, who spoke during an interview with Leadership, said “I don’t know of any problem between the senate...

See the list of 6 Nigerian political and powerful gladiators currently making waves at the political scene of the country. President Buhari, Asiwaju Tinubu, Amaechi, Fayose, Dogara and Saraki on the list. President Mohammadu Buhari - the President of Nigeria. He is a retired Nigerian Army...

According to a news story by Sahara Reporters, that Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court Lagos, nearly granted an injunction to stop the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal without notice to defendants in the suit, has been described as...

Dino Melaye, who was among the 81 senators that accompanied Bukola Saraki to the CCT earlier today has come put to justify their stand and that attack on Saraki is directed to the National Assembly. He said: “We believe this is an attack on our institution not just the senate president in the...

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has refused the entry of journalists into its premises as Senate president, Bukola Saraki appears before it today. It has been confirmed that the chairman gave this order. The Chairman of the CCT also barred the use of camera at the Court proceedings today Update soon

The Senate again, on Tuesday, refrained from screening the former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, as a ministerial nominee despite earlier indicating preparedness for his screening in the Order Paper for the day’s plenary which is seen by many as daring the Presidency. Amaechi...

The judgement in the suit instituted by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki in the Code of Conduct Tribunal has been adjourned indefinitely. The Court gave no reason for adjournment and to communicate a new date to all parties at a later date. Dr. Bukola Saraki had filed an appeal...