Tag: BUKOLA SARAKI
Saraki used Kwara funds to repay private loans, purchase property in...
The corruption trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, finally got under way before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja on Tuesday after...
Senators plot Saraki’s replacement as Panama Papers heap pressure on embattled...
All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the Senate held secret caucus meetings outside the National Assembly complex on...
Iceland PM resigns over Panama Papers scandal
Iceland's Prime Minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first casualty of leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm which have shone...
Saraki’s false assets declaration trial finally commences
The trial of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over false declaration of assets began Tuesday...
Judge withdraws from Saraki’s case over negative online reports
Justice Abdukadir Abdu-Kafarati of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday withdrew from the case filed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki,...
The misogynists in the Nigerian Senate, by Reuben Abati
What Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti South) did with her presentation of a bill on gender and equal opportunities on March 15, is the...
Senate rejects woman equality bill citing religion and tradition
Nigerian Senators on Tuesday voted against a gender and equal opportunities bill. The bill, which did not pass a second reading, was aimed at...
Saraki disappointed as Supreme dismisses his objection to corruption trial
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court judgment that he should face corruption trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal...
Tinubu’s wife accuses APC of using and abandoning women
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central Senatorial district at the National Assembly, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of using and abandoning women.
The...
Buhari submits corrected 2016 budget to National Assembly
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Tuesday announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has formally sent a corrected version of the 2016 budget to the National Assembly.
Saraki...