Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, have directed Mohammed Sani-Omolori, clerk of the national assembly, to resolve issues that led to workers strike on Tuesday.The workers, protesting the non-payment of outstanding salaries and allowances, prevented the lawmakers from sitting on Tuesday.In a statement, Yusuph Olaniyonu, special adviser to the senate president on media, said Saraki [...]
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An appeal court in Ilorin, Kwara state, has dismissed the judgment which awarded N4 billion to Senate President Bukola Saraki in a libel suit against Sahara Reporters and Omoyele Sowore, the publisher.Saraki had accused the news medium of publishing malicious stories against him, and in in June, 2017, Sikiru Oyinloye, a judge at the Kwara state high court, who heard [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki says Nigerians have tried President Muhammadu Buhari and he has failed the country.Saraki said this at the kick off of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign in Sokoto state.He asked the people of the north-west state to be ready to cast their votes for the PDP presidential candidate."Today is a great day, today we are [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki says the police is diverting attention from the death of Michael Adikwu, principal suspect in the Offa robbery incident.Saraki, who was invited by the police in connection to the robbery, has called for an inquiry into the death of the suspect.Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, had responded by saying the testimony of the remaining suspects is enough to [...]
The police say Michael Adikwu, principal suspect in the Offa robbery incident, slumped and died in detention.Months after TheCable's report on the matter, Kamaldeen Ajibade, Kwara commissioner of justice, on Wednesday confirmed Adikwu's death.Following the confirmation, Senate President Bukola Saraki called for an inquiry into the development.In a statement on Thursday, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, shed light on the circumstances surrounding Adikwu's demise.He said [...]
Harriet Thompson, British deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, has urged the national assembly to pass the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) and other critical bills before the expiration of its tenure.Thompson made the call when she paid a courtesy visit on the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ahmad Lawan, senate leader, on Monday in Abuja.She also called for the passage [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Senate President Bukola Saraki will be "buried politically" by February 2019.He said this in reaction to the APC's victory in the bye-election conducted on Saturday in Kwara, the senate president's home state.Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja, the APC chairman said: "They went on to say that Oshiomhole should vacate [...]
Raheem Olawuyi, winner of the Kwara house of representatives bye-election, says he was able to secure victory at the polls because the All Progressives Congress (APC) believe in him.He said this on Sunday while speaking with reporters at Omu-Aran, Kwara state.Olawuyi polled 21,236 votes to defeat Saheed Alatise of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second with 18,095 votes.The [...]
Olu Onemola, aide to Senate President Bukola Saraki on new media, says a trending audio recording of his principal is fake.In the recording, Saraki was quoted as saying he spent between N200 million and N400 million in each of 30 states on the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.The senate president also purportedly accused Buhari of punishing the people of [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki says the "open intimidation and harassment of voters" in the Kwara house of representatives bye-election is sending a wrong signal ahead of the 2019 general election.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Raheem Ajuloopin, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the bye-election in Ekiti/Oke-Ero/ Irepodun/Isin federal constituency.He polled 21,236 votes to defeat his closest [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki says Nigerians are eagerly waiting to see how President Muhammadu Buhari will handle allegations against Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).He said this while responding to the threat of the APC chairman to sue him.Saraki had said the APC chairman did not have the moral stand to remain in politics following allegations [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dared Senate President Bukola Saraki to name one aspirant he collected money from or face legal action.Saraki had called on Oshiomohole to resign from politics.The senate president said the APC chairman does not have the moral stand to remain in politics following allegations by some APC governors that he [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki has asked Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to quit politics.Saraki made the statement in Ilorin on Wednesday, on the sidelines of a remembrance ceremony held in honour of his late father.On Sunday, the Department of State Services (DSS) had detained Oshiomhole after some APC governors alleged that he received bribes during [...]
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it will be strange if the ruling party is experiencing "graveyard peace".While appearing on Arise Television on Tuesday, the party chairman said the APC is prone to controversies because it is a large party.Last week, the party chairman was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) and grilled [...]
The senate on Tuesday adjourned over a low turnout of lawmakers.Philip Aduda, senator representing the federal capital territory (FCT), moved a motion for adjournment citing order 10 (3) which states that the lawmakers could not sit if they do not form a quorum.Thirty-eight senators are required to form quorum in the upper legislative chamber.Aduda explained that the chamber was "empty" [...]
Countless times, the senate, particularly the current one led by Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has been accused of being a clog in the wheel of the country's progress. Such accusations often arise when the senators differ with the executive on issues.The current senate has disagreed with the executive on issues ranging from the approval of loans, summoning of appointees and confirmation [...]
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