Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has emphatically told the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, he has no case to answer in the charges of false declaration of assets brought against him by the Federal Government. It would be recalled that in 2015, shortly after he emerged as the Senate President and leader of the National…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed a motion to withdraw the charge of criminal conspiracy against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. An affidavit in support of the motion was filed before the High Court of Federal Capital Territory on Thursday by a litigation officer from the Federal Ministry of Justice,…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has announced the restructuring of leaderships of the Senate’s committees. In the latest reshuffling, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, a member of anti-Saraki Unity Forum, was named chairperson of Committee on Environment, while Kabiru Marafa, Saraki’s main critic, was appointed chairman of the Petroleum (downstream) Committee. Before now, he used to…
An Abuja High Court, on Monday, June 27, 2016, granted bail to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. The Senate President was brought before the court on allegation of forging the Senate Standing Rules. The Federal Government filed the case against Saraki, Ekweremadu and two others. At the court on Monday,…
President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday, June 27, appeared before a High Court sitting in Abuja for an alleged forgery case filed against them by the Federal Government. The duo alongside two others were accused by the FG of tampering with the Senate Standing Rules, which brought…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki on Sunday urged Muslim faithful across the country to use the period of this year’s Ramadan to pray for peace, security and God’s intervention in tackling the myriad socio–economic challenges confronting the nation. In a statement to mark the commencement of this year’s Ramadan fasting season signed by his…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has appealed to herdsmen and farmers across the country to maintain peace as the National Assembly is ready to proffer lasting solution to the perennial clashes over grazing by cattle. Saraki was speaking on Wednesday when a group of herdsmen from Kautal Hore Socio-Cultural Association Jigawa state branch visited…
The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for allegedly failing to declare all his assets has been suspended indefinitely. Saraki was supposed to be at the Tribunal on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, but the main witness for the prosecution, Michael Wektas, was not at the court for cross…
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday night, hosted a Presidential Dinner at Aso Rock in Abuja. The dinner, according to what Aproko247 gathered, was in honour of members of the National Assembly. In attendance also at the dinner were chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, John Oyegun and…
The leadership of the Nigerian Senate on Thursday, May 19, 2016, held a meeting with leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, over their industrial action, which entered day two on Thursday. The workers had embarked on a strike to force the Federal Government to revert the pump price to N86.50 from N145 it increased…