The Kwara State government has reacted to allegations that it paid the sum of N500 million to counsel to the former state governor, Bukola Saraki, Kanu Agabi. Saraki, who is now the Senate President, is standing trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja for allegedly not declaring all his assets while he…
For the first time, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has echoed his mind on his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, over allegation of false declaration of assets while he was the governor of Kwara State. In his response to Dele Momodu’s article last Saturday on ThisDay, the number three citizen…
Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has ordered the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, to appear before it on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at 2pm. The directive was given to the tribunal judge on Monday shortly after he announced that the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has again lost his bid to stop his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Saraki ran to the Federal High Court in Abuja to his trial at the tribunal citing an infringement on his fundamental human rights. But at the hearing on Friday, April 15, 2016, Justice Abdulkadir…
A top member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Kawu Baraje, has hit hard on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Baraje, an ally of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said on Sunday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, also the hometown of Saraki, that the party’s performance since taking office almost a…
Special Adviser on Media to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Yusuph Olaniyonu, has insisted that his boss will not bow to pressure to resign from office. Olaniyonu informed Premium Times in a text message on Friday that only the court can remove Saraki and that is when he is found guilty of allegations levelled against…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has been warned to forget producing another Senate President if Bukola Saraki is removed from office. Saraki is battling with his party, which wants him out because of the way he got the position. He is presently standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for alleged false declaration…
Trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for alleged false declaration of asset will commence today, Friday, March 11, 2016. The trial was initially fixed for Thursday, March 10, 2016, but Saraki’s new lead counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN) wrote the tribunal for a change of date for a…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been told to vacate his position by a group of protesters, who stormed the National Assembly on Tuesday. The group, Open Society Coalition, OSC, called on Saraki to immediately tender his resignation letter and focus on his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, where he is facing charges…
On Tuesday, the Senate screened 10 ministerial nominees sent to red chambers by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. Immediately after members of the upper legislative chambers returned from a closed-session on Tuesday morning, they commenced the exercise, which lasted over five hours. Kayode Fayemi and Abdulrahman Dambazau were among the nominees quizzed with the longest…