The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed door at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The closed door meeting may not be unconnected with moves to resolve the 2016 Budget crisis. Due to grey areas in the Buget, the President had withheld his assent since the Budget was passed by the National Assembly. ...
April, 2016
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17 April
Senate Acquires 108 Jeeps Each For N35.1m, Against N17m Market Value !
The Senate has started taking delivery of 108 Toyota Land Cruiser Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) it ordered for members at the cost of N3.8 billion. The first set of the cars, numbering 36, was delivered last Tuesday and distributed to senators last Wednesday. There are indications that the Senate purchased the vehicles at double the price of each in the showroom ...
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9 April
Dangote , Dantata , Saraki,Named In Panama Tax Invasion Scandal..Dangote Denies
Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is facing scrutiny after he became linked, on Friday, with alleged tax evasion when his name became associated with the world’s biggest tax scandal as contained in the Panama Papers. The name of his half-brother Sayyu Dantata has also become caught up in the scandal. The Panama Papers leak, which involved the disclosure of ...
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6 April
Saraki CCT Trial : 2 Aides Logged Looted Funds [700,000] 70 Times A Day
The trial has opened before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in the case against Senate President Bukola Saraki, after his last-minutes attempt to stay proceedings failed. Saraki, who is facing a 13-count false assets declaration charge, was arraigned before the tribunal late last year. The prosecution has been unable to open the trial in view of the several hurdles ...
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4 April
UNCOVERED ! The Hidden Assets That Put Saraki In CCB Palava
The lid has been blown off the hidden and undeclared assets by SENATE president,olubukola Saraki ..Four assets belonging to the wealthy and famous Saraki family of Nigeria, all tucked away in secret offshore territories, have been uncovered. But the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, failed to declare them to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as required by Nigerian ...
March, 2016
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31 March
PDP Grand Plan To Relplace Saraki ..If CCT Trial Falls Him
Peoples Democratic Party is plotting for eventualities!..Plans are in place to ensure the emergence of one of them as the President of the Senate if the embattled incumbent, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, is removed as a result of his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki is standing trial at the CCT over alleged false declaration of assets. ...
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15 March
Kwara Gov Debunks Sack Of PTA Chairman,Funding Saraki’s Legal Battle
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied removing the Chairman of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) for allegedly criticizing the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. Governor Ahmed, in statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Muideen Akorede, said the PTA is a non-governmental organization and is therefore not subject to governmental control including removal ...
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2 March
Mild Drama As Saraki Ignores Remi Tinubu On Senate Floor
Echoes of the political unease between Senate President Bukola Saraki and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu echoed Tuesday in the Senate. This time like other occasions, wife of the APC leader, Sen. Remi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central), received the cold shoulders of Senator Saraki. The mild drama occurred on the floor of the Senate during ...
February, 2016
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5 February
Saraki Unhappy,Dissappointed As S/court Says ‘Go And Face CCT
The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has expressed disappointment at the ruling by the Supreme Court dismissing his appeal against his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. A statement issued on Friday by his Media Adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu, noted that the Senate President was alarmed that the apex court dismissed the six grounds on which he filed ...
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5 February
PREDICTABLE JUDGEMENT? Saraki Knows Fate Today On CCT Trial
‘What a predictable judgement!! our insensitive and unethical CJN will set Saraki free according to his own books of law’…..’I CAN PUT MY MONEY ON THIS, SARAKI’S CASE WILL BE QUASHED BY THE SUPREME COURT’….’Retired Justice Belgore have been identified right from the beginning of Saraki’s case to be working tirelessly in making sure Saraki’s case is dismissed. The role ...