The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki; a former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and an ex-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, 17th Semptember, differed on the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ribadu, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, said he would not contest against…
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The Senate President and one of the presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Bukola Saraki, has declared that those plotting to impeach him after the National Assembly reconvenes won’t succeed because they don’t have the number to do so. Saraki, who said this while responding to questions from newsmen at the PDP Secretariat…
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Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has pledged to assist the Actors Guild of Nigeria Foundation. disclosing that he would soon make a case for the movie industry at the National Assembly. He made the promise when members of the association led by its President, Emeka Rollas paid him a courtesy visit in Lagos. He also disclosed that he…
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All Progressives Congress, National Publicity Secretary, Yekina Nabena The All Progressives Congress (APC) through its acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, has again lashed out at the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, saying his presidential aspiration is a huge joke and a publicity stunt to divert attention from the affairs of NASS. He made…
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Twenty four hours after declaring his intention to run for president in 2019, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has obtained the presidential nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Saraki’s aide, Olu Onemola, made this known via his Twitter handle Friday afternoon. Mr Onemola said the director general of the Saraki Presidential Campaign…
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Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. Saraki visited the former president in company with ex-National Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barnabas Gemade. He was also accompanied by Abubakar Kawu Baraje, Senators Dino Melaye, Rafiu Ibrahim, former aide to Jonathan, Doyin Okupe and others. The…
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has condemned the refusal to allow Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano, use Eagle Square to make the declaration of his presidential ambition. He said the move sends a wrong message about the country’s democracy. Yusuph Olaniyonu, special adviser on media and publicity to the senate president, made this known in…
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association on Tuesday warned the President of Senate, Bukola Saraki, to resign his position immediately or be forced to do so. The national coordinator of the association in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo, gave the warning in an interview with a Punch Newspaper correspondent in Makurdi. Gololo said Saraki had…
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The Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, said he is considering contesting the 2019 presidential election and promising to make the change which has eluded Nigeria. He mentioned this in an interview with Bloomberg, where he expressed concerns about the invasion of the National Assembly, by operatives of the Department of State Services. “I am consulting and…
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The Federal Government says it has no hand in the call for resignation or impeachment of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, because “it is purely party affairs.’’ According to Punch, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made government’s position known on Tuesday when he paid advocacy visit to the Abuja…
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