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2015-09-30
Judge handling Saraki's case bows out over negative reports
Justice Ahmed Mohammed, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who heard Senate President Bukola Saraki’s ex parte application to stop the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has withdrawn from the case. Justice M...
Justice Ahmed Mohammed, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who heard Senate President Bukola Saraki’s ex parte application to stop the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has withdrawn from the case. Justice M...
Toyin Saraki Represents Aisha Buhari At UN Meeting
Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki yesterday represented the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, at a meeting of Organisation of African First Ladies in New York. The meeting, which bordered...
Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki yesterday represented the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, at a meeting of Organisation of African First Ladies in New York. The meeting, which bordered...
Re: Saraki, Saharareporters And The 'Judge For Hire' By chris ekemezie
Nigeria no doubt is undergoing a rebirth in the fight against endemic corruption. It is a war everyone believes should not only be fought but must be won. Just as applicable in every battle field there will be some inn...
Nigeria no doubt is undergoing a rebirth in the fight against endemic corruption. It is a war everyone believes should not only be fought but must be won. Just as applicable in every battle field there will be some inn...
Opinion: When Saraki becomes lord of the ring. By Segun Olulade
The unfolding scenario in the trial of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki is taking an interesting episode in the Nigeria's political soap opera. I can't but air my opinions once again considering the level ...
The unfolding scenario in the trial of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki is taking an interesting episode in the Nigeria's political soap opera. I can't but air my opinions once again considering the level ...
I'll Remain Petroleum Resources Minister-Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he will hold the Petroleum minister portfolio in his yet to be composed Cabinet. "I intend to remain the minister of petroleum resources," Buhari said in an intervie...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he will hold the Petroleum minister portfolio in his yet to be composed Cabinet. "I intend to remain the minister of petroleum resources," Buhari said in an intervie...
Saraki: I Won't Quit As Senate President
Persons expecting the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to resign on account of his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja over alleged false declaration of assets will have to wait till et...
Persons expecting the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to resign on account of his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja over alleged false declaration of assets will have to wait till et...
A'Court justices' death stalls Saraki's suit
The death of two justices of the Court of Appeal in Saudi Arabia stalled the hearing on Tuesday of the appeal filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in which he is asking the court to stay proceedings of h...
The death of two justices of the Court of Appeal in Saudi Arabia stalled the hearing on Tuesday of the appeal filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in which he is asking the court to stay proceedings of h...
244 Nigerians missing, 64 dead, 71 injured
Iranians wait for pilgrims returning from performing Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, at the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran yesterday. According to reports of the stampede, 239 Iranians lost their live...
Iranians wait for pilgrims returning from performing Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, at the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran yesterday. According to reports of the stampede, 239 Iranians lost their live...
Kwara no longer civil service state - Akorede
Dr Muyideen Akorede is the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed. In this interview with NICK UWERU and WOLE ADEDEJI, the governor's aide explains the intricacy surround...
Dr Muyideen Akorede is the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed. In this interview with NICK UWERU and WOLE ADEDEJI, the governor's aide explains the intricacy surround...
MRS Saraki Urges Increased Access to Skilled Midwives
Founder, Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) and wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki has called for increased access to skilled midwives within communities. She said such move could have a transformati...
Founder, Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) and wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki has called for increased access to skilled midwives within communities. She said such move could have a transformati...
Kwara To Generate Two Billion Naira Monthly
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has announced the resolve of the government to increase the Internally Generated Revenue to two billion naira monthly. The Governor, while inspecting the ongoing bu...
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has announced the resolve of the government to increase the Internally Generated Revenue to two billion naira monthly. The Governor, while inspecting the ongoing bu...
Kwara Exhausts 96 Percent of World Bank Support for HIV/Aids
The Kwara State Government said it has spent 96 percent out of the World Bank support for the implementation of HIV/AIDS in the state. The State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira stated this in Ilorin during the N...
The Kwara State Government said it has spent 96 percent out of the World Bank support for the implementation of HIV/AIDS in the state. The State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira stated this in Ilorin during the N...
Saraki Saga May Truncate Democracy - Zaitawa
A Chieftain of All the Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Alhaji Mujahid Zaitawa, has described the rumpus in the Senate over the alleged failure of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to declare his assets as...
A Chieftain of All the Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Alhaji Mujahid Zaitawa, has described the rumpus in the Senate over the alleged failure of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to declare his assets as...
Kwara locks out workers for lateness
No fewer than 85 workers and visitors were locked out at the Governor's Office in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday. The governor's office complex is made up of offices of workers under the office of the Secret...
No fewer than 85 workers and visitors were locked out at the Governor's Office in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday. The governor's office complex is made up of offices of workers under the office of the Secret...
Kwara PDP alleges plan to clamp down on members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has said that the APC government had concluded plans to clamp down on the opposition in the state with sponsored arrest of its members. Speaking with journali...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has said that the APC government had concluded plans to clamp down on the opposition in the state with sponsored arrest of its members. Speaking with journali...
2015-09-29
Governor Ahmed Forwards Commissioner-Nominees to KWHA
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed today forwarded the list of commissioner-nominees to the Kwara State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. This is line with the Governor's determination to put in place a strong...
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed today forwarded the list of commissioner-nominees to the Kwara State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. This is line with the Governor's determination to put in place a strong...
OPINION: The trials of Brother 'Jeroboam' Saraki. By Niyi Akinnaso
My first job as Speaker is to protect the institution. It had become clear to me that this prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution … So, … I will resign from the spea...
My first job as Speaker is to protect the institution. It had become clear to me that this prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution … So, … I will resign from the spea...
OPINION: On the name Nigeria. By Jogbojogbo Abdulrahman
NIGERIA. N-I-G-E-R-I-A. The name Nigeria, unique in its exclusivity to the geographical zone it describesis not so different from the names of many African states in the sense that it is an imposed name, an...
NIGERIA. N-I-G-E-R-I-A. The name Nigeria, unique in its exclusivity to the geographical zone it describesis not so different from the names of many African states in the sense that it is an imposed name, an...
Saraki: Reps Back Anti-Corruption War, Call for Fairness
The House of Representatives said on Tuesday that it wholly supported the anti-corruption war of the Federal Government and its decision to cleanse the polity of sleaze. But, the House urged “great circu...
The House of Representatives said on Tuesday that it wholly supported the anti-corruption war of the Federal Government and its decision to cleanse the polity of sleaze. But, the House urged “great circu...
Anti-Saraki senators protest as 83 senators pass vote of confidence on Senate President
Embattled President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, who is facing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged corrupt practices, got a morale booster Tuesday as 83 of his colleagues gave him a stamp of ap...
Embattled President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, who is facing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged corrupt practices, got a morale booster Tuesday as 83 of his colleagues gave him a stamp of ap...
OPINION: Is Bukola Saraki Standing Trial Against the State or Against His Party? By Raheem Simbiat
The sunset period of Nigeria's democracy is fully underway, and Nigerians seem to be sleeping as it is happening. The turning point of democracy in Nigeria occurred at the polls that saw the emergence of our President, ...
The sunset period of Nigeria's democracy is fully underway, and Nigerians seem to be sleeping as it is happening. The turning point of democracy in Nigeria occurred at the polls that saw the emergence of our President, ...
Pro-Saraki protesters barricade National Assembly
PROTESTERS Tuesday, barricaded the National Assembly drumming support for the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu. The pro-democracy group, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Youth Movement...
PROTESTERS Tuesday, barricaded the National Assembly drumming support for the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu. The pro-democracy group, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Youth Movement...
Senators pass vote of confidence on Saraki
The Senators has passed a vote of confidence on Saraki who was arraigned and docked by the Code of Conduct Tribunal on a 13 count charges involving false assets declaration. The Senate which met toda...
The Senators has passed a vote of confidence on Saraki who was arraigned and docked by the Code of Conduct Tribunal on a 13 count charges involving false assets declaration. The Senate which met toda...
Welcome Address by Saraki to Senators on the Resumption of the Senate from Recess.
Welcome Address by The President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (CON) to Senators of the 8th Senate on the Resumption of the Senate from Recess. Tuesday, 29th September, 2015....
Welcome Address by The President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (CON) to Senators of the 8th Senate on the Resumption of the Senate from Recess. Tuesday, 29th September, 2015....
Opinion: Saraki and the swinging pendulum
The Senate reconvenes today after a six-week recess. Expectedly, a number of issues will dominate procedures and discussions in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. No doubt, the ongoing trial of the S...
The Senate reconvenes today after a six-week recess. Expectedly, a number of issues will dominate procedures and discussions in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. No doubt, the ongoing trial of the S...
'Varsities, vanguards for peace, security'
Universities are strategic partners in the quest for national security and peace, the acting Director, Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Dr. Mahfouz Adedimeji, and the Zonal Director, Nation...
Universities are strategic partners in the quest for national security and peace, the acting Director, Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Dr. Mahfouz Adedimeji, and the Zonal Director, Nation...
Bullet donates boxing equipment to YSFON
The Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria, YSFON, has announced it will take delivery of over 2,000 pieces of boxing equipment courtesy Bullet Energy Drink. Public Relations Officer of the Grassroots Nigerian Boxing Leag...
The Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria, YSFON, has announced it will take delivery of over 2,000 pieces of boxing equipment courtesy Bullet Energy Drink. Public Relations Officer of the Grassroots Nigerian Boxing Leag...
Muslim women caution against indigene factor
The Federation of Muslim Women's Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) has urged government to de-emphasise the indigene concept, saying such reversal will help reduce, if not eradicate, mediocrity in the society. ...
The Federation of Muslim Women's Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) has urged government to de-emphasise the indigene concept, saying such reversal will help reduce, if not eradicate, mediocrity in the society. ...
MASSOB may become another Boko Haram, conference warns
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, may later in life become another security challenge that Nigeria may be forced to contend with if not properly tackled now. A keynote s...
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, may later in life become another security challenge that Nigeria may be forced to contend with if not properly tackled now. A keynote s...
Polytechnic student arrested while selling own baby for N70,000
A Higher National Diploma (HND) student of the Offa Polytechnic, Kwara State, Idiat Babatunde, has been arrested by detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly selling her three-weeks-old baby, ...
A Higher National Diploma (HND) student of the Offa Polytechnic, Kwara State, Idiat Babatunde, has been arrested by detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly selling her three-weeks-old baby, ...
Licensing of preachers'll end terrorism - Envoy
A former Nigerian Ambassador to Angola, Mr. Layiwola Laseinde, on Monday urged the Federal Government to ensure effective coordination of security agencies to curb illegal importation of small arms and light weapons....
A former Nigerian Ambassador to Angola, Mr. Layiwola Laseinde, on Monday urged the Federal Government to ensure effective coordination of security agencies to curb illegal importation of small arms and light weapons....
Entrepreneurship: Panacea to youth employment - Gov Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that Kwara's Next Entrepreneur Scheme introduced recently by his administration, which provides up to N10m micro credit for each Medium Scale business is to promote yo...
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that Kwara's Next Entrepreneur Scheme introduced recently by his administration, which provides up to N10m micro credit for each Medium Scale business is to promote yo...
Independence Day: FG declares Thursday, Oct 1 public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1 as public holiday to mark Nigeria's 55th independence anniversary. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, made the declaratio...
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1 as public holiday to mark Nigeria's 55th independence anniversary. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, made the declaratio...
Kwara lawmakers condemn call
Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, KWHA, have condemned the call for the resignation of Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, describing it as unwarranted. Deputy speaker of the House, Hon. Math...
Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, KWHA, have condemned the call for the resignation of Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, describing it as unwarranted. Deputy speaker of the House, Hon. Math...
Leave Saraki alone, group warns labour unions
A group, Nigerian People's Forum, has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress and other labour unions to leave Senate President Bukola Saraki alone. The group said this in a statement by its National Publicity Sec...
A group, Nigerian People's Forum, has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress and other labour unions to leave Senate President Bukola Saraki alone. The group said this in a statement by its National Publicity Sec...
Kwara community rebuilds burnt market with N500m
Renowned for communal efforts, the people of Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State rebuilt the popular Owode Market in the ancient town after it was razed down by an early morning fire. It cost them N5...
Renowned for communal efforts, the people of Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State rebuilt the popular Owode Market in the ancient town after it was razed down by an early morning fire. It cost them N5...
2015-09-28
Kwara Appoints University Don as Pioneer Head of Revenue Service
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of Dr. Muritala Awodun as the pioneer Executive Chairman of Kwara State Internal Revenue Service(KWIRS) and Dr. Isaac Gbenle as its new Di...
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of Dr. Muritala Awodun as the pioneer Executive Chairman of Kwara State Internal Revenue Service(KWIRS) and Dr. Isaac Gbenle as its new Di...
Foundation offers free healthcare services to 500 patients in Kwara community
No fewer than 500 persons were treated of different ailments in Omu-Aran, Kwara, during a two-day free healthcare service provided by a Non-Governmental Organisation, Aro Bamgbose Foundation. Mr Musa Bello, C...
No fewer than 500 persons were treated of different ailments in Omu-Aran, Kwara, during a two-day free healthcare service provided by a Non-Governmental Organisation, Aro Bamgbose Foundation. Mr Musa Bello, C...
Opinion: Eighth Senate and the New Nigerian 'Normal'By Bamikole Omishore
June 9, 2015 will forever go down in our country's legislative history as a day to be remembered. The 8th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria took off with Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the Senator representing Kwa...
June 9, 2015 will forever go down in our country's legislative history as a day to be remembered. The 8th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria took off with Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the Senator representing Kwa...
Tariff Review: IBEDC presents new plan Tuesday
Following successful completion of consultations on the proposed tariff review, management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, yesterday said it will hold a customer forum where it will present new ta...
Following successful completion of consultations on the proposed tariff review, management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, yesterday said it will hold a customer forum where it will present new ta...
Saraki: The unfolding drama. By Michael Egbejumi-David
YOU know that saying: 'Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it?' Well, current Senate President, Bukola Saraki is experiencing that feeling at the moment. I say 'current Senate President' beca...
YOU know that saying: 'Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it?' Well, current Senate President, Bukola Saraki is experiencing that feeling at the moment. I say 'current Senate President' beca...
Group writes NJC, wants Saraki's lawyers punished
A coalition, Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, has urged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to sanction the counsel to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, stating that they misled the lawmaker in his o...
A coalition, Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, has urged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to sanction the counsel to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, stating that they misled the lawmaker in his o...
Monarch Laments Youth Unemployment
A frontline traditional chief, the Magaji Aare of Ilorin, Alhaji Aremu Zubair has lamented the high rate of youth joblessness in his domain. He said fixing jobless youths in his domain had been his greatest c...
A frontline traditional chief, the Magaji Aare of Ilorin, Alhaji Aremu Zubair has lamented the high rate of youth joblessness in his domain. He said fixing jobless youths in his domain had been his greatest c...
Rangers bounce back to beat Kwara 2-1
Rangers came back from a goal down to beat troubled Kwara United 2-1 in Enugu on Sunday in a Nigeria league Week 31 game. Rangers now have 45 points from 31 games, while Kwara United have 32 points from the s...
Rangers came back from a goal down to beat troubled Kwara United 2-1 in Enugu on Sunday in a Nigeria league Week 31 game. Rangers now have 45 points from 31 games, while Kwara United have 32 points from the s...
Opinion: Were I Senate President Saraki, I would resign today! By Ogaga Ifowodo
THE formal filing of charges against Senator Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, not to speak of the issuance of a bench warrant for his arrest for failure to appear in court to take his plea, leaves him wit...
THE formal filing of charges against Senator Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, not to speak of the issuance of a bench warrant for his arrest for failure to appear in court to take his plea, leaves him wit...
Opinion: Lesson new ministers, Saraki and APC must learn about Buhari. By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde
Once, I was landscaping the backyard of the Kaduna house of Maj-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), a nephew of his approached me and sought my assistance to gain admission into the Nigeria Defence Academy. I answered him,...
Once, I was landscaping the backyard of the Kaduna house of Maj-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), a nephew of his approached me and sought my assistance to gain admission into the Nigeria Defence Academy. I answered him,...
"Senator Saraki has no moral right to preside over the Senate" - CNYA
?The Coalition of Northern Youths Association CNYA has stated that with the the current crisis bedevilling the Senate President which culminated in his arraignment at the Code of Conduct Tribunal last week, he is no lo...
?The Coalition of Northern Youths Association CNYA has stated that with the the current crisis bedevilling the Senate President which culminated in his arraignment at the Code of Conduct Tribunal last week, he is no lo...
Opinion: That Other Side of Bukola Saraki
There is no doubt that Senate President Bukola Saraki is currently facing one of the most trying times of his political career. This however will not be the first time he will be alleged of corruption, as he ...
There is no doubt that Senate President Bukola Saraki is currently facing one of the most trying times of his political career. This however will not be the first time he will be alleged of corruption, as he ...
'Saraki's trial can rubbish Buhari's anti-corruption war' - Jackson Ojo
The National President of Yoruba Youth Alliance, Mr. Jackson Ojo, has said the trial of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Bureau, can rubbish the anti-corruption crusade of President M...
The National President of Yoruba Youth Alliance, Mr. Jackson Ojo, has said the trial of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Bureau, can rubbish the anti-corruption crusade of President M...
Saraki's Removal Will Spark Endless Crises - Wamakko
"A change of leadership of the Senate at this point in time, as being canvassed, will certainly spark some endless sessions of rancour, suspicion, crises and uncertainty among members. When such begins to happen, no on...
"A change of leadership of the Senate at this point in time, as being canvassed, will certainly spark some endless sessions of rancour, suspicion, crises and uncertainty among members. When such begins to happen, no on...
Opinion: Understanding Saraki's misunderstandings. By FEMI MACAULAY
When understanding collides with misunderstanding, the collision needs to be understood. Is Senate President Bukola Saraki misunderstood? In other words, is he a victim of misunderstanding? Or is he the one who needs...
When understanding collides with misunderstanding, the collision needs to be understood. Is Senate President Bukola Saraki misunderstood? In other words, is he a victim of misunderstanding? Or is he the one who needs...
Opinion: Saraki's Implosion: A Shameful Public Servant by Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu
Unbeknownst to Saraki, his "I am here because I am Senate President" captures the real reason of his travail: Which is that he tried to be Senate President... while being Saraki! It's blindingly obvious that ...
Unbeknownst to Saraki, his "I am here because I am Senate President" captures the real reason of his travail: Which is that he tried to be Senate President... while being Saraki! It's blindingly obvious that ...
Sallah: Ahmed dismisses online report
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has described as false, malicious and unfounded, a report published by Saharareporters.com last Friday. The report claimed that Senate President Bukola Saraki blamed the ...
Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has described as false, malicious and unfounded, a report published by Saharareporters.com last Friday. The report claimed that Senate President Bukola Saraki blamed the ...
Saraki: Senators set for stormy session tomorrow
There are indications that Senators that are opposed to Dr. Bukola Saraki's leadership of the Senate are poised to ask for his resignation when the upper federal legislative chamber re-opens on Tuesday (tomorrow). T...
There are indications that Senators that are opposed to Dr. Bukola Saraki's leadership of the Senate are poised to ask for his resignation when the upper federal legislative chamber re-opens on Tuesday (tomorrow). T...
We won't abandon Saraki - PDP
THE Peoples Democratic Party has said that the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, is fit for the office he is occupying; hence it is not considering any candidate to replace him. The PDP denied reports that it ...
THE Peoples Democratic Party has said that the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, is fit for the office he is occupying; hence it is not considering any candidate to replace him. The PDP denied reports that it ...
Corruption threatens Nigeria's survival - CJ
The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Sulyman Kawu, and the President, Third Estate, Ilorin Emirate, Dr. Yusuf Lawal, have said corruption has assumed critical and dangerous dimension and is posing a serious threat t...
The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Sulyman Kawu, and the President, Third Estate, Ilorin Emirate, Dr. Yusuf Lawal, have said corruption has assumed critical and dangerous dimension and is posing a serious threat t...
Opinion: If I were Saraki. By Wole Olaoye
If I want to be credited with the understatement of the year, I would say that these are not the best of times for Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki. But that would be like describing leprosy as advanced ringworm...
If I want to be credited with the understatement of the year, I would say that these are not the best of times for Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki. But that would be like describing leprosy as advanced ringworm...
Trial: Saraki, loyalists lobby emirs
Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki and some members of the Like Minds in the Senate have reached out to some emirs. They are trying to explore ways of resolving the crisis of confidence between the Senate Pre...
Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki and some members of the Like Minds in the Senate have reached out to some emirs. They are trying to explore ways of resolving the crisis of confidence between the Senate Pre...
How stampede happened, by MURIC
MURIC Director Prof. Ishaq Akintola has accused Saudi Arabia's authority of not doing enough to forestall the stampede. Akintola, who is also performing the Hajj, decried the loss of lives of highly-placed Ni...
MURIC Director Prof. Ishaq Akintola has accused Saudi Arabia's authority of not doing enough to forestall the stampede. Akintola, who is also performing the Hajj, decried the loss of lives of highly-placed Ni...
'How to create jobs through agric'
The Federal Government has been urged to sufficient and decent employment the major target for revamping the agricultural sector. The Deputy Director, Department of General Administration, Agricultural and Ru...
The Federal Government has been urged to sufficient and decent employment the major target for revamping the agricultural sector. The Deputy Director, Department of General Administration, Agricultural and Ru...
Kwara Graduates 25 Christians' Leaders
The Director of Haggai Institute in Ilorin, Kwara State, Professor Folu Ologe, has said that 25 people graduated last weekend in various field of specialisation in leadership and uphold goal setting and integrity in di...
The Director of Haggai Institute in Ilorin, Kwara State, Professor Folu Ologe, has said that 25 people graduated last weekend in various field of specialisation in leadership and uphold goal setting and integrity in di...
Judiciary Mourns Justices Jaga, Alkali
The President, Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, has expressed shock over the demise of Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega and Justice M.H. Alkali of the Court of Appeal in the holy land of Saudi Arabia....
The President, Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, has expressed shock over the demise of Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega and Justice M.H. Alkali of the Court of Appeal in the holy land of Saudi Arabia....
2015-09-27
We didn't ask Saraki to resign, we believe in due process - NLC President
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba last night denied a story credited to the labour congress that the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, should resign from office because of ...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba last night denied a story credited to the labour congress that the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, should resign from office because of ...
IDP Camps newborn: Toyin Saraki takes case to UN General Assembly
Concerned by the plight of pregnant women, the newborn babies and the risk faced in the internally Displaced Camps across the country, Wife of the President of the Senate, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called for increased phi...
Concerned by the plight of pregnant women, the newborn babies and the risk faced in the internally Displaced Camps across the country, Wife of the President of the Senate, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called for increased phi...
Saraki: PMB, OBJ Hold Secret Talks In New York
President Mohammadu Buhari on Saturday morning held a secret meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in New York in a bid to calm the tension going on in the All Progressive Congress (APC) over the ordeal of Se...
President Mohammadu Buhari on Saturday morning held a secret meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in New York in a bid to calm the tension going on in the All Progressive Congress (APC) over the ordeal of Se...
CCT Trial: Kwara Monarchs Back Saraki, Allege Persecution
Despite his ongoing trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, traditional rulers in Kwara State yesterday threw their weight behind the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. The monarchs led by their chairman and Emir of I...
Despite his ongoing trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, traditional rulers in Kwara State yesterday threw their weight behind the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. The monarchs led by their chairman and Emir of I...
CCT Trial: Fresh Cracks In Saraki's Camp
The clock is gradually ticking against the embattled president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki as some of his loyalists cutting across the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
The clock is gradually ticking against the embattled president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki as some of his loyalists cutting across the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Stop pro and anti-Saraki protests, Peace Group tells IGP
The Nigeria Peace Initiative (NPI) on Sunday ?urged the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase to stop planned mass protests across the country by forces against and forces in solidarity with Senate President Bukol...
The Nigeria Peace Initiative (NPI) on Sunday ?urged the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase to stop planned mass protests across the country by forces against and forces in solidarity with Senate President Bukol...
OPINION: Party Communications: My concerns on Oyegun's directives. By Sulyman Buhari
On the 25th September, 2015, the All Progressives Congress (APC) released a stern warning to all its members, particularly National Executive members and State Publicity Secretaries against the indecorous m...
On the 25th September, 2015, the All Progressives Congress (APC) released a stern warning to all its members, particularly National Executive members and State Publicity Secretaries against the indecorous m...
SENATE PRESIDENCY: PDP positions Mark, Ekweremadu, Akpabio
>As speculations mount over the future of embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki, plots by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to supplant the majority All Progressives Congress (APC) and take over leadership ...
>As speculations mount over the future of embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki, plots by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to supplant the majority All Progressives Congress (APC) and take over leadership ...
Saraki What would he do next?
Monday, September 21 was a particularly stressful day for embattled President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki. In the early hours of the day, a large number of supporters and close political associates ...
Monday, September 21 was a particularly stressful day for embattled President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki. In the early hours of the day, a large number of supporters and close political associates ...
Opinion: Senator Bukola Saraki: Fire on the mountain. By AYO ESAN
Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, was last Tuesday docked before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT sitting in Abuja on a 13-count criminal charge bordering on corruption, false declaration of assets, and illegal...
Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, was last Tuesday docked before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT sitting in Abuja on a 13-count criminal charge bordering on corruption, false declaration of assets, and illegal...
Saraki's conduct in court
Senate President, a layman indeed!Saraki's conduct in court But for the label, the 'accused person' on the box where Senator Bukola Saraki sat, while appearing before the Code of Conduct Tribunal; an observer wou...
Senate President, a layman indeed!Saraki's conduct in court But for the label, the 'accused person' on the box where Senator Bukola Saraki sat, while appearing before the Code of Conduct Tribunal; an observer wou...
Interview: Political cabal behind Saraki's trial - NANS president
What is your position on the ongoing Code of Conduct Tribunal, which the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is facing for alleged corruption crimes? The issue is not one to be debated or discussed upon. We ...
What is your position on the ongoing Code of Conduct Tribunal, which the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is facing for alleged corruption crimes? The issue is not one to be debated or discussed upon. We ...
Resign now, labour unions tell Saraki
Nigerian workers, under the umbrellas of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have asked the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, to vacate his office pending the determination of his c...
Nigerian workers, under the umbrellas of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have asked the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, to vacate his office pending the determination of his c...
NLC Crisis Over - Wabba, Aremu
At last, the leadership tussle in the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has been resolved. The national president of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba and former vice-president, Comrade Issa Aremu gave this indication in...
At last, the leadership tussle in the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has been resolved. The national president of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba and former vice-president, Comrade Issa Aremu gave this indication in...
Traffic situation
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has expressed satisfaction with the traffic situation across the country during the Sallah celebration. He said there was no cause for alarm. ...
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has expressed satisfaction with the traffic situation across the country during the Sallah celebration. He said there was no cause for alarm. ...
Why we want capital punishment for looters, by NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday insisted on capital punishment for corrupt public office holders. It opposed life imprisonment for treasury looters, saying the country was not ripe for it. ...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday insisted on capital punishment for corrupt public office holders. It opposed life imprisonment for treasury looters, saying the country was not ripe for it. ...
Saraki Crisis: Kwara APC pledges loyalty to Oyegun
The Kwara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has pledged its loyalty to the party's national chairman, and declared support for his statement banning unauthorised persons from speaking for the party. The K...
The Kwara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has pledged its loyalty to the party's national chairman, and declared support for his statement banning unauthorised persons from speaking for the party. The K...
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