The Conference of Female Parliamentarians in Nigeria has bestowed honors on Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki capping it with a gift over his efforts at ensuring that more women are entrusted with political office. The presentation of the gift was done recently in Abuja during the meeting of theContinue Reading
“You are all welcome to the Senate Roundtable on Migration and Human Trafficking in Nigeria, a Two-Day discourse starting today in Benin City, Edo State.” -SP @BukolaSaraki at #HumanTrafficking Summit “Nigeria currently ranks 23 on the Global Slavery Index of 167 countries with the highest number of slaves. Human traffickingContinue Reading
Following its December Roundtable, which was aimed at addressing the Drug Use Epidemic across the nation, the Senate, today, passed a Motion calling on the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health to establish rehabilitation centers in each of the 36 States of the Nation. In a Motion sponsored byContinue Reading
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, stated that Popular Nigerian comedienne, Emmanuella Samuel, popularly known as Emmanuella, who is set to feature in a Disney Hollywood film, is an inspiration to young Nigerians. Saraki, in posts on his official Twitter and Facebook accounts, also invited Emmaneulla to theContinue Reading
The House of Representatives on Thursday tackled the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and the acting EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, for the “manipulation” of Nigeria’s legal system. Adopting a motion by Minority Whip, Yakubu Barde (PDP, Kaduna), the House noted with concern theContinue Reading
The President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has directed his mandate constituency office to round up the beneficiaries of his free WAEC registration for senior secondary school students in Kwara Central Senatorial District from four hundred and twenty (420) to five hundred (500). AccordingContinue Reading
THE trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki resumed at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) yesterday with his lawyers calling a witness. He equally closed his case after the witness, Dr. Ademola Adebo, concluded his evidence. The witness, an ex-commissioner with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), told the courtContinue Reading
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, stated that he sympathizes with the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) attempts to bring up a case for which he (the CCT Chair) was previously cleared, daysContinue Reading
Senate President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, yesterday said he had fully complied with the provisions of the law on declaration of assets by public officers. In a reaction to the claim contained in the Panama-based offshore provider, Mossack Fonseca and shared by the International Consortium of InvestigationContinue Reading