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Former minority leader of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has challenged Senate president Bukola Saraki and other senators who defected from one party to another to quit their leadership positions in the chamber.... Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7...

Gambo Sallau, a career farmer in Kano, was not expecting to vote for any other presidential aspirant except Rabiu Kwankwaso. But in the weeks leading up to the Peoples Democratic Party 2018 National Convention in Port Harcourt, the delegate became increasingly enamoured with the message of...

On Sunday October 7th, results showed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar won the seat to represent the PDP in the presidential elections in 2019 and his opponent Bukola Saraki Congratulated him with rare words.... Read more via Stella Dimoko Korkus.com – https://ift.tt/2Od0eWC Get More...

The President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that he is not stepping down for anyone ahead of the Presidential Primary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). A statement by his Campaign Office issued in Abuja, countered the rumours of his intention to step … Read more via PM NEWS...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has held a crucial meeting with members of the National Assembly elected on the Peoples Democratic Party platform ahead of the party’s National Convention on Saturday and Sunday. The meeting started at about 10:50 last night and lasted till 11:20 p.m. The...

Leaders and members of PDP are currently protesting against the outcome of the recently concluded Osun State Governorship election. PDP leaders, including Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the national chairman of the party, Uche...

A Lagos Federal High Court on Wednesday remanded an aide to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Gbenga Makanjuola in prison over alleged N3.5bn fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had arraigned Makanjuola alongside a firm, Melrose General Services Limited; and one...

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has reiterated that the recently conducted supplementary election in Osun State was a charade and an embarrassment to Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, …...

The governor-elect of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday, led some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the residence of Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the Osun state governorship election, Iyiola Omisore. Fayemi's visit comes 24 hours after Senate President...

I’ve spoken with SENATOR IYIOLA OMISORE and he said no discussion yet… But I’m aware the President of the Nigerian Senate DR ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI has called him several times today but Omisore was busy.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2NxltSL Get More Nigeria Political News

Saraki wondered why INEC declared as inconclusive an election in which a candidate won the highest number of votes and fulfilled the condition for geographical spread. President of the Senate and Chairman, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Council on Osun State Gubernatorial …...

A new media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Ms. Lauretta Onochie, has sensationally accused some PDP presidential aspirants of being behind the Fulani herdsmen killings in the Middle Belt of the country. Onochie who tweets with the handle, @laurestar, alleged that things are suddenly quiet...

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said he was moved to join the presidential race following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to perform. Saraki made the declaration in Bauchi on Friday while addressing the Peoples Democratic Party’s supporters in the state. The lawmaker said he was...

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said he was moved to join the presidential race following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to perform. Saraki made the declaration in Bauchi on Friday while addressing the Peoples Democratic Party’s supporters in the state. The … Read more via...

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday in Osogbo, canvassed support for the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, PDP...

He told voters to not heed the president's call for continuity of government in the state. Senate President and presidential aspirant, Bukola Saraki, appeared to throw some shade the way of President Muhammadu Buhari while he was campaigning for the People’s Democratic … Read more via...

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) says some security agencies are working to provide cover for lawmakers who want a change of leadership at the national assembly. CUPP is the umbrella body of the parties that formed an alliance with the target of defeating Buhari in 2019. In …...

The new All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, comes into the saddle at a time when the party is in crises. This was why TheNEWS team, made up of Ademola Adegbamigbe, Ayorinde Oluokun and photo journalist, Femi Ipaye, went after the APC boss. For … Read more via PM NEWS...

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Saturday, September 15 visited Ekiti state in continuation of his nationwide consultations ahead of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Nation reports that Saraki met with Governor Ayodele Fayose... Read more via Nigeria...

Despite the order for a substituted service of contempt proceedings on Senate President, Bukola Saraki, over the suspension of a senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator has approached the court with another application. Mr Omo-Agege wants the court to allow him serve Mr Saraki and the … Read...