Bukola – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Bukola – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Court Dismisses Senator Saraki’s Appeal Against Code Of Conduct Tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/court-dismisses-senator-sarakis-appeal-against-code-of-conduct-tribunal/ Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:59:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=104344 The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has thrown out an appeal filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, challenging his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). At the resumed hearing on Friday, the court threw out all five issues raised by the Senate president before it. The appellate court delivered the judgment [...]

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]]> Nigeria’s Ministerial List: President Buhari Breached Constitution By Appointing Self Petroleum Minister – Labour Party https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerias-ministerial-list-president-buhari-breached-constitution-by-appointing-self-petroleum-minister-labour-party/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 22:59:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101842 On Wednesday, the Labour Party has said it does not see any difference in the ministerial list submitted to to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki by APC-led government and the former ministers who served under the ousted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The LP National Secretary, Mr. Kayode Ajulo, said the list fell short of [...]

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]]> Ministerial List: Adeosun, Alhassan, Ngige and Udo-Udoma Under Consideration https://www.theinfostride.com/ministerial-list-adeosun-alhassan-ngige-and-udo-udoma-under-consideration/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:39:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101555 Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday received the first set of names of would-be ministers to be screened by Senators. The list was presented to him after plenary at about 5pm by the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on National Assembly Matters (Senate) Sen. Ita Enang. The Senate president [...]

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]]> Senator Saraki Acknowledges Receipt Of President Buhari’s Ministerial List https://www.theinfostride.com/senator-saraki-acknowledges-receipt-of-president-buharis-ministerial-list/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:52:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101494 Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has acknowledged receipt of the ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate president, who confirmed the development via his verified twitter handle, said he received the list around 5P.M on Wednesday. “I can confirm to you that I have just receive the list”, Saraki tweeted. The list was presented [...]

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]]> My Trial Is Being Fueled By Some Powerful Interests Who Are Against My Senate Presidency – Saraki https://www.theinfostride.com/my-trial-is-fuel-by-some-powerful-interests-who-are-against-my-senate-presidency-saraki/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:32:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101399 Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has reiterated his resolve to submit himself to trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) but he said some people are behind his ordeal. “I know many Nigerians have watched my trial at the CCT with interest. Let me reiterate: I shall submit myself to the judicial process,” he [...]

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]]> Senator Saraki mourns Victims of Hajj Stampede, Urges Saudi Authorities To Review Safety Rules https://www.theinfostride.com/senator-saraki-mourns-victims-of-hajj-stampede-urges-saudi-authorities-to-review-safety-rules/ Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:39:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100995 Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki mourned the death of about 717 pilgrims who died as a result of stampede while stoning the devil at Jamrat in Mina on Thursday. He also called on the Saudi authorities to review the safety rules governing activities around places where the hajj rites usually take place. Dr. Saraki who [...]

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]]> Senator Bukola Saraki Was Never Attacked – Media Aide https://www.theinfostride.com/senator-bukola-saraki-was-never-attacked-media-aide/ Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:11:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100862 The Media Office of the Senate President has denied reports that Dr. Bukola Saraki was attacked by protesters at the Eid Prayer Ground on Thursday during the prayers to mark the Eid-el-Kabir in Ilorin, Kwara State. In a statement by the Media Adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu, the office said the report was “totally false and a [...]

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]]> Protesters Stoned Senator Saraki, Emir, Ex-Minister In Ilorin During Eid Prayers https://www.theinfostride.com/protesters-stoned-senator-saraki-emir-ex-minister-in-ilorin-during-eid-prayers/ Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:59:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100822 Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki’s travails at the Code of Conduct Tribunal paled to insignificance on Thursday as angry worshippers at the Eid praying ground in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, pelted him, the Emir of Ilorin, Alh. Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, and many political figures with sachets of pure water and stones. It was learnt [...]

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]]> Senator Saraki Felicitates With Muslims On Eid-el Kabir Celebration https://www.theinfostride.com/senator-saraki-felicitates-with-muslims-on-eid-el-kabir-celebration/ Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:04:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100790 Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday felicitated with the Muslim faithful on this year’s celebration of Eid-el-Kabir and urged Nigerians to make the fear of God the foundation for their lives. In a goodwill message to Nigerians, especially the Muslim faithful, Saraki said the Eid-el-Kabir festival symbolised the fear of Allah and the desire [...]

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]]> Senate President Bukola Saraki Preaches Fear Of God At Eid-el-Kabir https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-president-bukola-saraki-preaches-fear-of-god-at-eid-el-kabir/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 23:01:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100758 Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has urged Muslim faithful and the citizenry in general, to make the fear of God the watchword in their lives.In a goodwill message on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir, the Senate president said the event symbolised the fear of Allah and the desire of man to always comply with the [...]

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]]> Code of Conduct Tribunal: We remain solidly behind Senator Bukola Saraki – Senate https://www.theinfostride.com/code-of-conduct-tribunal-we-remain-solidly-behind-senator-bukola-saraki-senate/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:29:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100519 The 8th Senate has declared support for Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki who is on trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over alleged false declaration of assets. A statement signed by Senator Ibrahim Danbaba on behalf of the lawmakers said: “After majority of us, Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, witnessed the appearance [...]

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]]> Code of Conduct Tribunal: Senator Saraki Pleads Not Guilty To Charges https://www.theinfostride.com/code-of-conduct-tribunal-senator-saraki-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:53:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100481 Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has been docked at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja. His lawyer’s bid to stop him from taking his pleas at the tribunal failed and he was asked to mount the dock at exactly 11:25am. Saraki is facing a 13-count charge bordering on alleged false declaration of assets. He, [...]

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]]> Senate President Bukola Saraki To Appear Before Code Of Conduct Tribunal Today https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-president-bukola-saraki-to-appear-before-code-of-conduct-tribunal-today/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:37:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100360 The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has pledged to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Tuesday. The tribunal had earlier on Monday ordered the Inspector General of Police to produce Mr. Saraki unfailingly tomorrow, following his refusal to appear before it today. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, [...]

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]]> Presidency Advises Senator Saraki To Engage Good Lawyers To Prove His Innocence https://www.theinfostride.com/presidency-advises-senator-saraki-to-engage-good-lawyers-to-prove-his-innocence/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:46:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100229 President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) has dissociated himself from the current travails of Senate President Bukola Saraki in the hands of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over a 13-count criminal charge boardered around alleged false declaration of assets. While saying that it will not tolerate claims linking President [...]

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]]> President Buhari Has No Hands In Saraki’s Trial – Garba Shehu https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-has-no-hands-in-sarakis-trial-garba-shehu/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:01:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100191 The Presidency on Sunday washed its hands off the trial of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, saying those alleging that the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) were acting on external instigation, were uninformed. A statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media [...]

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]]> Bench Warrant: Senator Saraki Relocates To Official Guest House https://www.theinfostride.com/bench-warrant-senator-saraki-relocates-to-official-guest-house/ Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:39:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100122 Anxiety mounted over embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki’s fate following speculations that a copy of the Bench Warrant from the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for his arrest might be sent to the police on Monday. Towards this end, Mr. Saraki was said to have relocated from his personal residence in Maitama District, Abuja, [...]

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]]> Senator Saraki Under Pressure: Loyalists Mobilize For Prayers And Fasting https://www.theinfostride.com/senator-saraki-under-pressure-loyalists-mobilize-for-prayers-and-fasting/ Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:20:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100096 Supporters and loyalists of the former Kwara Governor and current Nigeria’s Senate President in his home state of Kwara have engaged in vigil and fasting. This is not unconnected with the  Senate President Bukola Saraki’s face-off with the Code of Conduct Tribunal over his trial on a 13-count charge of corruption. One of the conveners [...]

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]]> False Asset Declaration: Kwara PDP Implore Senator Saraki To Face The Charges Leveled Against Him https://www.theinfostride.com/false-asset-declaration-kwara-pdp-implore-senator-saraki-to-face-the-charges-leveled-against-him/ Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:22:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100033 Kwara State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged false claims in his asset declaration, urging Kwarans not to show solidarity with the former governor. The Kwara Chairman of PDP, Akogun Iyiola Oyedipo, told the embattled Senate president to instead [...]

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]]> Senator Saraki’s Trial: Code Of Conduct Chairman Under Pressure https://www.theinfostride.com/senator-sarakis-trial-code-of-conduct-chairman-under-pressure/ Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:55:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=99776 Mr. Sam Saba has been put under undue pressure after filing of a 13-count corruption charge against Senate President Bukola Saraki, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, It was gathered that the CCB boss called a meeting of all commissioners to retrieve and relocate some key assets declaration forms of public office holders to a special safe. It [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > Code Of Conduct’s Allegations Against Me Malicious, Politically Motivated – Senator Saraki https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-code-of-conducts-allegations-against-me-malicious-politically-motivated-saraki/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:30:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-code-of-conducts-allegations-against-me-malicious-politically-motivated-saraki/ The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has denied reports on Wednesday that the Code of Conduct Bureau has prepared a 13-count corruption charge against him for offences ranging from anticipatory declaration of assets to making false declaration of assets in forms he filed before the bureau while he was governor of Kwara state. It was [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > My Experience Since Emerging Senate President Has Been Interesting, Challenging, Says Senator Saraki https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-my-experience-since-emerging-senate-president-has-been-interesting-challenging-says-saraki/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:30:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-my-experience-since-emerging-senate-president-has-been-interesting-challenging-says-saraki/ Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said on Wednesday that his experience since assumption of office three months ago has been both interesting and challenging. He stated this while fielding questions from reporters after his first official tour of the National Assembly complex in Abuja, which is unprecedented in the history of the nearly 25-years-old legislative [...]

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]]> Ambassador Adefuye: Nigeria Has Lost An International Defender – Senate President | #News https://www.theinfostride.com/ambassador-adefuye-nigeria-has-lost-an-international-defender-saraki-news/ Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:30:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/ambassador-adefuye-nigeria-has-lost-an-international-defender-saraki-news/ Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Saturday, expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, in Washington DC. Saraki described the death as a monumental loss to Nigeria whose international image Adefuye passionately shaped and defended in the U.S until his last breath. In a statement signed by [...]

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]]> Senator Saraki Hosts Emir Of Kano, Dangote, Promises Investors An Attractive Business Environment | #News https://www.theinfostride.com/saraki-hosts-kano-emir-dangote-promises-investors-an-attractive-business-environment-news/ Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:30:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/saraki-hosts-kano-emir-dangote-promises-investors-an-attractive-business-environment-news/ Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Friday said that the Senate is committed to enacting appropriate legislation to create attractive business environment in the country. He said this when he received the Chairman of Black Rhino Group and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who led the Chairman and Co-founder of Blackstone Group, Stephen Schwarzman and [...]

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]]> Senate Meets New Saudi Ambassador To Nigeria, Seek Stronger Relationship | #News https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-meets-new-saudi-arabia-ambassador-to-nigeria-seek-stronger-relationship-news/ Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:30:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/senate-meets-new-saudi-arabia-ambassador-to-nigeria-seek-stronger-relationship-news/ Senate President Bukola Saraki and a contingent of Senators, yesterday met with the newly appointed Ambassador from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Fahad Abdullah Sefyan. According to the Senate President, the importance of Nigeria and Saudi Arabia building a stronger relationship that is founded on the shared values of both our nations was discussed [...]

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]]> I’m Not Behind Plot To Probe EFCC and Its Chairman – Senator Saraki | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/im-not-behind-plot-to-probe-efcc-lamorde-saraki-nigeria/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:30:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/im-not-behind-plot-to-probe-efcc-lamorde-saraki-nigeria/ Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has denied allegation that he hired one George Uboh to smear the integrity of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, and its chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde. He was reacting to a report by an online news medium that Uboh, who wrote a petition alleging that Lamorde diverted N1 trillion [...]

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]]> Rebuilding Northeast Global Responsibility – Saraki | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/rebuilding-northeast-global-responsibility-saraki-nigeria/ Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:30:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/rebuilding-northeast-global-responsibility-saraki-nigeria/ Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday said the task of rebuilding of the North East devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency is a global responsibility. SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI (LEFT) WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA MR. NOH KYU-DUK AND SENATE DEPUTY CHIEF WHIP SEN. FRANCIS ALIMIKHENA, YESTERDAY. Speaking when he received in his office, [...]

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]]> Saraki Responds To Dual-Citizenship Allegations, Says Online Medium Forged His Passport | #Politics https://www.theinfostride.com/saraki-responds-to-dual-citizen-allegations-says-online-medium-forged-my-passport-politics/ Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:15:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/saraki-responds-to-dual-citizen-allegations-says-online-medium-forged-my-passport-politics/ Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has alleged that an online medium forged his international passport and published it with the intention to malign his personality and satisfy the whims and caprices of its sponsors. According to a statement by his Special Assistant on New Media, Bankole Omisore, said he had consequently asked his solicitors [...]

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]]> Online Medium Forged My Passport – Senator Saraki| #Politics https://www.theinfostride.com/saraki-online-medium-forged-my-passport-politics/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 22:15:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/saraki-online-medium-forged-my-passport-politics/ Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has alleged that an online medium forged his international passport and published it with the intention to malign his personality and satisfy the whims and caprices of its sponsors. According to a statement by his Special Assistant on New Media, Bankole Omisore, said he had consequently asked his solicitors in [...]

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]]> Saraki: Ban On Nigerian Agricultural Exports Products By The EU Unacceptable | #NigeriaNews https://www.theinfostride.com/saraki-ban-on-nigerian-agricultural-exports-products-by-the-eu-unacceptable-nigerianews/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:30:13 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/saraki-ban-on-nigerian-agricultural-exports-products-by-the-eu-unacceptable-nigerianews/ Senate President Bukola Saraki has described as unacceptable the decision of the European Union (EU) to ban Nigerian Agricultural Exports Products by the European Union (EU). The food items banned by the EU till June 2016 are beans, sesame seeds, melon seeds, dried fish and meat, peanut chips and palm oil. According to the European [...]

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