Saraki

January 7, 2020

5 Things that Should Matter Today: Police deny participating in demolition of Saraki’s property

The Kwara State Police Command has denied participating in the demolition of late Olusola Saraki’s property in llorin, which has generated mixed reactions. In a statement released by the State’s Police Spokesperson DSP Okansani Ajayi, the Kwara State Police Command dispelled reports of policemen shooting life ammunitions and firing teargas canisters at the scene of... Read More

INEC, Saraki, Yahaya Bello

January 3, 2020

5 Things that Should Matter Today: Bukola Saraki reacts to the demolition of his father’s house by Kwara state govt.

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to the January 2nd demolition of his father’s Ilorin, Kwara State house. The Kwara State Government demolished the late Olusola Saraki’s house, popularly called Ile Arugbo (House for old persons), after the state government revoked the title of the landed property. In his reaction, Saraki assured that justice... Read More

The Big 5: Ministerial list nominees incompetent, lack fresh ideas – PDP; U.S. bans Nigeria’s 2019 election riggers, imposes visa restrictions | Other top stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Senate approves Buhari’s request for 15 special advisers The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to appoint 15 Special Advisers. The approval comes exactly five days after the House of Representatives approved the same request. Ministerial list nominees incompetent, lack fresh ideas – PDP Following Buhari... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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The Late 5: Court orders forfeiture of Patience Jonathan’s N9.2bn, $8.4m; Atiku, PDP propose 400 witnesses to challenge Buhari’s victory | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Atiku, PDP propose 400 witnesses to challenge Buhari’s victory The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday that they had proposed to call 400 witnesses to prove their petition challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari, and... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Bauchi governor, EFCC, Patience Jonathan, Ruga, Saraki, The Big 5

The YNaija Cover – the 13th of May

Check out our latest stories by following the links below: See a list of the English Premier League records broken and awards given out on the final day The Big 5: EFCC seizes Saraki’s houses in Ikoyi, marks others; Gunmen invade Katsina village, set houses ablaze | Other top stories Entertainment roundup: New ‘Spider-Man:... Read More

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The Big 5: EFCC seizes Saraki’s houses in Ikoyi, marks others; Gunmen invade Katsina village, set houses ablaze | Other top stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: EFCC seizes Saraki’s houses in Ikoyi, marks others According to Punch, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized some houses belonging to Senate President Bukola Saraki. It’s worth mentioning that the EFCC last week announced a probe into the activities of the Senate President... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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The Big 5: Oyetola, APC, INEC urge Appeal Court to uphold Osun elections; Senate will pass 2019 budget on April 30 – Saraki | Other top stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Oyetola, APC, INEC urge Appeal Court to uphold Osun elections OSUN State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to uphold the governor’s victory in the governorship... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Adekunle Mokuolu, Saraki, The Big 5

Youth

November 2, 2018

The power of youth that drove the #GrowNigeria movement

Middle of this year, I had a burnout. I lost the drive, became almost depressed and felt that everything was meaningless. It was one of the lowest points in the year, and I really craved for something to excite me. Work became increasingly drab, and Lagos traffic did not help matters. My daily commute to... Read More

Israel Ayoade, opinion, Saraki

Atunwa

October 26, 2018

Can the PDP be ruthless and impartial? They have a chance with Atunwa’s NYSC scandal

The People’s Democratic Party have an opportunity to show that they have truly reformed in character by properly addressing the situation with its Kwara state governorship candidate, Razak Atunwa. According to a Premium Times report, Mr Atunwa presented a forged NYSC certificate to the party when he collected his expression of interest form. He also... Read More

Citizenship, Editor's Pick, Featured

Atunwa, PDP, Saraki

saraki

October 17, 2018

Choosing Saraki as the DG of Atiku’s presidential Campaign Council is a pragmatic choice

Nowadays, rumours in Nigerian politics most likely turn out to be true. As this article was written to appraise Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki’s brilliant and innovative presidential primary campaign, the National Publicity Secretary of People’s Democratic Party announced that Saraki has been appointed the Director General Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council by the PDP.... Read More

Atiku, Saraki, ThankGod Ukachukwu

Saraki

August 22, 2018

Igbo Presidency, defending Atiku: These are the talking points from Saraki’s ‘robust’ response

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has responded to the statement released by Bola Tinubu in which the APC leader accused Saraki of leaving the APC for his presidential lusts and unprogressive mindset. Saraki has been the main article in the news over the past 6 weeks, from the Police blockade mounted at his house, to his... Read More

Citizenship, Editor's Pick, Featured

Atiku, igbo presidency, Saraki

OPENNASS

August 21, 2018

Opinion: #OpenNASS, Who Defection Epp?

Defections by politicians has been ongoing since 1951 when the first celebrated cross carpeting was led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The Yoruba members of the National Council for Nigerian and Cameroon (NCNC) were lobbied to cross over to the Action Group (AG) in order to stop Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, an Igbo man from being the... Read More

Dapo Awobeku, NASS, Saraki

Tinubu

August 20, 2018

Tambuwal will dwarf Saraki, No third force | Five talking points from the Tinubu response to APC defections

The APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, has responded to the defections of Bukola Saraki and Sokoto state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, stating that both men have been motivated to leave the party following their lusts for the presidency. A long statement which reads partly as a campaign memo for re-electing Buhari, Tinubu acknowledges that the... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured, Thinking Through

APC, defections, Saraki, Tambuwal, Tinubu

Nigeria

Opinion: Nigeria deserves better than the drama we’ve been subjected to this tenure

by Ayobami Adekojo On the 28th of March 2015, the people of Nigeria showed their resentment of the incumbent government by voting for change that brought in the Administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. The new administration was expected to usher in the Nigerian dream. Nigerians were filled with hope for a new dawn. They were... Read More

Saraki for President is a real possibility now, but will he take the bait?

However long it was going to take, Bukola Saraki’s defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been in the making since he emerged as President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly 36 months ago. Last week’s crossover of 15 APC senators could not have been the fitting day for his own announcement, with... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured, YNaija2019

2019, Atiku, Presidency, Saraki

Saraki

Panama Papers: Seychelles begin probe of Saraki but it seems Nigeria is not interested

When we thought the uproar generated over the Panama Papers leak of April 2016 which named Senate President Bukola Saraki, his wife and other politically exposed persons and individuals of investing millions of dollars in offshore shell companies, which is another form of money laundering has gone unnoticed as several other issues in Nigeria, the... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Panama, Saraki, Seychelles

Lai’s looter’s list is a re-election appeal that will not work

The Federal Government has released 23 names who it claims were looters of the treasury under the Goodluck Jonathan PDP government. The list, a follow-up to a “teaser List” published before, includes former NSA Sambo Dasuki, former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and former Army chiefs Kenneth Minimah and Azubuike Ihejirika. As was published by Premium... Read More

Thinking Through

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February 28, 2018

How long will the patch hold? 4 talking points from the APC’s NEC meeting

The All Progressives Congress held its 5th National Executive Council Meeting on Tuesday at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Speaker Yakubu Dogara were in attendance. Also present were the chieftains-at-cold-war Bola Tinubu and party chairman John Odigie-Oyegun as well as Governors of APC controlled states including Yahaya... Read More

Thinking Through

APC, NEC, Politics, Saraki

Niger Delta

November 8, 2017

The Thread: “PMB’s stamina is impressive”, “All these trillions with nothing to show” | TwitterNG reactions to 2018 Budget

Yesterday, President Buhari presented the 2018 budget, dubbed the Budget of Consolidation, to the National Assembly. Here’s the breakdown of a budget: FG’s Proposed 2018 Budget in one chart. #Budget2018 pic.twitter.com/sTRlrgu93z — BudgIT Nigeria (@BudgITng) November 7, 2017 Twitter Nigeria has commented on everything from his impressive health recovery to the loopholes in the budget... Read More

budget, national assembly, nigeria, Saraki, The Thread

budget, presidents

October 28, 2017

Opinion: Nigeria’s Senate and its basket of empty probes

by Fredrick Nwabufo The Nigerian Senate is impotent. So impotent that it engages in theatrical probes to conceal the absence of a legislative manhood. I have followed the Senate closely. In fact, I covered that arm of the national assembly in the past. So, I can say with a verisimilitude of certainty that I... Read More

corruption, Dogara, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Probes, Saraki, senate

budget

October 19, 2017

Opinion: Why Nigerians must overthrow the tyranny of the National Assembly

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Alexis Tocqueville never met Bukola Saraki. Had he encountered the APC Senate President or President Muhammadu Buhari or House Speaker Yakubu Dogora, Tocqueville might have learned about a new twist on his concept of the “tyranny of the majority.” What we have in Nigeria is a tyranny of the minority made up... Read More

Governance, national assembly, opinion, Saraki

October 4, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: The people of Kwara are reportedly tired of the Sarakis

Or so it seems! According to Sahara Reporters, women and youth in Ilorin held a rally calling for “an end to the Saraki dynasty” in the state. The protesters brandished placards that read vague messages “Kwarans say enough is enough”, ” Cholera, Lassa Fever, Yellow Fever, stop the denial” etc. None of the messages on... Read More

The Legislative Blog

Bukola Saraki, Ilorin, kwara, protesters, Saraki

September 27, 2017

Opinion: Governor Ajimobi, have you any answers to these questions about LAUTECH’s crisis?

by Busari Azeezat A parent whose child is 25 years is supposed to be at peace, after all, it is the blooming period of that child. The time to expand and reproduce. However, in the case where the child has been deprived of certain life teachings and brain nutrients, the parent would go bankrupt trying... Read More

Ajimobi, education, LAUTECH, nigeria, opinion, Saraki

Election

September 13, 2017

Reuben Abati: Dear President Buhari, what about these unseen threats to your presidency?

by Reuben Abati Mama Taraba is Senator Aisha Alhassan, the current Minister of Women Affairs in the Muhammadu Buhari cabinet, and arguably the most influential female politician in Taraba state today. She did something shocking and unusual in Nigerian politics during the last Eid-el-Kabir holidays. While paying homage to former Vice President Alhaji Atiku... Read More

Aisha Alhassan, Atiku, Mama Taraba, nigeria, opinion, Politics, president buhari, reuben abati, Saraki, Senator Shehu Sani

September 9, 2017

Peregrino Brimah: Itse Sagay – A rare gem in the midst of brash stones

by Peregrino Brimah I understand when I am referred to as an insatiable and indomitable critic. With Nigeria so far behind, I take no prisoners when condemning mediocre officials and the wicked cabal. However, when I do spot men of exemplary character every now and then, I actually do rain praises on them. Itse Sagay is... Read More

corruption, Itse Sagay, Nigeria's Senate, opinion, Peregrino Brimah, Saraki

September 8, 2017

The Thread: This is the curse of Nigeria’s leaders

There was a major riot over Atiku on Twitter yesterday, after Aisha Alhassan, Buhari’s Minister of Women’s Affairs, was outed for endorsing Atiku come 2019. Feyi Fawehinmi, Cheta Nwanze, Mark Essien and foremost voices on Political Twitter NG went head to head. It was quite the drama. We were well aware the conversation wasn’t going... Read More

Buhari, Chude Jideonwo, Governance, Leadership, nigeria, Politics, Saraki, The Thread

September 8, 2017

So is Itse Sagay guilty of hate speech?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The statement issued by Senator Sabi Abdullahi on behalf of the Senate urged President Buhari to rein in the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAc), Prof Itse Sagay, from spreading falsehood and making hate speeches against the Nigerian National Assembly. Prof Sagay has made claims about the salaries... Read More

Story of the day

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September 7, 2017

The Thread: Saraki will change the game for 2019

It’s 17 months to the next presidential election, but TwitterNG is already fielding its presidential candidates. So far, we have Atiku, popularly endorsed by the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan. We’re not big on ceremony here, so we’ll just stick to her alias: Mama Taraba. [In case you missed it]: “Atiku would be the... Read More

2019 Elections, Cheta Nwanze, Constitutional Ammendment, nigeria, Politics, Saraki, The Thread, TwitterNG

September 5, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Saraki, Sowore & Nigeria’s Barabbas moment

by Pius Adesanmi There are two problems bordering on abomination in my title. First problem: the names, Saraki and Sowore, are appearing in the same sentence. Second problem: Saraki’s name even comes first in the list. If you feel disgusted, even violated, you are right. The names, Saraki and Sowore, should have no business in... Read More

corruption, nigeria, opinion, Pius Adesanmi, political power, Saraki, sowore

budget, presidents

August 18, 2017

Opinion: Applause for the Nigerian Senate’s constitutional amendments

Adedamola David Adejobi The 8th Senate under the distinguished leadership of Senate President Bukola Saraki deserves to be commended for the amendments so far made to certain sections of our Constitution, an idea which was conceived by the 7th Senate. There is no denying the fact that the long-standing process was almost turning into another... Read More

Constitutional amendment, Dogara, legislature, opinion, Saraki, senate

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