Tag: Saraki

2023 Presidential Aspirants: Finally, PDP Forum agree on consensus arrangement

Aminu Imam

Some presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), have finally yielded to the call for consensus arrangement ahead of the partys presidential primary election, slated for May 28th and 29th. The aspirants who accepted the consensus arrangement said they did so in order to position the party for victory in the 2023 general election. Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who spoke on behalf of other aspirants while briefing newsmen on the outcome of their visit to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, of Abia State, in his country home…

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Nigeria Election Rigging: Saraki applauds US Visa sanctions against culprits

Ishaku Yohanna

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has asked the United Kingdom and the European Union to take a cue from the United States and place a visa ban on election riggers in Nigeria. Saraki made the call on Tuesday while speaking at an event organised by the Centre for Advancement of Civil Liberties to mark this years International Day of Democracy. It would be recalled that the US, on Monday, placed visa restriction on individuals who undermined the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, about a year after it took…

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Buhari names railway stations after Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fashola, Saraki, others

Ishaku Yohanna

The President Muhammadu Buhari has named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after deserving citizens. According to the President, this deserving Nigerians contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large. In a statement by the Ministry of Transportation on Monday titled, Buhari Names Railway Stations After Prominent Nigerians, the ministrys Director of Press, Eric Ojiekwe, said, for the Lagos-Ibadan with extension to the Lagos Port Complex at Apapa railway station, the beneficiaries are Bola Ahmed Tinubu ( Apapa station), Mobolaji…

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Court orders EFCC to return Sarakis houses

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to return the two houses forfeited temporarily to the Federal Government to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The court on Thursday reversed its order of interim forfeiture of the Ilorin properties to the Federal Government. Justice Rilwan Aikawa ordered the release of the houses back to Saraki while, while delivering judgment on an application by the EFCC seeking to permanently forfeit the houses to the Federal Government. In December, 2019 the EFCC secured interim of…

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