A Nigerian lawmaker of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abu Ibrahim, has vowed to cooperate with other lawmakers to work against the re-election of Senate President Bukola Saraki. Saraki left the ruling party in July 2018 and returned to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was accused of using his position Senate president…

Nigeria's senate president Bukola Saraki Sunday said his family home in Agbaji, Ilorin, was attacked by thugs loyal to "a factional All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state." An aide to the Senate president said two persons were shot by the thugs "escorted by Police Officers." "As of 2:15 pm, two people have…

Nigerian police has debunked the allegations by Nigeria's Senate president, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, that its men supervised an attack on his family house and his supporters after the ruling All Progressive Congress rally in Kwara state on Thursday. "The Nigeria Police Force wishes to categorically state that all the allegations in the statement of the…

Nigerian Senate on Wednesday called on the executive arm of government to ensure payment of funds accrued from oil subsidy to marketers across the country to further strengthen their operations. The lawmakers made the plea during plenary before president Muhammadu Buhari's 2019 budget preparation to the joint session of the National Assembly. Although the figures…

Nigerian Senate on Monday ordered its Joint Committee on Police and Judiciary to investigate the ongoing detention of an activist, Deji Adeyanju, by the Nigerian Police. Adeyanju was accused of killing a Kano businessman, Alhassan Ali, on Thursday, January 6, 2005, in Kano. He was charged with homicide, alongside three other persons alleged to be…

Some legislative aides to federal lawmakers have accused Senate President, Bukola Saraki,  the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Omolori, of diverting funds appropriated to them. In a petition written to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, the aides…

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has accused Nigeria's Senate president Bukola Saraki of using the party's mandate to strengthen its People's Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki, a former governor of Kwara State joined APC from PDP in January 2014. He was elected senator in 2015 under the APC and returned…

Senator Dino Melaye has been appointed as the spokesman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council. PDP announced Melaye's appointment at the inauguration of its presidential campaign council in Abuja. "Thank you, PDP for my appointment as Director in charge of Civil Societies/ NGO'S and Campaign Spokesperson in the PDP Presidential Campaign. We…

The Nigeria Police Thursday said an armed robbery and murder suspect in the infamous Offa robbery who died in detention was not murdered, rather he slumped and died. Micheal Adikwu, a former Police constable, led the group of armed robbers in April this year on a five-bank robbery operation that led to the deaths of…

Nigeria Senate on Thursday called for the investigation of the crisis that led into the Police laying siege on Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. The House of Assembly complex in Uyo was sealed by the police, with lawmakers and staff being denied access to the premises. Akwa Ibom House of Assembly crisis erupted on…

The ruling All Progressives Congress national chairman Adams Oshiomhole has threatened to sue the Senate President Bukola Saraki after the latter called for his resignation over allegations of graft against him. "I challenge Saraki to mention one name of an aspirant that gave money to the national chairman or we file a legal action against…

The Nigerian Senate Tuesday adjourned plenary for two weeks over inability to gather the required number of senators to hold a plenary. "This is in line with order 10.3; if we do not have quorum, we need to adjourn," the Senate president Bukola Saraki said on Tuesday. Lawmakers had converged to start the usual Tuesday…