Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar Tuesday alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari's administration was using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to persecute political opponents, particularly, immediate past Senate president Bukola Saraki. "I believe it is wrong to use the instruments of state to persecute political opponents," Atiku said in a Facebook post on…

Former deputy Senate president Ike Ekweremadu has said his decision to re-contest the seat was not to win or lose but to make a statement. "We need to exonerate ourselves," Ekwere told journalists on Tuesday. "It was not a contest to win or lose, I wanted to make a statement." Ekweremadu, a member of the…

Nigerian lawmaker Senator Godswill Akpabio Thursday apologised to members of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) for the manner he left the party months before the 2019 general elections. “I apologize to my colleagues in the PDP for the manner I left," Akpabio said in a tweet by Nigeria Senate at its valedictory session in…

Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara Wednesday said the National Assembly under Bukola Saraki gave President Muhammadu Buhari led government all needed support to fast-track the implementation of his administration's plans and policies. Dogara said this when he received the Euro Knowledge Award in recognition of his leadership which was conferred on him…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and 52 other lawmakers. An advocacy group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, (LEDAP), took the lawmakers to court seeking a declaration that they were no longer members of the National Assembly,…

The opposition People's Democratic Party said the fresh investigation by Economic Financial Crime Commission against the outgoing Senate President Bukola Saraki explains "the Federal Government’s obnoxious and distasteful resort to intimidation and evidence-fishing." "The PDP holds that this renewed witch-hunt tailored against Senator Saraki and perceived opposition leaders further confirms that the Buhari Presidency and…

Nigeria Senate president Bukola Saraki Wednesday said the latest probe into his earnings by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a witch-hunt against his person. Nigeria’s anti-graft agency Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday said there was an ongoing probe of Saraki's earnings while he was Kwara State governor from 2003 to…

The Senate has invited the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for a briefing on the security situation in the country. The IGP was invited following the debate of the motion, "senseless killing of a Briton and the abduction of three others in a Holiday Resort in Kaduna State by armed bandits", sponsored by Senator…

Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday reacted to the varied allegations made by the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress Ahmed Tinubu concerning his senate presidency tenure. In a statement by the media aide of the APC leader on Sunday, Tinubu accused the Saraki-led senate of been corrupt and "stymied" to the…

Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki Monday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari presented only eleven bills to the National Assembly since May 2015 when he was sworn in. The eleven bills are apart from the statutory budgets related bills. "In the four years of the Buhari administration, it has only forwarded 11 bills to the Senate,"…

With the outpour of tributes for Faye Mooney, a British aid worker killed during an attack on Kajuru Castle in Kaduna State on Friday, continuing, Nigerian leaders and the media have been largely silent on the identity of the Nigerian killed in the same attack. Matthew Oguchee, said to be Mooney's partner, was working with…

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…