Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, and Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives are in a meeting with Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. The meeting is to discuss the funding of the 2019 general…
“This is not about me,” says Saraki after ‘parliament takeover’
Bukola Saraki, Nigerian Senate president held a #WorldPressConference Wednesday to address Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by armed security agents alleged to be operatives from the State Security Service. The conference which lasted about an hour with the presence of principal…
How Saraki sponsored Tuesday’s invasion of NASS – APC (Vanguard)
The All Progressives Congress APC said it has investigated the circumstances surrounding Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by security operatives, and accused the Senate President, Bukola Saraki of sponsoring the plot to foment violence as part of his last-minute…
SSS DG takes only Buhari, Osinbajo’s order- former DG Amachree
Dennis Amachree, a former director at the State Security Services (SSS), has attempted to clarify some of the speculations surrounding Lawal Daura, sacked Director-General of the agency, and who ordered him to besiege the National Assembly on Tuesday. Amachree revealed on…
What 2baba says about DSS NASS invasion
Innocent Idibia, better known as 2baba has reacted to the recent besiege of the national assembly on Tuesday by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), which is receiving a lot of condemnation from different quarters, amid sack of…
Saraki, Dogara insist APC lack number for impeachment (Guardian)
The leadership of the Nigeria’s National Assembly has insisted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lack the required numbers to impeach Senate president Bukola Saraki and speaker Yakubu Dogara. Saraki who recently defected from APC to PDP has been…
Presidency to deal with more security agents, personnel involved in NASS siege
Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s acting president, on Tuesday, sacked the acting Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Lawal Daura, and threaten to deal with more security agents, personnel who are involved in the drama that ensued between the…
Senators got $1m each to impeach Saraki, Kwara lawmaker Rafiu Ibrahim alleges (Punch)
Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim (PDP-Kwara South), has alleged that lawmakers under the aegis of Parliamentary Support Group, were given $1m each to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. The lawmaker said this on Tuesday in an…
Saraki, other National Assembly leaders hold emergency meeting today (Punch)
The leadership of the National Assembly has summoned an emergency meeting for Tuesday (today). The Special Assistant to the Senate President on International Relations, Bankole Omisore, called the meeting via his Twitter handle on Monday. The tweet reads, “NASS leadership…
Presidency begs Saraki to reconvene national assembly on urgency
Ita Enang, the senior special adviser (SSA) to president Muhammadu Buhari on national assembly matters, has appealed to the lawmakers to reconvene so as to attend to urgent pending matters before it, which may affect the running of Nigeria, and…
