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Nigeria: Saraki - Ekweremadu Will Make My Work Difficult
This Day, 2 July 2015
Almost a month after his emergence as the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki at the weekend broke his silence in an interview with journalists in Abuja, where he spoke on… Read more »
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Nigeria: How I Escaped Plot to Abduct Me - Bukola Saraki
Premium Times, 28 June 2015
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has alleged there was a plan to abduct him on June 9, the day the 8th Assembly of the Senate was inaugurated, with the aim of preventing… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.K. Pledges Support for Saraki-Led Senate
Premium Times, 12 June 2015
The United Kingdom has pledged support for the Nigerian Senate, led by Bukola Saraki. Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS - Saraki, Lawan's Men Close Ranks
Vanguard, 12 June 2015
The dust raised over the National Assembly leadership contests was, yesterday, settling as some antagonists of Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara have… Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS Leadership - With Saraki, Dogara, New PDP Finally Shares in APC Power Equation
Premium Times, 11 June 2015
Tuesday's election of former Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki, as Senate President, and Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has effectively given the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate President, House Speaker - Upset As Saraki, Dogara Emerge
Leadership, 10 June 2015
In a dramatic upset that confounded some analysts who believed that party supremacy would prevail, Senator Bukola Saraki (APC, Kwara) yesterday emerged the president of the 8th… Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate Presidency - the Intrigues, From Enwerem to Saraki
Vanguard, 10 June 2015
Leaders of Nigeria's most distinguished Club of 109 are men and women who have played politics to the extreme as was seen yesterday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Traditional Rulers in Kware Hail Election of Saraki As Eighth Senate President
Leadership, 9 June 2015
Some traditional rulers in Kwara have described the election of Sen. Bukola Saraki as President of the 8th Senate as "unprecedented in the political history of Kwara." Read more »
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Nigeria: Kwara Governor Congratulates Saraki
Premium Times, 9 June 2015
The governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has congratulated Bukola Saraki on his emergence as Senate President and Chairman of the 8th National Assembly. Read more »
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Nigeria: I'll Defend National Assembly's Independence - - Saraki
Premium Times, 9 June 2015
The newly elected president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has pledged to be just and fair to Nigerians, and to defend the independence of the National Assembly. Read more »
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Nigeria: Ruling Party Rejects Election House Speaker Saraki
Premium Times, 9 June 2015
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally unacceptable and the highest level of indiscipline and treachery the conduct of Tuesday's inauguration of the National… Read more »
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Nigeria: Emergence of Saraki, Dogara As Senate President, House Speaker Unacceptable to APC
APC (Nigeria), 9 June 2015
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally unacceptable and the highest level of indiscipline and treachery the conduct of Tuesday's inauguration of the National… Read more »
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Nigeria: Atiku Congratulates New NASS Leaders, Enjoins Lawmakers to Focus On National Interest
APC (Nigeria), 9 June 2015
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the newly elected leaders of the National Assembly, admonishing them to see their elections beyond the narrow interests of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Saraki's Victory Shows Politics Is About Negotiation Not War - Sen. Orji
Leadership, 9 June 2015
Sen. Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) has ascribed the emergence of Sen. Bukola Saraki as the President of the Senate as a proof that politics is all about negotiation and not war. Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS Election - Buhari Backs APC, but Says Saraki, Dogara's Emergence "Constitutional"
Premium Times, 9 June 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the election of new leaders of the National Assembly, saying he supports those elected, yet he wished the party's choices were respected. Read more »
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Nigeria: Atiku Congratulates New Senate, House of Reps Leaders
Premium Times, 9 June 2015
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the newly elected leaders of the National Assembly, admonishing them to see their elections beyond the narrow interests of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Kwara Traditional Rulers Hail Election of Saraki As Senate President
Premium Times, 9 June 2015
Some traditional rulers in Kwara State have described the election of Bukola Saraki as president of the Senate as "unprecedented in the political history of Kwara". Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS Election - PDP, Tambuwal, Fayose Congratulate Saraki, Dogara
Premium Times, 9 June 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and the governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, have congratulated the newly elected Senate President Bukola… Read more »
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Nigeria: N/Assembly Leadership - Atiku Congratulates Saraki, Dogara
This Day, 9 June 2015
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hailed the newly elected leaders of the National Assembly, admonishing them to see their elections beyond the narrow interests of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Charges Saraki, Dogara to Focus On Positive Change
This Day, 9 June 2015
Following the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate President as well as Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Muhammadu Buhari on… Read more »
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Nigeria: Opposition Party Crisis - Governors Call Emergency Meeting
Premium Times, 8 June 2015
Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have called an emergency meeting to seek ways of reuniting the ruling party that is threatened by a major crisis over the choice of… Read more »
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Nigeria: APC Rejects Saraki, Dogara As Senate President, House Speaker
This Day, 9 June 2015
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally unacceptable and the highest level of indiscipline and treachery the conduct of Tuesday's inauguration of the National… Read more »
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Nigeria: Bukola Saraki Elected Senate President
Premium Times, 9 June 2015
Bukola Saraki, a former governor of Kwara State, has been elected the president of the eighth Senate. Read more »
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Office of Senator Saraki, 9 June 2015
Distinguished Colleagues, Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I am most honoured and privileged to be elected from among such distinguished men and women of your caliber… Read more »