Abubakar Bukola Saraki

This week Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki called for the government to start selling off its oil industry assets: that would have the twin benefits of reducing the government's liabilities to fund oil production and raising much needed cash immediately he argued...

There is a split in APC ranks between backers of Abubakar Bukola Saraki Senate President and ex-Governor of Kwara State and of Bola Tinubu Lagos State ex-Governor and veteran political kingpin in the south-west...

People who could upset the president's programme include Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki and his PDP-affiliated deputy Ike Ekweremadu (AC Vol 56 No 8 'No condition is permanent')...

They are perceived as tactical allies of Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki in his tussles with Tinubu so the vetting of the triumvirate may itself become politicised...

‘This is all about Bukola Saraki defeating Ahmed Tinubu forces for the Senate Presidency...

He is also a strong supporter of Bukola Saraki...

Other former PDP leaders due to play roles in the new government include former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and former or serving state governors Abubakar Bukola Saraki Rabiu Kwankwaso and Rotimi Amaechi...

Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki a leading member of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) said the attacks on the vigil were 'a new low' for the government...

His key partners are former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar (from Adamawa State in the north-east) and Abubakar Bukola Saraki (Kwara in the Middle Belt)...

Adding further weight to the rebels were former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki a former Kwara Governor who had been eyeing the presidency...

Briefly Kwara Governor in 1992 he is a protégé of Kwara's political strongman Abubakar Bukola Saraki and a PDP trustee: 'He is on the [security] committee and I don't think he has said a word ' says another senator's aide...