The Jagaban's re-entry into the party's magic circle was a tactical blow at least against two of his rivals the APC's national chairman John Odigie Oyegun and Senate President Bukola Saraki...
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Much more problematic is the position of Senate President Bukola Saraki who according to his allies has been offered serial inducements to return to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) along with a large band of senators...
He has been at odds with Senate President Bukola Saraki mainly because they are rivals for the succession (AC Vol 57 No 9 Railroading senators)...
All the likely successors to Buhari – Senate President Bukola Saraki former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai – will bide their time in 2018...
The six were joined by powerful defectors from the PDP including Bukola Saraki from the Middle Belt now the Senate President and Rotimi Amaechi now Transport Minister and former Governor of Rivers State in the Niger Delta...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; the President of the Senate Abubakar Bukola Saraki; and the Governor of Borno State Kashim Shettima are among the more ambitious hopefuls making overtures to Buhari but wary as rivals put their campaigns into gear and gather momentum...
That gives an interesting platform to the Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki who faces corruption charges at the Code of Conduct Tribunal...
Senate President Bukola Saraki and Atiku Abubakar the former Vice-President (1999-2007) are the wealthiest and have the richest friends...
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A shaky looking Buhari presided over the meeting with the girls after which his communications team distributed pictures of a subsequent meeting between the ailing President and Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara Speaker of the House of Representatives...
These include Osinbajo's old patron Bola Ahmed Tinubu former Governor of Lagos State; Atiku Abubakar ex-Vice-President; Bukola Saraki Senate President; Nasir el-Rufai Kaduna State Governor; and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ex-Governor of Kano...
An economy trapped in a political vice The Senate is due to debate and approve the government's 2017 budget on 11 May says its President Abubakar Bukola Saraki...
An accomplished diplomat Bukola Saraki has been able to dispel some of the personal animus between himself and President Muhammadu Buhari but he has plenty of other enemies notably Ibrahim Magu Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
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His opponents led by Abubakar Bukola Saraki Senate President and a leading contender for the presidency in 2019 say he is both incompetent and vindictive...
This is partly because three of the main contenders – Bukola Saraki former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Lagos State ex-Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu – have been the subject of detailed corruption investigations...
Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki starts 2017 on better terms with Buhari than he was a year ago partly because he has used his political weight effectively...
The much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill and its several separate moving parts has still not won assent from the Senate despite Bukola Saraki's commitment to speeding up its progress...
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