Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed April 27 for its judgment in the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the final forfeiture of two houses in Ilorin, Kwara State, belonging to a former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Justice Rilwan Aikawa ...

Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has commended supporters of his family for showing support and displayed affection during the demolition of his family home popularly called ‘Ile Arugbo’ by the Kwara State government. The building was demolished in the early hours of Thursday morning after police dispersed protesters, including old women. Dr Saraki, while ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the demolition of a property belonging to the family of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, by the Kwara state government. The PDP described the invasion and demolition as wicked, cowardly and a direct recipe for a huge crisis in the state. The party in a statement by its ...

Gov. Abdulrahman-Abdulrazaq   The Kwara State Government has explained why Bukola Saraki’s family property popularly known as Ile Arugbo (old people’s home) was demolished. The state Commissioner for Communications, Murtala Olanrewaju, said on Thursday that the demolition was carried out early morning to avoid needless confrontation. According to the state government, the demolition is the physical reclamation ...

Frm. Senate President Bukola Saraki   Officials of the Kwara State Government in the early hours of Thursday demolished a house believed to belong to the late Kwara politician, Dr Olusola Saraki. The house, popularly called Ile Arugo (old people’s home), is located along the Ilofa Road in the Government Reserved Area (GRA) of Ilorin. ...

Bukola Saraki   Policemen have surrounded a property belonging to the family of the former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The property has in recent days been a subject of controversy between the former Senate President and the current Kwara State Government. Prior to this development, the state House ...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Senate would approve President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $29.96 billion. He gave the indication while addressing a gathering of reporters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The Senate President said, “The question of whether we are going to pass the loan request of the ...

  Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki says the application to the Federal High Court, Lagos, for interim forfeiture order on his Ilorin home by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is an abuse of the court process and a violation of a subsisting order of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Saraki, in a statement ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday ordered an interim forfeiture of the Ilorin residence of the immediate past Senate President Bukola Saraki. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren. According to him, the Ilorin Zonal Office of the EFCC had ...

The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed December 5 to take arguments on whether or not, two Ikoyi houses belonging to former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, should be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government. Justice Mohammed Liman had on October 21 ordered the temporary forfeiture of the houses, “lying and known as No. ...