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...
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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')...
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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...
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‘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...
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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)...
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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...