The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has asked the sacked Chairman, Appropriation Committee of the House, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, to retract alleged defamatory publications against his person and tender an unreserved apology within seven days. According to Punch, Dogara, who made the demand through his lawyers, Prof. Joash Ojo (SAN) and Prof. Joash…
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Less than 24 hours after he was removed as chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumuni Jibrin has made some shocking revelations involving the principal officers of the lower legislative chamber. Jibrin claimed that Speaker Yakubu Dogara, his deputy, Mr. Sulaimon Yussuff Lasun, House Minority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor and the House Chief…
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Yesterday, we reported the alleged case of assault on a female member of the House, Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor by an aide of Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu. Read here if you missed.However, Ekpendu has faulted Marakpor claims that she was assaulted. In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja and signed…
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Onyemaechi Mrakpor The House of Representatives on Thursday summoned the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Mr. Peter Ekpendu, and Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau(retd.), over an alleged assault on a female member of the House, Onyemaechi Mrakpor. Also summoned to appear before the committee are the security agencies within the National Assembly,…
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