Speaker, House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara on Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari over the budget padding scandal rocking the House of Representatives, reports Premium Times. The speaker reportedly stated that budget padding is not an offence and vowed not to step down from office despite growing calls on him to do so. Answering questions…
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Embattled former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin has labeled Speaker Yakubu Dogara’s legal action threats against him as “predictable”. In a series of tweets hours ago, Jibrin revealed that his lawyers have officially approached the EFCC and ICPC towards working out a date for him to submit his petition against…
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The federal government has suspended the sack of members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) pending the conclusion of the ongoing negotiations on the matter. This was part of the resolutions reached at the mediatory meeting initiated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, between the federal…
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President Muhammadu Buhari hosted Honourable Yakubu Dogara and other members of the National Assembly to a dinner at the Presidential Villa last night. The presidential dinner was also attended by some APC chieftains including Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, John Oyegun, Senate President Bukola Saraki and more. See photos from the event below! …
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Members of the House of Representatives yesterday, intensified their opposition to plans by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to introduce and enforce “outdated” speed limiter to motorists in Nigeria, reports Punch. Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, member of the House of Representatives, Comrade Philip Shuaibu, a former National President of National Association…
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Lai Mohammed, APC national publicity secretary The All Progressives Congress (APC) has kicked against the election of Bukola Saraki as senate president and Yakubu Dogara as speaker, describing it as “unacceptable”, an act of “treachery” and the “highest level of indiscipline”. APC had picked Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila for the respective posts but the…
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