The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has convened an emergency meeting of the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly. Issues expected on the agenda of the meeting, correspondent gathered, include the string of defections in the political space, rumoured plan to impeach the Senate President and the pending 2019 elections […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday, defended the move by the legislature to strip the President of his power to order forfeiture of asset held by persons facing criminal prosecution. He said it would deepen democracy and give all arms of government the chance to perform their duties without […]
Read More The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday disclosed how the Federal Government, states and private organisations allegedly diverted ₦320 billion from the Natural Resources Fund over the years. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had, through an Executive Order, created the fund in 2002 for the purpose of developing the country’s natural […]
Read More The Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said it was unacceptable that Nigerians spent five billion dollars on generators annually. He said the house would support the Executive to find a permanent solution to the power problem in the country. Dogara stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the public hearing organized by […]
Read More Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Friday spent ₦3.76 million to settle bills of patients at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi. The bills of ₦1.26 million for five patients with critical issues were settled while ₦2.5 million dropped with the hospital’s management to cover the bills of other […]
Read More Speaker of the Nigeria House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, urged African maritime administrations to close ranks and tackle the perennial challenge of illegal and unregulated maritime activities, which rob the West African sub-region a whopping $1.3 billion annually. Speaking in Abuja at the opening of the 3rd Association of African Maritime Administrations’ (AAMA) conference […]
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Sacked Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC, Kano), claimed yesterday that his fight against corruption in the Green Chamber has the backing of two international organisations. He did not name the two organisations but challenged House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara to publicly acknowledge the funding of his emergence as Speaker […]
Read More “I wish to reiterate that no Kobo belonging to Nigerians has been misappropriated, stolen or lost in this budget saga,” the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara said on Saturday on his official Twitter account. “I wish to state clearly that there was no act of corruption by me during and/or after the preparation of […]
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The House of Representatives on Thursday began an investigation into the alleged ‘secret’ recruitment of 909 employees by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The controversial recruitment was reportedly carried out by the apex bank on the directive of the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, with a reasonable number of the beneficiaries being children and relatives of […]
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The 2016 appropriation bill passed second reading amid scathing criticisms from members of the opposition at the House of Representatives yesterday. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara however said the debate so far was illuminating and it should be a guide to the House in the perfection of the 2016 appropriation bill at the various […]
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VIOLENCE across the country must be put to an end if the crisis of internally displaced persons is to be contained, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.Yakubu Dogara, has said. Dogara made the statement Thursday while receiving a delegation from the National Commission For Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons led by its […]
Read More YAKUBU Dogara, has called for the repositioning of the oil sector to block all leakages and guarantee efficiency in its operations. The Speaker, House of Representatives, made the call at a forensic investigation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) oil swap deals organised by the House Ad […]
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