Bukola Saraki, Senate President, on Thursday, met with Microsoft Founder, Bill Gates and African Business Mogul, Aliko Dangote to proffer solutions to financing healthcare in Nigeria. Saraki who was accompanied by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, had the breakfast with the business magnates and philanthropists at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. […]
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Sequel to a motion moved by Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, chairman of the committee on public petition, on Thursday, the house of representatives has resolved to take another look at the Peace Corps bill and 21 other bills which President Muhammadu Buhari did not assent to. While moving his point of order, Nkem-Abonta complained that the bills […]
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Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has rejected the proposed Peace Corps of Nigeria establishment bill. The rejection of the bill was conveyed in a letter which Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, read during plenary on Tuesday. The national assembly passed the bill in 2017, after a prolonged battle involving […]
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The speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has strongly condemned the killings in various parts of the country, stating that all is not well. Giving his address to lawmakers when they resumed from recess on Tuesday, Dogara frowned at the violence in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Rivers, Zamfara, and Adamawa states. “Indeed at no […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday joined other Nigerians to wish a distinguished Nigerian, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, a happy 55th birthday. In a statement signed by his special adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari described Mr. Saraki as a distinguished Nigerian who has made his mark on the political scene. “President […]
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Following the visit of Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to President Muhammadu Buhari in London, the speaker said President Buhari’s health has improved tremendously. He said he was glad seeing that the president is doing well and urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the president. “Today […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives on Thursday visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London. Buhari has been receiving medical treatment in the UK since May 7. The president did not make any public appearance in the first two months of his stay in London. But with improved health […]
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Speaking at the conference of speakers and presiding officers of the Commonwealth in Abuja on Tuesday, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says is conflict between the executive and the legislature that make headlines in Nigeria. Reacting to a newspaper reports of threat to Dogara and Saraki, Osinbajo jocularly said it will be suicidal to threaten Senate […]
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Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, will fight Floyd Mayweather, retired American professional boxer, in a charity boxing match. The pair will face-off on Wednesday, June 14, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. Donatus Okonkwo, chairman of Tetrazzini Group of companies, made this known while speaking with journalists on Monday. Tetrazzini is the parent […]
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The House of Representatives rejected a bill seeking the establishment of the South-East Development Commission, after it was put to a voice vote by speaker, Yakubu Dogara. Some of the lawmakers argued that the timing of the bill was not right and adequate consultations were not made before it was brought to the house. Earlier, […]
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