Pictures: Saraki and Dogara meet Bill Gates, Dangote, discuss sustainable healthcare

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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Buhari rejects Peace Corps bill

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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Nigeria is being painted red with the blood of the innocents… We feel betrayed by the executive – Dogara

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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Dogara to fight Floyd Mayweather June 14 – for charity

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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