Senator Iyiola Omisore, a former deputy governor of Osun State, has faulted Abdulmumin Jibrin for describing him as the godfather to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, saying Jibrin’s attempt to implicate him in the budget padding scandal is unfortunate. Jibrin, former chairman, Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, had alleged […]
Continue ReadingThe speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has denied presenting himself as being above the law, alleging that the media misconstrued his statement regarding the crisis rocking the house. In a statement issued on his behalf by Turaki Hassan, his spokesman, Dogara said he was quoted out of context when he addressed journalists […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking on Thursday, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said no member of the national assembly can be investigated or charged to court for performing the constitutional responsibility of lawmaking, which includes budget scrutiny.Dogara spoke during a dialogue session with civil society groups in Abuja, saying that the 2016 budget had been […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara met President Muhammadu Buhari at about 2:25 pm on Friday, to discuss an issue suspected to be the budget padding scandal rocking the House of Representatives.On leaving the President’s office at exactly 2:58 pm, Dogara told reporters that he has never heard of “budget padding” and that […]
Continue ReadingThe leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), apparently embarrassed by the budget padding allegation being levelled against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara by Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the federal house of representatives, has ordered Jibrin not to make any further comment on budget padding. The party gave the order […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled former chairman of the appropriation committee of the house of representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Tuesday alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) saved him from the plot of kidnap by Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives. The lawmaker gave credit to his lawyers, who had to come to his aid by […]
Continue Reading“Transparency Group”, a group in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday demanded the investigation of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged padding of the 2016 budget. The lawmakers made this known in Abuja while briefing journalists. They insisted that Mr. Dogara and other principal officers mentioned […]
Continue ReadingFormer chairman of the House of Representatives committee on appropriation, Abdulmimin Jibrin, has posited that President Muhammadu Buhari would ban Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house along with his senior cabal, from the presidential villa if he had any clue of their real nature. Jibrin is involved in a battle with the leadership of the […]
Continue ReadingFormer chairman of the Federal House of Representatives appropriation committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has revealed that Yakubu Dogara, the speaker of the house, is nothing but a hypocrite, alleging that Dogara is dining with the enemies of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said he was removed as the chairman of appropriation committee because he refused to yield to […]
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives, will on Thursday meet the outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, over the allegation of sexual misconduct levelled against three members of the House. Investigative public hearing on the scandal begins on Thursday and Entwistle is expected to provide video clips of the incident. The incident allegedly occurred […]
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