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Corruption Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara John Ameh Nine out of the 10 principal officers of the House of Representatives kept sealed lips on Saturday over the latest N10billion allegations levelled against them by a former Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin. The officers are the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara; Deputy Speaker, Yussuff Lasun; House […]
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Budget, Headlines, House, Legislature
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and Former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin John Ameh, Abuja Members of the Transparency Group in the House of Representatives said on Monday that despite the fact that all 10 principal officers had disowned the former Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, those […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Tunde Odesola and John Ameh The Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, said on Monday that a former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, would not escape punishment for “bringing the image of the legislature into disrepute.” Jibrin had accused the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, and three other principal […]
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Headlines, House, Kwara, Legislature, Senate, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad Success Nwogu, Ilorin Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has said there is legitimate padding of budget. According to Ahmad, when a budget is presented before the House of Assembly, for instance from the President to the National Assembly, it is the duty […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA—CHAIRMAN of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, yesterday said more than 340 of the members of the House are in support of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, which renders attempts for his removal an impossibility. Yakubu Dogara Abonta also pointed out that the Speaker was human, and so could […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Friday, July 29th, 2016
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ***AIG heads FG team to probe masterminds *** ABUJA — MORE trouble that may worsen the frosty relations between the executive and legislative arms of government appears to be looming as the Federal Government moves to punish the brains behind the insertion of illegal projects worth […]
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House, Legislature
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—THE recently sacked Chairman of Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives, Abdulmumuni Jibrin, has said that his refusal to support immunity for presiding officers as well refusal to approve the N40 billion for principal officers out of N100 billion approved for members of the House for constituency projects led to his […]
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General Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
• NASS budget slashed from N150b to N115b • Lawmakers say it’s a sacrifice for Nigeria The Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and other principal officers have rejected the N10 billion proposed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in the 2016 budget for the construction of […]
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Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 24, 2016 – We were recently riveted by allegations of sexual misconducts leveled against three Nigerian lawmakers by the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle. In a letter to the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, he accused one of the ten members of the […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Niger Delta
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Ibim Semenitari John Ameh, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission on Tuesday expressed disgust over the sitting of most of the agency’s projects in the constituency of the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Nicholas Mutu. The commmision’s Acting Managing Director, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, had presented a 2016 budget […]
