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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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Articles, Columnists, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, Senate, Women Politics
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers State, Nigeria | July 26, 2016 – Senator Dino Melaye, the lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district and Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, the 12th of July, 2016, during an executive meeting, started a feud that was brought to the […]
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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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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu John Ameh, Abuja The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, said on Tuesday that Nigeria must embrace restructuring as the surest solutions to its current economic challenges. He argued that to succeed, the country must abandon its “feeding bottle federalism “ for true fiscal federalism. The deputy […]
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Corruption Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, July 14th, 2016
-Saharareporters SaharaReporters has learned that a pensive Senate President, Bukola Saraki, today held a private meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and pleaded with the AGF to drop forgery charges against him and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. The private meeting took place today at the premises of the Senate when […]
