Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, say no date has been fixed to reconvene national assembly. President Muhammadu Buhari had urged the national assembly to reconvene so as to approve N242 billion for the 2019 elections. Last week, Yusuf Lasun, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, said […]
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STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, HIS EXCELLENCY (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, AT A WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018. 1. It is a matter of record that yesterday, lawmakers and staff of the National Assembly were prevented from entering […]
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The Southern and Middle Belt Elders Forum on Wednesday reiterated its call for the cancellation of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s voter register. The group took its campaign to the National Assembly in Abuja where the members sought the support of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara. The forum […]
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Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka wants President Muhammadu Buhari to rise to the occasion, match words with action and stop the killing spree by “murderous herdsmen”. In a statement on Wednesday, Professor Soyinka said it is not enough for the President to distance himself from killer herdsmen as what is required is for the country’s leader […]
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The member representing Okpe, Sapele, Uvwie Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Evelyn Oboro has demanded for adequate budgetary provision for the Federal University of Petroleum Resources(FUPRE), Effurun in the 2018 appropriation bill in compliance with the FUPRE Act just as Urhobo Liberation Force(ULF) threatens to cripple Oil and Gas facilities in Urhobo […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said the on-going recession rocking the nation can be linked to the activities of the Niger-Delta militants last year. He stated this on Monday while delivering his opening remarks at an investigative hearing on the alleged violation of the Public Procurement Act and abuses of […]
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In a letter written to the National Assembly on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his desire to extend his medical leave in London in order to complete his treatment and await the results of his medical tests. The extension of his medical leave was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Adesina, spokesperson […]
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A former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Friday accused some senior lawmakers in the House of living large by appropriating illegal allowances to themselves at the expense of Nigerian taxpayers. The lawmakers, who currently serve in different capacities as principal officers of the House, have allegedly shared more […]
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The Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group, NDEBUMOG has demanded the resignation of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and all the principal officers mentioned in the N40 billion budget padding scandal. Below is NDEBUMOG statement. “We at the Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group, NDEBUMOG, are worried over the shocking and scandalous revelations on […]
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Full statement from Hon. Abdulmumini Jibrin, former chair of the House of Representatives Committee on appropriation, has denied all the allegations against him in the face of his recent ouster of head of the committee. He released a statement t clarify issues and state his stand on the controversy over his purported sack by Speaker […]
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