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    Metro Protesters Storm National Assembly Over Budget Padding [PHOTOS]

    Members of National Youth Council of Nigeria on Wednesday held a protest at the entrance of the National Assembly in Abuja. The protest by the group, which was opposed to the allegations of budget padding by the former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, came as...
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    Politics Budget Padding: Reps in Rowdy Session‎

    The house of representatives on Wednesday went into a rowdy session as members began shouting "Dogara", "Dogara". Trouble started when the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Emmanuel Orker-jev, moved a motion on breach of his privilege and that of the House by the embattled...
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    Politics Hon. Maduabum Distances Self From Discovery of Jubrin's Alleged Foreign Account

    Hon. C.I.D Maduabum has denied playing any role in the discovery of a foreign account allegeddly belonging to Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin. See denial below: My attention has just been drawn to statement issued by Hon Abdulmumin Jubrin, where he as usual said that I gave money to some people to...
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    Politics Abdulmumin Jibrin Speaks on Alleged £1.558m in UK Bank

    Embattled member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin has described allegation accusing him of owning substantive amount in a UK bank as false and cheap blackmail. The National Youth Council of Nigeria had on Sunday said it has traced £1.558m (N825m) to a United Kingdom account...
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    Politics Corruption Committee Chairman, Sagay Gives Update on Budget Padding, Dogara’s Petition

    Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, has disclosed that outcome of the 2016 budget padding probe would be forwarded to the Presidency and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He spoke on submission of a petition against...
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    Metro Why Budget Padding Occurs in Nigeria - Buhari’s Aide, Ita Enang Explains

    Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, has revealed why padding of budget is possible in the country. He said the special attention being accorded sectoral allocation in the country’s annual budget, leaving other details in the...
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    Politics Budget Padding: PDP's Leo Ogor Says Jibrin Needs Urgent Psychiatric Attention

    The House of Representatives' Minority Leader, Leo Ogor representing Isoko Federal Constituency of Delta State under the auspice of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that the former Chairman on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, needs urgent psychiatric attention. Ogor made the remark while...
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    Metro Why It Is Illegal For Lawmakers To Pad Budgets - Fashola Explains

    The Minister of Power, Workers and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said Federal lawmakers have no right to increase national budget since they don’t collect tax. Speaking at a forum organised by the Nigerian Bar Association on Monday, the former Lagos State governor, said the legislature...
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    Politics Corruption Has Become The Biggest Business In House of Reps Under Dogara – Jibrin Reveals

    A former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has described corruption has the biggest business of the House of Representatives under Speaker Yakubu Dogara. He said this on Sunday when he reviewed the anti-corruption crusade, which he launched against the Speaker...
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    Politics Budget Padding: Gbajabiamila Submits Self to Police

    The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has offered himself for investigation by security and anti-corruption agencies over alleged padding of the 2016 budget. Former Chair of Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin had alleged Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy...
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    Politics 10 Lawmakers Disown Hon. Jibrin Over Budget Padding Crisis

    The Body of Principal Officers of the House of Representatives have disowned ex Appropriation Chairman Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin over the whole budget padding saga. In a letter, the officers said the decision to sack Jibrin was a collective one because he abused the 2016 budget. They also termed...
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    Politics Omisore Reacts to Reports He is Speaker Dogara’s Godfather

    Former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore has faulted Abdulmumin Jibrin for describing him as godfather to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara. omisore He said Jibrin’s attempt to implicate him in the budget padding scandal is unfortunate. Jibrin...
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    Politics Budget Padding: ''I swore an oath..'' - Dogara Speaks

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has once more spoken on his alleged role in the padding of the 2016 budget. The Speaker spoke via Twitter this evening. Read tweets below [from bottom to top] :
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    Politics Budget Padding: Offenders Will Be Punished - Buhari [VIDEO]

    President Muhammadu Buhari will not allow the padding of the 2016 budget go unpunished. The budget padding scandal has been on for several months. President Buhari in a video posted online described budget padding as 'embarrassing' . Watch video of the President promising punishment for...
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    Politics 'I Cry For Nigeria' – AbdulMumin Jibrin

    Following Speaker Yakubu Dogara's remark that padding is not an offence, 'born-again' anti-corruption crusader and member of the House of Representatives, AbdulMumin Jibrin has challenged the speaker to a public debate. Jirbin, while tweeting a series of tweets via his twitter account...
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    Budget Padding: What Jibrin Failed To Tell Nigerians – Sheyi Babaeko

    “Tell me anyway - maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.”- Leon Trotsky. The concerns and alarming alarm raised by Hon. Abdulmumin Jubrin, the past chairman, House Committee on Budget and Appropriation, is a welcome development. The various statements made public by this Honourable...
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    Politics Budget Padding: Why Dogara Failed to Honour Police Invitation

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has shunned the invitation of the police Special Investigating Panel over allegations of budget padding. The snub according to investigations by Punch was connected to the fact that the invitation letter was not signed by the...
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    Politics Budget Padding :Hon. Chike Reacts to Allegations Leveled Against Him by Hon. Jibrin

    HON. Dcn. Chike Okafor, Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare Services has spoken up to clear his name after he was mentioned in the budget padding scandal. Read full statement below: My attention has been drawn to a recent publication credited to the member representing Kiru-Bebeji...
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    Politics We Are Elected to Pad Budget – Reps Member

    The Chairman House of Representative Committee on Legislative Compliance, Abiodun Olasupo has insisted that ‘budget padding’ remains a constitutional responsibility of the legislative arm of government and as such the House of Representatives did not err in the current ‘budget padding’...
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    Politics Budget Padding: Nigeria Police Receives 3 Original Copies of 2016 Budget as Probe Begins

    The police yesterday retrieved three versions of the budget from ousted House of Representatives Appropriations Committee chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin as probe of his allegation of padding began. The Special Investigation Panel (SIP) has started sieving the documents to isolate the padded...
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