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    Politics Why Jibrin Was ‘Blocked’ From Meeting President Buhari - Presidency

    The Presidency has dismissed insinuation by former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, saying he was “blocked” from seeing President Muhammadu Buhari over his budget padding allegations against some principal officers of the lower legislative...
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    Politics Jibrin Flouts APC’s Order, Makes 82 Revelations on Dogara, Budget Padding

    Former House of Representative Chairman of Appropriation Committee Abdulmimin Jibrin has made 82 comments on the budget padding scandal rocking the house despite APC’s order he desist from doing so. The ‘born-again anti-corruption crusader’ took to his twitter page‏ with the handle; ‏@AbdulAbmJ...
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    Politics Budget Padding is Not An APC Business – Chief Whip

    The Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has asserted that the current budget padding controversy was out of the control of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to resolve. Recall that former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation...
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    Politics Budget Padding : Everything Dogara Said After Meeting With Buhari

    Speaker of the House of representatives, Yakubu Dogara addressed state house correspondents after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Read Transcript of Dogara's interview after the meeting: Journalists: Was the issue of alleged budget padding discussed? Dogara: What is budget...
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    Politics Budget Padding: Jibrin Exposes Dogara’s Fresh Move to Bribe Lawmakers With $25,000

    Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin on Wednesday continued to level allegations against the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara and members of the lower legislative chambers. Jibrin had accused the Speaker, his deputy -Yusuff Lasun...
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    Politics Budget Padding: Why We Can't Punish Jibrin - APC

    Leaders of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday met with the former chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, at the party’s secretariat in Abuja, over the unfolding budget padding scandal in the house. He later met behind closed doors with the...
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    Politics Jibrin Arrives APC Headquarters

    A former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has arrived the All Progressives Congress National headquarters in Abuja. He is to appear before the leadership of the party over the development following his allegations of budget padding...
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    Politics Budget Padding: Jibrin Storms 4 Anti-Corruption Agencies To Nail Dogara [See Photos]

    Former Chairman of the appropriations committee of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday announced that he would be visiting Nigeria’s major anti-corruption agencies today to shed light on his allegation of budget padding against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other...
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    12 New Popular Vocubulary In Nigerian Politics Since Buhari Became President

    Nigeria's political space is not without drama. The recent happenings have made the scene look like a theatre with different stunts from political actors. Amid this worrying situation, new terms, languages have been coined out, that many Nigerians now see as deceitful, usual and interestingly...
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    Politics Jibrin Reveals New Shocking Details of the Controversial Budget Padding [SEE VIDEO]

    Former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Representative Abdulmumin Jibrin on an exclusive interview with Channels television explained in details issues surrounding the padding of the 2016 Budget. Jubrin, however said he has since submitted enough documents to the anti-graft...
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    Politics Budget Padding: Jibrin To Spill All House of Reps Secrets This Evening

    Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of House of representatives appropriation committee will be granting a ''no holds barred interview'' this evening. Jibrin's interview will be with Seun Okinbaloye of Channels TV at 8pm.
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    Politics We Have the Right as Lawmakers to Pad a Budget – Senate Leader

    The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Friday said that lawmakers are constitutionally empowered to “add, subtract and adjust” a national budget. He described the current altercation between a former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, and the...
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    Politics Budget Padding Is Our Usual Business – Lawmaker Confesses

    A member of the House of Representatives, Lawal Gumau on Thursday said the lower legislative chamber has been engaged in the padding of Nigeria’s budget since 2011. Gumau, who was speaking on Channels TV Sunrise Daily said “since 2011 when I came, there was no year when there was no padding...
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