yakubu dogara

The All Progressive Congress, APC, has stated that it won't punish Hon. Jibrin Abdulmumin and Speaker of the House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara, over the embarrassment the party suffered as a result of the 2016 budget padding crisis. The party said it would resolve the matter amicably. “Article 7...

Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has opened up on why he refused to appear before the police for questioning on the current crisis rocking the House. Speaking with newsmen on Thursday, Dogara said no one or agency has the powers to pry into activities of the...

“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...

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...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang; and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Mr. Ismail Kawu, have stated that the 2016 budget is not padded, as claimed by Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin. Jibrin...

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...

Sokoto state governor and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, is staunchly behind Yakubu Dogara in the messy budget padding scandal which has engulfed the house. Ex Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Hon. Jibrin Abdulmumin, had accused Dogara and other...

Hon. Jibrin Abdulmumin on Monday met with the Special Investigative Panel set up by the Nigeria police to probe the budget padding crisis in the House of Representatives. During the meeting he submitted a large number of documents and other evidence to prove his allegations against Speaker...

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...

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...

There are strong indications that peace moves by the All Progressives Congress to resolve the crisis in the House of Representatives over budget padding have failed. PUNCH gathered that a former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, was insisting on...

Speaker of the House of representatives, Yakubu Dogara addressed newsmen after meeting with President Buhari. Watch Video below:

Yakubu Dogara, embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, will today hold a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over the budget padding scandal. PREMIUM TIMES reports that, according to President Buhari’s list of engagements for Friday, seen by this newspaper, Mr. Buhari...

SaharaReporters has obtained a copy of a legal petition written by Abdulmumin Jibrin, the former chairman of the appropriations committee in the House of Representatives, and addressed to the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. Mr. Jibrin, who...

Hon. Zakari Mohammed who was named by former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, as having received $25,000 to sign a vote of confidence for Speaker Yakubu Dogara has finally reacted to the claims. A statement issued by Zakari read, "My...

Ex Chairman of the House of Reps Appropriation Committee, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, in the early hours of Thursday exploded, accusing Speaker Yakubu Dogara of trying to blackmail him. "Speaker Dogara and his corrupt gang have gone mad!" he screamed on Facebook. "Please ignore the whatsApp chat...

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...

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...

Top officers of the House of Representatives have been summoned by the Nigerian Police to answer questions about the budget padding scandal currently rocking the House. According to The Nation, Police IG Ibrahim Idris has raised a special five-man team to probe the allegations brought against...

Honorable Abdulmumin Jibrin on Tuesday was summoned by the leadership of the APC over the ongoing crisis in the House of Representatives over the 2016 budget padding. Reports say Jibrin was to appear before a disciplinary panel. According to Premium Times, Jibrin met with the party’s national...