Speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has revealed that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar backed Bukola Saraki’s ambition to be Senate President in 2015. Saraki’s bid was met with serious opposition from the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), apparently...
Dogara reveals Tinubu held Meeting in his Bedroom asking him to Step Down for Gbajabiamila.
Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, in his biography written by Ovation publisher Dele Momodu, revealed a lot of politics that went on behind-the-scenes, The Cable reports. …...
In what looks like anointing, Yakubu Dogara, speaker house of representative, met with Pope Francis at Saint Peters Square, Vatican, Rome.
The media office of the speaker released the pictures on Thursday morning.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara played host to the newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, in his office on Monday.
While speaking during the meeting, he described the appointment of Mustapha as “a round peg in a round hole” and...
Mild drama on Thursday at the floor of the House of representatives as shouts of thunderous “no, no” filled the legislative chamber when the Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara announced the intention of President Muhammadu Buhari to address a joint session of the National Assembly alongside the...
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The House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara has constituted the ad-hoc committee to investigate reinstatement of the former chairman of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
The ad-hoc panel, comprising 10 members, is headed by Aliyu Sani Madaki (APC, Kano)...
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ruled that Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara, should account for the N500bn captured as running costs for the legislative body between 2006 and 2016
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Leaders of the National Assembly, including the Senate President Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and some principal officers were embarrassed at the Aso villa on Thursday night by security personnnel.
Saraki and other who could not condone the security...
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Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday moved that the alleged deplorable state of the Presidential Villa Clinic should be investigated by the Committee on Health Services and report back within 3weeks.
This is coming after several backslash on the deplorable state of the clinic by...
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Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara Thursday swore-in the member-elect for Vandeikya/Konshesia federal constituency of Benue State, Dorothy Mato.
Mato, who was ushered into the chamber by the sergent-at-arms at about 11:42 am, was swear -in at about 11:55am.
Mato...
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Suspended House of Representative member, Hon, Abdulmumin Jubrin has lamented over his suspension from the lower chamber.
Hon. Jibrin's suspension makes a year today since the popular whistblowing mechanism failed him among his colleagues and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu...
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The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, are ready to visit President Muhammadu Buhari if invited by the presidency, PUNCH reports.
A source told PUNCH Newspaper that the two National Assembly leaders did not make any...
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Female lawmakers in the house of representatives have disrupted voting on amendments to the 1999 constitution.
The lawmakers protested against the outcome of voting on “citizenship and indigeneship” for women.
The provision seeks to alter section 25 of the constitution to give married women...
Nigerian lawmakers on Thursday voted to support the change of name for the Nigerian Police force.
The Senate had on Wednesday for the removal of 'force' from the Nigerian Police Force nomenclature alongside other amendments in the ongoing constitutional review.
280 lawmakers voted for the...
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Monday said that Nigeria is in a state of emergency.
The Speaker made the remark at a “Capacity/Interactive Needs Assessment Workshop of Security Sector Related Committees in the House of Representatives”.
Dogara said, “It is...
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The Board and Management of the Play Network Nigeria and its partners, George Okoro Media and EddieMPR have withdrawn from the scheduled event titled- ‘Floyd Mayweather Charity Boxing Match’ for Wednesday the 14th of June 2017 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Maitama, Abuja.
This was made...
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, is reportedly making moves to reconciling the suspended member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin with Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other principal officers of the green chamber.
Leadership Newspaper on Monday learnt that Governor Ganduje has...
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The famous world boxing champion and boss of The Money Team (TMT), Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr, will arrive in Nigeria on June 12 in what has been termed as a historic visit by organisers, Zzini Media Concept.
Speaking with the media in Lagos on Monday, the chairman of Tettrazzini Group of...
House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a bill seeking for the establishment of the South-East Development Commission.
The lawmakers rejected the bill after it was put to a voice vote by Yakubu Dogara, the speaker.
Some of the lawmakers who contributed to the debate, said the timing...
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Commotion in the Houses of Representatives as members disagreed after the bill for the establishment of the South-East Development Commission was again stepped down.
The bill was stepped down because the sponsor of the bill, Honourable Chukwuka Onyema, was said to be absent from plenary
The...
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