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Budget-Padding Tracker: 3 versions of 2016 budget submitted to police
Ousted House of Representatives Appropriations Committee chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin yesterday sent three versions of the 2016 budget to the police as the force began investigations of his allegation of padding.…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: EFCC starts probe of Senate Committee on Appropriations
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has started the probe of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, following the alleged padding of the 2016 national budget. The allegations were made…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin defies APC’s directives, indicts 2 governors
The former chairman House of Representatives committee on Appropriation Abdulmumin Jibrin has defied an order by his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC barring him from speaking to the press…
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SERAP blasts Dogara, says budget padding is corruption
Civil Rights Group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has blasted the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr Yakubu Dogara for his statement that “budget padding is not a crime under…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara in desperate search for support
As the budget accusation rocking the House of Representatives continues to heighten, Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, is on a desperate search for an additional 28 members to help…
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Falana warns APC against stopping budget padding investigation
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights activist Femi Falana has warned the All Progressives Congress APC against interfering in the budget padding scandal rocking the House of Representatives.…
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Budget padding is not an offence, I won’t resign – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara says budget padding is not an offence. Dogara made the statement while speaking with statehouse correspondents shortly after he met with President…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Northern students call for Jibrin’s probe
Northern Nigerian Students’ Association, NONSA, has called for the probe of former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin over his allegations that the 2016 national budget was padded.…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin to re-appear before police panel with documents
As the controversy surrounding the row over the padding of the 2016 budget continues, former House of Representatives’ Appropriation Committee chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin has been invited again for questioning by…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara to meet with Buhari today
As the controversy in the House of Representatives continue to deepen, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday meet with Speaker of the House or Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. According to the…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: APC stops Jibrin from speaking against Dogara, others in public
The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), on Thursday, cautioned the former Chairman of the House of Representative Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, against speaking out about the House leadership in…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin is an inconsequential, unintelligent fellow – Deputy Chief of Staff, Speaker
The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. C.I.D Maduabum, has said claims by former Chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin that Speaker…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara is paying Reps $25,000 to sign vote of confidence register – Jibrin
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has said Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers he accused of budget padding have 'desperately' opened…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara, others to appear before police panel on Friday
As the budget padding scandal continues to rock the House of Representatives, the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has constituted a five-man special team to investigate the allegations of…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara should step aside and save the country further embarrassment – Jibrin
Abdulmumin Jibrin, former Chairman of the Appropriation Committee of the House of Representatives, is not done painting the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, black as he has…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: APC says it cannot discipline Jibrin
The former chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriation committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin on Tuesday met with leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC at the party's national secretariat in Abuja…
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Just In: Jibrin meets with APC leaders over budget padding allegations
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin is currently in a meeting with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following his claims that Speaker…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Gbajabiamila opens up
The budget padding scandal in the House of Representatives is one issue that would continue to be spken about in days and weeks to come. Accusations and counter-accusations keep flying…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Committee Chairman denies allegations, dares Jibrin
Following allegations by former Chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin that some committee chairmen padded the budget with 2000 fictitious projects worth N284b, one of them has denied it.…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin’s revelations raise more questions than answers – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has added its voice to the current "budget padding" impasse in the House of Representatives. In a statement released on Monday by its Director, New…
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Governor El Rufai pities President Buhari- YNaija Zamfara state lawmakers settle with Governor Yari, withdraw impeachment process- YNaija Jibrin says there is no 'padding' of the budget in the House…
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‘Constitution allows House of Reps to pad any budget from Presidency’- Jibrin
Former Chairman of the Appropriation Committee in the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin has revealed that even though the chambers had the right to 'pad' any budget presented before it,…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara’s security details may be withdrawn
There are insinuations that the Federal Government may withdraw the security details attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara over the controversy surrounding the 2016 budget, The Vanguard reports.…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: DSS has no business investigating reps – Falana
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and civil rights activist, Femi Falana has said that the Depart of State Service has no business investigating allegations of budget padding in the…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin releases pictures of Dogara’s ‘guest houses’ in Abuja
Former Chaiman of the House committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has released pictures of what he called guest houses of Speaker Dogara along Panama Crescent in Maitama Abuja. Jibrin sent…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: SERAP demands Dogara, others to resign
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written an open letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Dogara Yakubu requesting that he and other principal officers accused…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Involving DSS is wrong – Ogor
The Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor, on Saturday said the State Security Service, SSS should not have been involved in the budget padding crisis in the…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: SSS seals Appropriations committee office
Following the budget padding allegations saga in the House of Representatives, agents of the State Security Service on Saturday, reportedly sealed the House committee on Appropriation secretariat. According to Premium…
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Budget padding is a norm in NASS – Senator Omoworare
Senator Babajide Omoworare has joined the list of past and present lawmakers to admit budgets are padded. The Senator representing Osun East Senatorial District, said it is a fact that…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin requests Dogara’s arrest, petitions EFCC, ICPC
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Friday sought the arrest of the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara at office of the Directorate…
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