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Budget Padding Tracker: I don’t have a UK account, it is a paid propaganda – Jibrin
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has denied reports that he owns and operates a UK account with about £1.5m. The National Youth Council of…
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Budget Padding Tracker: Ignore Jibrin, he is a psychiatric case – Chief Whip
The Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa on Sunday said Nigerians should ignore the former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, stating that he is a…
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Budget padding tracker: Compel EFCC to probe Dogara, others – SERAP tells court
Advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to begin investigations levelled against…
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Let’s kick out ‘corrupt’ Dogara, others | Jibrin writes 360 House members
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has written to the 360 members of the House over the budget padding allegations just few days to…
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#BudgetPadding: EFCC to probe House of Reps
Following allegations of budget padding which continues to linger in the House of Representatives, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions (EFCC) may soon begin the probe of top officers of the…
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#Budget PaddingTracker: EFCC begins probe against Speaker Dogara
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun investigations into allegations of “budget padding” levelled against speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of…
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Nigeria will be the biggest beneficiary of my anti-corruption fight – Jibrin
A former chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriations Abdulmumin Jibrin, says the country will be the greatest beneficiary of his anti-corruption fight. Jibrin made the disclosure after…
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#BudgetPadding: Political parties want scandal probed by the police
Opposition parties in Nigeria on Saturday said the police must probe budget padding allegations in the House of Representatives, playing down attempt by the All Progressives Congress to internally resolve…
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#BudgetPadding: Police to search Appropriation office for documents
Indications emerged on Saturday that the police in its ongoing investigations over alleged budget padding in the House of Representatives would search documents and computers at the secretariat of the Appropriation Committee.…
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Guess what Abdulmumin Jibrin will be doing in his free time… (TWEETS)
If you ever for once thought you had heard the last from a former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation Abdulmumin Jibrin you thought wrong. The lawmaker…
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#BudgetPadding: Itse Sagay-led presidential corruption committee invites Jibrin
Following his budget padding allegations, the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption on Tuesday summoned the former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin to submit a detailed petition…
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EFCC probes National Assembly contracts worth N300billion
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has started investigations into how the 2014 and 2015 budgetary allocations of the National Assembly were spent. The anti-graft agency on Friday requested…
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#BudgetPadding: I signed the statement to disown Jibrin on one condition… – Gbajabiamila
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday said he wants the police to investigate his alleged role in the padding of the 2016 budget. In a…
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Budget Padding Tracker: Speaker Dogara visits Buhari again
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara on Friday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is Dogara’s second visit to the President after the…
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Budget Padding Tracker: House of Reps goes on the offensive, says it rescued budget from Jibrin (TWEETS)
The House of Representatives has finally reacted to the budget padding controversy that has tainted the institution, saying it rescued the 2016 budget from the former chairman of the House…
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Budget Padding Tracker: EFCC should investigate allegations – Sani
The Senator representing Kaduna Central district, Shehu Sani has expressed support for the move by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged padding of the 2016 budget.…
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#BudgetPaddingTracker: Jibrin will be punished – Chief Whip
Following budget padding allegations made by former Chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa on Monday said Jibrin would be…
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#BudgetPaddingTracker: 5 reasons we shouldn’t take Jibrin serious anymore
Former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has been on a media campaign against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and some other members of the House of Representatives over…
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#BudgetPaddingTracker: SERAP tells Dogara reps have no power to insert projects
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara that, “The House of Representatives absolutely has no power to insert any projects…
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#BudgetPaddingTracker: Jibrin apologizes to APC for supporting Dogara’s emergence as Speaker
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin on Monday apologized to the All Progressives Congress, APC for supporting the emergence of Yakubu Dogara as…
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BudgetPaddingTracker: Jibrin has 207 tweets for you and YNaija will be on it
Former Appropriation Committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin is back in his tweeting element has he has promised to engage us this Monday morning with hundreds of tweets. Yes, the All Progressives…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: EFCC to quiz Jibrin over N418m contracts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will reportedly grill former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin over a petition it received on allegations of fraudulent award…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin returned to tweet this evening…
It appears the budget padding crisis in the House of Representatives won't vanish anytime soon, as the major parties involved keep engaging in ceaseless war of words. Earlier today, the Speaker of the House…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: ‘I’m not above the law – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has finally broken his silence on the budget padding allegations leveled against him by a former chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin files suits against possible arrest, suspension
The displaced Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has approached the Federal High Court to seek injunction against his possible arrest by the police and suspension from…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: APC says it won’t sanction Dogara, Jibrin
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday said it would not sanction the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as well as the former Chairman of the House Committee…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Why I cannot be investigated | Dogara speaks
Following budget padding allegations against him, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Thursday explained why he failed to honour the invitation of the Police Special Investigating…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin ‘supporters’ under pressure
Some members of the House of Representatives have said that the neither the police nor the EFCC has the power to investigate legislative activities. This was as they were taking…
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Budget-Padding Tracker: Did you know? Dogara snubbed the police yesterday
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, reportedly failed to honor the investigation of the Special Investigating Panel set up by the Inspector General of Police to investigate the…
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Budget padding is what we are elected to do – Reps member
The Chairman House of Representative Committee on Legislative Compliance, Abiodun Olasupo has insisted the House of Representatives have done no wrong in the current budget padding controversy. Olasupo stated this…
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- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy