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‘Dogara has carefully designed a scheme to scam House Members’ – Jibrin

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari would ban Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, from coming to Aso Villa if he had any idea about Dogara’s penchant for corrupt practises. Jibrin, who has been facing down the leadership of the House, noted... Read More

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YNaija Editorial: The House of Representatives is a problem to be solved

Abdulmumin Jibrin’s outburst after leaving his position as Chairman of the House appropriations committee, has once again brought the disastrous handling of the 2016 budget process into full focus. His claims that the leadership of the House inserted thousands of constituency projects into the budget to the tune of N30billion, raises many issues, irrespective of... Read More

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Budget-Padding Tracker: SERAP asks EFCC to investigate Dogara, Jibrin

A rights advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate the allegation of attempted budget padding leveled against the leadership of the House of Representatives. Former chairman of the House Committee on appropriation, Abdulmumin... Read More

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‘Lawmakers must return salaries for days they did not sit’ – Femi Falana

Senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist, Femi Falana has advised the accountant-general of the federation, Ahmed Idris to make sure that federal lawmakers return a huge part of the salaries they received in the past year. Falana rued that the lawmakers had received payment for a year’s worth of work even though... Read More

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Budget-Padding Tracker: Will Dogara suspend Jibrin from the House?

Following pressure from members of the House, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, may suspend former Appropriation Committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin, the Nations reports. According to sources who spoke to the paper, members of the House had told Dogara to choose between them and Jibrin in light of the embarrassment brought on the... Read More

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‘Dogara told me to pad 2016 budget with N20bn project’ | Jibrin sings like a bird

Former chairman of the federal house of representatives committee on appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Sunday, accused the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, of surrounding himself with a cabal of corrupt people. According to a statement released by the lawmaker, the accusation of budget padding which he made earlier, was against the speaker and three... Read More

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The top 10 stories that made headlines this week

These are the top 10 news that made headlines this week 1. Nigeria is in recession The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has confirmed that the Nigerian economy is in recession. 2. Hon. Jibrin asks Dogara to resign Former House Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has called on the Speaker of the... Read More

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Opinion: Jibrin’s confessions; when the honey is no longer sweet

by Babale Anwar When in December 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2016 budget to the National Assembly, hopes were high that the ‘budget of change’ has come to revive the dwindling fortunes of the Nigerian economy. Few months down the line, controversy upon controversy greeted its deliberation and passage at both chambers of the National... Read More

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Sex scandal: ‘US doesn’t have evidence to prove lawmakers guilty’ – Minister

The three lawmakers who are accused of sexual misconduct by the United States Government during a foreign trip might just have been vindicated by the admissions of the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Nigeria. The ambassador, James Entwistle, who wrote a letter to the speaker of the Hpuse, Yakubu Dogara accusing Deputy Chairman, House Committee on... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: FG admits Nigeria is in a recession | Jibrin blows open legislative secrets | US presidential election build up gets more interesting | More

FG admits Nigeria is technically in a recession but remains confident of growth YNaija EFCC gives breakdown of how recovered loot has been spent so far YNaija Sacked Jibrin says Dogara tried to pad the budget with N40billion Guardian Obasanjo thinks Nigeria’s system has failed totally, advocates for an overhaul YNaija Fayose’s friend, Agbele is... Read More

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‘To avoid future emasculation of the National Assembly, presiding officers need immunity’ – Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, over the weekend, questioned the method used by the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC). The speaker, who stated this while speaking in Lagos, decried the fact that the anti-graft agency is yet to secure a conviction but has instead arrested and detained several persons. While denying that... Read More

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Dogara to ring bell at Nigerian Stock Exchange

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara will on Friday ring the bell at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos. A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs to the Speaker, Turaki Hassan, said Dogara will ring the bell to close activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock... Read More

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Read Buhari’s message to Nigerians on Eid el-Fitri

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday declared Thursday a public holiday in addition to the earlier declared Tuesday and Wednesday. Albeit the delay in the moon-sighting causing the Ramadan fast to continue, it isn’t forgotten that it is still a celebration and it must be acknowledged. In so doing, President Muhammadu Buhari issued a... Read More

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‘Work resumes Monday’ | Resident Doctors call off strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors, on Saturday, called on its members to resume work on Monday thus calling off its short-lived strike action. This was made known in a communique issued by the President of NARD, Muhammad Adamu Askira. The communique was read out after the extraordinary national executive council meeting held at the... Read More

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Sex scandal: US has video evidence against 3 ‘randy’ lawmakers

Sources in the United States of America have revealed that relevant authorities in the country are in the possession of ‘solid evidence’ of sexual misconduct of 3 Nigerians lawmakers. U.S. Ambassador in Nigeria, James Entwistle had written a letter to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara accusing the trio of Mohammed Garba Gololo (Bauchi APC), Samuel... Read More

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Life pension, immunity: ‘Senators don’t fear Nigerians’ – Itse Sagay

Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore any bill on life pension and immunity for the principal officers of the National Assembly. Life pension and immunity for principal officers of the Assembly were suggested by some lawmakers at a recent retreat on constitution review organised by... Read More

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Dogara ‘dumbfounded’, Reps ‘worried’ by sex scandal

The Federal House of Representative has called on Nigerians to wait for the result of the investigation on its members accused of sexual misconduct before judging them in the court of public opinion. This was stated by the spokesperson of the House, Abdulrazak Namdas, while speaking with Punch Newspapers. Namdas insisted that the House will... Read More

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Senators push for immunity, life pension for Dogara, Saraki, others

Presiding officers of both chambers in the National Assembly should enjoy immunity and life pension, some Senators have demanded. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the lawmakers stated this at the two day retreat on Constitution Review organised by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution Review in Lagos The retreat was entitled ‘Towards... Read More

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Speaker, Dogara speaks on allegation of sexual misconduct

Following the accusation by the US government that three members of the House of Representative committed sexual misconducts, the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, on Saturday, took to social media to speak on the allegation. According to a statement by Dogara’s Special Adviser (Media & Public Affairs), Turaki Adamu Hassan, the Speaker called on... Read More

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Sex scandal: Nigerian lawmaker goes overboard with rebuttal/denial

The lawmaker representing Benue Gwer east/Gwer west in the House of Representatives, Mark Gbillah has reacted to the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against him by the the US ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle. The ambassador had written a letter which was leaked to the press to James Entwistle informing him that 3 members of... Read More

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The days of ‘ayes’ and ‘nays’ may soon be over in the House of Reps

The Federal House of Representatives is set to adopt a modern electronic voting pattern and dump its age long voting system of shouting ‘aye’ and ‘nay’ in approval and disapproval, respectively. The House is set to introduce a full scale e-parliament, and the Punch reports that Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, has agreed to the... Read More

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Buhari to meet with Saraki and Dogara at presidential villa

Buhari makes another promise (READ)

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, promised not to interfere in the affairs of the legislative and judiciary arm of Government, even as he called the National Assembly to take action on pending bills. The President stated this while speaking at a presidential dinner he hosted in honour of National Assembly members at the Presidential Villa,... Read More

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This is what Buhari and House of Reps lawmakers will be doing tonight

After surviving the 2016 budget back and forth with the federal lawmakers, President Muhammadu Buhari has invited them for a dinner in Abuja today. According to Punch Newspapers, all 360 members of the House of Representatives have been invited by the President to dine with him. The lawmakers will be led to the dinner by... Read More

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NLC meeting with House of Rep Speaker, Yakubu Dogara

NLC finally meets Senators, Reps over fuel subsidy and strike (PHOTOS)

The leaders of a faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, and members of the ad-hoc committee on deregulation yesterday to discuss the recent increase in fuel price and Labour’s ongoing strike. The NLC delegation was led by President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba. No official resolution... Read More

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House of Reps session turns rowdy over discussion on fuel subsidy

Members of the House of Representative, on Monday, held a special session to deliberate on the fuel subsidy removed by the federal government last week. However, the session turned rowdy with lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejecting the presentation by the Minister of state for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu. The Speaker of the House,... Read More

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The moment President Buhari signed the controversial 2016 budget (PHOTOS)

After months of a seemingly endless back and forth between the National Assembly and Presidency, the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law. The budget was signed at 12 noon during a short ceremony at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock. Present at the budget signing ceremony were the Vice President,... Read More

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‘Despicable, barefaced lies’ | Yakubu Dogara denies 2016 budget re-padding

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has denied reports by some media outfits that key infrastructural projects were removed from the proposed 2016 budget sent to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. Following the submission of the revised budget to the Presidency, reports had emanated that President Buhari would not sign... Read More

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‘We’ll block all leakages and strengthen democracy’ | Read Saraki’s response to OBJ’s letter

Senate President Bukola Saraki has issued an official response to the letter written to the National Assembly by former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo had forwarded a letter dated Wednesday, January 13, accusing the lawmakers of being insensitive to the economic realities of the nation with their plan to purchase exotic vehicles worth billions of naira. He... Read More

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February 26, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Trump trumped by Rubio | Reinstated soldiers not yet reinstated | Etisalat loses to MTN | More stories

I won’t work with those who instigate violence – Sheriff. Leadership Jonathan’s former aide, Adegbe is being held based on Army’s directive —EFCC. Vanguard Dismissed soldiers laments non-reinstatement despite presidential order. Leadership No permanent camps for IDP – FG This Day Court dismisses Etisalat’s suit challenging MTN’s Visafone acquisition. Leadership APC tells IGP to prosecute... Read More

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January 28, 2016

Saraki replies Obasanjo’s blistering letter to the Senate

Senate president, Bukola Saraki has penned a reply to the letter sent to the upper chamber of the National Assembly by the a former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. The letter was dated January 13, 2016 and addressed to Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara. Obasanjo had lambasted the lawmakers for budgeting over... Read More

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