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Hon Dogara
September 28, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Jibrin has been on suspension for one year but when will 180 legislative days elapse?

On this day in 2016, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, the lawmaker representing Kiru/Bebeji constituency in the House of Representatives, was served a 180-day suspension as punishment for dragging the House through mud with accusations and counter accusations in a widely-publicised budget padding scandal. Hon Jibrin served as the House of Reps Committee on Appropriation but was... Read More
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July 8, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: A rare photo of Hon Dogara kneeling before the “grandfather of corruption”

Let’s take you on a quick trip down memory lane. In November 2016, members of the House of Representatives were mad at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for alleging that its leadership was corrupt so they put him on full blast: “The list of Obasanjo’s corrupt acts while in office is endless. Unquestionably, he is the... Read More
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Jibrin
June 12, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: EFCC invites Jibrin for additional clarification on budget padding

It’s been almost one year since Honourable Yakubu Dogara shot to political limelight with the budget padding scandal that rocked the House of Representatives. The lawmaker accused three principal officers of the House of inserting N40billion into the 2016 national budget and after a dirty tussle, he was suspended by the leadership of the House... Read More
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May 31, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: 5 things to know about the House of Reps member who was kidnapped

Anything to help find him, right? Well, here’s not really the place to look because this is all we know about the kidnapped honourable.   First off, the media reports his name as Hon. Garba Durbunde but the National Assembly website records him as Garba Umar. We assume Umar is his middle name but whoever... Read More
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March 1, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Hon Dogara spoke at the Wives of Reps members retreat and these responses sum up our thoughts

After our rant earlier today, the House of Reps Members Wives Association retreat held in Abuja as scheduled. It’s not like we had a way of stopping it or anything but still, we hoped someone would come to their senses and just cancel the waste of a gathering. Anyway, it held and today’s special guest... Read More
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November 8, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: Hon Jibrin premieres his anti-corruption international campaign in London

Suspended lawmaker, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin declared via Twitter few hours ago, “I WILL NOT RETURN TO NIGERIA UNLESS MY SAFETY IS GUARANTEED”. Hon Jibrin accused the four-man cabal of House of Reps Speaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara; Deputy Speaker, Hon Yusuf Lasun; Chief Whip, Hon Alhassan Ado-Doguwa and Minority Leader, Hon Leo Ogor of “using another member... Read More
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October 22, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: Usman thinks Hon Jibrin has lost his political relevance…maybe we agree

Who is Usman? Another lawmaker? A minister? A government official? Usman is none of any of the options listed. Usman is a political observer and a writer, he’s genuinely concerned about the state of political affairs in the country. More importantly, Usman is upset about how the budget padding scandal has been handled (or not),... Read More
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October 18, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: President Buhari, Hon Jibrin and the anti-corruption sham

Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin still gets media coverage. With every – no longer shocking – revelation, Nigeria’s foremost whistleblower still gets the attention of the press. But that’s where it ends, sadly. The APC, his political party, after issuing a warning to him to desist from making the budget padding allegations public has stopped responding to... Read More
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October 12, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: Have you met the most dramatic House of Reps member?

If you haven’t come across the man in this video before now, let us introduce him to you. He is Hon. Mohammed Kazaure Gudaji, representing the Kazaure/Roni/Gwiwa/Yankwashi Federal Constituency of Jigawa State in Nigeria’s House of Representatives. Elected by members of his constituency to make laws for the peace, order and good governance of the... Read More
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October 7, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: Between President Buhari, Hon Dogara and private meetings

We’re sure you caught the news about the closed door meeting the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara held with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday. Under normal circumstances, this sort of meeting should not raise eyebrows but we can’t help to ask what’s up with the duo of President Buhari and Hon Dogara.... Read More
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September 30, 2016
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3 ways Hon. Jibrin’s suspension explains the decaying Nigerian system

News of the suspension of Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin by the House of Representatives filtered through news sites yesterday, almost overshadowing the coverage of the Edo elections. The lawmaker who is at the centre of the budget padding allegation scandal was handed a 180 legislative days suspension. He has been disallowed from holding any position of responsibility... Read More
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Jibrin
September 28, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: Is the House of Reps ready for Hon Jibrin’s verbal onslaught?

Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin has lost the battle. The House of Representatives today suspended Hon Jibrin representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State. His suspension is to last 180 legislative days and that amounts to 540 days considering the House sits three days a week, between Tuesday and Friday. Our calculations reveal that Hon Jibrin will... Read More
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September 22, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: 5 important things Speaker Dogara said at the House of Reps’ resumption

Nigeria’s House of Representatives resumed from its annual recess yesterday, 21st September and its first sitting turned out to be a very dramatic one what with the massive hailing the Speaker received from the honourables when the budget padding issue was raised. Outside the walls of the chamber, a group of protesters brandished placards demanding... Read More
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September 21, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: Dogara! Dogara!! Dogara!!!

It was theatre in its most crude form at the House of Representatives sitting today. Dogara! Dogara!! Dogara!!! The honourable members of the House of Reps chanted. It’s like when the Yunkai slaves sight the Khaleesi, the mother of dragons and the breaker of chains who bought their freedom from their previous masters and they... Read More
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