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 the House of Representatives. Jibrin had accused Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers of the House of padding the 2016 national budget to... Read More

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August 11, 2016

APC lawmaker stands against immunity, pension for NASS leaders

An APC Senator representing Taraba State, Senator Yusuf Yusuf on Thursday kicked against immunity clause enjoyed by political office holders. Yusuf, who is the Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, made the call following moves in the House of Representatives to accord immunity to principal officers of the National Assembly. Yusuf believes that specific... Read More

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August 7, 2016

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 on the issue of budget padding in any manner. Jibrin had been summoned by the APC to its secretariat were he was barred from speaking... Read More

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August 7, 2016

Obasanjo is the most corrupt person in Nigeria – Na’abba

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’abba on Sunday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the most corrupt person in Nigeria. Na’abba who was Speaker of the lower house during President Obasanjo’s first tenure stated this while fielding questions from newsmen. He also spoke on the current budget padding controversy in the House of Representatives.... Read More

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August 2, 2016

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 over the budget padding issue rocking the House. According to Premium Times the party said that it sent an invitation letter to Jibrin because he deliberately made... Read More

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August 1, 2016

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 from left, right and centre. The man in the eye of the storm, Hon, Abdulmumin Jibrin is not backing out as he has approached anti-graft... Read More

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August 1, 2016

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. Zakari Mohammed, Chairman of the committee on Basic Education has denied having any knowledge about Jibrin’s allegations in a statement released on Monday. Jibrin had... Read More

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July 30, 2016

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 Times, SSS officials stormed the secretariat and immediately placed it under lock and key. The budget padding allegations started when former Chairman House Committee on... Read More

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July 25, 2016

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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July 20, 2016

No one sacked me as Appropriation chairman, I stepped down – Jibrin

Former chairman of the House committee on appropriation Abdulmumin Jibrin has denied media reports that he was sacked. Earlier today it was reported that the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara had sacked Jibrin as the committee’s chairman. Honourable Jibrin made the clarification via his Twitter account (@AbdulAmbJ), saying he stepped down in the interest... Read More

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July 19, 2016

PIB: Nigeria’s petroleum industry needs total restructuring – Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has stated that the National Assembly will engage with all stakeholders on contentious issues as it begins work on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Dogara made this remark while speaking during the National Stakeholders Summit on Petroleum Industry Reforms organised by the House Committees on Petroleum... Read More

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May 9, 2016

YNaija Editorial: On the budget, our lawmakers have acted like public enemies

The 2016 budget has finally been passed – five months into the New Year. Certainly, spin as it may, the Presidency a huge portion of the blame for the amateur-hour way this entire affair was handled, and the own-goals it scored going all the way back to the late appointment of federal ministers. The... Read More

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January 18, 2016

Dogara sued by 11 Reps over new House rules

The speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, was sued by eleven All Progressive Congress (APC) members who are also current members of the House of Representative. The suit which was filed at an Abuja High Court is seeking to quash a recent House rules in regards to the handling of the House mace.... Read More

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July 29, 2015

What Gbajabiamila said after emerging Majority House Leader yesterday

The anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress, for the Speaker-ship of the Federal House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, was on Tuesday, July 28, compensated with the next best thing. Yakubu Dogara, had on June 9, gone against the directive of the APC to contest for Speaker, and went on to defeat Gbajabiamila in the... Read More

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July 28, 2015

At last, Gbajabiamila emerges House Majority Leader

Femi Gbajabiamila has been announced as the Majority leader of House of Representatives. Alhassan Dogowa emerged as the Chief Whip while Baba Jibrin was named the Deputy Leader and Rep. Pally Iriase emerged the Deputy Chief Whip. Speaker, Yakubu Dogara announced the appointments at the end of plenary session of today, July 28. Minority Leader went... Read More

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July 16, 2015

Buhari is being sued over bailout to states

Apparently not everybody is happy with the bailout fund approved by President Muhammadu Buhari to states to settles backlog of unpaid salaries. A member of the House of Representatives, Igariwey Iduma-Enwo, has approached an Abuja Federal High Court to challenge the decision of Buhari to rescue states in the country with a bailout of N713.7 billion.... Read More

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July 15, 2015

“By God’s grace, we’ll announce principal officers on July 21” | Dogara is hopeful

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, is hoping that the leadership crisis in the All Progressives Congress caucus of the House would be over by July 21. Dogara said there had been a series of meetings to resolve the crisis in the party and that there were positive signs that the crisis was nearing its end.... Read More

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July 8, 2015

Dogara makes Gbajabiamila an offer… to end the leadership crisis

Perhaps, the camp of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is fighting based on the principle that the Southwest should not have two key leaders in the green chamber. Or maybe, the Speaker, his backers and loyalists, simply don’t want the anointed son of the All Progressives Congress, Femi Gbajabiamila, to hold any key positions... Read More

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June 25, 2015

The Nigerian House of Representatives has gone to hell

Oh, boy. Looks like another fight in the Nigerian legislature. The House of Representatives is a mess. — Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (@Ebuka) June 25, 2015 You see the House of Reps some of us want to protest against? They are fighting on live TV again. Nonsense people. — AYO SOGUNRO (@ayosogunro) June 25, 2015 Two days... Read More

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June 11, 2015

Gbajabiamila’s supporters pledge allegiance to Dogara

Several supporters of former House Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, visited the office of the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, June 11, to register their support for his leadership. One of the most vociferous supporters of Gbajabiamila from the North-West, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, led the Kano and Jigawa caucuses on a solidarity visit to... Read More

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May 7, 2015

Power outage forces House of Reps to suspend plenary session

by James Sambo Electricity went off for about 30 minutes earlier today, in the Federal House of Representatives. Even after the power was restored, the air conditioners in the lower chamber of the National Assembly failed to function. Deputy Speaker of the House, Emeka Ihedioha reportedly turned to a makeshift comedian in an attempt to... Read More

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April 28, 2015

With the constitution’s help, PDP hopes to produce new Speaker of House of Reps

by Kolapo Olapoju While the All Progressives Congress delays in agreeing on candidates for National Assembly leadership, the Peoples Democratic Party is reportedly planning to field a candidate on June 6 when an election would be held to pick a new speaker for the House of Representatives. According to a report by Vanguard newspapers, the PDP... Read More

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March 18, 2015

Tambuwal is secured again as police escorts resume duties

by James Sambo The police escorts of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, have been restored by the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba. Two days ago, the Department of State Service had taken a similar step by restoring Tambuwal’s DSS operatives. The police escorts of Tambuwal have reportedly arrived his residence to... Read More

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February 25, 2015

Release full audit report on NNPC’S missing $20 billion || House of Reps tells Okonjo-Iweala

by James Sambo The House of Representatives has urged the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to submit to the legislature, the full version of the forensic audit report on the alleged missing Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ‎$20billion. International auditing firm, PriceWater House Coopers, had carried out the forensic investigation on behalf of the Federal... Read More

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February 24, 2015

Don’t allow us to be disgraced at the polls – GEJ pleads with aggrieved PDP lawmakers

by James Sambo President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly pleaded with the disgruntled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives to down their arms and work for his victory in the forthcoming general elections. The lawmakers were believed to have initially met in Room 208 at about 7:30pm, in the Reps wing of... Read More

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February 12, 2015

Abdulmumin Ajia: Don’t be fooled, change is not a destination

by Abdulmumin Ajia What they fail to realize or perhaps understand is that at its most basic level, public service is about affecting peoples’ lives and I am in complete agreement with Tip O’Neill that all politics is local. When I quit my job as a Multi Brand General Manager with a leading fortune 500... Read More

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February 4, 2015

APC, PDP lawmakers disagree over alleged stolen N30 trillion

by Ranti Joseph The two major political parties of the House of Representatives, the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, February 3 clashed over the N30tn alleged to have either been stolen or mismanaged under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan till date. This allegation was made on Monday, February 2 in... Read More

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January 20, 2015

INEC registers underage politicians to contest 2015 elections

by James Sambo Several underage politicians from about 13 political parties, have been listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to contest the two arms of the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the general elections on February 14. The electoral body released on its website, the final list of candidates for... Read More

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January 14, 2015

Defection season: Yet again, PDP loses 8 lawmakers to the opposition

by James Sambo These are certainly not the best of times for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as 8 more of its members in the House of Representatives defected to other parties. All Progressives Congress received 4 of the lawmakers defect to its fold, the All Progressives Grand Alliance gained two of the defectors, while the... Read More

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January 14, 2015

2015: House of Reps to probe alleged hacking of INEC database

by James Sambo Following the allegation made by the Department of State Services (DSS), that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) had planned to hack into the database of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the House of Representatives has decided to investigate the claims. On Tuesday, January 13, during its first plenary session of the year,... Read More

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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin files suits against possible arrest, suspension

APC lawmaker stands against immunity, pension for NASS leaders

Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin defies APC’s directives, indicts 2 governors

Obasanjo is the most corrupt person in Nigeria – Na’abba

Budget-Padding Tracker: APC says it cannot discipline Jibrin

Budget-Padding Tracker: Gbajabiamila opens up

Budget-Padding Tracker: Committee Chairman denies allegations, dares Jibrin

Budget-Padding Tracker: SSS seals Appropriations committee office

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

No one sacked me as Appropriation chairman, I stepped down – Jibrin

PIB: Nigeria’s petroleum industry needs total restructuring – Dogara

YNaija Editorial: On the budget, our lawmakers have acted like public enemies

Dogara sued by 11 Reps over new House rules

What Gbajabiamila said after emerging Majority House Leader yesterday

At last, Gbajabiamila emerges House Majority Leader

Buhari is being sued over bailout to states

“By God’s grace, we’ll announce principal officers on July 21” | Dogara is hopeful

Dogara makes Gbajabiamila an offer… to end the leadership crisis

The Nigerian House of Representatives has gone to hell

Gbajabiamila’s supporters pledge allegiance to Dogara

Power outage forces House of Reps to suspend plenary session

With the constitution’s help, PDP hopes to produce new Speaker of House of Reps

Tambuwal is secured again as police escorts resume duties

Release full audit report on NNPC’S missing $20 billion || House of Reps tells Okonjo-Iweala

Don’t allow us to be disgraced at the polls – GEJ pleads with aggrieved PDP lawmakers

Abdulmumin Ajia: Don’t be fooled, change is not a destination

APC, PDP lawmakers disagree over alleged stolen N30 trillion

INEC registers underage politicians to contest 2015 elections

Defection season: Yet again, PDP loses 8 lawmakers to the opposition

2015: House of Reps to probe alleged hacking of INEC database

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