Jibrin

Nigeria

December 28, 2017

The Late 5: Jibrin’s meeting with Buhari, Buhari’s son still in Nigeria, and other top stories

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. The Presidency has dismissed as fake news an online story that President Muhammadu Buhari‘s only son, Yusuf Buhari was flown out of the country early Thursday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that it will continue to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf for speedy recovery. The Nigeria Prisons Service,... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: We’re rolling our eyes at Hon Jibrin’s Saturday morning ass-kissing

It was the type of moment where you’d tell your mate or acquaintance “Oga, post and go” but if you’ve followed suspended lawmaker Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin on Twitter since he became the budget padding ambassador, you’d know he’s one of the proverbial Twitter tailors who invented threads (if you know, you know). One or two... Read More

The Legislative Blog

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October 17, 2016

Gimba Kakanda: Forgetting Abdulmumin Jibrin

by Gimba Kakanda I was part of a group that met the lone fighter on October 3. It was a mission arranged by a social media community to establish the fact of his conflict with colleagues at the House of Representatives, which has resulted in his suspension for 180 days. The meeting was a re-introduction... Read More

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October 12, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. Kidnappers release Lagos school victims Those kidnapped by unknown gunmen from a school in Epe, Lagos have regained their freedom. 2. Soldiers surround Shi’ites gathering in Kaduna Just few days after the Kaduna government banned the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, soldiers... Read More

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October 1, 2016

[The Legislative Blog]: Democracy or “Magogocracy”? Nigeria’s leaders need to choose

In this thread, blogger and all round commentator, Japheth Omojuwa advises the Nigerian government to review its resolve to fight corruption in the country re the budget padding scandal and the latest developments in the controversy. It is no longer news that the President Buhari’s anti-corruption administration has chosen not to concern itself with this... Read More

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September 25, 2016

LONG READ: What shall we do about the North East?

Surely you must have noticed, the North East of Nigeria has been on a multi-year war that had killed thousands and left millions homeless. Which is perhaps the problem – a lack of precision can lead to a lack of empathy, so that slowly a citizenry finds itself deadened to ‘thousands’ and ‘millions’; just another... Read More

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September 20, 2016

[The Legislative Blog]: Vote of confidence or not? Hon Dogara will be on the spot today

Play time is over and members of the Nigerian Senate and House of Representatives will resume their sworn duties today, 20th September. We anticipate a lot of significant discourses coming to the fore as so much has happened since they went off on break on July 21. The recession crept in while the senators and... Read More

The Legislative Blog

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September 8, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM IV: Jibrin went back to school

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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August 24, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five news stories to monitor today 1. Presidential anti-corruption committee invites Jibrin The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption has invited the former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, to submit a petition on the accusation of corruption he made. 2. FG tracks 59 Lassa fever contacts The Federal Government... Read More

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August 19, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. Again, Jonathan denies being the sponsor of NDA Former President Goodluck Jonathan has once again debunked allegations that he is the sponsor of militant group, Niger Delta Avengers. 2. We rescued budget from Jibrin – House of Rep. The House of Representatives has issued a... Read More

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August 17, 2016

Budget Padding Tracker: 5 reasons to believe Jibrin isn’t joking around

By Tolu Omoyeni Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin needs no introduction. The rather patient man has been on the news for over a month and if his current Twitter campaign is anything to go by, he is not going anywhere soon. If you’re still confused about why his name is everywhere, Hon. Jibrin is the former Chairman of the... Read More

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August 16, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: 2,000 sacked NIS applicants to be reinstated | Power generation hits 3,000MW | Donald Trump doing badly in swing state polls | More

From the papers this morning- a tracklist FG sacks 23 prison officers and suspends 11 over jailbreak- YNaija In case you need 5 reasons not to take Jibrin and his allegations serious- YNaija FG set to reinstate sacked 2,000 NIS applicants- Punch Power generation hits 3,000MW- YNaija Nigerian Army kills 16 in continued offensive against... Read More

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August 15, 2016

#BudgetPaddingTracker: Jibrin reported Dogara, 3 others to APC and these are their sins

The scandal that hit the House of Representatives when ousted Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin blew open a ring of alleged ‘budget padders’ involving the Speaker as well as 3 other principal officers of the House is certainly far from over. The whistle-blower, Jibrin wrote a letter to the Chairman of the All... Read More

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August 15, 2016

#BudgetPaddingTracker: These are the 13 lawmakers Jibrin accused of corruption

Former chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives and unofficial ‘whistle-blower’, Abdulmumin Jibrin has more allegations to throw at several members of the hallowed chambers. Jibrin began opening the first chapter of his many revelations when he first blew open an alleged budget padding scam involving the four principal officers of the... Read More

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August 15, 2016

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 Congress (APC) leadership tried to rein in him weeks ago – ‎telling him to seal his lips, but of-course, no one said he should not... Read More

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August 15, 2016

Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara as Speaker is dangerous, potentially disastrous – Jibrin

Embattled former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmummin Jibrin, on Sunday said that keeping Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker of the House of Representative is potentially dangerous. This was contained in a letter addressed to the chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun. Jibrin noted that he made an error in... Read More

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''Phootprintz'', APC, Bukola Saraki had earlier defected to the APC. 27 of the 30 members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly defected, godfather, House of Rep, Jibrin, Odigie-Oyegun, Omisore, speaker

August 14, 2016

The top 10 stories that made headlines this week

These are the top ten stories that made headline this week Nigeria U23 advances to the semi final Despite Nigeria’s loss to Columbia at the 2016 Rio Olympic games, the football team went on to score a decisive win against Denmark, pushing them into the semi-final. 2. Jibrin’s itchy fingers return to work So the... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Americans call it ‘Pork Barrel’, what Nigerians call ‘Padding’ | 5 reasons why Speaker Dogara is right

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara stated quite clearly on Thursday that no member of the hallowed chambers can be investigated or prosecuted for ‘budget padding’ despite the many allegations of the displaced Chairman of the Appropriations Comittee, Abdulmumin Jibrin. As braggadocios as Dogara’s insistence that neither he nor any member of... Read More

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August 12, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. IPOB praises AGF Pro Biafra group, The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has commended the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice for ordering the release of some of its arrested members. 2. Buhari has mismanaged the economy -PDP Former ruling party, the Peoples... Read More

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August 12, 2016

‘So long as we continue to respect corrupt people, I cry for Nigeria’ – Jibrin

Embattled former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmummin Jibrin, on Thursday, said that the Nigerians have a culture of respecting corrupt people, saying that Nigeria will relapse if we continue to respect corrupt people. According to a statement released by the lawmaker, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and his ‘gang... Read More

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August 12, 2016

‘It doesn’t even make sense’ | Dogara has the perfect excuse for budget padding allegations

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday explained why he or any member of the House of Representatives cannot be investigated or prosecuted for ‘budget padding.’ Speaking at a session with civil societies in Abuja, Dogara stated that the budget is subject to scrutiny by the national assembly, just like any other... Read More

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August 11, 2016

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 budget padding scandal. According to the Punch, Dogara failed to honor the invitation by the SIP because it wasn’t signed by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim... Read More

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August 10, 2016

7 things you need to know about ‘Budget Padding’

By Tolulope Omoyeni The Nigerian news scene has been filled with stories about budget padding in the last two weeks and many of us still do not understand why or how padding and budget are used in the same clause. The only padding we are familiar with is the one that’s present in women’s underwear.... Read More

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August 10, 2016

EFCC to investigate contracts awarded by National Assembly

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly sent a letter to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani Omolori, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and National Planning over the budget padding scandal and contracts awarded by the National Assembly. According to The Nation, the EFCC had on Tuesday launched full investigation... Read More

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August 10, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. Budget padding: EFCC invites Dogara The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has invited the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, over allegations of budget padding. 2. Presidency did not sign a padded budget The Presidency says that the 2016 Appropriation Bill signed... Read More

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August 10, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Buhari did not sign a padded budget | B’Haram members fleeing to Europe | Jonathan partied for 6 years- MEND | More

From the news this morning- a tracklist Budget padding controversy deepens as Presidency denies signing a padded copy- YNaija EFCC to invite Dogara over budget padding row after interrogating Jibrin- YNaija Sadly, another UNIPORT lecturer has been kidnapped- YNaija 5 fake ICPC officers arrested in Uyo- YNaija MEND berates Goodluck Jonathan’s administration- YNaija Boko Haram... Read More

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Opinion: Speaker Dogara, this is why budget padding is a crime

by Ahanonu Kingsley Few days ago, the speaker of Nigeria’s lower parliament was quoted as saying that ‘budget padding’-an offence he was recently accused of by fellow member of parliament-is not a crime. Consequently, in response to calls for him to step down, Mr Dogara insisted he’d not resign. The above stance of Hon. Dogara is... Read More

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The top 10 stories that made headlines this week

Here are the top ten stories that made headlines this weeks 1. Budget padding: Jibrin goes hard on Dogara The former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Jibrin Abdulmummin, is a scorned man on a mission. This week saw him make more revealing accusations against the Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara,... Read More

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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 the Police Special Investigation Panel (SIP) to clear some grey areas in the petition. Jibrin is to appear before the panel which would be chaired... Read More

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