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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August 5, 2016

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‘Lawmakers have the power to move money, but…’ – Jibrin

Abdulmummin Jibrin, the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, on Thursday, said that about 250 members of the House of Representative have signed a petition for the resignation and investigation of Speaker Yakubu Dogara. Speaking during a television programme on the Africa independent Television, Jibrin also disclosed that the Department of State Services... Read More

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August 3, 2016

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Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara, others to appear before police panel on Friday

As the budget padding scandal continues to rock the House of Representatives, the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has constituted a five-man special team to investigate the allegations of budget padding against the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, and other principal officers of the House. The Special Investigative Panel (SIP) led by the Assistant... Read More

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May 17, 2016

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‘PDP will be united in the next 48 hours’ -Akpabio dreams

The National Assembly caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is divided over the National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu-Sherrif. According to The Sun, which spoke to a source present at a close door meeting held by the PDP lawmakers, there is no consensus among the lawmakers on Sheriff. Speaking after the closed door... Read More

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