Tag: Dogara
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Dangote, others raise N300m at Dogara’s 50th birthday
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and other donors yesterday raised about N300 million at the 50th birthday celebrations of Speaker Yakubu Dogara. The money, raised from the launch of a book titled ‘Dogara: A Real Made Flint’ in Abuja, is to be donated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Dangote’s company purchased 100 copies…
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Buhari salutes Dogara @ 50, says Nigeria’s future secure in youths’ hands
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, as he turns 50 years. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President said having followed Dogara’s political trajectory, he believed that Nigeria’s future can be secured with great leadership by…
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Saraki, Dogara, Tinubu, Governors, others preach love, tolerance at Christmas
Some Nigerian leaders on Monday (Christmas day) advised Nigerians especially the Christians to emulate the sacrificial life of Christ by demonstrating love and tolerance towards each other to achieve a better Nigeria. The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, said the season affords Nigerians the opportunity to pray and work towards a greater Nigeria.…
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Buhari, Dogara congratulate new Emir of Katagum
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Saturday congratulated the new Emir of Katagum, Alhaji Baba Umar Farouq, who succeeded his father and late emir, Alhaji Kabir Umar. The President’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi…
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Happening Now: Osinbajo, Gowon, Shonekan, Dogara attend Christmas Carol inside Aso Rock
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; a former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.); a former Head of Interim National Government, Ernest Shonekan; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara , are among dignitaries currently attending the 2017 Christmas Praise Concert inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church…
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Dogara advocates private sector participation to tackle housing deficit in Nigeria
…frowns at violation of NHF Act, housing policies …says New Housing Laws to cover self-employed Nigerians Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has called for increased private sector participation in order to address the national housing deficit and pledged the commitment of the House towards enacting the required legislation. Speaking at a…
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Dogara to speak on Legislature and deepening democracy in Nigeria
As part of showcasing the critical and stabilising role the Legislature plays in democratic consolidation in Nigeria and imparting such knowledge on the younger generation to prepare them for leadership roles in the future, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, will deliver a lecture on the legislature’s role in deepening democracy in…
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Dogara extols T Y Danjuma @79
…says future generations will forever remember his sacrifices Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has described elder statesman, General Theophilus Danjuma, as one of Nigeria’s pantheons, saying his contribution to nation building and wellbeing of Nigerians is exemplary. In a letter signed by the Speaker to commemorate the 79th birthday anniversary of…
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Dogara stops consideration of NAFDAC’s N18.9bn budget
The House of Representatives on Tuesday stopped the consideration of the 2017 budget of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. The budget of N18.9bn had earlier passed first and second readings before the House referred it to the Committee on Healthcare Services for NAFDAC to defend the proposals before the…
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2019: Buhari meets Tinubu, Saraki, Dogara in Aso Rock [Photos]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and former Governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com reports that before his meeting with Tinubu, Buhari had earlier met with the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of…