Tag: Dogara
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BREAKING: Court sends Fmr speaker Dogara packing from HoR
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fired Yakubu Dogara from the House of Representatives and declared his seat vacant. The former soeako, who represents Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019. The judge, D.U. Okorowo, on Friday, ruled that Mr Dogara’s defection from…
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Suspected bandits kill police officer, Dogara in Kaduna
Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a police officer identified as Ismail Dogara, in Kaduna state. It was gathered that ASP Dogara was brutally attacked by the assailants on his way home in Zaria in the early hours of Monday, August 16. The officer was reportedly rushed to a hospital where he passed…
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Defection: Dogara’s name not in our membership register, APC tells court
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied claim by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has defected to the party. Dogara, who was elected to the House of Representatives at the last general election on the platform of the PDP, reportedly defected to the APC last year.…
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Dogara to chair Rep Teejay’s heart foundation in memory of Late wife, son
Former Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara will on Monday chair Rep Teejay Yusuf’s Heart Foundation in memory of his Late Wife Titi and son Kiti. Also expected at the launch are the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Eynnaya Abaribe and Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen. The theme of the launch is simply let’s…
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BREAKING (Video): Tricycles, furniture, looted as hoodlums storm Dogara’s House
Hoodlums on Sunday looted the house of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, located near Jos University Teaching Hospital. It as gathered that the hoodlums defied the ongoing curfew imposed by the state government to also invade other buildings in search of COVID-19 palliatives. Dogara’s house was attacked about 9 am,…
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PDP lifts suspension on Hunkuyi, Dogara, four other ranking members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kaduna State chapter, on Monday, lifted the suspension on Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi and six other top members of the party. The announcement was contained in a statement issued in Kaduna by Felix Hyat, the party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman. “The suspension imposed on Sen. Hunkuyi, Dr. Matoh Dogara and Hon. Ibrahim…
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Defection: Declare Dogara’s seat vacant or face legal action, PDP tells Gbajabiamila
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State has called on the leadership of the House of Representatives to declare the seat of Hon. Yakubu Dogara representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency, vacant following his defection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party who made the call in a letter addressed to…
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PDP supporters in Dogara’s hometown defect to APC
Some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supporters in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi, on Saturday announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Giving reasons for their defection, their spokesperson, Bulus Iliya, said that their decision to return to the APC was informed by the need to reunite with their political…
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As Dogara’s defection excites APC, stirs angst in PDP, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Different strokes for different folks. That’s the situation in the past week at the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in regard to former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara. Dogara recently switched camp from the PDP to APC, the second in the opposite…
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2023: APC speaks on Tinubu/Dogara ticket
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Committee, Mai Mala Buni, said on Thursday that the purported 2023 presidential ticket of a national leader of the party and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and former Speaker, Yakubu Dogara was mere rumor. Buni, who is also the Yobe State governor, said the…