Tag: Dogara
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No threat to 2019 election funds, Dogara Assures Nigerians
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that contrary to speculations, funding for the 2019 general elections is not under any threat as there is already provision to take care of such contingencies that may arise in the Service Wide Votes. The Speaker said while speaking with journalists at the National…
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Defection: We’ll carry out APC’s order on Dogara when House reconvenes – Rep
Lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo in the House of Representatives, Peter Akpatason on Wednesday said loyal members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House will carry out the party’s instruction on Speaker Yakubu Dogara. Akpatason spoke to journalists in Benin on Wednesday, against the backdrop of the recent defection of the speaker to the Peoples…
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Nigeria@58: Saraki, Dogara, ex-presidents shun Indepedence Day Parade
Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were on Monday (today) absent at Eagle Square Abuja where the nation’s 58th Independence anniversary parade held. Present at the parade are President Muhammadu Buhari; his vice, Yemi Osinbajo; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen; and former Head of State, Yakubu…
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I have not endorsed anyone for political office – Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Friday denied claims that he had endorsed some aspirants to vie for elective offices. Dogara, while reacting to recent claims that he had endorsed some aspirants seeking elective offices in his constituency, described such rumours as “untrue and very wicked”. In a statement signed…
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Dogara congratulates Babangida @ 77
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara on Thursday felicitated with former Military President General Ibrahim Babangida as he clocks 77. Dogara, in a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan, in Abuja, described Babangida as a bridge-builder, committed patriot and charismatic statesman. According to Dogara, the…
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Why NASS can’t reconvene to consider 2019 election budget now – Saraki, Dogara
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday explained why the National Assembly could not reconvene as earlier disclosed by the Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuff last week. They stated that before resumption, the joint Senate and House of Representatives committees on electoral matters and officials of…
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Benue crisis: Saraki, Dogara speak on impeachment plot against Ortom
…ask president to call police to order Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara have described as ” a desecration of the legislative sanctity”, the on-going situation in Benue State in which eight out of the 30 members of the State House of Assembly have commenced impeachment…
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Nigeria must restructure to develop – Dogara
…Says truth becoming scarce commodity in Nigeria Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has stated that for Nigeria to develop and realised its true potentials, the country must undertake restructuring. Hon Dogara however, argued that for such to happen, there must be wide consultations among the leaders of the various regions in…
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Just in: More trouble for APC as Dogara arrives NASS amid applause from PDP lawmakers [video]
There seems to be more trouble coming for the All Progressives party as Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara arrives NASS amid hailing from PDP lawmakers. Recall that Senator Dino Melaye, former Governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso and 13 other Senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) have earlier defected to the Peoples…
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Buhari, Saraki, Dogara trade words over 2018 budget, poor executive-legislature relationship
President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the National Assembly on Monday heaped blames on themselves over delay in the passage and signing of the 2018 Appropriation bill. While the president feels that the bill was not given the immediate attention it deserves despite submitting it to the National Assembly in November 2017, the National Assembly…