Tag: Dogara
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Speaker Dogara’s aide dumps APC
The Special Adviser to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Special Duties, Usman Bawa, has on Monday resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Bawa was a member of the House of Representatives where he represented Kaduna North Local Government Area at the National Assembly. He sent his signed resignation…
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Dogara congratulates Saraki on Supreme Court victory
… Says judgment has reinforced confidence in judiciary as last hope of common man Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated the President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on his victory at the Supreme Court. In a statement issued on Friday, Speaker Dogara said he received the news of…
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2019: Only enthronement of justice can solve APC crisis, Dogara tells Oshiomhole
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that it is only by enthroning justice and equity that it will be able to silence voices of dissent and opposition within the party. According to a statement released by his spokesperson, Turaki Hassan, Dogara spoke on Thursday…
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[BREAKING] 2019: Saraki, Dogara, Kwankwaso, others form ‘new APC’, set to join PDP
Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com now have it that the former new PDP (nPDP) bloc of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will announce their exit from the mainstream of the party in preparation to joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Leaders of the group include Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara,…
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APC crisis: nPDP meets Buhari today
The leadership of the new Peoples Democratic Party in the All Progressives Congress will on Monday meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. The leader of the nPDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Ilorin on Sunday, said the meeting with Buhari would take place after the dialogue with the Vice-President…
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Mass defection may hit APC as Saraki, Dogara, Tambuwal, other nPDP leaders hold talks
Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a closed door meeting where the participants weighed several options, with majority backing the idea of a mass defection from the ruling party. The meeting was attended by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu…
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APC to meet with Saraki, Dogara, Wamakko, others
Following the success of its meeting with leaders of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party(nPDP),the All Progressives Congress(APC) is to meet with Senate President Bukola Saraki, House Speaker Yakubu Dogara and others. Other aggrieved bigwigs on the radar of the party are Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, ex-Governors Rabiu Kwankwaso, Aliyu Wammako and Danjuma…
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Dogara, nine others drag Oyegun to court over conduct of APC congresses
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and nine others have sued the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, over the conduct of ward and local government congresses of the party in Bauchi State. The plaintiffs claimed that the conduct of the congresses was in breach…
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Dogara urges Muslims to pray for stability in Nigeria
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara has urged Muslim faithful in Nigeria to use the Ramadan period to pray for peace, unity, security, socio-economic development and political stability in the country. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan on Wednesday in Abuja,…
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Me too! Buhari not the only corrupt-free Nigerian – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has declared that there were millions of Nigerians spread across the globe who are corrupt-free aside President Muhammadu Buhari. This as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said it recovered a total of N500 billion between 2015 and 2018 while 486 convictions were…