Tag: Yakubu Dogara
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Dogara gives reasons for endorsing Atiku as Tinubu mulls partnership with North East
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has endorsed the flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, as presidential candidate for the upcoming 2023 general elections.
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Muslim-Muslim ticket: Northern Christians, Muslims, political leaders form common front ahead of 2023 [PHOTOS]
Northern Christian leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have aligned themselves with their Muslim counterparts from 19 Northern States of the country to adopt one of the presidential candidates in a bid to defeat the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC.
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2023: Muslim – Muslim ticket’ll fail – Dogara insists
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has again reiterated his opposition to the fielding of Muslims by the ruling APC for both Presidential and Vice Presidential candidacy for 2023 general election, and predicted doom for the pairing. The pairing, he stressed, is a fruitless political effort that has been doomed to…
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Babachir clarify visit to Wike, says everything is not political
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the ex-Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have clarified their visit to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, stating that everything is not political and those insinuating anything outside this are free to continue. In a telephone interview with newsmen on Saturday, Babachir…
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2023: Yakubu Dogara tipped as running mate to Bola Tinubu
A political group, Coalition for Peace and Progress, has advocated for the nomination of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as running mate to the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
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Defection: Court vacation stalls judgment in suit seeking Dogara’s sack
The Federal High Court (FHC)’s vacation has stalled the judgment in a suit seeking the declaration of the seat of Rep Yakubu Dogara vacant on account of his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Newsmen had, on March 23, reported that the judgment, in two separate suits filed against Dogara, was fixed for today,…
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Insecurity: We must say it as it is, Nigeria is at war with itself – Fmr Speaker Dogara
…says we can no longer play the ostrich or pretend all is well Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has said Nigeria is at war with itself, considering the plethora of insecurity presently engulfing the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the former Speaker made this known in his speech at the 10th…
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Reps to investigate deployment of Commissioners of Police in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Police Affairs, to investigate the deployment and redeployment of eight Commissioners of Police (CP) in Bayelsa in the last three months. The resolution was sequel to a motion of urgent national importance, moved by Rep. Diri Douye (PDP-Bayelsa) and four other lawmakers from the state, at…
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NASS has helped save Nigeria from collapse – Dogara
In order to attain stable, strong and effective governance in Nigeria, the National Assembly must receive priority attention in terms of capacity building, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has disclosed. He made this known while delivering an address on the topic, “Parliamentary Institution Building in Africa”, at the convocation ceremony of…
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Dogara says National Assembly will commit itself more to repositioning sports
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in Abuja promised that the National Assembly would deploy all within its legislative powers to reposition the sports sector in Nigeria. Dogara, while speaking at a one-day National Sports Summit organised by the House Committee on Sports, said the repositioning was necessary in the interest…