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Former House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara has refuted claims that he’s back in the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain on Monday responded to an enquiry by Newsextra24. “It’s complicated. I am supporting candidates not parties,” Dogara replied. Dogara was at the weekend seen with …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Sidiq Usman, has described as reckless and irresponsible, comments by the National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu that aggrieved members were free to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Usman, who contested for the position of APC National Publicity Secretary and emerged the …

  President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, signed the 2019 Appropriation Bill. The President’s assent officially makes the bill become law and signals the commencement of the 2019 fiscal budget. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje; the Minister …

  President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has assured Nigerians that the present efforts at amending the 1999 Constitution will not be in futility. Saraki gave the assurance when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria  Forum in Abuja. He said the 8th National Assembly learnt from the mistakes of …

Hundreds of young Nigerians marched on the country’s parliament on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to remove age barriers on political posts, including the presidency. Nigeria’s 1999 constitution stipulates that the president has to be at least 40, while senators and state governors have to be aged 35 or above. But …

Nigerians have been urged to support the anti corruption crusade of President Muhammad Buhari and as being championed by the National Assembly. In a release signed by the Special Adviser on ‘Media and Illicit Financial Flows’ to the Chairman House Committee on Financial Crimes, Rev. Bunmi Olupona,Nigerians are told to …

Nigeria’s former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, on Thursday alleged harassment of her family by security agencies and sought House of Representatives intervention. In a petition to the Lower Chamber, Jonathan urged the Federal Government to call the agencies to order. The petition was presented at the House’s plenary by …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday raised the alarm over the deployment of military personnel in over 28 states in the country. Dogara said the development was an indication that Nigeria was already in a state of emergency in peacetime The Speaker expressed shock …

The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law. Osinbajo appended his signature on the document at about 4:41pm inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The brief event was witnessed by principal officers of the National Assembly, presidential aides and other top government officials.  

The House of Representative was, Thursday, thrown into a rowdy session after members, particularly those outside the South-East region, disagreed on a bill seeking to establish the South-East Development Commission over its timing, leading to it being stepped down. The lawmakers who disagreed argued that much consultations were not carried …