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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has denied joining the race for the speakership position in the incoming ninth National Assembly. This was contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Turaki Hassan, on…

Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in Abuja said Nigeria’s real problem was lack of leadership and not corruption as widely claimed. Dogara said this at a conference tagged, The Convergence 2.0: Leadership,…

KEHINDE AKINTOLA A group of former and serving federal lawmakers under the aegis of the Faculty Board of the Initiatives, has joined calls for members of the National Assembly to be allowed to choose their leaders without interference…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives has been declared the winner of the Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency election in Bauchi State. Mr Dogara, the candidate of the PDP, scored 73,609 votes to defeat the APC candidate,…

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, in what is believed to be his first public condemnation of the president since leaving the ruling party last year. Speaking at an…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has directed the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Edward Pwajok, to find out what has become of the ad hoc committee investigating the Growth and Employment (GEM)…

KEHINDE AKINTOLA Abuja Nigeria's House of Representatives on Tuesday passed through third reading, the bill which seeks to raise the national minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000 per month to the least paid worker in the country. The…

As soon as Buhari concluded his speech, the session turned rowdy again. It was time for Saraki and Dogara to present their speeches but while APC lawmakers chanted ‘four more years,’ their PDP counterparts screamed, ‘no more years.’…

Members of the House of Representatives have threatened to boycott the presentation of 2019 budget estimates by the president, Muhammadu Buhari, over an alleged comment by the minister of budget and national planning, Udo Udoma. The…

The Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has noted that the phenomenon of direct pricing and buying of votes as if in a market square is very disturbing. The National Assembly on Monday, opened Public…