Dogara
19 Mar
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has alleged that there was massive vote-buying in some local councils of Bauchi State during the governorship and House of Assembly elections yesterday.
18 Dec
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th birthday, describing him, as an iconic leader whose impact would remain indelible in the memories of Nigerians. The governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media, Yinka Oyebode, joined other well-meaning Nigerians to celebrate President Buhari, whom he described…
12 Dec
Former Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that posterity will judge President Muhammadu Buhari on the reforms he brought to the electoral system. At the 12th Convocation/15th foundation anniversary of the Achievers University Owo, Ondo State, Dogara said the President might etch his name in gold as a hero of Nigeria’s democracy…
3 Dec 2022
Say Obi, Kwankwaso Can’t Win Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and other aggrieved Northern All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, have adopted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 election. The leaders, made up of Northern Christian leaders in the APC and other stakeholders, said…
10 Oct 2022
The plot against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by aggrieved members thickened, at the weekend, after Northern Christian leaders concluded arrangements
21 Sep 2022
Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged Christians not to “waste” their votes in 2023, saying the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is “antithetical”
13 Nov 2021
Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has called for more attention to the nation’s insecurity, saying that overcoming the menace should be the priority and not the 2023 general elections.
31 Jan 2021
Mr Yakubu Dogara, former speaker, House of Representatives, on Saturday, buried his father-in-law, Mr Stephen Gonto, in Mwari, Bogoro Local Government Area
10 Jan 2021
Immediate past governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, believes his loss in the 2019 governorship poll to Governor Bala Mohammed remains inexplicable, especially given that his party
28 Nov 2019
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the approval of the Senate for the Federal Government's 2016 and 2018 borrowing plan. Senate president Ahmed Lawan read the letter of request from Buhari during Thursday's plenary session. Buhari had first sought the approval of the House of Representatives for the borrowing plan in October 2016. It was…
19 Nov 2019
Former Nigeria vice president Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday lost one of his aides Umar Pariya. Pariya died in Dubai. The cause of his death is yet to be disclosed. “Umar Pariya was much more than a longstanding aide to me,” Atiku said in a tweet. “He was incredibly loyal and qualified as a member of…
6 Jun 2019
Nigeria's eighth Speaker of House of Representative Yakubu Dogara Thursday said the eighth National Assembly suffered the most embarrassments and persecutions in the history of Nigeria. “The 8th House holds the record as the most persecuted and harassed Parliament, ever in Nigeria’s history," Dogora said during the valedictory session of the federal lawmakers. "We witnessed…