Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has threatened to drag his colleague, Abdulmumin Jibrin, to court if he, within seven days, fails to tender an unreserved apology to him and retract all allegations made against him. Dogara made this known in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs,…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has fired the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin. Jibrin was axed on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. No cogent reason was given for the action. Recall that Jibrin, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from Kano State, had serious disagreements with his…
The leadership of the Nigerian Senate on Thursday, May 19, 2016, held a meeting with leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, over their industrial action, which entered day two on Thursday. The workers had embarked on a strike to force the Federal Government to revert the pump price to N86.50 from N145 it increased…