Yakubu Dogara, former speaker of the house of representatives, says decisions around power-sharing and religious balance in Nigeria should be guided by justice and fairness, rather than fear, pressure or political calculations. Dogara spoke on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television, amid growing speculation that Kashim Shettima could be replaced as Bola Tinubu’s running […]
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections, declaring that the President continues to enjoy majority support across the country despite the noise from dissenting voices. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics in Abuja, the former lawmaker dismissed opposition claims […]
A group, Zaar Youths in Politics, has proposed former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, as the vice presidential running mate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2027 general elections. The group in a press release over the weekend, expressed believe that Dogara is the most strategic and balanced candidate […]
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara took everyone by surprise when he defected from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The news of Dogara’s defection to the APC hit the media space when it was announced by APC’s Interim National Chairman, Mai Mala Buni. Dogara […]
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress, as a “pandemic” in politics. Daily Times gathered that he also accused Dogara of contract inflation in the project he was executing in his constituency. He said these when hundreds […]
By Philip Shimnom Clement Claim: A Facebook page published a post saying that the immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara called the Peoples Democratic Party a disaster following his switch from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Verdict: The claim made by the Facebook page that the erstwhile speaker of […]
Last week, former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Walid Jibrin has revealed that this is largely due to his ambition of becoming President or Vice President of Nigeria in 2023. Jibrin who chairs the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Board of Trustees (BoT), stated this yesterday in […]
Former Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday, distributed food items worth millions of naira to the vulnerable and less privileged persons in his constituency. Chairman of the distribution committee, Aminu Tukur while speaking during the exercise in Bauchi, said the items were meant to ameliorate the hardship been faced by the beneficiaries, […]
The flag-off of the Presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the North West zone in the caliphate city of Sokoto on Monday was an exciting moment as political heavyweights of the party led by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan took turn to tell the mammoth crowd at the historic event the need […]
Former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan as well as Senate President, Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives speaker, Yakubu Dogara, were some of the dignitaries who stormed Yola on Sunday for the coronation of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the Waziri Adamawa. Obasanjo was the chairman of the coronation ceremony which took […]
Ahead the 2019 general elections, a political group in Bauchi State, Bauchi Youth Democratic Actors Assembly (BAYODAA) has urged electorates in Bogoro, Dass and Tafawa Balewa local governments Federal constituency of Bauchi State to re-elect the Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara to continue in 2019 to enable him add more to his good works […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Monday, stated that laws against the twin evils of human trafficking and modern slavery alone wouldn’t be able to cure the menace but demanded that governments globally punish the perpetrators. Speaking at the opening of a consultative meeting with the CommonWealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) United […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Thursday blamed vested interests for sabotaging the dredging of the country’s inland waterways by successive administrations. Dogara made the assertion when he received the Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Senator Adeleke Olurunnimbe Mamora in his office. The speaker disclosed that in the […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Monday declared that the National Assembly (NASS) must receive priority attention in terms of capacity building, if the legislature must contribute to stable and effective governance in the country. The made this assertion while delivering a paper titled: “Parliamentary institution building in Africa” at the convocation […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Tuesday, assured that funds for the conduct of the 2019 general elections is not under threat as there is already provision to take care of such contingencies that may arise in the service wide votes. The speaker said while speaking with journalists at the National Assembly […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, on his emergence as the presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The speaker said in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan that the task before Atiku is now to […]
A political pressure group known as Bogoro /Dass/Tafawabalewa Solidarity Forum has said that claims by some politicians that speaker Yakubu Dogara left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC) at the eve of primary election of the party was far from the truth. The leader of the Forum, Alhaji Aminu Mohammed Tukur […]
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Monday, were conspicuously absent at the Independence Day parade organised to commemorate Nigeria’s 58th anniversary. But the absence of Saraki and Dogara might not be unconnected with their recent defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to […]
Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has disclosed that the Senate under the leadership of Dr Bukola Saraki had failed Nigerians, saying that the legislative arm of government has been privatized by Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara. Ndume stated this while speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) […]
…Says he return to chart new frontiers in Bauchi, Nigeria. …I never knew Dogara left APC – Gov Abubakar Suspicions and rumours surrounding the political move of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was laid to rest on Thursday as he officially returned to the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and submitted his […]