Tag: Abdulmumin Jibrin

A stormy session is expected Tuesday as the House resumes amid a budget padding scandal.

Mr. Egwu supports President Buhari’s request for emergency economic powers.

Principal Officers in the house justify the decision to fire Mr. Jibrin.

SERAP says the practice of constituency projects undermines the 1999 Constitution.

Mr. Dogara’s position has continued to change as the scandal grows.

The speaker says Nigerians need to understand how the National Assembly works.

Mr. Jibrin had since July 21 levelled several allegations against Mr. Dogara

The lawmaker insists the speaker must be investigated and prosecuted.

The group says Mr. Dogara should step down to allow for investigation of the scandal.

The group threatens to expose mor graft in the internal budget of the House.

Messrs. Sowore and Dogara deny any conversation about budget scandal in the house.

The party says Mr. Jibrin should end all public comments on the matter.

Mr. Jibrin appeared before the party's panel on Tuesday.

The lawmaker says he should not be drawn into the crisis but that there should be an investigation.

The lawmaker lambasts the SSS and other government agencies for sealing some offices in the National Assembly.

“The South South has the feeling that the rest of the country wants to milk it, pollute it or completely ...

The House has remained under fire from Mr. Jibrin since July 21, a day after he was removed as chair ...

The lawyer asks government to call the SSS to order.

The House of Representatives descended into crisis after Mr. Jibrin was removed as chair of the Committee on Appropriations

Speaker Dogara under fire, activists want him, others to step aside

Mr. Jibrin has accused the speaker of budget fraud, an allegation Mr. Dogara denies.

Mr. Dogara says this newspaper's reporting caused him "public ridicule and scorn".

The former House appropriation committee chairman says he will stand up against graft in the National Assembly.

A group asks the speaker to respond to the allegations as an individual.

Mr. Jibrin responds to a threat of legal action made by the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, against him.