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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, slated March 9 to hear a suit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed to declare the seat of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, vacant following his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Justice Okon Abang okayed the matter
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Ahead of the 2023 polls, National Secretary of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Umar Ibrahim Tsauri has expressed optimism that Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi, ex-Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and others who quit the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will return home (PDP) in the interest of Nigeria.
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The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, has arrested 30 suspects for vandalising and looting valuables at the Jos residence of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara. The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, presented the suspects to newsmen on Sunday
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By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has assured kinsmen of former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara of the safe return of their displaced relatives who fled their communities as a result of communal clashes. The governor said this Tuesday when officials of a coalition of Christian Association of Nigeria and
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Some ethnic groups in Tafawa Balewa, Bogoro and Dass Local Government Areas of Bauchi on Monday pledged their support to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) administration of Gov. Bala Mohammed. The pledge is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by members of the group, comprising of Jarawa, Guss, Bijim,Barawa, Boi,Dash, Jihr and Tapshin tribesmen,
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Threatens Speaker with court action on refusal to heed their call We’ll go wherever Dogara goes, his kinsmen insist Charles Agwam Lawyers of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila to declare the seat of former Speaker Yakubu Dogara vacant or face legal action. In a
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…A point-by-point response to claims made by Dogara while defecting from the PDP to APC – Bauchi State govt …Says ex-Speaker criticizing after getting a Toyota V8 ‘he gleefully collected with thanks’ This statement has been prompted by the reasons adduced by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara,
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By Charly Agwam A community leader from Bogoro, the local government area of former Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has said that the former Speaker holds the status of a prophet to people of the area. Muktari Jumma, who said he’s been with Dogara since 2007, told Vanguard in an event in
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Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the constituency of a former Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have commended his defection to the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dogara had recently written a letter to the Bogoro Local Government secretariat of the People Democratic Party (PDP), giving his
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By Dirisu Yakubu When in the build up to the 2019 general elections, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, quit the All Progressives Congress, APC for rival Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; one of the reasons he advanced to justify his action was the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari
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