Dirisu Yakubu

Abuja

Senior Correspondent at The Punch

Journalist/ Speech Writer, Quality Education Advocate. Founder, The Book Gang (TBG).

Articles

Mass defections: PDP govs in emergency talks with party bigwigs

4 days ago | punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dirisu Yakubu

In a wider consultation on how to address the wave of defections and the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, governors elected on the platform have invited former governors and other stakeholders of the party to a meeting today (Sunday) in Abuja. Our correspondent gathered from an insider that the governors also summoned members of the Board of Trustees and former presiding officers of the National Assembly.
Reps summon CBN gov, finance minister over contractors’ funds

6 days ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

The House of Representatives on Thursday summoned key officials of the Federal Government to explain the continued non-payment of contractors for completed projects dating back to October 2024, despite provisions in the 2024 Appropriation Act.
Reps urge FG to establish more NYSC camps - House of Representatives

6 days ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to establish additional permanent orientation camps and rehabilitate existing ones to ensure seamless participation of prospective corps members in the National Youth Service Corps scheme. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion presented by Garba Muhammad during Thursday’s plenary session.
Insecurity: Don’t pit Senate against Tinubu, Akpabio warns minister

6 days ago | punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu

Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate leadership on Thursday cautioned the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, against making public statements that could create friction between the National Assembly and the executive led by President Bola Tinubu. The warning came after Badaru publicly dismissed a planned two-day national security summit by the Senate, stating that such gatherings were unnecessary in addressing Nigeria’s security challenges.
Reps summon CBN gov, finance minister, others over non-payment of contractors

6 days ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

The House of Representatives on Thursday summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Yemi Cardoso, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; the Accountant-General of the Federation, Babatunde Ogunjimi and the Auditor-General for the Federation, Mr Shaakaa Chira, over non-payment of contractors since 2024.
Benue, Zamfara govs shun Reps summon, C’ttee reschedules to May 14

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia and his Zamfara State counterpart, Dauda Lawal on Thursday, shunned the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions’ summon to appear before it.
Reps urge FG to build more, upgrade NYSC orientation camps

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to establish more permanent orientation camps and rehabilitate new ones to enhance the seamless participation of prospective corps members in the National Youth Service Corps scheme. The resolution of the House followed the consideration of a motion on notice during Thursday’s plenary, moved by Mr Garba Muhmmad.
Reps decry absence of CNG centres in N’East, N’West zones

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

Some lawmakers of northern extraction on Thursday protested what they called the absence of Compressed Natural Gas conversion centres in the country’s North-East and North-West geopolitical zones. The lawmakers made their stands known during the consideration of a motion on Thursday, titled “Call to establish more compressed natural gas conversion centres across Nigeria,” moved by the member representing Dala Federal Constituency, Kano State, Mr Aliyu Madaki.
Fight against poverty needs grassroots approach — Speaker Abbas - Abbas

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

Abbas Tajudeen, Speaker of the House of Representatives The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has advocated for the adoption of community-focused initiatives to address the scourge of poverty in the country. Abbas called for the activation of grassroots-oriented policies to tackle the challenges of social inequality across the country.
Three Katsina PDP lawmakers dump party for APC

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

Flags of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party The Peoples Democratic Party suffered yet another setback on Thursday as three of its members in the House of Representatives from Katsina State defected to the All Progressives Congress. The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, read their letters of defection during plenary in Abuja. The lawmakers cited unresolved internal crises within the PDP as their reason for leaving the party.