Outgoing Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara who both crossed over to the opposition halfway into their tenure were at constant loggerheads with the APC leadership and President Muhammadu Buhari who tried but failed to remove them...
Despite being re-elected for his fourth term the dethronement of soft-spoken Yakubu Dogara current speaker of the house of representatives also seems certain (AC Vol 59 No 14 A split by any other name)...
Led by Alhaji Buba Galadima a strong Buhari supporter since 2003 it is said to have the backing of former governor of Kano and now Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara...
With luminaries such as Bukola Saraki now Senate President Yakubu Dogara Speaker of the House of Representatives as well as Rabiu Kwankwaso and Olagunsoye Oyinlola the former Governors of Kano and Osun States respectively they formed a powerful faction...
Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively won their positions despite being opposed by Buhari's allies...
A shaky looking Buhari presided over the meeting with the girls after which his communications team distributed pictures of a subsequent meeting between the ailing President and Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara Speaker of the House of Representatives...
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Similarly in the House of Representatives the election in June of Yakubu Dogara as Speaker could present a problem for the president...
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