My allowance as Speaker was N25m, salary, N400k – Dogara
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Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday, said that his total allowance while he was the Speaker of the House was 25 million naira while his salary was 400 thousand naira.
The clarification Dogara said was necessary following public misconception that members of the National Assembly earn huge salaries and allowances.
Recall that Yakubu Dogara was the Speaker of the 8th Assembly.
While speaking at the two-day House of Representatives open week celebration in Abuja, Dogara said it is important Nigeria’s allow their Representatives to work and limit the financial demands on them.
Gunmen kill three IDPs in Benue
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Three persons from the Agagbe Internally Displaced Persons camp, have been killed by suspected armed herders while returning from their farms.
In order to feed their families in camps across the state, male adults were said to have taken to farming.
The victims met their end on Monday evening, while returning from the farm.
The former manager of the camp, Terna Jacob, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Tuesday.
CAN condemns Borno suicide attacks
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The Christian Association of Nigeria, has expressed deep concern over the recent suicide attacks in Gwoza, Borno State.
The attacks, which took place on Saturday, resulted in the death of over 30 and dozens of injuries.
The attacks, carried out by suspected female suicide bombers, struck a wedding, a hospital, and a funeral in Gwoza, a border town near Cameroon.
The President CAN, Daniel Okoh in a statement personally signed on Wednesday said the resurgence of suicide bombings was a grave threat to the lives and livelihoods of Nigerians, highlighting the urgent need for collective action to combat terrorism.
UNIBEN students block highway over power outage
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Vehicular movement was hampered and commuters were stranded on Wednesday, as students of the University of Benin blocked the Benin/Ore highway in protest over a power outage in the institution’s campuses in Ugbowo and Ekhewan, Benin.
It was gathered that the university was thrown into darkness following its inability to reach an agreement with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, over perceived contentious electricity billing.
The management of the institution, was said to have expressed dismay over the upward review of the institution’s monthly electricity bill from N80 million to N280 million.
This forced the university to resort to alternative power generators and rationalisation on the two campuses.