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Again, Fashola blames Jonathan for bad roads
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Friday, disclosed that the Jonathan administration's inability to pay contractors for three years was the reason why contractors were abandoning…
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This is what Buhari and House of Reps lawmakers will be doing tonight
After surviving the 2016 budget back and forth with the federal lawmakers, President Muhammadu Buhari has invited them for a dinner in Abuja today. According to Punch Newspapers, all 360…
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The 14 highlights of the Buhari presidency so far
Over the last year, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been marked by dramas - like any other major presidency. And as the administration marks its one year in…
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Why Minister of Finance can’t guarantee full budget implementation
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said that there is no guarantee that the Federal Government would implement the 2016 budget in full. The minister, yesterday, was summoned alongside…
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Opinion: Why Nigerians need to support President Buhari in these hard times
by Kolawole Omole I think as Nigerians, we have to be honest with ourselves about the true state of our economy. President Buhari met an economy that was already in…
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Nigerian Twitter blasts government over 9-page 2016 budget
The Presidency signed the 2016 budget into law on May 6, 2016 in the presence of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara;…
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FG finally releases 2016 budget (DETAILS)
From the submission of the 2016 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 22, 2015 to the 'stealing', padding and eventual signing of the said budget controversy seemed to be lurking…
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Dear presidential media team, this tweet is for you
She couldn't have said it any better. The president's team has shared inforgraphics and summaries about the finally-approved 2016 budget. Considering the messy drama that surrounded the submission, the…
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Opinion: The problem with Buhari is that he is rather too full of himself
You know what they say about democracy being ‘a government of the people, by the people and for the people'? Where the electorates are given the ultimate choice to choose…
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“The antics of our opponents will be judged” | The Kogi governor comes out kicking and screaming
A Premium Times investigation was searing about the Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, accusing him, amongst other things on squandering the resources of the state on questionable and frivolous expenditure including…
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YNaija Editorial: On the budget, our lawmakers have acted like public enemies
The 2016 budget has finally been passed – five months into the New Year. Certainly, spin as it may, the Presidency a huge portion of the blame for the…
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‘2016 budget will be fully implemented’ – Minister
Despite his initial statement that the 2016 budget might not achieve a 100 percent implementation, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udo Udoma has reversed his earlier assertion to say that the…
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Why FG can’t achieve full implementation of 2016 budget
As a result of the late assent of the 2016 budget, the Federal Government has said it's unlikely that full implementation of the document can be achieved. The 2016 Appropriation…
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The moment President Buhari signed the controversial 2016 budget (PHOTOS)
After months of a seemingly endless back and forth between the National Assembly and Presidency, the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law. The budget…
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Buhari ‘not satisfied’ with reworked budget, ‘returns’ document
President Muhammadu Buhari may have returned the 2016 appropriation bill to the National Assembly for the third time. The re-worked budget was reportedly sent to the President around 1:15am but…
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Opinion: What next… after signing the 2016 budget?
Year in, year out, the Federal government of Nigeria and indeed the state governments prepare budgets in line with their fiscal responsibilities and philosophies. There was never a time at…
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Saraki, Ekweremadu, others to meet with Buhari over budget controversy
A lasting solution to the standoff between the National Assembly and the Presidency on the 2016 budget, might soon be found. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, alongside other senators will on…
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Buhari consults Nnamani, Masari on 2016 budget
As the 2016 budget crisis continues to drag on, President Muhammadu Buhari has consulted experienced former legislators on ways to settle the impasse with the National Assembly. The President, on…
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How Presidency’s refusal to work with Ekweremadu caused budget crisis
The controversy trailing the 2016 budget is alleged to have arisen over the Presidency's refusal to work with an ad-hoc committee chaired by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekeweremadu. According to…
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YNaija Editorial: A cocktail of anomalies at the Senate
The past few weeks have witnessed very interesting happenings at the Senate - which were extremely absurd for Nigerians who are watching intently. First, there was the controversy over the…
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N12bn worth of ‘strange projects’ discovered in Agriculture ministry’s budget
Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh and his team have reportedly found 386 strange additions worth N12.6 billion in the ministry's budget proposals - which were believed to have been inserted…
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Lagos-Calabar rail project: NASS remain divided as Southern Senators reject budget
Following the heat generated from the alleged re-padding of the 2016 budget, Senators from the Southern part of the country have urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to assent to the…
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National Assembly ready to ‘re-examine’ 2016 budget
Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday, expressed the readiness of the house to review the 2016 budget following the controversy surrounding the bill. The Speaker made…
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‘Buhari is challenged by age, exposure and ability’ – Fayose
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday, stated that the controversy surrounding the 2016 budget was a confirmation of his earlier assertions that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the ability…
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2016 budget: ‘Unholy act by NASS is unacceptable’ – APC
In a continuation of the drama that has so far surrounded the proposed 2016 budget, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has declared support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
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Ministry of Budget receives evidence on the controversial ‘Lagos-Calabar rail project’
On Monday, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning received evidence that the Calabar-Lagos rail line project was indeed included in the controversial 2016 budget and it was defended before…
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Presidency denies rejecting 2016 budget from NASS
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang, has dismissed reports that President Muhammmadu Buhari rejected the 2016 budget from the National Assembly. Enang told…
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‘Despicable, barefaced lies’ | Yakubu Dogara denies 2016 budget re-padding
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has denied reports by some media outfits that key infrastructural projects were removed from the proposed 2016 budget sent to the…
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‘Nigerians are being misled’ | Lawmaker says Presidency lied about re-padded budget
Following the rejection of the 2016 budget which came from the National Assembly to the Presidency -by President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged 're-padding', a member of the House of Representatives…
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I never signed budget without details – Obasanjo
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, said he never signed budgets into law without seeing the details and full breakdown, during his tenure. Speaking after a private meeting with President…
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