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FG to return 2016 budget to National Assembly – Here’s why
The last is yet to be heard on the controversial 2016 budget as the presidency is alleged to have discovered some inconsistencies in the document and is set to return…
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Buhari sends 2016 budget back to Ministries for another review
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the 2016 Appropriation Bill estimate back to the federal ministries for critical review of the alterations made by the National Assembly. The 2016 budget was…
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2016 budget: Vice President meets with ministers (PHOTOS)
Following the receipt of the details of 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly, the executive arm of government has began scrutiny into the budget before the President can assent…
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2016 Budget: Presidency unveils 6 strategic, 30 priority plans [DETAILS]
Following the receipt of the 2016 budget details from the National Assembly, the Federal Government has laid down six strategic plans and 30 priority plans of the President Buhari administration.…
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2016 budget details sent to Buhari… for assent
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly. Buhari had maintained that he must thoroughly peruse and scrutinize the 2016 budget details…
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Budget delay: ‘Don’t point fingers at Buhari’ – Presidency
The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari should not be made a scapegoat for the delay in assenting into law, the 2016 Appropriation Bill. According to the Special Adviser to…
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YNaija Editorial: Now that the Budget has been passed
Three months after the 2016 Appropriation Bill was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, both the Senate and the House of Representatives individually…
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Why President Buhari can’t sign 2016 budget just yet
The 2016 Appropriation Bill will not be signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, pending the time when the National Assembly would make the details of the document available to…
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PDP member arraigned for calling Kashamu drug baron. Vanguard Anti-Saraki Senators turns around to support Saraki. Premium Times Oyegun, Frank trades words over the role of APC publicity secretary. Leadership…
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Senate to ‘concentrate’ on passing 2016 budget this week – Saraki
After months of drama and plot twists, the report on the 2016 Appropriation Bill has finally been received by both chambers of the National Assembly. It would be recalled that…
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‘2016 budget is ready, will be passed tomorrow’
A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, who represents Kiru/Bebeji Federal constituency of Kano State, has stated that the 2016 budget is ready and will be passed…
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25 fresh errors discovered in 2016 budget, N37bn to be thrown out [DETAILS]
About 25 fresh errors amounting to an allocation of N37, 025, 238, 407, have been discovered in the 2016 Appropriations Bill. The errors were reported to have been discovered by…
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2016 budget is indeed ‘achievable’ as oil prices rise to all-year high of $39
The global price of crude oil has risen to above $39 per barrel, surpassing Nigeria's 2016 budget benchmark of $38 per barrel. In January, the federal government was heavily criticised…
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2016 budget: Buhari’s N500bn special intervention fund under threat
The joint committee on appropriation, on Thursday, stated that the N500 billion intervention fund in the 2016 budget is not feasible as there is no well outline strategy for its…
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Saraki is blackmailing Buhari with 2016 budget – Senator Marafa
Spokesperson of the Senate Unity Forum, Senator Kabir Marafa, has demanded that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, be suspended for blackmailing the presidency with the 2016 Appropriation Bill. Marafa alleged that…
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‘Nobody can accuse this government of padding any budget’ – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, said that 2016 Appropriation Bill was not padded, noting that the total figure that was voted for all the ministries…
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Buhari orders ‘complete purge’ of Budget Office
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered a comprehensive reshuffling of staff in the Budget Office as a result of the padding of the 2016 budget as well as the inconsistencies…
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2016 Budget: ‘Mere sacking won’t remove the stain on Nigeria’ – Fayose
The Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday, stated that sacking of the Direcor General of Budget, Yahaya Gusau, and his subsequent replacement will not change the national disgrace caused…
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‘This budget was done in a rush’ – Senate Leader, Ali Ndume
Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Monday admitted that the 2016 budget of the federal government was hastily put together. After a meeting with President Buhari, the Senate Leader revealed to…
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Presidency orders immediate investigation of ‘2016 budget padding’
Following the recent outcry over the inconsistencies in the 2016 budget and the subsequent indefinite suspension of deliberation on the bill, the Presidency has ordered an investigation into the allegation…
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We can’t pass 2016 budget, it contains ‘too many errors’ – National Assembly
The 2016 budget submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, cannot be passed as scheduled, owing to the inconsistencies and anomalies present therein. After weeks on controversies that…
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Directors, Permanent Secretaries in worry-mode over probe of inflated 2016 budget
Directors and permanent secretaries in ministries, departments and agencies of government are said to be jittery over the Presidency's claims that the 2016 budget was inflated and over-bloated. The Presidency…
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We have ‘no reason to mislead’ Nigerians on 2016 budget – Presidency
The Presidency has said that the N6.08 trillion budget that was presented to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari- is still open to comments and criticism from the public. This…
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Buhari to fire ‘mafia in civil service’ over controversial 2016 budget
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to fire some top civil servants who allegedly sabotaged the efforts of the government to present a budget that is prudent and frugal at best.…
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‘I will reply Obasanjo using the right platform’ – Saraki
The Senate President of Nigeria, Olubukola Saraki, has stated that the National Assembly is making moves to ensure that there is transparency in its budgeting. In recent times, the legislative…
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FG hasn’t yet applied for loans from World Bank
Owing to the present state of the economy, speculations have been rife that Nigeria intends to borrow $3.5 billion in emergency loans from the World Bank and African Development Bank…
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Opinion: What the future holds for education in Kwara state
While hopes have been somewhat rekindled on the wheels of the CHANGE that took over governance in Nigeria with modified focus and awakened consciousness both on the side of the…
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Foreign Affairs Ministry budgets N1.1bn to buy computer software
The 2016 Appropriation Bill submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the 8th Assembly has been the subject of many heated controversy and discourse. More drama ensued when the document was…
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2016 budget: DSS to spend N1.1bn on construction of office buildings
by Emeka Nwankwo The Department of State Security (DSS), in its 2016 budget, plans to spend N1, 130, 480, 321 on the construction and provision of office buildings. The document did…
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Health Ministry budgets N297m for ‘computer printers’, N6m for ‘computers’
by Emeka Nwankwo One of the questionable appropriations in the 2016 budget is in the Federal Ministry of Health, where the amount earmarked for computer printers is N203 million more…
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- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy