by Dolapo Adelana The Nigeria Police Force has hijacked the 2017 budget, according to Senator Danjuma Goje. Goje, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation raised the alarm…
Read Moreby Azeez Adeniyi The National Assembly has included the construction of a second runway for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in the 2017 Appropriation Bill, Punch reports. The newspaper…
Read Moreby Dolapo Adelana Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the Eighth Assembly will provide a breakdown of the earnings of each lawmaker. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV, the…
Read Moreby Azeez Adeniyi The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma has said the Federal Government lacks funds to pay for salaries and pensions. Udoma said this on Thursday,…
Read MorePresident Muhamadu Buhari laid the 2017 budget before the National Assembly on the 14th of December 2016 in ceremonious fashion and with a promise to ensure that this budget will…
Read MoreSpeaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday asked committed yet to submit their report of 2017 budget to the Committee on Appropriation to do so before Friday. Dogara gave…
Read MoreChairman Senate Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje has said the Senate may pass the 2017 Appropriation Bill before May. Goje who disclosed this on Monday warned heads of Ministries, Departments…
Read Moreby Dolapo Adelana Senate President Bukola Saraki says the legislature aims to pass the 2017 budget by the end of March. "This month is our deadline to finish work on…
Read MoreFrom the papers this morning - a Tracklist Why victims of xenophobia are not compensated – Envoy - YNaija Rivers rerun: 25 indicted INEC staff to face prosecution - YNaija…
Read Moreby Dolapo Adelana The Federal Government on Thursday dismissed claims that the 2017 budget was padded and filled with frivolous and unclear expenditures. The Director-General, Budget Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze,…
Read Moreby Dolapo Adelana The 8th Senate returns to regular business on Tuesday as it continues work on the 2017 budget and several economic priority bills which are at different stages…
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Read MoreA gathering of saints filled with the Spirit, loaded with their bottles of anointing oil, power-filled handkerchiefs, blemish-free white garments, spewing firebrand prayer points on Nigeria's 2017 budget. As for…
Read MoreSenator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Bruce has revealed that N40 million has been set aside in the 2017 budget to feed wildlife in the Presidential villa. In a series of…
Read MoreSenator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has said the 2017 budget was not different from previous ones which had frivolous needs planted into them. He stated this in Abuja while…
Read Moreby Dani Ajonu As the National Assembly (NASS) considers the 2017 budget, an item under the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) submission proposes to spend ₦915 million for the provision and distribution…
Read MoreFirst of all, it comes as no surprise that this irregularity was found in the budget proposal of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing headed by Mr Babatunde Fashola…
Read MoreThere are indications that the budget padding mess which occurred in the 2016 budget is set to repeat itself this year. The Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development has…
Read MoreThere seems to be some sort of confusion with the information provided by the Nigerian Senate's Twitter account over the submission of Mr Ben Akabueze, Director General of the Budget…
Read MoreThese are the top five stories you should monitor today. Here’s the full list of winners at the 2017 Grammy Awards The 59th annual Grammy Awards held on Sunday at…
Read MoreFrom the papers this morning – a Tracklist. How soldiers killed 5, injured 20 of our members – IPOB - YNaija 2017 budget: N’Assembly, Adeosun, Udoma, 57 others to meet…
Read MoreEmbattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu will appear before the Senate on Tuesday to defend the agency's budget. Magu's appointment had been declined…
Read MoreThe National Assembly will meet the Minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma and 57 others on Monday over the 2017 budget. Chairman of…
Read MoreThe Senate on Monday will hold a public hearing on the 2017 Appropriation Bill submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator…
Read Moreby Everest Nwagwu “The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.” Henry Ward Beecher “Were it left to me to decide if we should…
Read MoreActing President, Yemi Osinbajo has received Senate President, Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives speaker, Yakubu Dogara at the Presidential Villa for the second time this week. The first meeting…
Read MoreActing President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday met with the leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives over the 2017 Appropriation bill and the nation's economy. The meeting took…
Read MoreActing President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan behind closed doors at the Presidential villa, Abuja.…
Read MoreThe 2017 National budget has passed Second Reading in the Senate. Details later...
Read MoreFormer Majority Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume on Wednesday tackled Senate President Bukola Saraki during the debate on the 2017 budget. Ndume had alleged that his name was…
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