Tag: budget
Nigeria’s budget to bear N49bn cost for incoming lawmakers’ salaries and allowances
The PUNCH has conducted an investigation revealing that the incoming lawmakers’ salaries and allowances in Nigeria may cost the country ...
Nigerians celebrate Davido and Chioma’s comeback to social media; APC must not be allowed to return in 2023 – Atiku | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Nigerians celebrate Davido and Chioma’s comeback to social media APC must not be allowed to return in 2023 – Atiku ...
SERAP, BudgIT increase demand for accountability and it’s the perfect inspiration for active citizenship
There appears to be increased scrutiny of institutions of government in Nigeria, which is as natural in democracy as is ...
COVID19: It’s 2020, yet Nigeria’s Finance Ministry unlocks a new level of ‘bambiala’
As Nigeria poises for a growing pandemic with the potential to wreak havoc to its fledgling healthcare system, it appears ...
5 Things that Should Matter Today: Seyi Makinde has slashed Oyo’s unrealistic budget by N103bn
Whenever governor of Oyo Seyi Makinde is in the news, you can bet that he’s done something good. Since installed ...
FG secures release of Zainab Aliyu from Saudi detention; Police raid Abuja nightclubs, arrests over 70 women and other stories that made the headlines this week
Here are the stories that drove conversation this week: Police raid Abuja nightclubs, arrests over 70 women About two weeks ...
Opinion: President Buhari’s 2018 budget illustrates Nigeria’s problem with planning to fail
President Buhari has signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill (9.12 trillion naira expenditures higher from 2017 by 22.6%), that is our ...
Just a reminder, we’re five months into 2018 and we don’t have a budget
The Nigerian budget is the annual ritual performed by the executive arm of government. In the last quarter of every ...
[The Injustice Blog] After spending 280m on cars for former Presidents and Vice Presidents in 2017, why is the FG spending another 186m in 2018?
The Nigerian budgetary process over the years has remained a source of controversy. More than fifty years after independence our ...
The Thread: “PMB’s stamina is impressive”, “All these trillions with nothing to show” | TwitterNG reactions to 2018 Budget
Yesterday, President Buhari presented the 2018 budget, dubbed the Budget of Consolidation, to the National Assembly. Here’s the breakdown of ...
Ada Oguntodu: All the ways you can wear the same blouse this week
Who says you can’t be frugal and glam? Who says you can’t style one of your wardrobe items in multiple ...
AfDB withdraws $400m proposed loan to Nigeria, redirects the money instead
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called off a loan to Nigeria that would have helped fund the country’s budget. ...
Sen. Bob Corker describes budget resolution as a hoax ahead of late Thursday voting
Controversial senator and fierce Trump critic, Sen. Bob Corker has berated the budgetary process, calling the Senate budget a hoax ...
[The Presidential Blog] This is why Nigeria is backing out of 90 organisations
On the heels of what many – including the country’s minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama – have described as ...
Here’s what we know for sure about Game of Thrones Season 8
Apart from the already known fact that the final season of HBO series, Game of Thrones will have six feature-length ...
Obama’s 2018 expenses will cost American taxpayers $1.1million
Report from Congressional Research Service memo has revealed that Former President Barack Obama will cost America taxpayers an alarming $1,153,000 ...
We will send 2018 budget to N’Assembly by October – FG
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma on Thursday said the Federal Government will ensure that the 2018 Appropriation ...
I didn’t budget N9.1bn for new lodge – Emmanuel
Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel has dismissed reports that he is planning to build a new government in Lagos ...
Reps reject NHIS budget over suspension of Executive Secretary
The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected the 2017 budgetary proposals of the National Health Insurance Scheme over the suspension ...
Four issues we want to know Adeleke’s opinion on
by Alexander O. Onukwue It may have been the duty of the Osun West people to send Ademola Adeleke to ...
You are not deserving of a reply | Fashola fires back at Goje
The Minister of Power, Work and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has knocked the chairman Senate committee on Appropriations, Danjuma Goje for ...
Resign if the work is overwhelming | Senate tells Fashola
The Senate on Wednesday asked Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) to resign his appointment if he ...
Backstory: Between a “deceitful” Fashola, the “ignorant” NASS and a stalled budget
If you have been paying keen attention to local politics, you’d know that there’s an ongoing rancour between the National ...
Fashola vs NASS: Supreme Court a bit too far?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Fashola wants to fully get in the ring with the National Assembly by asking the Supreme ...
Fashola vs NASS: The waste of money bit is about right
by Alexander O. Onukwue One of Fashola’s arguments against the change of projects in the budget provisions of the executive ...
Fashola vs NASS: Five quips from the Minister that totally shades NASS
by Alexander O. Onukwue He made observations that, as a Federal Minister, he was well entitled to make, and they ...
Mind the gap: How inept are Nigerian lawmakers?
by Alexander O. Onukwue At a time when the United States Senate is being grilled in the media and by ...
Explainer: The fuss between Fashola and the senate
by Alexander O. Onukwue The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has been in a war of words ...
The YNaija Cover this morning – the 27th of June
RoqeebahCreative mind. Enthusiast. Learner. Multipotentialite. And here, an assistant editor.
$3bn stolen by hackers, N90m bank fraud | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
$3 billion – The FBI estimates that phishing attacks by hackers have cost more than 22,143 Nigerian companies this amount. N350 ...
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