President Trump’s mexican border may be a solar wall

President Trump’s mexican border may be a solar wall

President Donald Trump has proposed building a “solar wall” on the Mexican border that would pay for itself by generating electricity. At a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.“We’re thinking of something that’s unique, we’re talking about the southern border. Lots of sun, lots of heat”. “We’re thinking about building the wall as a solar wall,... Read More

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June 22, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: The Lord is my shepherd

by Olusegun Adeniyi What else shall we write? That was the title of a column written by Prof Olatunji Dare in the nineties. It attests to the fact that for every columnist, a moment comes when you look at practically all the issues dominating the news and you wonder what new things you have to... Read More

budget, Buhari, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Politics, Yemi Osinbajo

June 19, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: Dasuki has refused to account for $1.2bn transactions in one day – FG | We don’t see Nnamdi Kanu as a south-east leader of thought – Presidency | More stories

From the papers this morning – a tracklist. One of the recalled judges recieved N90m bribe from 100 lawyers – Buhari’s aide – YNaija National Assembly thinks the budget is its personal property – Sagay – YNaija Expose the thieves in your churches | Osinbajo charges Christian leaders – YNaija We don’t see Nnamdi Kanu... Read More

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Arewa youths, budget, national assembly, Nnamdi Kanu, Recalled judges, Sambo Dasuki, The YNaija Tracklist, Yemi Osinbajo

June 19, 2017

National Assembly thinks the budget is its personal property – Sagay

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Sunday agreed with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that the National Assembly has no powers to introduce any project into the budget. Speaking in Abuja at a programme organised by the National Association of Seadogs (the Pyrates Confraternity), Sagay said the legislature was... Read More

budget, Itse Sagay, national assembly, projects, Yemi Osinbajo

June 15, 2017

National Assembly can alter the budget | Dogara replies Osinbajo

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has said the National Assembly has powers to alter the National Budget. He said this during plenary on Thursday while reacting to a statement by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo had reportedly stated that the National Assembly had no right to add projects to the budget, while... Read More

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June 13, 2017

N’Assembly has no right to introduce new projects into the budget – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said the National Assembly has no right to introduce new projects during consideration of national budgets, The Nation reports. Osinbajo said this while speaking at the Flag-off of the 2018 Budget and ERGP Implementation Plan Development Process by the Ministry of Budget and National Planning at the old Banquet Hall... Read More

2017 budget, budget, national assembly, new prpjects, Yemi Osinbajo

June 12, 2017

BREAKING: Acting President Osinbajo signs 2017 budget

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has signed the 2017 budget. The Presidency had earlier announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Osinbajo to sign the budget. According to the Presidency in a series of tweets, Osinbajo signed the budget at 4:40 pm. It wrote, “The 2017 Budget is christened the Budget of Economic Recovery and Growth.” #Budget2017... Read More

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June 12, 2017

Osinbajo will sign 2017 budget today – Presidency

The Presidency has confirmed that Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will sign the 2017 Appropriation bill to law today. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu had released a statement that the President Muhammadu Buhari directed Osinbajo to sign the budget. The Presidency tweeted; Acting President @ProfOsinbajo will sign #Budget2017 today, at the State House. — Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident)... Read More

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May 16, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: 10 things we learnt from the 2017 National Assembly Budget

by BudgIT & EiE Nigeria It’s over! The era of secrecy surrounding the details of budgetary allocations to the National Assembly is now well and truly over. The four-year-old advocacy for accountability in the spending of the legislature finally climaxed last week with the release of the National Assembly’s budget breakdown. As you might expect,... Read More

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May 13, 2017

82 Chibok girls freed, 1.7m UTME candidates | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

82 – The number of Chibok girls released by Boko Haram terrorists after being held hostage for three years. 258 – The number of Nigerians who arrived Nigeria on Thursday after facing deportation from Libya. N125 billion – The National Assembly published a copy of its 2017 budget and it totalled this amount. 1.7 million... Read More

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budget, Chibok girls, Deportation, JAMB, NASS, senate, UTME

The Thread: “Promise Kept” “Won’t God do it” | Nigerians react to #Open NASS

It’s official: NASS is open. We said we will, and we did.#OpenNASS = #PromiseKept — Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) May 11, 2017 #OpenNASS1 of 3 down. Summary of @nassnigeria #2017budget @bukolasaraki is indeed committed to transparency and accountability. pic.twitter.com/lLuC839Ome — ‘Demola Adeyeye (@AAAdeyeye) May 11, 2017 Actually, partially open until we see the 33-page... Read More

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BREAKING: NASS raises budget by N10bn

by Omoleye Omoruyi The National Assembly has raised its own budget from N115bn to N125bn. Spokesperson of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, revealed in a document, presented at the consideration of the 2017 budget, that the lawmakers would spend N85bn on overhead cost, N14bn capital, and N23.7bn for personnel costs.

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Reps strongly oppose N51.9bn for SGF’s office

Members of the House of Representatives have kicked against the N51.9bn voted for the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The Rep members only shouted ‘no, no’, when the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara presided over the passing of the 2017 budget. Meanwhile, Nigerians await the passage of the 2017 budget, as... Read More

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BREAKING: House of Reps passes 2017 budget

by Azeez Adeniyi The House of Representatives has passed the 2017 budget of N7. 44 trillion. The House passed the budget after adopting the report from the appropriation committee on the budget. The senate is currently in a closed-door session over passage of the 2017 budget. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had on Tuesday shortly after... Read More

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(BREAKING) #OpenNASS: N’Assembly releases N125bn budget

by Azeez Adeniyi The National Assembly on Thursday published its 2017 budget. The budget showed that the National Assembly has budgeted N125bn as against N115bn in 2016. Total personnel cost takes N23,789,787,880; total overhead cost, N85,878,619,888; and total capital cost, N14,940,196,063. A breakdown of the estimates shows that the National Assembly gets N14.9bn; Senate, N31.3bn;... Read More

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The YNaija Tracklist: Controversy over Osinbajo’s status a mere distraction – Lai Mohammed | $43.4m, contract scam: Govt may drop SGF, NIA boss | More stories

From the papers this morning – a tracklist. Controversy over Osinbajo’s status a mere distraction – Lai Mohammed – YNaija FG sends Chibok girls’ photos to parents –YNaija Ensure remaining 113 Chibok girls are freed, NLC tells FG – YNaija 28 states owing teachers salaries – NUT – YNaija Rogue NSCDC officials shoot, rob tanker... Read More

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May 9, 2017

N’Assembly increases 2017 budget by N143bn

by Azeez Adeniyi The National Assembly has increased the 2017 budget by over N143bn. The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation on Tuesday had presented its report at the plenary. The report indicated that the committee increased the budget. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Mustapha Dawaki, said that the committee worked with other committees in... Read More

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April 28, 2017

Appear before investigative team or risk arrest, Police tell Goje

by Azeez Adeniyi The Nigeria Police Force has said it will arrest Senator representing Gombe-Central district, Danjuma Goje, if he refuses to honour its invitations. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Jimoh Moshood, said this during a breakfast television show titled, ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Channels Television. Moshood said, “On the day the house was searched,... Read More

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April 26, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 26th of April

Read the full stories and analyses on YNaija by clicking the links below: The Thread: “He’s a millenial” “Innovation” “The president is a freelancer” | Bants fly on Twitter NG about Buhari’s work from home day UPDATE: IGP, Sen. Enang storm N’Assembly over hijack of 2017 budget Polls: Millenials rate President Trump’s 100 days a... Read More

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April 24, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Never too early for shade! Jibrin has these words for Hon Dogara

Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin has recently reclaimed his position as a full-time critic of the National Assembly, the House of Representatives (which he was a member of until his suspension last year), President Buhari’s administration and especially, House Speaker Hon Dogara. But the latter has been a major target since the budget padding scandal that brought... Read More

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April 15, 2017

Letter from the son of man: Maybe it’s time to start recalling our reps from NASS

by ‘Lakunle Jaiyesimi Dear Hannibal, It is sad that you should be exposed to ludicrous acts and outbursts of people, who having forgotten that “nemo dat quod non habet” (no one gives what he doesn’t have), launch their assaults upon unsuspecting citizens, themselves ignorant of the havoc they wreak on their constituencies and the nation... Read More

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April 12, 2017

Provide monthly details of security vote, Reps tell El-Rufai

by Dolapo Adelana Spokesperson of the house of representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, has said Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai, is yet to publish his security votes. This is coming after the governor took up the challenge of Speaker Yakubu Dogara to publish Kaduna state’s security vote, as he urged Dogara to also make public the budget of the... Read More

Abdulrazak Namdas, budget, kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, national assembly, Politics, Security budget, Security vote, Yakubu Dogara

April 7, 2017

N54bn released for pension arrears not enough – Pensioners

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners has said the N54bn released by the Federal Government for payment of pensions was not enough to offset pension arrears. NUP President, Dr Abel Afolayan said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Afolayan said the Federal Government owes pensioners over N280bn. He said, “NUP has it on verified record... Read More

budget, FG, N54bn, pension arrears, pensioners

April 5, 2017

Recession: Those blaming fall in oil price were just bad managers – Utomi

by Azeez Adeniyi Former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi on Wednesday blamed the adminstration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic recession in the country. Utomi spoke as a guest lecturer at Dr Emmanuel Egbogah budget roundtable organised by the Business School of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. He blamed the recession on... Read More

bad managers, budget, pat utomi, recession

March 30, 2017

N’Assembly will soon publish its budget – Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara said the National Assembly has directed all its agencies to submit their budget details for publication. Dogara in an interview with journalists in Abuja also urged members of the legislature and executive to close ranks. Speaking on the rift between the executive and legislature, he said, “For... Read More

budget, corruption, legislature, national assembly, Yakubu Dogara

March 16, 2017

BudgIT, EiE commend Supreme Court on transparency, demand #OpenNASS

by Dolapo Adelana Advocacy organisations, BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE) have commended the Supreme Court form making details of its budget expenditure public. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Seun Onigbinde, co-founder, BudgIT. The groups called on the National Assembly to follow suit by opening up its budget to the... Read More

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March 2, 2017

Constituency projects are a waste of government funds – Afenifere

by Azeez Adeniyi Chairman of the Afenifere Renewal Group, Olawale Oshun has said the inclusion of constituency projects in the budget is a waste of government funds. Oshun stated this at a public lecture entitled, “Politics and Governance: The Nigerian Contradistinction,” at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos. He said if elected officials... Read More

budget, Constituency projects, government funds, waste

February 20, 2017

Opinion: The 2017 budget process- change in the right direction

by ‘Demola Adeyeye Without a doubt, the 2017 Appropriation Process has so far been without the several controversies that trailed the 2016 Process. This can be attributed to no less than the better rapport between the Presidency led by President Buhari and the National Assembly as led by Senate President Saraki. Even with the physical absence... Read More