Tag: budget

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 6, 2016

NASS finally sends details of 2016 budget to Buhari

The Appropriation Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives have forwarded to the Clerk of the National Assembly for ...

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Mallam YeroApril 1, 2016

Buhari has not refused to sign 2016 budget – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has not refused to assent to the 2016 Appropriation ...

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Kolapo OlapojuMarch 30, 2016

Buhari can withhold assent of 2016 budget but we have the power to veto – NASS

The lawmakers of the National Assembly have said Nigerians should not blame them for the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 30, 2016

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 ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMarch 25, 2016

Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers emerge big spenders in 2016 budget (Full List)

Lagos and Akwa Ibom states are set to be the highest spenders among Nigerian states in 2016, according to the ...

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Kolapo OlapojuMarch 23, 2016

BREAKING: Senate passes 2016 budget… 3 months later

3 months after President Muhammadu Buhari submitted the initial copy of the nation’s budget, the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, March ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMarch 17, 2016

This is when Nigeria’s 2016 budget will be passed

Owing to the discovery of new errors, duplication and inconsistencies in the 2016 budget, the document will not be ratified ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMarch 17, 2016

House of Reps to get huge chunk of National Assembly’s N115bn budget

In spite of the massive public outcry against the huge 2016 budget of the National Assembly, it appears that the ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMarch 13, 2016

Senate to publish National Assembly budget

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, stated that the National Assembly will published details of its ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 12, 2016

Saraki to start wearing Aba-made clothes, purchases 29 fabrics

“On a serious note, we must all work together to help our local industries. A lot of people laugh about ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMarch 8, 2016

‘Buhari must sack Budget Minister, Udo Udoma’

A federal lawmaker, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, has called for the termination of the appointment of the Minister of Budget and National ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 4, 2016

Why Senate must spend N4.7bn on official vehicles – Ali Ndume

As the controversy grows over the outrageous sum budgeted for the purchase of official vehicles for Nigerian Senators, the Senate ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoFebruary 27, 2016

Reps want EFCC to probe Nigerian Army’s budget

The House of Representative Committee on Army has stated that soldiers fighting the war against insurgency in the North-east do ...

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Janeth JFebruary 26, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Trump trumped by Rubio | Reinstated soldiers not yet reinstated | Etisalat loses to MTN | More stories

I won’t work with those who instigate violence – Sheriff. Leadership Jonathan’s former aide, Adegbe is being held based on ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoFebruary 18, 2016

Chris Ngige ‘slumps’ during budget defence

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Thursday, February 18, reportedly ‘slumped to the floor’ during the defence ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 16, 2016

People appointed by Jonathan are sabotaging the government – APC Chairman

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, on Tuesday, stated that the party was being threatened by ...

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Janeth JFebruary 14, 2016

Senate has not postponed 2016 budget passage indefinitely – Ali Ndume

Majority leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume has issued some clarification regarding the passage of the 2016 budget. Senator Ndume ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 9, 2016

‘This was not what we submitted’ | How Health Minister, Prof Adewole disowned strange budget

Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole on Monday, informed members of the Senate Committee on Health that the original budget ...

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Janeth JJanuary 23, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Tompolo must face the law | MTN given 2 months lifeline | 2016 budget to be passed in February | More stories

Ijaw elders want Buhari to hunt down militants behind recent pipelines attacks. Leadership PDP raise 18-man search team for new ...

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Op-Ed EditorJanuary 17, 2016

Opinion: Is Bisi Akande senile or simply stupid?

At 77 years of age, words like ignorance, ill-mannered, uncharitable, unpatriotic, hypocrite, unguarded, manic and unscrupulous should not be used to ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 17, 2016

Ministry of Works raises budget for ‘roads’ to N244bn in reviewed Appropriation Bill

The discovery of not a few changes in the reviewed 2016 Appropriation Bill has surfaced in the past few days. ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJanuary 15, 2016

2016 Budget: FG to spend N3bn on Aso Villa medical centre [DETAILS]

The Federal Government has several times urged Nigerians to buckle up for hard times in the coming year as the ...

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Op-Ed EditorJanuary 15, 2016

2016 budget: Defence Ministry to spend N229m on auditorium renovation

by Emeka Nwankwo The expenses incurred alone on the ‘preparation of budget’ by government institutions in the 2016 national budget ...

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Janeth JJanuary 14, 2016

Impeachment of Buhari, resignation of CBN governor and 2 Ministers = PDP’s wish list

The opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, over the embarrassing ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 14, 2016

‘The document is missing’ | 5 NASS staff interrogated over stolen 2016 budget

Five staff of the National Assembly have been interrogated in connection with the alleged disappearance of the 2016 budget. The ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 13, 2016

This is when Senate will begin debate of the ‘stolen’ 2016 budget

In spite of the reports that the 2016 budget submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly had gone ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 12, 2016

Budget ceases to be our property after being submitted – Presidency

In response to the reports that the 2016 budget has been stolen from the National Assembly, the presidency has washed ...

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Janeth JJanuary 6, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Twitter is not broken | Oshodi market shut down | Obama wept | More stories

Aregbesola named ‘Omoluabi of Yorubaland’ by Alaafin. Leadership Army, DSS invade Hon Ubani’s house over Abia crisis. This Day Shiite women ...

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Kolapo OlapojuDecember 30, 2015

N39bn to be spent in running ‘Office of the President’ in 2016

Out of the N6.1 trillion budgeted by the federal government for the 2016 fiscal year, the executive arm of the ...

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Kolapo OlapojuDecember 24, 2015

Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, Babangida to get N2.3bn from 2016 budget

N2.3 billion has been budgeted as entitlements for eleven former Presidents, Heads of State and former Vice Presidents/Chiefs of General ...

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