Despite the decision of the House of Representatives to suspend Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, a good number of Nigerians have stated that there is a need for...
Nigeria may be compelled by the prevailing economic recession to review some capital projects, as listed in the 2016 budget. This is in preference to railways projects, estimated to cost $5.13 billion according to an investigation....
Jolted by the outcry over slow implementation of the 2016 budget, Nigeria’s government is said to have intensified search for funds with which to executive a...
Activities aimed at launching an ambitious school feeding programme are nearing implementation, the presidency announced on Wednesday. Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will on Thursday lead select...
With a daily loss of over 800,000 barrels from a projected 2.2 million barrels of crude per day (bpd) Nigeria’s budget 2016 may be headed for...
By Abiodun Komolafe… BONNIE Honig, political theorist and author of ‘Emergency Politics: Paradox, Law, Democracy’ wrote: “Democracies must resist emergency’s pull to focus on life’s necessities...
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma on Thursday gave the breakdown of the 2016 budget which was signed into law last week...
Great expectations, that was the feeling of many Nigerians as they watched with rapt attention last Friday when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill...
The National Assembly on Thursday quietly handed over what they said was a clean copy of the 2016 Budget to the presidency for assent. The document...
Obviously working towards promises made to the Presidency, and Nigerians, to resolve the budget impasse within the shortest possible time, the House of Representatives on Wednesday...
The Senate on Monday, sent a message to the Presidency to come clean with Nigerians on the 2016 Budget and stop engaging in surreptitious campaigns of...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Senator Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East) has stated that the Executive did not tell Nigerians the whole truth on the issue...
There are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari is still not ready to sign the 2016 budget into law even as he leaves for China today....
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said that the move by President Muhammadu Buahri to obtain a loan of $2 billion from China, is an attempt...
Taking a cue from the Upper Chamber, The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the 2016 Appropriation bill with a proviso that Section 318 of the...
The Senate has passed the 2016 budget on Wednesday which was sent to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, on December 22,...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki says that the National Assembly has not passed the 2016 budget because it wants to do a thorough job of it to make...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the redeployment of about 184 top civil servants over their roles in the padding of the 2016 Budget proposals. According to...
Of the over 97 Standing Committees of the House of Representatives 60 have since submitted their 2016 budget report, the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation Abdulmunin...
In from Ripples Nigeria Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma and the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab,...
In from Ali Smart . . . It’s no more news that Nigeria is in dire financial straits and as such, is looking at ways to...
The Senate, on Monday, explained why it rejected the 2016 Budget, saying the version submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters,...
In from Stanley Azuakola . . . The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wants to be taken seriously as a credible opposition. But the party is lazy...
Despite the criticism of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, of President Muhammadu Buhari’s budget proposal to the National Assembly and its conclusion that the budget, as...
