Area father, Charly Boy has spoken again. This time, he directs his words to President Buhari via an open letter where he touched on the current fuel crisis in the nation as well as those calling for the resignation of Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. IbeKachikwu. He wrote: “My dear Presido, Please tell…
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The National Assembly yesterday assured the nation that the details of the 2016 Budget would be released in two weeks. According to The Guardian, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Dr. Abdulmumini Jibrin while addressing newsmen denied that its position on the budget was politically motivated. He said it was unfair to…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with victims of the fire incidents in Sabon Gari Market, Kano State and Birnin Kebbi Central Market, Kebbi State last Saturday, reports The Will. In a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, the president commiserated with the government and people of the two states, particularly those who incurred…
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Wife of Nigeria’s President, Aisha Buhari has reacted to the allegations by PDP on forex transactions making waves on social media where she was said to have been a beneficiary of the alleged $22 million allocation from CBN. Read here if you missed, Though the apex bank has denied any dealings of that nature…
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The National Assembly as at yesterday, failed on its promise to lay the report on the N6.07trn 2016 budget in its chambers on Wednesday. Contrary to expectations, neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives received any report on the budget from their Committee on Appropriation. The budget was not listed on the Order Paper…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of breaching the 1999 Constitution, which he swore to protect by allegedly approving the killing of unarmed Igbo who were agitating for Biafran Republic, reports Vanguard. It also frowned at the confiscation of newspapers that carried Biafran stories by armed soldiers in Aba,…
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No fewer than 184 top budget officials have been redeployed from the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as punishment for the padding of the 2016 proposed budget. A total of Twenty two senior staff of the Budget Office in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning were redeployed to other ministries, departments and…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to deal decisively with the masterminds of the 2016 “budget padding”. Showing his anger and dissatisfaction with the controversies trailing the 2016 budget proposal currently being debated at the National Assembly, the president admitted that the budget he submitted to the national legislature last year had been utterly doctored.…
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The two arms of the National Assembly (NASS), declared, yesterday, that the 2016 budget was full of errors, saying the document could no longer be passed on February 25 as earlier promised. This came on a day the Senate Committee on Gas Resources rejected the N200 million allocation demanded by the Federal Ministry of…
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On Tuesday, February 2, President Buhari arrived in Strasbourg, France amid bad weather conditions, ahead of his address at the Plenary Session of The European Union yesterday. The President was received by Minister for Budget & National Planning Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, Nigerian Ambassador to France Amb. H.O. Suleiman, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey…
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