2018 budget news

The national assembly has released details of its 2018 budget. The office of the senate president released details of the budget in a tweet on Friday. Senate President Bukola Saraki had promised that details of the..... Read more via TheCable – http://bit.ly/2VEz1eX Get More Nigeria...

The crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly deepened, yesterday, as nine of the 26 lawmakers loyal to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu dissolved all the standing committees of the House, appointed three new principal officers and amended the 2018 budget..... Read more via Vanguard News...

President Muhammadu Buhari a few days ago, in his usual characteristics of self-righteousness and buck passing blamed tardiness in the passage of budgets by the National Assembly for the delay in the completion of projects across the country by his government. He spoke when he received a …...

The Senate has adjourned plenary for two weeks to allow its committees carry out oversight function on implementation of the 2018 budget. The period will also give committees time to oversight Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on the implementation of the $2.78 billion Eurobonds …...

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Electoral Matters, yesterday, queried Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the duplication of items provided for in the 2018 budget for the 2019 polls.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2PffX4q Get More Nigeria...

The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has said that the 2018 budget will further impoverish Nigerians and favour only a few privileged individuals in the country. The party in a statement signed by Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, its Acting National Chairman and … Read more via Naijaloaded |...

The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has said that the 2018 budget will further impoverish Nigerians and favour only a few privileged individuals in the country. The party in a statement signed by Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, its Acting National Chairman and Comrade Chinedu Bosah, National...

President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to four bills. According to a letter to the Senate, and read by the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki during Tuesday’s plenary, the bills included: The National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Bill, 2018. NOW...

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected four bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The bills are the Corporate Manslaughter Bill, 2018; National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency (NCPEA) Bill, 2018; Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund Amendment Bill, 2018; and the Courts...

Shortfalls in the 2018 budget may worsen the nation’s debt status, pushing it to N25 trillion by the end of the year.Though the huge amount is far from the debt threshold .... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2NFy8zi Get more: Nigeria...

The Nigeria Police Force has clarified that its personnel seen blocking its Borno headquarters earlier today in Maiduguri, were not staging a protest, but were merely complaining over the delay.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2zalCV4 Get More Nigeria Metro News

As a patriot, I have sympathy for President Muhammadu Buhari, not because he is a cool-headed, slow but steady, articulate and incorruptible leader. No! My stand is far from that... Read more via P.M.EXPRESS – https://ift.tt/2Nj5Hac Get More Nigeria Political News

As part of its plans to finance the recently signed 2018 Nigerian budget, the federal government revealed through its Debt Management Office (DMO) that it plans to raise 2,8 billion dollars in Eurobonds. Patience Oniha, Head of Nigeria’s DMO also announced that her office has sent requests to...

Two members of the Executive and Legislative arms of government clashed yesterday over the 2018 budget, with the Director of Budget, Mr. Ben Akabueze, accusing... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2tM1Lpg Get More Nigeria Political News

With the recent signing of the 2018 National Budget by President Muhammadu Buhari last week, there seems to be a renewed hope for the federal government retirees as the government has included the payment of N97.5 billion accrued pension rights for its former workers in the current budget, …...

An Abuja-based owner of Hilton Clean Barbers identified as Alfred Umoh, has taken to the social media platform, Facebook to send an interesting proposal to President Muhamamdu Buhari. Writing on his Facebook page, the young man said that rather than the president spend the budgeted N86million...

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has blamed the recent disagreement between the Executive and the Legislative arms of government on the weakness.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2MTcFm0 Get More Nigeria Political News

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers, NUPENG, weekend, decried allegation by the Presidency that the National Assembly.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2K6g17A Get More Nigeria Metro News

The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has faulted the N11.5 billion infrastructure vote cut in the.... Read more via The Guardian Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2MUtlcI Get more: Nigeria Business News

The Pan Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF) has described as unacceptable the reduction made from the 5billion naira initially approved for the take off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South Local Government Area, by the National Assembly in the 2018 Appropriation Act. It has … Read...