The insecurity that has bedeviled the country for years may not ease soon, going by the submission of the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru. Badaru spoke...
The Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has condemned the allocation of N2.4 billion to the purchase of fuel and traveling in the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is urging the Nigerian government to approve a 300% increase in its annual budget to strengthen efforts against escalating...
The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Yusuf, has presented the 2024 State Supplementary/Amendment Budget of N99,221,503,569.90, to the House of Assembly to cover wages and other...
In a dramatic session on Monday, the Rivers State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Martin Amaewhule, decisively halted all expenditures by Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s...
The Senate on Tuesday called for improved budgetary allocation to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Capital Market, Osita...
The Rivers State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Martin Amaewhule, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Governor Siminialayi Fubara to resubmit the 2024 budget...
Debate has reignited around transparency of the 2024 Appropriation Act after Senator Abdul Ningi’s claims of a missing N3.7 trillion was backed by a civil society...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has justified an increase in the 2024 budget signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on Monday with an additional N1.2 trillion...
Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, on Friday, signed the state 2024 budget of N313.3 billion, tagged ”Budget of moving forward” into law. Kefas who performed...
There was mild drama in the Senate during plenary on Tuesday as the Committee on Appropriations discovered that there was no provision for the population and...
Former Edo State Governor and Senator representing Edo North in the National Assembly, Adams Oshiomhole, and a member of the Senate Committee on Trade, on Tuesday,...
Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Doris Nkiruka-Anite Uzoka, on Tuesday, came under fire during her defence of the ministry’s 2024 Budget before the Senate Committee...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has proposed a budget estimate of N76.59bn for the 2024 financial year. The Chairman of the commission, Ola Olukoyede,...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has promised that the upper legislative chamber will be meticulous in the scrutiny of 2024 budget estimates presented by President Bola Tinubu....
The Plateau State House of Assembly on Friday passed the 2024 appropriation bill of N314.8 billion. On Tuesday, Governor Caleb Mutfwang presented a budget estimate of...
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday presented the 2023 budget proposal of N472.2 billion to the state’s House of Assembly. Abiodun, who read the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has earmarked for the Presidential Villa the sum of N14.8 billion for Internet connection, stationery, and telephone charges, among others for 2023. This...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived the National Assembly to present the N19.76trillion 2023 Appropriation bill before the National Assembly. This is will be the last budget...
The Nigerian Senate has given a one-week ultimatum to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), who are yet to appear before relevant Committees to defend their 2022...
A former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has warned that the advocacy to increase budget in the educational sector will not redress the challenges in...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Monday, appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to give an overview of the 2021 fiscal...
It is no longer news that Nigeria intends to take additional loans in the coming years to close budget gaps. The news is that in the...
The Senate on Wednesday passed the 2021 Supplementary Budget of N982.72 billion, an increase of N87 billion of the request presented to it two weeks ago...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Senate will on Wednesday, consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s N895.8 billion supplementary budget request. Lawan made the...
The federal government has warned accounting officers in charge of preparing personnel budgets in ministries, departments, and agencies to avoid shady practices or face sanctions. Mrs....
The federal government has been called out to explain why 316 duplicated capital projects totaling N39.5 billion were included in the 2021 budget and approved. This...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has stated that the N9.4 billion approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) was not all that was needed to complete...
A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas who is the Chairman, House Committee on Army, has called on the Federal Government to increase funding...
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Monday signed the 2020 supplementary appropriation bill of N42.8 billion into law. The governor, who signed the appropriation bill...
The total expenditure of the presidency has been cut down to N10 billion for the 2021 fiscal year from the N15.3 billion in the revised 2020...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday signed the state’s 2020 budget. The governor signed the 2020 Appropriation Bill passed by the State House of Assembly...
The Joint National Assembly Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has summoned 17 oil companies over their alleged N72billion and $273million indebtedness to the commission....
The Senate on Thursday, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2020 Appropriations Bill to joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday next week....
Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday requested the Presidency to ensure the early submission of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to allow...
New Zealand’s main opposition party has denied hacking into the government’s computer systems to steal documents relating to the country’s budget, BBC reports. New Zealand’s Treasury...
The House of Representatives has approved the sum of N346,513,046,220.00 as the total sum for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC for the 2019 fiscal year....
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma has said that the Federal Government will be reverting to the January to December budget cycle,...
Should the scheduled budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari before a joint session of the National Assembly fail tomorrow, the management of the National Assembly has...
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has advised the Presidency to desist from playing politics with sensitive issues like the budgeting process. Senator Olujinmi noted that...
There is palpable anxiety in the polity as the National Assembly joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) meets today, to continue deliberation on...
Nigerians spend more than $1 billion on about four million medical treatments abroad each year, a new report by Deloitte has revealed. The report, titled “Invest...
A former minister for finance and coordinating minister for the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has clarified controversies that have been raised as a result of extracts from...
There are strong indications that the N8.612 trillion 2018 budget christened “Budget of Consolidation’’ may suffer longer delay as the National Assembly (NASS) awaits further submissions...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday stated that the 2018 budget must run for 12 months, in-line with the 2017 Appropriation Act passed by...
President Muhammadu Buhari has threatened to sack chief executives of federal parastatals and agencies that fail to appear before the National Assembly to defend their budgets,...
As at the end of November, only 15 per cent of funds have been released from the 2017 annual budget across all sectors of government, Chairman,...
To make for effective national planning, funds from donor agencies into the country for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) will now be reflected in annual budgets....
Some senators Monday said the executive arm of government was still suffering from military hangover. The senators said frequent claims that the National Assembly had no...
The Presidency has indicated that it would forward a request for intraministerial virement to the National Assembly when the parliament resumed plenary tomorrow. This is to...
