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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday turned down the decision of the National Assembly to insert 6,576 projects in the 2022 budget. Buhari said the inclusion of new provisions totaling N36.59 billion for what the federal lawmakers called National Assembly’s projects in the Service Wide Vote negates the principles of separation of …

President Muhammadu Buhari signs 17.127 Trillion 2022 Budget into Law in State House on 31st Dec 2021

Critics Won’t Realize Buhari Is A Blessing To Nigeria Until He Leaves Office – Minister The newly appointed Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mu’azu Sambo, has said that critics of President Buhari will realize he was a blessing to Nigeria when he leaves office come 2023, Newsextra24 reports. …

Taking newsmen on a tour of the entire stretch of road on Tuesday, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Ita Enang said the road was awarded to Julius Berger at N54b, CCECC at N52.2b to CCECC and Sermatech at N79b. In his words …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Thursday, assented to the 2022 appropriation bill of N186,635,135,582.00 (One Hundred and Eighty Six Billion, Six Hundred and Thirty Five Million, One Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty Two Naira) passed by the State House of Assembly on Wednesday, December …

Katsina state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has reiterated his position on power shift to the southern part of the country, saying that would help consolidate the nation’s confederation system. Masari said this while responding to questions from journalist during a media parley held at his residence on Tuesday. “Let me …

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday evening passed the year 2022 budget estimate with a slight increase of the grand total from the initial N1.38 trillion to N1.758 trillion. The budget was passed at a sitting presided over by the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, after a …

Economy: Oyetola signs 2022 Appropriation Bill of N129.7 billion into Law …says putting Osun on surer footing non-negotiable …as Osun Speaker warns political detractors to steer clear of the House The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday signed the year 2022 Appropriation Bill into Law. He reiterated his Administration’s …

Between 2012 and 2018, five billion dollars in gold was illegally smuggled out of Nigeria.[b] President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) to provide a six-month progress report on the Solid Minerals Development Fund, designed to capture accruals from investments. He gave the directive, …

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday in Benin said that he has no regrets whatsoever in forgiving Tony Adun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leader in the state. Obaseki stated this while addressing leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in his Oredo Local Government Area of the …