Diversion of 13% derivation fund by Oil producing states, not acceptable, Omo- Agege
ABUJA- DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo Agege, All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta Central has condemned in very strong terms, the diversion of the 13 percent oil derivation funds by oil producing states.
‘Blush & Bliss’: Cross River budgets 277 billion for 2021
…we are shifting from infrastructure to the people – Gov Ayade By Ike Uchechukwu The Cross River State government on Thursday presented its 2021 budget estimate to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval in the tune of 227 billion naira. The State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade alongside his deputy, Professor Ivara Ejemot […]
Kwara gets N7.1bn UBEC grant to fix schools, seven years after blacklist
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Kwara State Government has received N7,151,142,190 grants from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the first time since 2013 when the state was blacklisted from the national scheme. This is contained in a press statement issued by the governor’s Chief press secretary Rafiu Ajakaye in Ilorin on Thursday. Accorring to the […]
BREAKING: No more foreign medical trips for Buhari, Senate warns State House officials
Out of a budget of N19.7bn for 2021, N1.3bn is proposed for the State House Clinic By Henry Umoru – Abuja Senate, on Thursday, issued a warning to State House officials that, henceforth, President Muhammadu Buhari should stop embarking on foreign trips for medical attention. According to the Senate, rather than allow President Buhari to […]
Court Registrar jailed over N80m fraud
Soni Daniel – Abuja A Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna presided over by Hon. Justice P. H. Mallong has sentenced a former Registrar of the Court, Mr. Joseph Etefia Udoh to four years imprisonment for laundering the sum of N80 million. Mr. Udoh and his wife Grace Udoh were in December 2019 arraigned by […]
You lied, Zamfara APC crisis not resolved, Senator Marafa tells Buni’s c’ttee
Warns Governor Buni against destroying APC By Henry Umoru – Abuja Senator Kabiru Marafa who represented Zamfara Central in the Senate has accused the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of lying over the lingering crisis rocking the Zamfara state chapter of the party. Marafa who noted that the Yobe […]
