Breaking: Senator Ningi Suspended for 3 months
The Senate has suspended the former Senate Deputy Leader and Chairman, Northern Senators Forum, NSF, Senator Abdul Ningi, PDP, Bauchi Central for three months, asking him not to participate in all the activities of the 10th Senate. The Senate also resolved…
Court dismisses suit challenging Fubara’s ₦800 billion 2024 budget for Rivers
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit that sought to prevent Governor Siminalayi Fubara from re-presenting the ₦800 billion 2024 budget of Rivers State. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in her ruling, also set aside an interim order made…
Court Nullifies Rivers 2024 Budget, orders Governor to re-present to House
A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified and set aside the presentation and passage of the Rivers State 2024 Budget by a four-member state assembly. Justice James Omotoso, on Monday, also ordered Governor Siminalayi Fubara to represent the budget…
Sanwo-Olu Signs N2.2tn 2024 Budget
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the N2.2 trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill passed by the state’s House of Assembly into law and assured Lagosians of effective implementation. The budget estimate for the 2024 fiscal year tagged ‘Budget of Renewal’…
Rivers Assembly passes resolution asking Governor Fubara to re-present 2024 budget
The Rivers House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging Governor Siminialaye Fubara to re-present the state 2024 budget and the medium-term expenditure framework for consideration. This followed the adoption of a motion by the speaker, Martin Amaewhu, during the…
UN General Assembly Approves $3.59bn 2024 Budget
The General Assembly has approved a US$3.59 billion budget for the United Nations for 2024. The budget includes creation of a dedicated account to fund the organization’s peace-building fund. This was revealed in a statement issued by the Office of…
Aiyedatiwa presents N273bn 2024 budget before Ondo Assembly
The Ondo state acting governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has presented the proposed N384.533 billion 2024 budget to the State House of Assembly. A breakdown of the proposed budget, christened the “Budget of Economic Resilience,” showed that N212,014,859,647.00 was budgeted as…
Kano State Passes N437bn Budget For 2024
The Kano state house of assembly has approved the sum of N437.35bn for the 2024 budget. Recall that the governor of the state, Abba Kabir Yusuf, had presented a N350bn naira to the assembly on October 27, promising to block…
No provision for census in 2024 budget — Senate
The Senate has raised the alarm that there was no provision for the population and housing census scheduled for next year in the National Population Commission, NPC, 2024 budget proposal, which was submitted to the National Assembly for consideration. Speaking…
Rivers crisis: Pro-Wike lawmakers reject 2024 budget
The Martins Amaehwule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly has rejected the passage of the 2024 budget by the four members of the assembly led by Edison Ehie. It was reported that the four-man House of Assembly last…