•Tinubu presenting budget to the joint session of the National Assembly last year The delay in the presentation of the 2026 budget is making it difficult for businesses to plan for the new year, stakeholders and experts have said. They said many businesses rely on the annual budget to make projections, hence the delay in […]
•Ibok-Ete Ibas The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok Ibas (retd), has announced that his administration is preparing a new state budget in response to the Supreme Court’s recent declaration. Ibas shared this development during a meeting with a delegation from the Rivers Caucus of the National Assembly at the Government Hous...
The World Health Organisation is facing a gaping deficit this year and through 2027 following the US decision to withdraw, even after dramatically slashing its budget, a media report indicated today. As the United Nations health agency has been bracing for the planned full US withdrawal next January, it has gradually shrunk its two-year budget...
•Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed dissatisfaction over the action of the Rivers State House of Assembly, denying him entry from the quarters today. Fubara addressed residents of the Khana Local Government Area of the state during the commissioning of some health facilities shor...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State to ignore any purported ultimatum issued by the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill within 48 hours. HURIWA added that the sitting by the...
•Tinubu and National Assembly Criticisms have continued to follow yesterday’s passage of the record-breaking N54.99 trillion 2025 budget by the National Assembly, with some observers accusing lawmakers of misplaced priorities, fiscal irresponsibility, and potential political motives ahead of the 2027 elections. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rais...
•Atiku Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has warned the federal government that the $1.07 billion allocated to the health sector in the 2025 budget should not be misused. Atiku in a statement in Abuja asked that mechanisms must be put in place to ensure the funds are used to improve healthcare services rather than vanish under […]
•Abubakar Momoh The Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh, today said the sum of N2 billion in the ministry’s proposed budget for 2025 was reserved as zonal intervention (constituency) projects for the Leader of the House of Representatives, Prof Julius Ihonvbere. Momoh disclosed this while presenting the ministry’s budget proposal ...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara on the floor of the House of Assembly Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has presented the 2025 budget proposal of ₦1.1 trillion to the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led Rivers State House of Assembly. The Appropriation Bill, tagged “Budget of Inclusive Growth and Development”, was presented during plenary today. Arriving a...
•Tinubu The federal government has earmarked over N780 million for prosecuting terrorism-related cases, anti-money laundering initiatives, and other criminal matters in 2025. According to the 2025 Appropriation Bill, N530m has been allocated for the management of terrorism-related cases and issues, and N2 billion for the purchase of vehicles f...
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