Tag: budget
US spy agencies spent nearly $68 bn in 2014
US spy agencies spent nearly $68 billion in fiscal year 2014, about the same level of spending on intelligence gathering…
Edo budgets N157bn For 2015 fiscal year
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N156.551 billion for the…
Oshiomhole to present budget on Tuesday
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state will on Tuesday 23 September, present the 2015 budget appropriation to the…
Nigeria’s Economy Needs Professional Entrepreneurs
By Nduka Uzuakpundu Some measured optimism is being expressed concerning the emergence and ranking of the Nigerian economy as a…
‘Lagos Budget Records 86% Half Year Performance’
Lagos State Government has recorded cumulative mid-year budget performance of 86 percent, despite a big drop in its receipt from…
Jonathan Signs 2014 Budget
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan this morning signed the 2014 Appropriation Act into law. Following this, the president directed Dr.…
Nigerian Army: Why We Can’t Fight Boko Haram
The reason terror group Boko Haram has been having a field day across Nigeria is because the country’s military lacks…
Let The Budget Be Signed This Month
By John Tosin Ajiboye On December last year when the 2014 Appropriation bill was sent from Executive to the National…
Woeful Funding Of Science And Tech
The Nigerian Supervising Minister of Science and Technology, Omobola Johnson, stunned the National Conference Committee on Science, Technology and Development,…
Gender Equality: Ogun Keeps Faith With MDGs
By Sakirudeen Bashiru The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were drawn in 2000 to galvanize the efforts of about 193 countries…
Budgets: States Should Be Transparent
A budget expresses strategic plans of business units, organizations, activities or events in measurable terms. It is an important concept…
Amosun Presents N210bn Budget For 2014
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria today presented a proposed budget of N210.21 billion for the 2014 fiscal…
Some Police Stations Run On Less Than N2,000 Daily —Senator
Some police formations are run on less than N2,000 per day, Senator Gyang Pwajok (PDP, Plateau north) has disclosed. He…
Jonathan Finally Signs Nigeria’s 2013 Budget
TOKUNBO OLAJIDE Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, finally signed the 2013 Appropriation Bill into law, ending weeks of stand-off between…
Another Budget Debacle
The 2013 Appropriation Bill remains unsigned and enmeshed in a familiar crisis of distortions Watching President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday…