2018 budget dead on arrival – Abaribe

Speaking at the commencement of the debate on 2018 budget on Tuesday, Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, said the budget is dead on arrival, as it is totally fictitious. The senator said the proposed N8.6 trillion appropriation bill could not be described as a budget of consolidation because “nothing was done” in […]

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EFCC: The Senate is displaying public ignorance, EFCC did not recover a single property from Maina

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused the senate of displaying public ignorance about the profile of recovered assets. The anti-graft agency said this in scathing response to the allegation that property seized from suspected pension thieves had been shared. Emmanuel Paulker, chairman of the senate ad hoc committee investigating the reinstatement of […]

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MainaGate: Senate accuses EFCC of sharing 222 recovered houses

The Chairman of the senate ad hoc committee investigating the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, Emmanuel Paulker, says 222 houses recovered from a pension probe have been shared. Paulker said this on the floor of the senate on Thursday, while moving a motion on the need to investigate the “mystery” surrounding the recovered property which the […]

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FRESH: Buhari’s full speech as he presents N8.6 trillion 2018 budget to NASS

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented about N8.612 trillion as the 2018 Budget to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS), saying the projected expenditure will drive rapid economic recovery. He said; “With the economic recovery made so far, it is clear that we made the right decisions. President Buhari said at the session […]

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