N3tr budget padding: Come clean, clear all allegations, Obi charges Senate
Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, has admonished the Senate to come clean and clear all the allegations associated with the N3 trillion padding in the 2024 budget. Obi writing…
Groups, 34 Nigerians drag Tinubu to court over appointments of REC for INEC
Two groups and 34 concerned Nigerians have filed a suit against President Bola Tinubu for the appointment of Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The…
IGR growth: Ogun consolidates Abiodun’s economic strategy, ranks first in Nigeria
Following its consistent positive performance in generating revenue, Ogun State has been ranked as Nigeria’s leading Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) state on Index A1. This was made known in the…
Twitter: 70 CSOs Ask FG To Reverse Ban, Withdraw Prosecution threat
June 14, 2021 Civil society organisations numbering 70 have called on the Federal Government to reverse the ban on Twitter and withdraw the threat to prosecute anyone using the app…
CPI: Nigeria Drops To 149, Worst Ranking Since 2015
Nigeria has recorded its worst rating on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index, CPI, since 2015. In the 2020 index released on Thursday, the country scored 25 out of 100…
LAGOS FINANCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY STABLE
Lagos State is economically and financially solid, the government has said. This is contrary to the publication by BudgIT, a public finance analyst, titled ‘Ability of States to Meet Monthly…
SERAP, others ask Court to restrain Buhari, others from releasing proposed N37bn NASS renovation budget
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 583 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “restrain and stop President…
2018 Budget:2.3m bpd oil production benchmark overly optimistic – BudgIT
May 17, 2018 BudgIT, a Civil Society Organisation on Thursday disapproved the recently passed 2018 budget for being overly optimistic especially the 2.3 million barrels per day (bpd) oil production…