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…Edo Assembly raises estimate by 4.3% Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, signed the N183.7 billion 2019 Appropriation Bill passed by the Edo State House of Assembly into law. The budget estimate, earlier pegged at N175 billion, was reviewed upward to N183,744,326,962.19 by the House of Assembly to provide funds for the completion of ongoing infrastructural  projects across …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Wednesday condemned the killing of the immediate past Air Chief Marshal, Alex Badeh, retired Chief of Defence Staff. The former Chief of Defence Staff, Badeh, a four-star General of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), was shot dead on Tuesday along Abuja-Keffi Road. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore …

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Wednesday, boasted that he and his running mate, Mr Peter Obi are both gurus in business and governance that can make the country work again. Atiku who vowed to restructure the country and improve the standard of living of the common masses solicited for Nigerians votes in the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed a budget of N8.83 trillion for 2019. The president presented the budget at a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The proposed budget shows that about a quarter of the sum (N2.14 trillion) will be used for debt servicing while capital expenditure is expected to gulp N2.031 trillion. Further breakdown presented by the …

Mr Badeh’s killing on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital has triggered renewed conversations among Nigerians about the security situation in the country. Many opine it was the diversion of funds by people in positions of public responsibility, as Mr Badeh once was, that contributed to the state of insecurity in the country. Alexander Sabundu Badeh, Nigeria’s former Chief of Defence …

At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja, wednesday, 19TH December 2018 PROTOCOLS – 1. It is my pleasure to present the 2019 Budget Proposals to this Joint Session of the National Assembly. 2. This being my last budget speech to the 8th National Assembly, I will review economic developments over the past three and a half years with …

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigerian Security Agencies to find the killers of former Chief of Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (rtd), describing the killing as “very sad and unfortunate.” Buhari gave the order today, while responding to the brutal killing, in a statement, signed by his Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. “The …

Nigeria’s former Chief of Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh was shot to death on Tuesday evening in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Badeh, who served under ex-President Good luck Jonathan, as Chief of Defense Staff, was reportedly gunned down by unknown gunmen, while returning from his farm. Following his death, according to report, two of his aides were kidnapped …

The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has responded to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who mocked him for adopting the ‘freedom’ slogan for his 2019 aspiration. Tinubu had, while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress on Monday, said, “Those who said they want freedom should go and learn tailoring and vulcanising and we …

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday pulled out two Major Generals and three Brigradier Generals out of service at the Nigerian Army Medical Corps in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the generals that were pulled out are Maj.-Gen. Abimbola Amusu, Maj.-Gen. Patrick Falola, Brig.-Gen. Folorunsho Jegede, Brig.-Gen. O. Akinyode and Brig.-Gen. M. Robbinson. The pulling out parade of the five generals …