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Budget Padding: National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization To Construct FRSC Office, Support Traditional Rulers, Others for N2.7 Billion

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photo showing the awarded contract in the name of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization which outside its mandate

The National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) located in Ilorin, Kwara State, has featured prominently on the list of government agencies that was used by the National Assembly to award bogus contracts in the 2024 budget. Eng. Kamal Abdulgafar Rasheed is the Executive Director of the centre. The latest discovery shows that various contracts such … Read more

Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria In Budget Padding Scandal, Gets N1.5Billion for Barbing Kits, Classroom Construction

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In another questionable insertion into the 2024 budget, nonprofit organisation, BudgIT has revealed how Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, was awarded a contract to build classrooms and install street lights in some parts of the country valued at N1,574,704,473. The research institute, which is one agency of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and … Read more

Budget Padding: College of Produce Inspection Gets N1.6 Billion To Install Streetlights Across Nigeria

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photo of Nigeria's national assembly Abuja

A report has revealed how a Kano-based Federal College of Produce Inspection will receive the sum of N1,630,000,000 to install street lights and construct classrooms in some parts of Nigeria under the 2024 Capital Projects. The college which is now known as the Federal College of Agricultural Produce Technology, was said to have been inserted … Read more

Hon. Tongo’s Aides Threaten Tracka Officials Over 2024 Project Updates

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Photo of Hon. Yaya Bauchi Tongo

Assistants of a federal lawmaker representing Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency of Gombe State, Hon. Yaya Bauchi Tongo, have been accused of threatening officials of Tracka for requesting updates on the lawmaker’s projects in the 2024 Budget. Tracka is a not-for-profit organisation in Nigeria that traces constituency projects allocated to members of the National Assembly in their … Read more

Pastor Fufeyin’s miracle water is fake – NAFDAC warns Nigerians

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-Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry deceiving Nigerians with fake spiritual healing products -We never used fake NAFDAC registration numbers to deceive anyone – Prophet Fufeyin The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has described as fake all the faith-based products produced by Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry (CMDM). … Read more

Senator Kawu Counters RMAFC, Reveals Each Senator Earns N21m Monthly

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Senator Kawu of Kano South

Contrary to what the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) said, a lawmaker representing Kano South Senatorial District Sumaila Kawu has revealed that each senator in Nigeria is paid at least N21,000,000 as a monthly salary. RMAFC, the government’s agency that determines the remuneration appropriate for political officeholders, revealed on Tuesday that each senator … Read more

Inflation Has Forced Tinubu To Return Fuel Subsidy – Obasanjo

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has told Financial Times that fuel subsidy has returned to Nigeria because of the present ‘hyper’ inflation in the country. The former leader who berated President Bola Tinubu for the manner and way he announced the removal of subsidy stated that removing the controversial subsidy wasn’t something one can “wake up … Read more

NNPC Begins Recruitment Exercise Ahead of Bad Governance Protest

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The state oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has released details of its recruitment exercise ahead of the nationwide protest scheduled to start on August 1, 2024. Most Nigerians see recruitment into the oil company as ‘exclusive’ vacancies for the children of highly influenced political class. The planned protest was planned over … Read more