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

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

-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).

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Senator Kawu Counters RMAFC, Reveals Each Senator Earns N21m Monthly

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

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Inflation Has Forced Tinubu To Return Fuel Subsidy – Obasanjo

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

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NNPC Begins Recruitment Exercise Ahead of Bad Governance Protest

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

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Kyari Replies Dangote: Blending Plant In Malta Does Not Impede NNPC Operations

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has disclosed that the Malta blending plant, as Alhaji Aliko Dangote alleged, can not influence NNPC’s business operations and strategic actions. The NNPCL stated this Tuesday to counter the allegation made by the Chairman of Dangote Group who in an interview

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