budget padding

Padding According to Ningi and His Friends

Prevailing controversy over federal legislators’ power to adjust the executive’s appropriation estimates betrays a limited…

Budget padding: Between Yahoo boys and Yahoo men

Recently, millions of Nigerians devastated by Tinubu’s elementary economic policies and all shades of socio-political…

National Assembly absolves Orelope-Adefulire of financial impropriety

The House of Representatives has denied insinuations that it indicted Princess Orelope-Adejoke Adefulire, the senior…

Senate refutes allegations on padding of 2019 budget of NDDC

Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi (PDP-Delta) on Wednesday, denied the…

N3bn libel suit: Activist Segun Awosanya dares Rep. Jibrin

  Lagos based ctivist, Mr Segun Awosanya, has dismissed the demand for an apology and…

Budget Padding: Court orders SERAP to compel FGN to punish offenders

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos South West Nigeria has granted the Socio-Economic Rights…

President Buhari assures padded-free 2017 Budget

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday vowed that the insertions of “rogue projects and figures” into the 2016…

Falana: The criminality of budget padding

By Femi Falana Last week, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives…

Why lawmakers can’t be prosecuted for fiddling with the budget – Dogara

National Assembly members cannot be investigated or charged to court for performing their constitutional responsibility…

Dogara, Jubrin and other tales

By Victor Afam Ogene "I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and…