The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, nullified the N800 billion budget signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Simi Fubara.Fubara had sent the budget for 2024 to a four-man House of Assembly for approval on December 13 amid his feud with the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.The court also upheld the suit filed by the Rivers House of Assembly and its Speaker Martin Amaewhule, against Fubara, which sought an order of injunction restraining the governor from frustr...

Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Right Honourable Blessing Agbebaku, recently clarified the rationale behind the reduction in the allocation to the Deputy Governor's office for the 2024 appropriation. The allocation was slashed to approximately N345 million, while other offices, including the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Head of Service (HoS), and others, received higher allocations.Agbebaku addressed journalists in his office, dispelling rumors of d...

According to the civic organisation, the allocation for the streetlight projects was higher than the total allocation to schools and primary health centres in the country, which stood at N77.9 billion and N3.1 billion respectively, in the budget.BudgIT, a Nigerian civic organisation through its service delivery promotion platform, Tracka, has revealed that the Nigerian government in the 2023 budget allocation, allocated the sum of N81.7 billion for the construction...