Buhari revises 2016 budget, reduces allocation for exotic cars by N7billion

Buhari revises 2016 budget, reduces allocation for exotic cars by N7billion

The Presidency has drastically cut its N8.09 billion provision in the 2016 budget for the purchase of various brands of vehicles for State House operations during the year, checks by PREMIUM TIMES have shown.

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INVESTIGATION: How Jonathan paid Doyin Okupe to hack ‘unfriendly’ websites

INVESTIGATION: How Jonathan govt. paid companies linked to Doyin Okupe to hack ‘unfriendly’ websites

Two companies linked to Doyin Okupe, a former media aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, got at least N1.6 billion off the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in three shady cyber security contracts, PREMIUM TIMES investigations have shown.

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Obasanjo Speak... What is Biafra and Why are Some Nigerians Calling for Independence?

Obasanjo Speak...
 What is Biafra and Why are Some Nigerians Calling for Independence?

More than 45 years ago, Nigeria was nearly divided by a bloody civil war that led to the deaths of over a million people. Now, a revival in secessionist sentiment in southeastern Nigeria, among supporters of the historical state of Biafra, threatens to undermine President Muhammadu Buhari's vision of a united Nigeria and spill over into regional violence.

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Frm president Obasanjo saw the revival in pro-Biafran sentiment as a sign of dissatisfaction among people in Nigeria’s southeast

Obasanjo has said that support for an independent Biafra in Nigeria is a "cry for attention" by people in the country's southeast.

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has described agitations for a breakaway state of Biafra in the country’s southeast as a “cry for attention,” Nigeria’s Premium Times reported.

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Buhari to shell out N60Billion to one million artisans, market women in the proposed 2016 budget.

Buhari to shell out N60Billion to one million artisans, market women

More details are emerging about the social protection programmes of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, including a scheme to grant soft loans to about one million artisans and market women in the proposed 2016 budget.

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Arms Scandal: Anenih has revealed that the N260 million paid to him by Dasuki (retd) was on the instruction of former president Good­luck Jonathan.

Jonathan Still Owing Me N180m – spent on Jonathan’s re-election -Anenih

FORMER chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih has revealed that the N260 million paid to him by the office of the former national security adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (retd) was on the instruction of former president Good­luck Jonathan.

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