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*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Good Morning to our Cherished Readers. Tuesday 28 May 2019 **NIGERIA* As N8.8 trn 2019 appropriation bill is signed into law… Buhari alleges N578bn padding in 2019… Supreme Court has imposed strangers on Zamfara, Oshiomhole laments. Court sacks Imo APC House-elect, orders INEC to return PDP candidate. I am leaving N42.5 billion for Ihedioha to govern Imo, says Okorocha. Ex-Police Affairs Minister, Ibrahim Lame, dies at 66. Buratai speaks on cultism, strike in Nigerian Army University. Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan advocates for electronic voting in Nigeria. Equities market opens week with 2.21% loss. Ibadan 21 Obas: Appeal Court reserves judgment on legality of crowning. Stakeholders urge NPA to investigate bid process. Architects get leave to file contempt proceedings against minister, others. NAWOJ asks EFCC to release report on NUJ housing ‘scam’. Northern governors at Aso Rock, condemn rising banditry, kidnapping. Buhari, on Chi
BREAKING: PMB signs 2019 budget President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday gave his assent to the 2019 appropriation bill. The assent of the President has officially made the bill become law and signal the commencement of the 2019 fiscal budget. Recall that when the bill was presented by the President to the National Assembly, the sum of N8.83tn was proposed. It was made up of N4.04tn for recurrent expenditure, N2.03tn for capital expenditure and N2.14tn for debt servicing, among others. However, after undergoing legislative scrutiny, the lawmakers on April 30 passed the 2019 budget of N8.91tn, raising it by over N90.3bn. Highlights of the 2019 budget as approved by the National Assembly include the capital expenditure of N2.09tn, recurrent expenditure of N4.05tn, statutory transfers of N502bn, fiscal deficit of N1.9tn, and special intervention of N500bn. The lawmakers also approved debt service of N2.25tn. Out of the figure, N1.7tn was approved for domestic debts, while the sum of
Paris Club Refund: Full list of what each state received. The federal government on Monday, December 18, released the state-by-state breakdown of another tranche of the Paris Club Refund. The fund which was released alongside the allocations from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) was paid to each state government. The accountant general of the federation, Idris Ahmed, while announcing this in a statement on Monday said the federal government released the funds to enable Nigerians have a better Christmas celebration. Also, a statement released on Monday by the ministry of finance said the payment of the Paris Club Refund to the state governments including the Federal Capital Territory totalled N243, 795,465,195.20. READ ALSO: How David Mark illegally acquired Senate president’s official residence - FG Below is what each state government received from the Paris Club Refund 1 Abia state - N5,715,765,871.48 2 Adamawa state - N6,114,300,352.68 3 Akwa Ibom state - N10,000,