NJC reject nominees for Adamawa, Osun and Kwara state chief judgesCHANNELSThe National Judicial Council (NJC) has thrown out the recommendations by Kwara, Adamawa and Osun state governors for the appointments of Chief Judges for their respective states...

2013 budget is prudent, reasonable, says finance ministerThe PunchMinister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday allayed fears about the workability of the ministry's 2013 budget. In a statement by her spokesman, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, the ...

Osun DefenderSack Aruma Oteh now, Senate tells JonathanOsun DefenderSack Aruma Oteh now, Senate tells Jonathan. THE Senate Thursday,urged President Goodluck Jonathan to as a matter of urgency sack the Director-General, Security and Exchange Commission,...

CHANNELSStop lamenting about the poor state of the country and rather cooperate with the ...Information NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to stop the lamentations over the poor state of the country and rather cooperate with the gov...

CHANNELSBombing against a Church in North Nigeria causes no victimAgenzia Giornalistica Italia(AGI) Abuja, Oct. 18 - A new bombing attack was launched against Christians in the mostly Muslim North Nigeria. Wednesday night a bomb was detonated against a...

WorldStageChibuike Rotimi Amaechi @ 5 and health challenges in Rivers StateWorldStageBy Eze Chukwuemeka Eze-- According to Daisaku Ikeda, “A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, fu...

Leadership Newspapers2015 Presidential Election: Absence Of Judge Stalls JudgmentLeadership NewspapersJudgement in a suit filed by a PDP member, Mr Cyracus Njoku, asking an Abuja High Court to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2015 e...

BusinessDayPolice dismiss Sergeant for encouraging Aluu murderBusinessDayThe Nigerian Police Force has dismissed a Sergeant known as Lucky Orji for allegedly ordering the killing of the four students of University of Portharcourt in Aluu, Rivers state....

San Francisco ChroniclePatience Returns to AbujaAllAfrica.comFirst Lady Patience Jonathan returned to Abuja yesterday after weeks in a German hospital, saying people who thought she would die in Aso Rock because of previous deaths of Presidential spous...

CHANNELSArmy nabs 10 for bunkeringDaily Times NigeriaThe Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had arrested 10 persons for oil bunkery in Edo and Delta State. The 4 Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Abel Umahi, told journalists in Benin City that the command ...

Osun DefenderFG scraps promotion exams in civil serviceOsun DefenderFG scraps promotion exams in civil service. president jonathan_200_200 With effect from 2013, promotion in the federal civil service will no longer be based on promotion examinations. ...

Osun DefenderSultan declares Friday October 26 Sallah dayCHANNELSThe spiritual leader of Muslims in Nigeria and Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Muhammad Abubakar on Wednesday said that Muslim in the country should celebrate Eid-al-Kabir on Friday October 2...

CHANNELSCaution your aides, Senate tells JonathanNigerian ObserverDaily Readings: Matthew 19-21 "For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ," Philippians 1:19 Prayer trans...

NIMASA averts ship hijack, nabs 15 suspected piratesVanguardBY Godwin Oritse Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, last weekend, averted another ship hijack and arrested 15 suspected pirates with arms and ammunition. Disclosing th...

Subsidy scam: Uba obtained more than 11 states' allocation – ProsecutionVanguardBy Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS — The prosecution told Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, that the fund involved in the case against the Mana...

Oshiomhole sacks 41 school inspectors, demotes VPNigerian TribuneIN continuation of the ongoing sanitisation of the state education sector, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, on Wednesday, announced the removal of 41 Zonal Inspectors and Chief Ins...

Osun DefenderPDP dissolves Adamawa exco, as Tukur, Nyako rift deepens •Warns NASS ...Nigerian TribuneTHE lingering crisis between the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and the Adamawa State governor, Admira...

Leadership NewspapersNJC rejects Lagos judge as Osun CJ •Asks Aregbesola to follow seniority listNigerian TribuneSTRONG indications emerged on Wednesday in Abuja that the National Judicial Council (NJC) shot down the nomination of Justice Olubunmi Oy...

Leadership NewspapersGunmen kidnap two pupils, demand N30m ransomVanguardBY Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR—gunmen, Tuesday, kidnapped two school children of the same parents, while their mother, Mrs. Juliet Eko, was taking them to school. An eyewitness ...

Osun DefenderLagos ACN hits back at PDP over attack on FasholaOsun DefenderThe Action Congress of Nigeria, Lagos state chapter has lashed out at the Lagos state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over a statement issued to condemn Governor Babatunde Fashol...

The PunchOndo Guber: ACN cautions INEC on accreditation of partisan groupsVanguardThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on INEC to speak out urgently on the decision by the commission's Election Monitoring and Observation Unit to register...

Osun DefenderHouse Okays Amendment Bill on National Honours AwardOsun DefenderA bill seeking to shore up the credibility of the National Honours Award scaled through the second reading stage Tuesday in the House of Representatives as lawmakers voted un...

NDTVExplosions, Gunfire Rock Northeastern Nigerian TownVoice of AmericaExplosions and gunfire shook a city in northeastern Nigeria Wednesday, two days after violence in the region killed at least 24 people. Residents of Potiskum in Yobe state say the f...

Leadership Newspapers1500 Persons To Undergo Free Eye Surgery In Osun, Says AregbesolaLeadership NewspapersGov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun said that 1500 persons across the state's 30 local government areas would undergo free eye screening and surgery...

BusinessDayFashola tasks chartered accountants on state of the nationBusinessDayAs Nigeria continues to record poor performance levels in its budget implementation, Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola has asked what chartered accountants are doing ...

BusinessDayDisagreement remains as Senate pegs oil benchmark at $78BusinessDayThe Senate on Tuesday jerked up the benchmark oil price for the 2013-2015 Medium Term Expenditure Framework from $75 to $78 per barrel pending the submission of the 2013 budg...

Osun DefenderPresentation of Bayelsa 2013 appropriation billThe NationSpeaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Kombowei Benson (left) presenting the appropriation bill for signing to the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson (right) at Go...

Osun DefenderOndo Poll: Akeredolu Promises Regional VarsityOsun DefenderAction Congress of Nigeria's candidate for the Ondo State governorship election on Saturday, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has promised to establish a regional university in the South-...

Leadership NewspapersProtesters storm National Assembly over illegal demolishing of homesCHANNELSOver 100 protesters today, stormed the National Assembly demanding compensation for what they described as the illegal demolition of over 500 houses by the...

Leadership NewspapersKogi Assembly Removes Speaker, LeadershipLeadership NewspapersIn a controversial and dramatic manner, the Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday removed the principal officers from office. Twelve out of the 25- member assembly atte...

The Punch'Leave us out of Ekiti's woes'The PunchMimiko Campaign Organisation has advised the Ekiti chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria to provide solutions to the problems facing the state instead of focusing on Saturday's governo...

De Smog BlogUS to aid Niger Delta's growthThe Guardian NigeriaTHE United States (US) has renewed its interest to assist in building Nigeria's capacity and overcome the obvious challenges that have retarded her growth. The US Deputy Assistant Se...

Odumakin's group should be de-accreditedVanguardBY EMMANUEL AZIKEN, POLITICAL EDITOR THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday pressed forward its case for the removal of the Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin led Women Arise from among the election monito...

My friend, Kwankwanso doesn't understand constitution making – EkweremaduVanguardBy Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Abutu Agada Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutio...

Rivers commissioner kidnappedVanguardPORT HARCOURT- RIVERS state government has confirmed the abduction of the Commissioner for Power, Mr. Augustine Nwokocha. A statement from the Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari sai...

BusinessDayReps move to reduce CBN governor's powersBusinessDayIn a move seen as an attempt to whittle down the powers of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the House of Representatives will on Monday conduct public hearing on the p...

Nigerian Tribune2013 Budget - Not Inclusive, Wrong PrioritiesAllAfrica.comBy Sanusi Abubakar, 16 October 2012 In his 2013 Budget speech with the theme 'Fiscal Consolidation with Inclusive Growth' President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan tried to convi...

Daniel Wants Charges of Corruption QuashedAllAfrica.comBy Kehinde Akinyemi, 16 October 2012 Abeokuta — Former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel yesterday requested that 13 out of the 38 charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crim...

CHANNELSSubsidy scam: Court remands Alao-Arisekola's son in EFCC custodyCHANNELSA Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has ordered that Abdulahi Alao, son of the Ibadan business mogul, Alhaji Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao, should remain at the Economic a...

Osun DefenderCourt strikes out suit against Salami's recallVanguardBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The coast is getting clearer for the probable reinstatement of the embattled President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, as the Ab...

CHANNELS'Slain banker sustained 76 stab wounds'The Guardian NigeriaRENOWNED pathologist, Prof. John Oladapo Obafunwa yesterday told a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, presided by Justice Lateefat Okunnu, that about 76 stab wounds were identified on the...

Osun DefenderThis Nigeria is a lie – ABC NwosuVanguardBY TONY EDIKE PROFESSOR ABC Nwosu, a former Minister of Health is one of the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and was secretary of the National Burial Committee for the Ikemba...

Osun DefenderThis Nigeria is a lie – ABC NwosuVanguardBY TONY EDIKE PROFESSOR ABC Nwosu, a former Minister of Health is one of the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and was secretary of the National Burial Committee for the Ikemba...

Nigerian TribuneThis Nigeria is a lie – ABC NwosuVanguardBY TONY EDIKE PROFESSOR ABC Nwosu, a former Minister of Health is one of the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and was secretary of the National Burial Committee for the Ike...

Leadership NewspapersFlood: Jonathan assures Nigerians of prompt responseNigerian TribunePresident Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that government will always be alive to its responsibilities to them. He gave this assurance during his tour of f...

AFPHow Katsina, Zamfara robbers caused Kaduna massacre •Gunmen kill 5 Ibadan ram ...Nigerian TribuneDETAILS of the early morning mayhem in Dogon Dawa village, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State came to the fore on Monday with investig...

Osun Defender3 rescued children from Dana crash safe – FasholaVanguardBY MONSOOR OLOWOOPEJO LAGOS—First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, Monday, said the three children rescued by the state governor, Babatunde Fashola at the site of ill-...

CHANNELS160 suspected members of1m boys gang arrestedVanguardBY EVELYN USMAN The Lagos State Police Command weekend, stated that it had arrested an additional 160 suspected members of the dreaded 'One Million Boys' robbery gang currently terror...

National Assembly Wrong OnLeadership NewspapersThe out-going Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Ish'aq Oloyede, on Monday said the National Assembly was wrongly advised to recommend a five-year single term for Registrars and Bursars...

CHANNELSBomb explosion averted at Motor Park in MinnaCHANNELSThere was stampede early Monday morning in Minna, the Niger state capital as people scampered following a bomb scare at the Abdulsalam Abubakar motor park in Tunga community, an outskirt of t...

Famine looms in Delta – UduaghanVanguardASABA – DELTA State Government, Monday, raised alarm over possible outbreak of famine in the State after the ravaging flood has abated. The State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan who stated this during an inter...

Leadership NewspapersFlood - Kogi to Relocate Victims to FG's EstateAllAfrica.comBy Usman A. Bello, 15 October 2012 Lokoja — The Kogi State government has received approval from the federal government to relocate people displaced by flood in the ...

Osun DefenderBakassi may begin self-rule struggle soonThe Guardian NigeriaSMARTING from a sense of betrayal by the Federal Government, the people of Bakassi may take their destiny in their own hands by seeking self-determination, according to lawmakers...

Nigeria worst performer among African powerhouses in Ibrahim indexThe GuardianHuman rights, political freedom, transparency and accountability have deteriorated in four African "powerhouses" over the past six years, according to the 2012 Ibra...

Osun DefenderFeuding Monarchs to remain suspended – Ibikunle AmosunOsun DefenderThe suspended Olu of Itori,Oba Fatai Akamo and the Baale of Lapeleke, Chief Adisa Akinremi, are to remain suspended until the state government examines the recommendation...

Osun DefenderAkeredolu to Ilaje, Akoko: vote wiselyOsun DefenderThe standard bearer of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Saturday's poll, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has promised to alleviate the plight of the oil-producing communities in Ila...

Osun DefenderRibadu Links Corruption To InsecurityOsun DefenderFormer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu says the current insecurity bedevilling the country is as a result of corruption. Ribadu, who spoke...

Daily SunNorth-East Is Being Neglected In The 2013 BudgetLeadership NewspapersSenator Bukar Abba Ibrahim is a former governor of Yobe State and currently represents Yobe East senatorial district in the National Assembly. In this interview with journali...

EFCC Docks Ex- NBA LeaderLeadership NewspapersThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today arraign the immediate past 1st Vice president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and a presidential candidate of NBA 2012 general elections, ...

Osun DefenderOsun First Lady, others visit Speaker over wife's rescueVanguardBY Gbenga Olarinoye OSOGBO—Wife of the Osun State governor, Alhaja Sherifat Aregbesola, and the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abdulrasheed Olabomi, were among indegenes of t...

The PunchNigeria may miss $1.2bn World Bank loanThe PunchThe delayed approval by the National Assembly of a request by the Federal Government for a $1.2bn infrastructure loan from the World Bank may make the country lose the loan offer. The Minister of...

$620000 bribery allegation: Pressure, intrigues stall prosecutionNigerian TribuneTHE last may not have been heard about the prosecution of the erstwhile fuel subsidy regime chairman, Farouk Lawan, over the $620000 bribery allegation. Impeccable police ...

WorldStageKwara: PDP accuses ACN of planning to infiltrate labourNigerian TribuneThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has said it has doscovered a plot by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to infiltrate the organised labour as a weapon ...

CHANNELSDozens protest killing of printer by a policemanCHANNELSThe city of Kaduna was yesterday thrown into turmoil following a protest by some residents over the alleged killing of a commercial printer, Elisha Joseph Ayokunle, by a policeman. An eyew...

Osun DefenderState creation: Kwankwaso is confused –EkweremaduOsun DefenderDeputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday said Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State is confused for accusing the Constitution Review Committee of a hidden agenda to c...

CHANNELSJonathan commends Rivers state government over handling of flood victimsCHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan has commended the Rivers state government for promptly addressing the plight of communities and persons affected by ravaging floods in t...

Osun Defender[OPINION] Aluu Murders: Nigerians Are Out Of Their MindsInformation NigeriaBy James Olawaye I have just viewed the video of the brutal murder of four young boys reported to be students of UNIPORT. It is a three minutes, thirty-three second...

Gunmen Kill Five In PlateauThe Guardian NigeriaTHERE was tension in Plateau State following a Friday night attack by unknown gunmen on two villages in Barkin Ladi local government council. Villagers have, however, pointed accusing finger at Fulani herd...

CHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan: Imagine Being in Rain-boots, Rolled up SleevesNew LiberianBy Paul I. Adujie Esq. How many floods ravaged states and communities has President Goodluck Jonathan visited since the beginning of these nationwide inundat...

The PunchNDLEA intercepts N1.2bn drugs in two monthsThe PunchThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested 1063 suspects for drug-related offences between July and August 2012. It also intercepted 9811.397kg of narcotics during the period. Narc...

Osun DefenderTrigger Happy Police Shoot 20 Year-Old Sales Girl Lucy Dead in AbujaBella NaijaBy Adeola Adeyemo The shortcomings of the Nigerian police have been highlighted in a vivid way this past week, following the gruesome murder of four students of...

Osun DefenderINEC Ad Hoc Workers In Imo Protest Non Payment Of WagesThe Guardian NigeriaSOME aggrieved ad hoc workers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State who participated in the 2011 supplementary governorship elections...

AllAfrica.comBayelsa Govt rescues 120 years old womanVanguardBY Samuel Oyadongha Perhaps if Governor Seriake Dickson had not given out three emergency hot lines Wednesday to Bayelans battling against the ravaging deluge, Mrs. Rhoda Tamunu, aged 120 wou...

Osun DefenderPetinrin to military: Don't stage coup •Anxiety grips officers over reorganisationNigerian Tribune“Let civilian voices argue the merits or demerits of our processes of government: Whether our strength is being sapped by deficit fin...

Relief Fund: Senator wants FG to accord Lagos category A statusVanguardBy Olasunkanmi Akoni Senator Gbenga Ashafa, representing Lagos East Senatorial District, has described the placement of Lagos state as a Category B State in the list of flood prone ...

Caveat: Civil Defence Corps is not recruitingCHANNELSThe Management of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have expressed concern over the messages in circulation via the social media requesting persons to submit application letters and cu...

Osun DefenderJonathan attacks Mark, Tambuwal over budget remarksOsun DefenderIn a rare tit-for-tat, President Goodluck Jonathan targeted Senate president, David Mark, and House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, Thursday, a day after both lawm...

Leadership NewspapersFlood: FG To Provide Quick-maturing Seedlings To Displaced FarmersLeadership NewspapersPresident Goodluck Jonathan has assured farmers displaced from their communities by flood of quick recovery, saying the Federal Government will ...

Daily Guide13 Grabbed For Burning 4 To DeathDaily GuideThirteen people have been arrested after four Nigerian students accused of stealing were beaten and burnt alive. A horrific video of the killings was posted on the YouTube video-sharing website. On...

Leadership NewspapersUNILAG Student Jailed Over Internet Love ScamP.M. NewsA University of Lagos student, Michael Opaleye, has been sent to jail by a Lagos State High Court, southwest Nigeria for allegedly defrauding an American lady through the intern...

IBTimes.co.ukNigeria: Father of Uniport Victim Claims Son Was Labelled Thief So Vigilantes ...IBTimes.co.ukBy Toyin Owoseje: Subscribe to Toyin's RSS feed Ugonna, Ilyod, Tekana and Chidiaka, were stripped naked, severely beaten and burnt alive afte...

Osun DefenderOndo Poll: Oke Accuses Mimiko Of Name-DroppingOsun DefenderPeoples Democratic Party's candidate for the October 20 Ondo State governorship election, Chief Olusola Oke, has accused Governor Olusegun Mimiko of name-dropping to garner vot...

Deutsche WelleTerrorism poses major challenge to NigeriaDeutsche WelleThe Islamist militant sect Boko Haram has been terrorizing Nigeria's population for almost two years, sapping economic development in the north of the country. The south appears ...

Flood Has Not Disrupted Oil Production, Says Alison-MaduekeTHISDAY LiveThe Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Thursday said the current wave of water flood ravaging socio-economic activities in most states of the country incl...

Osun DefenderJonathan And Nigeria's ChallengesOsun DefenderPRESIDENT Goodluck Ebele Jonathan must be confounded why all his steps or policies are dogged by controversies. Even with the best of intentions, people read different meanings to his actio...

Osun DefenderUN chief praises Cameroon, Nigeria for border settlement commitmentXinhuaUNITED NATIONS, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended Cameroon and Nigeria for their exemplary commitment to settling border disputes pea...

WorldStageMimiko alleges plot by Agagu to intimidate LP leadersThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Mimiko Campaign Organisation (MCO) has accused former governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, of attempts to rig the polls through the use of coercive forces from Abuja to int...

Leadership NewspapersSpeakers make U-turn; seek financial autonomy for State Assemblies, LGsVanguardBY HENRY UMORU & INALEGWU SHAIBU ABUJA—IT was a dramatic U-turn by Conference of Speakers when they suddenly stressed the need for financial auton...

100 youths begin trainingThe PunchOndo State Government on Wednesday engaged 100 youths in tractor operation as part of efforts to reduce unemployment. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Governor Olusegun Mimiko said this during a training progra...

100 youths begin trainingThe PunchOndo State Government on Wednesday engaged 100 youths in tractor operation as part of efforts to reduce unemployment. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Governor Olusegun Mimiko said this during a training progra...

CHANNELSConstitution amendment: Nigerians demand restructuringNigerian TribuneSENATE Committee on Constitution Amendment, in Abuja, on Thursday, commenced series of public hearing, preparatory to the second amendment of the 1999 Constitution, with Nige...

The RepublicAgain, 2 killed, many injured in PlateauNigerian TribuneHell was let loose again in Barakin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau State following a confrontation between the natives (Berom) and the Fulani, leading to the death of...

WorldStageACN to give fake dollars as vote bribe – Mimiko * It's an insult on Ondo ...VanguardIN its desperation to capture Ondo State, the Mimiko Campaign Organisation, MCO, has accused the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) of p...

Mother, 16-yr-old daughter drown as flood submerges farms in AnambraVanguardBy ENYIM ENYIM ONITSHA – It was black Tuesday for the people of Umudara village in Ihite community of Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra State, when a 16 years old girl, E...

AFPPatience Jonathan's Homecoming CancelledInformation NigeriaReports say the return trip to Nigeria of the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has been canceled yet again by her hospital in Germany as her doctors were unable to pass her a clean bi...

AFPNigeria, Boko Haram May Have Committed Crimes, Group SaysBloombergNigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram and state security forces may be guilty of crimes against humanity in the three years of a conflict that has claimed at least 2800 lives, New Y...

Radio stations promise to stop offensive programmingMalaysia SunThe management of ADABA FM and Ondo State Radiovision Corporation have assured the National Broadcasting Commission that they will stop broadcast of offensive programming in Ondo State wit...

Analyst asks government to trim down agencies' budget itemsCHANNELSA public Finance analyst, Professor Akintola Bello on Thursday said one of the challenges facing budget implementation in Nigeria is the inclusion of too many items on the budget li...

Analyst asks government to trim down agencies' budget itemsCHANNELSA public Finance analyst, Professor Akintola Bello on Thursday said one of the challenges facing budget implementation in Nigeria is the inclusion of too many items on the budget li...

Analyst asks government to trim down agencies' budget itemsCHANNELSA public Finance analyst, Professor Akintola Bello on Thursday said one of the challenges facing budget implementation in Nigeria is the inclusion of too many items on the budget li...