NEWS UPDATE!!! I will sign 2017 budget – Osinbajo

Nigeria

Daily update ⋅ 19 May 2017

	#CasmiREPORTERS;   BY EMMANUEL CHISOM
	NEWS
	Osinbajo's aide insists Acting President will sign 2017 Budget Daily Post Nigeria The Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, will sign the 2017 budget when it is ready, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, has confirmed.
	Osinbajo'll sign when budget is ready — AIDE Vanguard ABUJA—THE Office of the Acting President yesterday cleared the air over the assent of the 2017 budget affirming that it would be singed into law when and if the Acting President expresses satisfaction with the bill.
	Senate gives NNPC, CBN, others 2 wks to submit budgets Vanguard ABUJA— THE Senate has given Acting President Yemi Osinbajo a two-week ultimatum to direct all government agencies that have failed to submit their 2017 budget proposals to the National Assembly in line with extant laws for consideration and approval, ... Flag as irrelevant
	UK issues warning to coup-plotters in Nigeria NAIJ.COM The UK government has warned against the planning or execution of a coup in Nigeria by soldiers as a way of changing government insisting it will not support such undemocratic process. Flag as irrelevant
	I will sign 2017 budget – Osinbajo Daily Trust Information Minister Lai Mohammed had earlier told State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Osinbajo that the decision on who to sign the budget would be taken when the document is transmitted to the Presidency.
	IDPs cannot return to Bama before Ramadan – Shettima The News Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has said that returning Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to Bama Local Government Area before Ramadan is no longer feasible because of current military operations in Sambisa Forest.
	Military graft undermines Nigeria's fight against Boko Haram - Transparency Int'l Reuters UK LAGOS Military corruption is weakening Nigeria's efforts to battle the Islamist insurgency of Boko Haram, the watchdog Transparency International said on Thursday. Flag as irrelevant
	We'll ensure youths are included in leadership, politics — DOGARA Vanguard Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has assured that the House was committed to passing the #NotTooYoungToRun# bill to lower the age requirements for elective offices to ensure youth inclusion in politics. Flag as irrelevant
	FG, Oxfam on collision course over inequality, poverty in Nigeria Vanguard ABUJA—The Federal Government, yesterday, accused Oxfam International of trying to incite some sections of Nigerians with its latest statistics on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. Flag as irrelevant
	Why nepotism is the worst form of corruption Vanguard IF you ask the typical Nigerian what he understands by corruption, he will tell you it has to do with people who loot the public treasury