Governor Umar Namadi on November 25 presented a budget of N901.84 billion to the Assembly for consideration and approval.
Governor Dauda Lawal has given N160 million to security and law enforcement agencies in Zamfara as an end-of-year package.
“In spite of formal notifications, over 100 police personnel were sent from Owerri to block the venue. They have started again,” Mr Ugochinyere said.
According to the commission, the requests were reviewed in the light of all material facts.
“I said, no, sir, I can never help you organise the APC in Oyo State because I am of the PDP,” Mr Makinde stated.
Alphonsus Eba, the impeached chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Cross River, has been expelled from the party.
“The document presented on December 19 is a debt trap masquerading as a budget,” said the ADC.
A breakdown of the proposal showed that ₦281.09 billion had been earmarked for recurrent expenditure, accounting for 46.4 per cent of the total budget size.
INEC has fixed February 21, 2026, for the conduct of by-elections into the Ahoada II and Khana II constituencies of Rivers.
The federal government on Sunday condoled with Angola over the death of former Vice-President Fernando Santos.
