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The senate on Tuesday set up a 38-member committee to commence a fresh process for the amendment of the 1999 constitution amendment. Announcing the constitution of the committee at plenary in Abuja, Senate President Bukola Saraki said the committee would be headed by Ike Ekweremadu, deputy president of the senate. He said the committee would gather facts from stakeholders across the country as part of the process, urging its members to concentrate on issues that would de-emphasise recurrent expenditure. (more…)
GDP Growth Rate Projection 4.37% Revenue Projection 3.86 Naira Deficit 2.22 trillion Naira (equivalent to 2.16% of Nigeria’s GDP) Oil Related Revenues 820 billion Naira Non-oil Revenues 1.45 trillion Naira Projected Independent Revenues 1.51 trillion Naira Capital Expenditure 1.8 trillion Naira (30% of total budget) (more…)
Iraq's new beauty queen received a threatening phone call on Tuesday telling her to join the ranks of ISIS or she will be kidnapped, according to a report by the Kuwaiti daily al-Watan. Shayma Qassim, 20, won the first beauty pageant to be held in Iraq in 40 years on Saturday. According to the report, following her win, Qassim received a threatening phone call in which she was warned that if she refused to join the ranks of the Islamic State movement she would be kidnapped. (more…)
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has increased the charges for electricity consumption across the country. In a statement issued by the commission, NERC announced the removal of fixed electricity charges, saying consumers would now have to pay for 'only what they consume.' The development comes less than a week after the House of Representatives asked NERC to halt the plan of increasing tariffs. “Although, the new tariff regimes comes with an increase in energy charges, all electricity consumers (residential as well as commercial) will no longe