Nigeria budget outlines higher spending

Budget spending bill for first time
Daily News
FOR the first time the government on Friday tabled the Budget Bill, 2014, which seeks to put in place legal framework for management of government spending. Minister for Finance, Ms Saada Salum Mkuya, told the National Assembly on Friday that the bill ...

Nigeria's main opposition party calls on its MPs to block all legislation including the 2014 budget until the "rule of law" is restored in the country.

The prolonged slump in the price of oil forces oil-export dependent Nigeria to revise its budget plans, prompting its currency to fall to a record low.

>The government  said it was a Budget of the people, but wananchi said it was yet another financial statement they know nothing about.

DC outlines causes for early pregnancies
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MORAL decay, poverty, bad traditions and practices as well as the effects brought by globalisation are key factors for teens' pregnancy at secondary schools in the country. The statement was made in a speech by Temeke District Commissioner (DC), Ms ...

Fifa presidential candidate Segun Odegbami tells BBC Sport he wants to close the gap between football's rich and poor.

PM outlines factors for dividing districts
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PRIME Minister Mizengo Pinda has mentioned factors taken into consideration by the government when establishing new administrative areas such as division of districts or regions. He told the National Assembly during the impromptu question and answer ...

Lukuvi outlines causes of land disputes
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THE Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Mr William Lukuvi, has said that invasion of open spaces and delays in issuance of title deeds as among the leading causes of land disputes in the country. “After going through all the ...

Tanzanian president outlines military modernisation
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The Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) will become a smaller, but more sophisticated force, according to President Jakaya Kikwete. Speaking on 6 September during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the TPDF, Kikwete said: "Our army has ...