Nigeria Today! Missing 2016 Budget, Tompolo, Others In News

SENATE CLEARS AIR ON ALLEGED MISSING 2016 BUDGET

The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that there was no truth to insinuations that the 2016 budget document is missing.

He said that the claims may have been inspired by the initial insufficiency of the copies of the budget available to all the lawmakers.

“As far as I am concerned, that story does not hold water. We were expecting copies to be printed and sent to the National Assembly but there was a bit of delay.

Nigeria Today! Haliru Bello, Drogba, Others In News

EX-PDP CHAIRMAN HALIRU BELLO, SON GET N600M BAIL

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello and his son, Abba, to the tune of N600m.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed ordered the duo to pay N300million each, as well as produce two sureties each, in like sum.

The court maintained that one of the persons to stand surety for Bello must be a Director under the employment of the federal government or any of its agencies, the son was asked to produce someone not below grade level 12 to stand surety for him.