UPDATE: With N1.3tn, Defence Ministry Takes Lion Share of 2024 Budget Passed by Senate The Ministry of Defence has received the highest allocation from the 28.7 trillion naira 2024 Appropriation Bill passed by the Senate on Saturday. According to the details of the Bill made available...

A Case for Better Defence, Security in Nigeria   The Defence and Security sector has primary mandate for the design, planning, coordination and implementation of Nigeria's defence and security sector policies. But adequate and sustainable reform in the sector remains a collective responsibility, a group experts have...

Anti-Corruption: CISLAC Seeks Stakeholders’ Involvement in Defence Sector   Implementing and monitoring anti-corruption reforms in the defence and security sector requires collective responsibility and the support of all stakeholders. This is contained in a communique issued by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria...

State House, Others Summoned Over N5TN Vote The Senate has again summoned the Budget Office of the Federation, State House, and other agencies regarding the disbursement of N5tn service wide votes. The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday said it had commenced the investigation of...

N3.92trn Fuel Subsidy Higher Than Health, Education, Defence Budgets   The N3.92tn spent as subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from January 2020 to June 2022 is higher than the cumulative individual federal budgets for health, education and defence during the 30-month period. Findings show...

2022 Budget: Health, Defence, Transport, Works Get Highest Capital Allocations       The Ministries of Works and Housing, Defence, Health and Education are to get the highest capital allocation in the 2022 federal budget. This is according to the 2022 Budget Call Circular released on Tuesday night. The circular...