By Bola Bolawole MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Sections of the Yoruba are beginning to grumble about his appointments and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must to hear this, like the Zazu crooner, Portable, sang in his album titled “Apostoli must to hear this” Despite that I am a Pentecostal pastor, I like that song no be small! Many […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas PRESS STATEMENT: APC INTEGRITY GROUP ONDO STATE CONTINGUENCY FUNDS IN ORDER AS PALLIATIVES The APC INTEGRITY GROUP, Ondo State, is shocked by the sensational statements in the media as regards contiguency spending. One would wonder if it is now difficult to understand simple terms. The APC Integrity group would have ordinarily ignored the […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Afeyin-peran (1) Section 83 of the Nigerian Constitution allows the Legislature to make provisions by law, for contingencies, if satisfied that there has arisen an urgent and unforeseen need for expenditure for which no other provision exists. Clearly from the above, appropriation is an exclusive power of the Legislature and it must precede […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas The former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has reportedly negotiating to, or refunded a whopping N4 trillion to the coffers of the Federal Government stolen while he was the at the helm of affairs of the apex bank. According to a source close to the investigators, besides reportedly returning N4 […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas A coalition of pro-democracy groups has faulted the judgement of the Court of Appeal that sacked the governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Yusuf. Last week, the Court in its judgement in Abuja had ordered the governor to vacate office and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna as […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas SaharaReporters observed that Otti’s N223million expenditure was over 1000% of what was spent at the First quarter (Q1- January-March 2023) during the past administration. Governor Alex Otti of Abia State raised the expenditure of “Refreshments and Meals” to N223,389,889.84 from the N8,460,000 spent by his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu in the first quarter of […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Meanwhile in the report, the state government recorded zero allocations for items such as “provision of electricity and water facilities, hospitals and health centres, public schools and libraries” in the three months under review. Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has spent N293,334,937.21 on meals and refreshments as well as N288,237,280 on welfare […] Read more

MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Further in a statement, the procurement agency said the misinterpretations were not intended. The Lagos State Government through the Office of Public Procurement Agency has said the N7.5million budgeted for liquid fragrance in the office of the governor and other offices among several other public expenditure were affected by the “current economic realities.” […] Read more