ABUJA — President Mohammed Buhari has signed into law the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill. The supplementary budget which had earlier been passed by the National Assembly was summed to N983 billion (N982,729,695,343) and will be used to fund security and health concerns. Umar El-yakub, senior special assistant to the president on the National Assembly (House of Representatives) disclosed the development to journalists on Monday. Speaking on the bill, Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget, and...

YENAGOA — Gov. Douye Diri, of Bayelsa, has appealed for the quick compliance of Monday’s Abuja Federal High Court judgment which ordered the Federal Government to pay $951 million as a shortfall in oil derivation revenue to the state. Diri made the appeal in his first public reaction to the judgment on Wednesday inside the Executive Council Chambers in Government House, Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor said the money was...