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Nigerian football legend, Jay-Jay Okocha, has criticised former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher over his remarks regarding the Africa Cup of Nations, suggesting that the Englishman does not appreciate African football. Okocha, speaking in an interview circulating X on Friday, said, “There are some players that will say something, you just overlook it. If you look
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, faces a major fiscal hurdle as the US House, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, struggles to rally Republicans to vote on the budget resolution. Tuesday’s budget resolution vote marks the first test for Speaker Johnson in securing support for Trump’s agenda, which is expected to include $2
Trump’s agenda faces major hurdle as US House votes on budget resolution
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, faces a major fiscal hurdle as the US House, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, struggles to rally Republicans to vote on the budget resolution.
Tuesday’s budget resolution vote marks the first test for Speaker Johnson in securing support for Trump’s agenda, which is expected to include $2 trillion in overall spending cuts and $4.5 trillion in tax reductions.
Indications from the US House suggest that a number of Republican members have expressed opposition to the resolution. Meanwhile, Democrats are also prepared to challenge Trump’s agenda.
“We’re planning to take up our budget resolution as early as today,” Johnson said at a news conference following a GOP meeting.
“There may be a vote tonight; there may not be,” he later added.
He continued: “There’s always more work to do right up to the end for a big vote like this, and this is a big one. We’re very, very close.”
Earlier, Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform, eulogising the “one big, beautiful bill” that “implements my FULL America First Agenda, EVERYTHING, not just parts of it!” while urging both chambers to pass the resolution.
It is worth noting that the Senate passed its own spending plan last week, which omits tax policy, leaving it to be addressed at a later date.
Trump’s agenda faces major hurdle as US House votes on budget resolution
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday lamented over the 18 million children that are out-of-school in Nigeria and…
A Kano state high court has restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the Accountant-General of Federation, AGF, and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, from withholding funds for the 44 LGAs in the state. Justice Ibrahim Musa-Muhammad, granted the interim order on Wednesday in an ex-parte application brought by the Chairman of
Court bars CBN, Accountant-General from withholding Kano LG funds
A Kano state high court has restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the Accountant-General of Federation, AGF, and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, from withholding funds for the 44 LGAs in the state.
Justice Ibrahim Musa-Muhammad, granted the interim order on Wednesday in an ex-parte application brought by the Chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Ibrahim Muhammed and five others.
Moving the motion, counsels to the applicants, Bashir Yusuf-Muhammad and Usman Bala-Salisu, expressed concerns over the possible withholding or delay of allocations essential for local governance in the state.
The judge granted the application restraining the 45th and 46th respondents either by themselves, their agents, officers, privies, representatives from refusing to disburse or delaying to disburse, deferring or suspending the monthly allocation or in any way tampering with the allocation from the Federation Account to the 44 LGAs pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
The judge also granted the applicants permission to serve the court processes on the 45th, 46th and 47th respondents by substituted service.
The court adjourned the matter until November 21, for hearing the motion on notice.
Court bars CBN, Accountant-General from withholding Kano LG funds
