Al-Makura Presents N107.9bn Appropriation Bill For 2015

Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has presented the 2015 budget proposal of N107.9 billion to the state House Assembly for approval.

Al-Makura presented the budget, tagged “Budget of Sustainability’’, on Wednesday in Lafia.

He said that the fiscal policy was aimed at fighting poverty, unemployment and ensure even development in the state.

The governor was represented by the state supervising Commissioner for Finance and Economic development, Alhaji Mohammed Dan’Azumi.

He said: “A total of N107,904,891,045 had been budgeted for the state 2015 fiscal year appropriation bill in which the recurrent expenditure stand at N63,431,415,954, representing 58.79 per cent, while the capital expenditure estimate is N44,473,475,091, representing 41.21 per cent of the budget.

Dankwambo Proposes To spend N86.7bn In 2015

Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Wednesday presented a budget of N86.7 billion for 2015 to the House of Assembly for deliberation and approval.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the figure showed N21billion reduction from the N107.7 billion budgeted in 2014.

Dankwambo said the 2015 budget took into account the fall in the price of crude oil at the international market.

“After a careful analysis of our expected resources inflow for 2015, we allocated budget envelopes to all ministries, departments and agencies to guide them in the preparation of their estimates’’, he said.

Okorocha Presents N141.2 Billion 2015 Budget

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has presented the sum of 141.2 billion naira to the Imo State House of Assembly as the total budget for the 2015 fiscal year.

While presenting the budget tagged “Budget of Total Rescue and Sustainability” to the Imo State House of Assembly, the governor said 43% will be allotted to recurrent expenditure, totaling 60.7 billion naira while 57% will be allotted to capital projects, totaling 80.5 billion naira.

He said the policy thrust of the 2015 budget is derived from the rescue mission agenda of the his administration which anchored on a 4 year development plan that derived its bearing from the vision of his administration which are belief in God, free education, massive infrastructural development and increased agricultural production to ensure food sufficiency and food security.

The governor added that the 2015 budget will mainly focus on delivery of social services to the people of Imo State.

Governor Okorocha said the expected revenue projections for 2015 is 119.7 billion naira for recurrent items and capital receipts of 21.5 billion naira.

The 2015 budget is just less than five percent increase from the 2014 budget which is 137.7 billion naira.

FIND OUT SOME OF THE MYSTERIES OF TIME TRAVELLING: A Visit To Mars With Barack Obama

Seattle attorney Andrew Basiago says that when he was a child, he and William Stillings were “chrononauts” in a secret United States government time travel program called Project Pegasus. The purpose of the program was threefold—to protect Earth from threats from space, to establish territorial sovereignty over Mars, and to acclimate Martian humanoids and animals to our presence.

The best part of Basiago’s and Stillings’ claim, however, is that one of their fellow time travelers was none other than a 19-year-old Barack Obama, who went by the name “Barry Soetero.” In 1980, the three men and seven other youths from their “Mars training class” at California’s College of the Siskiyous (a real institution) traveled to Mars via a top-secret teleportation “jump room” modeled on technical papers found in Nikola Tesla’s apartment after his death. They jumped through a field of radiant energy into a tunnel, and when the tunnel closed, found themselves at their destination.

The White House has officially denied that Obama ever went to Mars.

Boko Haram Kills 15 In North Eastern Nigerian Town

Suspected Islamist militants opened fire in a town in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 15 people, witnesses and a security source said.

The attack on Monday night targeted Kautikari, near the Cameroon border, just 10 km (6 miles) from the village of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April.

“The were about twenty, well-armed. They came in four-wheel drive vehicles and some motorcycles. Initially, I thought they were soldiers,” survivor Jonah Umaru told Reuters News Agency by telephone.

I Am Into Politics To Serve Ordinary Citizens – Osinbajo

The Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said he is into politics to serve ordinary citizens of Nigeria.

Prof Osinbajo, who was speaking to reporters when he terminated his campaign train at a local food restaurant at the Yaba area of Lagos state, said “for me, my first and primary concern is the citizen.

“I will not be interested in politics if it does not concern the people; if it doesn’t concern men and women like myself”, insisting that “it doesn’t make any sense to me”.

Baylor University Receives $2 Million for Chair in Religious Freedom

Baylor University Receives $2 Million for Chair in Religious Freedom
DECEMBER 30, 2014

Baylor University has announced a $2 million gift from Jerry and Susie Wilson of Dallas to establish an endowed chair in its Institute for Studies of Religion.

The Jerry and Susie Wilson Chair in Religious Freedom will lead the university's efforts to strengthen and affirm congressional support of the preservation, protection, and defense of religious freedom. To that end, the holder of the chair will collaborate on projects involving international religious freedom and will work to facilitate the understanding of Christianity in regard to social issues such as women's rights, the rights of refugees, human trafficking, and other forms of human suffering.

Jerry C. Wilson is a retired senior executive and former owner of Titan Specialties Ltd., a manufacturer of oilfield perforating products. Susie Johnston Wilson earned bachelor's and master's of arts degrees in music education from Texas Tech University, where she met her husband.

"Susie and Jerry Wilson are simply two of the most committed and generous Christians I have ever met," said Byron R. Johnson, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor. "The Wilsons are keenly aware that religious freedom is one of the most important issues of our time, and we are grateful their generosity will allow us to play a critical role in advancing religious liberty."